Award Winning Filmmaker Spike Lee Immersed In Michael Jackson ...

Music video by Michael Jackson performing Bad 25 Live Footage. (C) 2012 Sony Music Entertainment

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New York, NY?? It was announced today that Academy Award nominated filmmaker Spike Lee, in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson and Legacy/Epic Records, is in the final stages of post production of a Michael Jackson documentary focusing on Michael?s landmark?BAD?album and worldwide tour. The project marks the first ever in-depth, behind the scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album, and is being filmed amid the 25^th?anniversary celebration of the iconic album, record-breaking world tour and groundbreaking short films that changed music history. The documentary features over 40 interviews conducted personally by Spike Lee with Michael?s confidants, choreographers, musicians and other collaborators who collectively unveil the real story of this ?coming of age? project through their vivid recollections of what it was like to work day in and day out and live this project with Michael.?BAD?s lasting influence is captured through interviews with top talent including Antonio ?L.A.? Reid, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Cee Lo Green and Sheryl Crow, who was a back-up singer on the?BAD?tour.

The Michael Jackson?BAD?documentary joins an incredible body of Spike Lee documentaries including the Peabody and Emmy Award winning, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts and its follow up, If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don?t Rise, Kobe Doin? Work, and the Oscar Nominated, 4 Little Girls. Lee directed both short films for Michael Jackson?s ?They Don?t Care About Us? in 1996.

Spike Lee comments, ?I?m more than just a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work with him, I deeply care about his legacy. With thisBAD?project I was able to uncover just what made this such a huge, important coming of age in his career and unearth compelling stories surrounding the making of the album, the long awaited follow-up to Thriller ? the best selling album of all time ? the short films and the tour that may have never seen the light of day.?

John Branca and John McClain, co-executors of The Estate of Michael Jackson and Executive Producers of the documentary comment, ?Spike Lee?s genius as a storyteller combined with his passion and first-hand appreciation of Michael?s artistry makes him the logical filmmaker to tell the story of?BAD. We are thrilled to be working with him on this unique project.?

Chairman of Epic Records and Co-Executive Producer of the documentary, Antonio ?L.A.? Reid, comments, ?It was an honor and a privilege to work closely with Spike Lee to create this documentary. Spike has such a great love of Michael that it was apparent that he was the only person who could make this film.?

Among the interviewees are Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorcese, Joe Pytka and other filmmakers who worked with Michael to bring the stories in his songs to life on the screen through short films that remain today some of the most vivid and creative storytelling by a musical artist as well as one of his Michael?s personal engineers, Matt Forger, who worked with Michael at the recording studio at Michael?s Hayvenhurst home where the songs first came to life, keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, who worked on the album and then the?BAD?Tour. Also shedding light on the?BAD?album, short films and tour are individuals like former CBS Head Walter Yetnikoff, as well as choreographers Jeffrey Daniel and Vincent Paterson.

The third and final album collaboration for Jackson and Quincy Jones,?BAD?launched a pivotal coming of age for the King of Pop as a performer, composer and producer. The album was #1 around the world, made history with five consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard chart, produced ten chart-topping singles, nine ground breaking short films and to date, the?BAD?album has generated over 45 Million units in sales.?BAD?was nominated for six Grammys and won two; the album earned Michael the first-ever Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMA Awards. Songs on the original album are: ?Bad,? ?The Way You Make Me Feel,? ?Speed Demon,? ?Liberian Girl,? ?Just Good Friends? featuring Stevie Wonder, ?Another Part of Me,? ?Man in the Mirror,? ?I Just Can?t Stop Loving You,? ?Dirty Diana,? ?Smooth Criminal,? with ?Leave Me Alone? added to the CD version of the album once released.

Spike Lee?s film supports the 25^th?anniversary of?BAD, which will also be celebrated with the September 18^th?release of?BAD 25, a must-have deluxe package featuring three CDs, two collectible booklets, and features the first-ever authorized DVD release of a concert from the record breaking?BAD?tour, the concert at Wembley Stadium on July 16, 1988 attended by Princess Diana, Prince Charles and a sold-out crowd of 72,000 fans. ABAD 25?two CD standard edition featuring the original album plus the CD of demos and new remixes will also be made available as will a stand alone edition of the DVD and a picture disc of the original album.

More details on this and other exciting projects relating to?BAD?s 25th anniversary will be announced soon.

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Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Bad

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The?BAD 25?anniversary deluxe edition will feature three CDs and 1 DVD?as follows:

• The highlight of the package is the DVD of Michael?s legendary July 16, 1988 concert at Wembley Stadium. The concert is not a compilation of performances, but rather one complete show, exactly as Michael performed it for Prince Charles, Princess Diana and the 72,000 fans who were in the audience for that night?s sold out show. This show was one of the record-breaking seven nights played at the venue attended by more than half a million people ? three times that many people tried to purchase tickets. The DVD was sourced from Michael Jackson?s personal VHS copy of the performance as shown on the JumboTrons during the concert. This footage was only recently unearthed and is the only known copy of the show to exist. The visuals have been restored and the audio quality enhanced so that fans can share in the excitement of that famous night
• A CD of the re-mastered original?BAD?album
• A CD containing previously unreleased material recorded in Michael?s personal studio at Hayvenhurst. This material includes early demo versions of songs from the album as well as demos for songs not included on the final album. All of this material is being released as it was recorded during the BAD sessions. Nothing has been added. In addition, this CD will also include new remixes from internationally renowned DJ/producers
• A CD showcasing the audio from the sound truck recordings of the July 16^th?Wembley performance. The first-ever live Michael Jackson CD to be released, this is the only concert from the BAD Tour known to exist on multitracks

This magnificent 3 CD/1 DVD box set?will also include two extensive booklets with yet unseen photos from the recording sessions, video sets and the concert tour, the original?BAD?cover art, a two-sided poster and more.? A?BAD 25?two CD standard edition featuring the original album plus the CD of demos and new remixes will also be made available as will a stand alone edition of the DVD and a picture disc of the original album.

On June 5 in the U.S. (June 4^th?ex-U.S.), Epic / Legacy Recordings will re-release the original first single from the album ?I Just Can?t Stop Loving You? as a CD Single with a previously unreleased bonus track from the?BAD?sessions, ?Don?t Be Messin? ?Round (demo).?? This is a?Wal-Mart?exclusive CD single in the U.S. and will not be available digitally.

On June 26 a replica edition of the original 7? vinyl of this single with the original B-side ?Baby Be Mine? will be made available to the world.? The first single for?BAD,??I Just Can?t Stop Loving You,??was originally released on 7? vinyl in 1987. The 7? single edit of the song has only been available on that original 7? vinyl until now.

Recently, Pepsi announced an exclusive global partnership with the Estate of Michael Jackson as part of its new ?Live for Now? campaign.? Starting this month, Michael Jackson and Pepsi fans in more than 20 countries around the world will experience this partnership in a variety of ways, including a retail campaign featuring one billion special edition Michael Jackson Bad 25 Pepsi cans, live events, and opportunities for fans to access special edition merchandise and new music from BAD.

The?BAD?album was the third Michael Jackson album produced by Quincy Jones and was originally released on August 31, 1987. It was monumental in many ways; Michael?wrote nine of the album?s eleven tracks and received co-producer credit for the entire album.?The album was #1 around the world, made history with five consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard chart, produced ten chart-topping singles, nine ground breaking short films and?to date, the Bad album has?generated over 45 Million units?in sales. BAD was nominated for six Grammys and won two; the album earned Michael the first-ever Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMA Awards.? Songs on the original album are:?? ?Bad,? ?The Way You Make Me Feel,? ?Speed Demon,? ?Liberian Girl,? ?Just Good Friends? featuring Stevie Wonder, ?Another Part of Me,?? ?Man in the Mirror,? ?I Just Can?t Stop Loving You,? ?Dirty Diana,? ?Smooth Criminal,? with ?Leave Me Alone? added to the album once released.

The?BAD?World Tour?was Michael?s first concert tour as a solo artist. The legendary tour included 123 concerts attended by more than 4.4 million fans over sixteen months. When it concluded, the tour had?shattered all previous touring records for attendance and total gross revenue?adding three new entries in the?Guinness World Records?for the largest grossing tour in history, the tour with the largest attended audience and the most sold out shows at Wembley Stadium.?

More details on this and other exciting projects relating to?BAD?s 25^th?anniversary will be announced soon.?Get updated first.

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