Genres
Production Companies
Will Vinton Productions
The Michael Jackson Company
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Moonwalker
A Movie Like No Other
Overview
Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, some of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after his famous dance, "the moonwalk", which he originally learned as "the backslide" but perfected the dance into something no one had seen before. The movie's introduction is a type of music video for Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" but is not the official video for the song. The film then expresses a montage of Michael's career, which leads into a parody of his Bad video titled "Badder", followed by sections "Speed Demon" and "Leave Me Alone". What follows is the biggest section where Michael plays a hero with magical powers and saves three children from Mr. Big. This section is "Smooth Criminal" which leads into a performance of "Come Together".
Key Crew
Director: Colin Chilvers, Will Vinton, Jerry Kramer
Producer: Jim Blashfield, Will Vinton, Jerry Kramer, Dennis E. Jones
Director of Photography: Frederick Elmes, Crescenzo G.P. Notarile, Robert E. Collins, Thomas E. Ackerman, John Hora
Story: Michael Jackson
Screenplay: David Newman
Top Cast
Michael Jackson
Michael
Joe Pesci
Mr. Big
Sean Ono Lennon
Sean
Kelley Parker
Katie
Brandon Quintin Adams
Zeke
Ben Aaron
Maestro (segment "Badder")
Bilal
Dancer (segment "Badder")
Brent Kelly
Jay O'Connor (segment "Badder")
Videos
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker 1988 Movie Trailer
