Overview - Moonwalker
Date of release
Budget
$22,000,000.00
Revenue
$67,000,000.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Ultimate Productions
Production country
Name: Will Vinton Productions
Production country
Name: The Michael Jackson Company
Production country United States of America
Name: Lorimar Motion Pictures
Production country
Name: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production country United States of America
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".
Cast
Name: Michael Jackson
Character: Michael
Popularity: 1.4257
Name: Joe Pesci
Character: Mr. Big
Popularity: 1.5825
Name: Sean Ono Lennon
Character: Sean
Popularity: 0.4443
Name: Kelley Parker
Character: Katie
Popularity: 0.1301
Name: Brandon Quintin Adams
Character: Zeke
Popularity: 0.6455
Name: Ben Aaron
Character: Maestro (segment "Badder")
Popularity: 0.0654
Name: Bilal
Character: Dancer (segment "Badder")
Popularity: 0.144
Name: Brent Kelly
Character: Jay O'Connor (segment "Badder")
Popularity: 0.1246