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Moonwalker

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".

1988 |1h 33m |  Fantasy, Music

Videos

Cast

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Michael Jackson

Michael

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Joe Pesci

Mr. Big

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Sean Ono Lennon

Sean

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Brandon Quintin Adams

Zeke

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Ben Aaron

Maestro (segment "Badder")

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Bilal

Dancer (segment "Badder")

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Amaris Dupree

(segment "Badder")

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Cory Tyler

(segment "Badder")

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Dion Basco

(segment "Badder")

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Nikki Cox

(segment "Badder")

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Maurissa Tancharoen

(segment "Badder")

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Cindera Che

(segment "Smooth Criminal")

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Jennifer Batten

Guitar Player (segment "Come Together") (uncredited)

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Paul Reubens

Pee-wee Herman (voice) (uncredited)

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Clancy Brown

Police Officer (segment "Speed Demon") (uncredited)

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Taryll Jackson

(uncredited)

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TJ Jackson

(uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$22,000,000.00

Revenue

$67,000,000.00