Release Date
October 28, 2009
DVD Release Date
January 26, 2010 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Writer
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Running Time
121 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images
Beginning October 28th, the world will have a front-row seat for Michael Jackson's final concert, as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment release Michael Jackson's "This Is It."
"This Is It" is being produced with the full support of The Estate of Michael Jackson and will be drawn from hundreds of hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage, captured in high definition with state-of-the-art digital sound as the late singer was preparing for his concert series... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
When the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It was announced shortly after the entertainer’s death, I scoffed: it sounded like a money grab, yet another forgettable movie adaptation of concert material. I’ve never understood why people would pay money to go sit in a theater and watch concert footage, and even after the movie was making lots of money in theaters, I still didn’t get it. And then I watched This Is It on DVD and realized what all the hoopla was about: the movie is a legitimately entertaining experience, one that makes me wish Jackson were still alive today. Having never seen him live in concert, I can only imagine what kind of an experience it would have been.
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