Official Trailer for Michael Jackson’s Thriller 40

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Watch the official trailer for the Showtime music documentary Thriller 40 with the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.  Stream Thriller 40 December 2, 2023 on Paramount+!

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00:00 ♪ ♪

00:03 There are two things in the music business.

00:05 Before Thriller and after Thriller.

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00:11 Thriller set the standard of what it was to be a megastar.

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00:15 Michael had such a clear vision of what he wanted.

00:17 He was determined to change the way he was perceived.

00:20 I came in angry.

00:22 He was a perfectionist.

00:24 I wanted the best.

00:25 I look in the mirror and I take the biggest selling album of all time.

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00:30 The greatest singers do what the music tells them to do.

00:33 Everybody waiting to see the next big Michael Jackson album.

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00:39 As a matter of fact, I asked what "Mama Say Mama Sa Ma Ma Koo Sa" meant.

00:43 It don't mean nothing, just sing it.

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00:47 He had the ambition to become the biggest star in the world.

00:51 And he did it.

00:52 You could feel the excitement in the room.

00:55 Knowing that we were doing something special.

00:56 There was a sense of culture.

00:58 And it felt like he's rocking with us.

00:59 We can dance to his music.

01:01 He saw value in street culture.

01:03 Popping, locking, no one had ever put those elements together.

01:06 Nobody's seen the moonwalk.

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01:10 He just laid a bomb on that room.

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01:17 Billie Jean stepping on the pavement.

01:19 It was about making the magic.

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01:24 Like a musical damn near.

01:26 He wanted to go out and tour for Thriller.

01:28 But Joseph Jackson had other ideas.

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01:34 It's the ultimate blueprint to modern pop music.

01:37 It's probably everything that I ever loved in one.

01:40 Michael's gone from being a pop star to a phenomenon.

01:44 If Thriller came out today, it would still be the greatest album ever made.

01:48 ♪ ♪

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