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Looks like the world has missed one helluva concert. Whatever cynicism one might harbor about this Hail Mary piece of cinema -- which can be called the first konzert rehearsal movie ever -- it's a strange yet strangely beguiling film that captures one of pop culture's great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity. The screen is filled with performers, musicians, choreographers, crew members and craftsmen, but the movie's laserlike focus is on Michael Jackson. Du understand what it takes to attain such dizzying heights in entertainment, and perhaps why he chose to stay away for a decade.

Following its simultaneous premieres Tuesday, the film will open on Mehr than 3,400 domestic screens along with 96 in Imax theaters and another 27 internationally for a two-week run. That run will be extended if demand is there. Demand will be there.

In case someone just dropped in from Mars, "This Is It" was to be 50-year-old Jackson's comeback, a planned run of 50 sold-out concerts that were to take place at London's O2 Arena over the summer, all of which came to a sudden and tragic end with the performer's death June 25.

Kenny Ortega, the director of the stage show, has put together this movie from 120 hours of digital-video footage -- for which Sony reportedly paid $60 million -- taken during rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles between March and June of this Jahr along with casting sessions at the Nokia Theatre and video sequences filmed on the Sony lot.

What strikes Du is how thoroughly professional, even slick, the footage is. Whatever it was intended for -- a making-of doc to accompany the konzert DVD oder a Fernsehen show? -- this is no footage rounded up from the crew's cell phones. Interviews with the cast, musicians and production personnel further underscore a clear intent to go public with this material.

Whatever the case, how fascinating it is to watch a huge, complicated konzert take shape. Make no mistake, this was a Zeigen intended for a stadium with a dazzling, mixed-media staging. One can even imagine a Musik critic in London fuming about overproduced numbers that don't trust Jackson's great song catalog to deliver the goods.

On the other hand, this production might have been just right in scale for the O2 Arena. Dancers pop up through trap doors in elevators operating at "toaster speed." A bulldozer rumbles onstage for a "green" number about saving rain forests.

Shooting in front of a Sony greenscreen, 11 male dancers are transformed into 11 million. Jackson gets mixed into old, black-and-white movie footage so he can admire Rita Hayworth's wiggle in front of an orchestra and dance around bullets shot Von Edward Robinson and Humphrey Bogart.

teilt, split screens convey Jackson, nearly always in sunglasses, performing the same number in different days with different wardrobes and different approaches. There's no Frage who the director is here. Jackson is in complete control. Ortega watches over the production while Jackson manages every moment onstage. His directions are almost poetic. About the tempo of one number, he instructs, "It's like you're dragging yourself out of bed." Another time, he says, "It has to simmer."

The audience at the Nokia premiere didn't seem to know how to react to rehearsal footage. They giggled nervously at missed cues and interruptions. To be clear: No one should expect a konzert film. Jackson clearly is conserving his energy, holding back on dance moves and vocal intensity. He is searching for his concert, the way a sculptor chisels away at marble to discover a statue.

Interestingly, two of his best songs, "Billie Jean" and "Man in the Mirror," look like they were going to be staged simply. Then again, perhaps Ortega is Wird angezeigt early footage before the addition of dancers and singers. There's no way to tell.

The frustration -- beyond the greater one, that a tragedy prevented this konzert from happening -- is not knowing what you're looking at. Where are Jackson and his conspirators at any gegeben moment in the creative process? The film tries to be a konzert film without having the actual footage. So when everything comes to a halt, audiences get thrown.

"This Is It" is not a "sacred document," as Ortega asserted to the Nokia crowd. But it is a fascinating one. It shows a songwriter-performer who knows his material intimately. Although not always certain what he wants, he knows it immediately when he gets it. At one point, Ortega asks his star, sterne how he will see a certain cue onstage. Jackson pauses and then says, "I'll feel that."

And Du know he would have.
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The Weiter Morning
Michael was the first one to wake up. He turned and looked at Janelle, who was still asleep. He looked at the tabelle clock and saw that it was almost 11am. He turned back to Janelle and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Janelle? Hey Janelle, it's time to wake up." He whispered.
She moved slightly, but didn't wake up. Michael got out of the bett carefully and stretched and went over to Janelle's side. He put his hand on her shoulder and shook her a little.
"Janelle? Wake up, Janelle. It's 11am."
She still wouldn't wake up. He leaned down and kissed her cheek and she woke up.
"AH!" She screamed...
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The Weiter Tag , I woke up to a phone call "Hello?" I sagte "Hey Nesha , it's me , Michael." I filled my spirit with life "Hey Michael. How Du doing?" He giggled at my excitement "I'm doing good and you?" Michael sounded so sweet "Good. Just got up and I'm ready for the world. Just need to brush my teeth." I joked as he laughed "You're so silly." he sagte as I laughed "Are Du coming over today?" I desperately needed to know "Hmmm. Yeah I'll come over today." He sagte as we sagte goodbye and hung up. I still felt Schmetterlinge in my stomach "I'm so in love." I sagte to myself as my phone rang and...
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When Janelle looked at the clock, she saw that 30 Minuten had passed. She looked at Coraline and giggled at how she would be playing with her dress.
"Coraline, Du ready to go to dinner?" She asked.
Coraline looked at her with a big smile on her face. "Yes I am, mommy." She replied.
Janelle smiled and got up off the bett and headed out the door with Coraline. They went up to Michael's door and knocked.
"Just one minute, please?" He called out.
After about a Minute of waiting, the door opened and Michael's jaw dropped a bit at the sight of Janelle and Coraline.
"Oh my God...you two look beautiful."...
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