This Is It, the documentary movie in which Michael Jackson prepared for a series of sold-out concerts, opens today in the United States. Rumors spread about the Michael Jackson This Is It movie being sold out, but there are still tickets available.
Michael Jackson's This Is It is a concert film documenting Michael Jackson's rehearsals of a concert series of the same name, both on stage and behind the scenes. The film shows Jackson mentoring his team for the 50 shows, as well as him creating, developing, and ultimately staging the high-tech performances. The footage was filmed at The Forum and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Tickets for the movie are still available and went on sale at the end of September. It's wise to purchase tickets ahead of time on a site such as movietickets.com in case a particular showing sells out. This is a limited run movie, just two weeks, so it is expected that many show times for Michael Jackson's This Is It movie will sell out.
Kenny Ortega, the movie's tour director, released the following statement regarding the Michael Jackson's This Is It movie:
The footage that was captured from the early stages of the production to our technical rehearsals at the STAPLES Center in L.A. will show Michael as he truly was, creatively involved with every aspect of the production, from the staging and choreography, to the music, lighting, production design and conception of the original short films and video backdrops. This Is It was Michael's last theatrical work and although it was still a work in progress, I think the footage will show that the process was something that Michael deeply enjoyed.
This Is It movie reviews are starting to make the media rounds and will likely continue throughout the two week run of the movie. In the movie, Kenny Ortega wisely ignores the circumstances of Jackson's death and the media circus that followed it and focuses on the re-creation of about a dozen Jackson songs for the concert.
A new album of Michael Jackson's music has also been released, kicking off a week of celebrations of the late singer's life. Jackson died in June aged 50, just weeks before his 50-date comeback concerts, also titled This Is It, were due to start in London.
The two-disc record, titled This Is It, contains songs included in a documentary film of the same name about the singer. Jackson's song, This Is It, was released in early October and will play at the close of the movie
For a full theater listing of where you can see Michael Jackson's This Is It movie: www.thisisittickets.com You will be re-directed to theaters in your area that have tickets available. You can also purchase tickets through sites like Movietickets.com. A surcharge is often added to the ticket price, but lines may be long at the movie theater, so the extra $1 might be worth it.
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