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Smooth Criminal (1988)
Directed by Colin Chilvers
Overview
Michael and friends find a cave in “Neverland” where an organization led by “L-Y-D-Y-W” hides underground. He will have to combat this organization so that it does not wreak havoc on the world. This 48-minute short film is the largest segment of Michael Jackson’s anthology film, Moonwalker. Nine minutes of the short film were first featured as a music video for the song “Smooth Criminal”, which premiered internationally on MTV on October 13, 1988, days before Moonwalker’s release. Notably, Jackson and dancers perform an apparently physically impossible “anti-gravity lean”. There also exists an official shortened version of the music video which is four minutes long. Another six minutes of the short film was also released as a music video for “Come Together”. The 1930s setting of the short film and Jackson’s white suit and fedora pay tribute to the Fred Astaire musical-comedy film The Band Wagon.
Length 48 minutes
Actors
Michael Jackson | Brandon Quintin Adams | Sean Lennon | Kellie Parker | Joe Pesci