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The ‘Michael’ Movie Highlights the “Thriller” Music Video. Here’s What Actually Happened on Set.

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Getty Images Zombies, werewolves, and monsters—oh my! When Michael Jackson’s iconic music video for “Thriller” debuted on MTV on December 2, 1983, it changed the music video industry forever. Similar to the way Queen pushed through doubters when they debuted “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 1975 as a five-minute-and-54-second track, Jackson defied traditional length with a five-minute-and-57-second version of “Thriller” on his 1983 album of the same name. But for the music video, it was stretched to a nearly 14-minute mini-movie directed by John Landis—and was the first music video to be registered in the National Film Registry in 2009 . Complete with a plot and ending credits, the video, which clocks in at 13:41 in its YouTube form , is hailed as one of the greatest music videos of all time—so much that even the accompanying Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller behind-the-scenes documentary won the 1984 Grammy for Best Video Album.…

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