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Bad 25 (2012)

Bad 25 poster
Directed by
Spike Lee
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 75 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Spike Lee directs this documentary about Michael Jackson's album Bad on its 25th anniversary. It covers the making of the album and its music videos with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.

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What happens

Bad 25 is a 2012 documentary film about the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film was directed by Spike Lee who previously directed Jackson in the music video for "They Don't Care About Us", as well as directing the posthumous music video for the song "This Is It". A 25th anniversary edition reissue of the Bad album was also released on September 18, 2012, sharing the same name as the film. The film was first screened at the 69th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2012 and was shown for a limited time in New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 19, 2012. The film made its television premiere on German television channel VOX on October 20, 2012 and in the United Kingdom on BBC2 on December 1, 2012. A 90-minute edited version of the film, running for 64 minutes without commercials, premiered in North America on ABC on November 22, 2012. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 2, 2013. The film is also available on the iTunes Store. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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