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Ghosts is a american film of genre Musical theatre directed by Stan Winston released in USA on 4 september 1997 with Michael Jackson

Ghosts (1997)

Ghosts
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Released in USA 4 september 1997
Length 37minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Musical theatre,    Horror,    Musical
Rating75% 3.756893.756893.756893.756893.75689

Michael Jackson's Ghosts is a 1997 short film starring Michael Jackson, co-written by horror novelist Stephen King and directed by film director and special effects guru Stan Winston which could also be classified as a long-form music video. It was filmed and first screened in 1996 and released along with select prints of the film Thinner. It was released as promo a year later internationally on LaserDisc, VHS and Video CD. Jackson plays a total of five roles in the film.

The film tells the story of a scary Maestro with supernatural powers, who is being forced out of a small town by its mayor all the way to New York, pictured as a comically arrogant, plump man who bears more than a passing resemblance to Thomas Sneddon (the main prosecutor in Jackson's infamous child sexual abuse case from three years earlier). The movie includes a series of dance routines performed by Michael Jackson and his "family" of ghouls. Every song from the film was taken from Michael Jackson's albums: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix.

Synopsis

The Maestro (Michael Jackson) lives alone in a creepy-looking mansion on top of a hill, overlooking the town of "Normal Valley". Occasionally, he entertains the local children with scary magic tricks. One of the children tells his mother, who alerts the Mayor (also Michael Jackson). He in turns organizes the townspeople to go to the Maestro's mansion and force him out of town. Some of them show reluctance to do so, but are pressured into joining the Mayor on his crusade. On a stormy night they go to the Maestro's mansion (which instead of a numbered address, is addressed "Someplace Else") holding flaming torches. When they arrive at the mansion, it is guarded by a large gate. They peer in through the gate, and by the haunting look of the mansion, have second thoughts about entering. The children assure the parents that the Maestro has done nothing wrong, and ask that they leave him alone. But the mayor remarks, "He's a weirdo. There's no place in this town for weirdos.

Actors

Michael Jackson

(Maestro / Mayor / Skeleton)
Mos Def

(Dante)
Cris Judd

(Dancer)
Lisa Joann Thompson

(Dancer / Ghoul)
Stan Winston

(Self (uncredited))
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