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"Thriller"
U.S. 12" vinyl
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Thriller
B-side
"Things I Do for You"
Released
November 2, 1983 (1983-11-02) (worldwide) January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (US)
Format
7" single
12" single
CD single
Recorded
April-November 1982
Genre
Disco
funk
Length
5:57 (album version)
4:02 (7" single edit version)
Label
Epic
CBS
Songwriter(s)
Rod Temperton
Producer(s)
Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Say Say Say"
(1983) "Thriller"
(1983) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(1987)
"Say Say Say"
(1983) "Thriller"
(1983) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(1987)
Music video
"Thriller" on YouTube
"Thriller" is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the seventh and final single released by Epic Records from his 1982 studio album of the same name. A 14-minute video showing Jackson in a horror-themed performance premiered on November 14, 1983.[1] It was first shown on MTV on December 2, 1983.[2] The song was not released as a single until January 23, 1984.
"Thriller" has appeared on multiple greatest hits compilation albums from Jackson, including HIStory (1995), Number Ones (2003), The Essential Michael Jackson (2005) and Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) and was remixed for the Immortal album in 2011. The song has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price.
In the song, sound effects such as a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard, and the lyrics contain frightening themes and elements. "Thriller" received positive reviews from critics and became Jackson's seventh top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart from the album, while reaching the top of the charts in France and Belgium and the top ten in many other countries.
"Thriller" was adapted by director John Landis into a highly successful music video, known independently as "Michael Jackson's Thriller". At fourteen minutes the video is substantially longer than the song, which ties together a narrative featuring Jackson and actress Ola Ray in a setting heavily inspired by horror films of the 1950s. In the video's most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a choreographed dance routine. Though it garnered some criticism for its occult theme and violent imagery, the video was immediately popular and received high critical acclaim, being nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 and winning three. In 2009 it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, the first music video ever selected.
Contents
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1 Background and composition
2 Recording and production
3 Critical reception
4 Chart performance
5 Music video
5.1 Concept
5.2 Reception
6 Live performances
7 Cover versions
8 Appearances in other media
9 Personnel
10 Charts and certifications
10.1 Charts
10.2 Sales and certifications
11 Track listing
12 Film adaptation
13 See also
14 References
15 External links
Background and composition[edit]
"Thriller" was written by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. An inspiration was the Jacksons' hit "This Place Hotel". Early titles include "Starlight",[3][4] "Starlight Sun" and "Give Me Some Starlight". The title was changed to 'Thriller' after Michael told Temperton he wanted something that would appeal to kids.[5] While still titled "Starlight", the song's hook lyrics were "Give me some starlight! Starlight sun...", but after the song was changed to "Thriller" the hook was rewritten to "'Cause this is thriller! Thriller night...".[6] Temperton commented,
Originally, when I did my 'Thriller' demo, I called it 'Starlight'. Quincy said to me, "You managed to come up with a title for the last album, see what you can do for this album.' I said, "Oh great," so I went back to the hotel, wrote two or three hundred titles, and came up with the title 'Midnight Man'. The next morning, I woke up, and I just said this word... Something in my head just said, this is the title. You could visualize it on the top of the Billboard charts. You could see the merchandising for this one word, how it jumped off the page as 'Thriller'.[4]
While Temperton was writing "Thriller" he stated that he'd "always envisioned" a "talking section at the end" on the song, but did not really know what "to do with it", until deciding "to have somebody, a famous voice, in the horror genre, to do this vocal."[4] Jones' then-wife, Peggy Lipton, who knew Vincent Price, suggested Price for the vocal part, which Price agreed to do.[4]
"Thriller" is considered a disco-funk song.[7] Set in the key of C♯ Modern Dorian,[citation needed] its instrumentation consists of synthesizer, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, flute and trombone. The song has a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute.[8] The lyrics and sound effects on "Thriller" pertain to frightful elements and themes.[9]
Recording and production[edit]
Quincy Jones produced "Thriller".
"Thriller", along with other songs from Thriller, was recorded by Jackson over the course of eight weeks,[10] in 1982. Jackson recorded the song at Westlake Recording Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.[4] Bruce Swedien, the song's engineer, said of the song being recorded,
When we started 'Thriller', the first day at Westlake, we were all there and Quincy [Jones, the producer] walked in followed by me and Michael and Rod Temperton and some of the other people. Quincy turned to us and he said, 'OK guys, we're here to save the recording industry.' Now that's a pretty big responsibility – but he meant it. And that's why those albums, and especially 'Thriller', sound so incredible. The basic thing is, everybody who was involved gave 150 percent … Quincy's like a director of a movie and I'm like a director of photography, and it's Quincy's job to cast [it]. Quincy can find the people and he gives us the inspiration to do what we do.[4]
Swedien and Jones stated that Vincent Price recorded his introduction and voice-over rap for the song in two takes; Jones, acknowledging that doing a voice-over for a song is "difficult", praised Price and described his recording takes as being "fabulous".[4] Swedien said of Jackson recording the song, that, "I tried all sorts of things with Michael – for instance, he would sing the main vocal part and we'd double it one time and then I'd ask him to step away from the mic and do it a third time and that really changed the acoustics in the room so it gave Michael's vocals a unique character … We recorded some of those background vocals in the shower stall at Westlake."[4]
Throughout the song, sound effects such as a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard. Bruce Cannon, a sound effects editor for "Thriller", said that, "Things like the lightning may have come from old Hollywood movies – we'll never know which movies – but the best sound-effects editors do go out in the desert and find a coyote, so I have a feeling that was a real howl."[4]
The backing track, especially the bassline, has certain similarities to the 1981 number-one R&B hit "Give It to Me Baby" by Rick James.[11] The bass part was made from two modified Minimoogs playing in unison.[12]
Critical reception[edit]
"Thriller" is a contemporary critical favourite. Ashley Lasimone, of AOL's Spinner.com, noted that it "became a signature for Jackson" and described "the groove of its bassline, paired with Michael's killer vocals and sleek moves" as having "produced a frighteningly great single."[13] Jon Pareles of The New York Times noted that 'Billie Jean', 'Beat It', 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ' and "the movie in the song 'Thriller'", were the songs, unlike the "fluff" "P.Y.T.", that were "the hits that made Thriller a world-beater; along with Mr. Jackson's stage and video presence, listeners must have identified with his willingness to admit terror."[14] Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times described "Thriller" as "adequately groovy" with a "funked-out beat" and lyrics "seemingly lifted from some little kid's 'scary storybook'".[15]
50 Cent told NME that the song is the one he wished he'd written: "I had his poster on my wall. He had me moonwalkin' around my bedroom. I'd love to have written any Michael Jackson song, so maybe start with one of the greatest."[16]
Chart performance[edit]
Prior to "Thriller"'s official release as a single, six other songs from the album had charted[17] "Thriller" became Jackson's seventh and final Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single from his Thriller album. In Billboard issue date February 11, 1984, the song entered the charts at number 20 on the Hot 100.[18] The song entered the top ten the following week at number eight.[19] One week later, it reached number five, then the next week it rose to number four; its peak position which it held for a second week.[20][21] The song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 4, 1989, for sales of over one million physical units in the U.S. (the requirement for gold and platinum singles was lowered after 1989).[22][23][23] It has sold a further 3.6 million copies in digital downloads as of October 2014 in the US.[24] As of November 2016, the song sold 4.024 million total copies in the US.[25]
For the issue date February 25, 1984, "Thriller" charted at number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart.[26] The following week, the song placed at number five.[26] On March 10, 1984, it charted at number 3, where it peaked.[27] "Thriller" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on November 19, 1983, at number 24, and the following week charted at number ten, where it peaked; the song appeared on the chart for 52 weeks.[28] Beginning on February 5, 1984, "Thriller" peaked on the French Singles Chart at number one and topped the chart for four consecutive weeks.[29] "Thriller" also topped the Belgian VRT Top 30 Chart for two weeks in January 1984.[30]
Following Jackson's death, his music experienced a surge in popularity.[31] In the week of Jackson's death, "Thriller" was Jackson's best-selling track in the US, with sales of 167,000 copies on the Billboard Hot Digital Singles Chart.[31] On July 11, 2009, "Thriller" charted on the Billboard Hot Digital Singles Chart at number two (its peak), and the song remained in the charts' top ten for three consecutive weeks.[32] In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 23 the week of Jackson's death.[33] The following week, the song reached its peak at number 12 on the UK Single Chart.[28] On July 12, 2009, "Thriller" peaked at number two on the Italian Singles Chart[34] and was later certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[35] "Thriller" reached at number three on the Australian ARIA Chart and Swiss Singles Chart and topped the Spanish Singles Charts for one week.[36] The song also placed within the top ten on the German Singles Chart, Norwegian Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart, at number nine, number seven and number eight respectively.[36] "Thriller" also landed at number 25 on the Danish Singles Chart.[37] In the third week of July "Thriller" peaked at number 11 in Finland.[38] The song finished at #78 for the year on Billboard Hot 100 of 1984.
In 2013, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 42.[39]
Music video[edit]
Main article: Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)
In his 1988 book Moonwalk, Jackson expressed interest in having director John Landis direct the music video for "Thriller". Having seen Landis' previous work on the horror film An American Werewolf in London, Jackson envisioned the main character of his short film to undergo similar transitions parallel to those of the characters in Landis' horror film. Hence, Landis was asked to direct the video seeing as Michael felt he would make the best fit towards properly conveying his personal concepts for the short feature film.[40] Landis accepted Jackson’s invitation and production began soon thereafter, filming in various locations in New York and Los Angeles.
Contrary to reports of $800,000[41] to $1 million production budgets, Landis stated that the music video was made for $500,000.[42] Within the same excerpt of Moonwalk, Jackson noted how he personally financed much of the short film for "Thriller" out of his own pocket. Due to all the technical details of production and the nature of the video, the budget nearly doubled in costs. John Branca—Jackson's attorney and advisor—suggested creating a documentary outlining the process of creating the short film. The behind-the-scenes documentary was aimed towards seeking a third-party sponsor to finance the project and thus alleviate some of the costs of the doubled budget. The documentary was entitled, "The Making of Thriller", and achieved significant sales among audiences.[40]
Jackson also said of making the music video, in an interview that aired on December 11, 1999, for MTV's 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made:
My idea was to make this short film with conversation ... I like having a beginning and a middle and an ending, which would follow a story. I'm very much involved in complete making and creating of the piece. It has to be, you know, my soul. Usually, you know, it's an interpretation of the music. [...] It was a delicate thing to work on because I remember my original approach was, 'How do you make zombies and monsters dance without it being comical?' So I said, 'We have to do just the right kind of movement so it doesn't become something that you laugh at.' But it just has to take it to another level. So I got in a room with [choreographer] Michael Peters, and he and I together kind of imagined how these zombies move by making faces in the mirror. I used to come to rehearsal sometimes with monster makeup on, and I loved doing that. So he and I collaborated and we both choreographed the piece and I thought it should start like that kind of thing and go into this jazzy kind of step, you know. Kind of gruesome things like that, not too much ballet or whatever.[43]
The music video of the song also included on the video albums: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory, HIStory on Film, Volume II, Number Ones, on the bonus DVD of Thriller 25 and Michael Jackson's Vision.
Following the release of the music video, a 45-minute documentary was released that provided candid glimpses behind the scenes of the music video's production.[42] Entitled Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, it, like the music video, was shown heavily on MTV for a time[42] and was the top-selling home-video release of all time at one point, with over nine million copies sold.[44] MTV paid $250,000 for the exclusive rights to show the documentary; Showtime paid $300,000 for pay-cable rights; and Vestron Video reportedly paid $500,000 to market the cassette, in a profit participation agreement.[42][45]
Concept[edit]
Set in the 1950s, Michael and his unnamed date (Ola Ray) run out of gas near a dark wooded area. They walk off into the forest, and Michael asks her if she would be "his girl"; she accepts and he gives her a ring. He warns her, however, that he is "different". A full moon appears, and Michael begins convulsing in agony, transforming into a werewolf.[41] His date runs away in terror, but the werecat catches up to her, knocking her down and begins lunging at her with his claws. He also knocks down a tree. The scene then cuts to a modern-day movie theater where Michael and his date, along with a repulsed audience, are actually watching the scene unfold in a movie called Thriller.
Michael's date leaves the theater as Michael hands his popcorn to a stranger, catches up to her, and assures her that "It's only a movie". Some debate follows as to whether or not she was scared by the movie. They then walk down a foggy road as Michael teases her by singing the verses of "Thriller". They pass a nearby graveyard, in which zombies begin to rise out of their caskets as Vincent Price performs his soliloquy. The zombies corner Michael and his date threateningly, and suddenly, Michael becomes a zombie himself. The zombies then break into an elaborate song and dance number,[41] followed by the main chorus of "Thriller" (during which Michael was reverted to human form), frightening his date to the point where she runs for cover.
Michael (turned back into a zombie) and his fellow corpses then back the frightened girl into the corner of a nearby abandoned house. Michael then reaches for his date's throat as she lets out a bloodcurdling scream, only to awake and realize it was all a dream. Michael then offers to take her home, and she happily obliges. As they walk out of the house, Michael turns around and looks at the camera, thus revealing his yellow werewolf eyes and fangs from the beginning of the video, as we hear Vincent Price's haunting laugh, while Michael grins.[41]
Reception[edit]
Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly commented on the music video, "Every aspect of the 14-minute horror musical, directed with creepy-comical zest by John Landis, is beyond iconic, from Michael's red leather ensemble to the immortal (no pun) herky-jerky zombie dance and bwah-ha-ha Vincent Price narration."[46] Though the video was met with widespread praise, it was also criticized for its content. In 1982, the National Coalition on Television Violence (NCTV) classified more than half of 200 MTV music videos surveyed as "too violent". Both "Thriller" and Jackson's duet with Paul McCartney, "Say, Say, Say" made the list.[3] The Los Angeles Times quoted Dr. Thomas Radecki, chairman of the NCTV, as saying, "It's not hard to imagine young viewers after seeing 'Thriller' saying, 'Gee, if Michael Jackson can terrorize his girlfriend, why can't I do it too?'[3]
The music video was nominated for six awards at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, winning three out of six of the nominations.[47] "Thriller" won Viewers Choice, Best Overall Performance and Best Choreography—but lost Best Concept Video, Best Male Video and Video of the Year.[47]
The music video was listed as the "Greatest Video" on VH1's "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" in 2001.[48] MTV listed the music video as being the "Greatest Music Video Ever Made" on their list, "MTV: 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" in 1999.[49] In July 2011, the music video was named one of "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos" by TIME magazine.[50]
Live performances[edit]
Jackson performed "Thriller" on all three of his solo world concert tours. From the Dangerous Tour onwards, half the song was always performed by a masked backup dancer as Jackson prepared for his next song as part of a stage illusion. Despite Jackson performing multiple songs from his Thriller album, "Thriller" was not included on the Jacksons set list during their Victory Tour in 1984, as Michael Jackson was not satisfied with the way the song sounded live.
Jackson performed "Thriller" during his first world tour as a solo artist, the Bad world tour, lasting sixteen months, from 1987 to 1989, for a total of 123 shows.[51] During the Bad tour, in both legs, the jacket had flashing lights in the middle of the song and at the end. An impersonator was only used for the introduction of the song; a masked dancer emerges from the costume tent at the side of the stage, and goes back in hiding while Jackson himself, also masked at first, swings down from a rope on the other side of the stage before taking off his mask.
"Thriller" was also performed during Jackson's second world tour, the Dangerous Tour, where stage illusions were used to transition between "Thriller" and "Billie Jean". In the middle of "Thriller", Jackson secretly switched places with a masked backup dancer who finishes the song appearing as Jackson prepares for Billie Jean. When the song ends, Jackson appears fully dressed on the upper floor as "Billie Jean" begins. In the third leg of the Dangerous Tour, there was no upper floor but the masked dancer still performed the latter half of the song.
Jackson performed "Thriller"[52] for all of his 82 shows during his third, and final, world tour, the HIStory World Tour. Once again, a masked dancer posing as Jackson was used as a stage illusion, this time to the transition between "Thriller" and "Beat It". As with the Dangerous tour, Jackson switches with the background dancer in the middle of the song. At the end of Thriller, the masked dancer is taken by the zombie dancers into a coffin where it appears he is impaled with spikes and burned. Jackson would appear at the side of the stage in a cherry-picker, starting off "Beat It".
Jackson had planned to perform "Thriller" during his 50-show concert series, which would have been his fourth concert tour, entitled This Is It from 2009 to 2010.[53][54] For Jackson's performance of the song, he had planned for the stage that he was to perform on to be set up with a background that looked like a "graveyard" (which was a brief setting in the music video) with 3-D effects. Jackson would emerge from a giant black widow spider.[54][55][56] According to a setlist that was released in March 2009, "Thriller" was to close out the 16-song show,[57] although the film Michael Jackson's This Is It, which documents the concert series, lists 18 songs and "Man in the Mirror" as the closing song for the planned shows.[58][59][60]
Live versions of the song are available on the DVDs Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 and Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour.
Cover versions[edit]
1980s
In 1984, British comedian Lenny Henry recorded a spoof video of Thriller, titled "Thinner".
In 1989, American composer Henry Mancini and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded an orchestral version of the song.[61]
2000s
In 2000, British death metal band Ten Masked Men covered the song on their album Return of the Ten Masked Men.[61]
In 2001, American-born Australian singer Joe Dolce covered the song on a compilation album, Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge.[61]
In 2003, British rock band Aereogramme recorded "Thriller" for their Livers & Lungs EP.[61]
In 2003, German a cappella group Maybebop covered the song for their album Heiße Luft.[62]
In 2004, British electronic music group the Prodigy sampled "Thriller" on their The Way It Is.[63]
In 2007, Ian Brown covered "Thriller".[64] Amos Barshad and Nick Catucci, of NYMag.com, commented that "before you dismiss" the song, if you "give it a listen", Brown’s "louche, drugged-out reinvention is actually pretty great."[64][65]
In 2008, German group Wise Guys recorded an a cappella version of the song as "Schiller" for their tenth album Frei!. The stage choreography based on Michael Jackson's music video and member Ferenc also recites a part of Friedrich Schiller's Die Bürgschaft.[66]
In 2008, "Thriller" was also covered by Ben Gibbard, lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service.[67]
In 2008, industrial metal band Gothminister covered Jackson's song for their album Happiness in Darkness.[61]
In October 2009, Imogen Heap covered "Thriller" for BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.[68]
2010s
In 2010, Italian gothic metal band the LoveCrave released a cover of "Thriller" on their album Soul Saliva.
In 2011, Patrick Stump covered the song in an a cappella mash-up tribute along with several other Michael Jackson songs over pre-recorded backing vocals.[69]
In 2012, Italian jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava released a version on his tribute album Rava on the Dance Floor.
In 2013, Jiordan Tolli covered an stripped-down slower version of song for fifth season of The X Factor Australia during week two. The cover was released as a single on September 3, 2013.[70] Tolli's performance of "Thriller" debuted at number 63 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[71]
In 2014 and 2015, Demi Lovato covered the song on her Demi World Tour. This version included a remixed dancing at the end, which Lovato would dance to with fellow background dancers.[72]
In 2017, Scandroid covered the song on the album Monochrome.
Appearances in other media[edit]
Michael Jackson's Thriller music video, particularly the songs dance routine in the video, have been referenced in television series and films including Donga (1985), Coming to America (1988), The Malibu Beach Vampires (1991), South Park (1997), Dead & Breakfast (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Bo! in the USA (2006), Jelly Jamm (2007), and Furby (2011).[73][better source needed]
The song is also used on Party City ads during Halloween.
The Chemical Brothers said in a January 2002 interview that if their song "My Elastic Eye" is played on large speakers, the bass would resemble "Thriller".[74]
In 2008, a remake of the "Thriller" music video was directed by Corey Grant as a tribute for the 25th anniversary of the original music video in 1983, featuring the Step Up stars Adam G. Sevani and Alyson Stoner.
In 2011, the cast of American musical TV series Glee (Naya Rivera, Kevin McHale and Cory Monteith with New Directions) performed "Thriller" as a mash up with "Heads Will Roll" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs in episode "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle".[75][76]
Pop singer Britney Spears made a reference to "Thriller" in her music video for "I Wanna Go" (2011). In the ending of her video actor Guillermo Díaz leads Spears out of the room. He then turns to the camera with glowing red eyes and his laugh is heard, similar to Vincent Price.[77]
The song was featured in a San Diego Comic-Con promo for the 2nd season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
Personnel[edit]
Written and composed by Rod Temperton
Produced by Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson: lead and background vocals, drum machine
Featuring: Narration by Vincent Price (Not featured on original edited single version)
Rod Temperton and Brian Banks: synthesizers
Brian Banks: synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes: synthesizers, keyboards, electric piano, Minimoog synth-bass
Anthony Marinelli: synthesizer programming
David Williams: guitar
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant: trumpets, flugelhorns
Larry Williams: saxophone, flute
Bill Reichenbach: trombone
Vocal, rhythm and synthesizer arrangement by Rod Temperton
Horn arrangement by Jerry Hey
Effects by Bruce Cannon and Bruce Swedien
Charts and certifications[edit]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1983–84)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[78] 4
Belgian VRT Top 30[30] 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles[79] 3
France (SNEP)[29] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[80] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[81] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[82] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[83] 6
Spain (AFYVE)[84] 1
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[17][20] 4
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[17][27] 3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[85] 24
Chart (2006)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 35
Germany (Media Control Charts)[36] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[81] 8
Italy (FIMI)[87] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[88] 34
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 1
Swiss (Swiss Hitparade)[36] 3
Chart (2007)
Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 20
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 57
Chart (2008)
Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[90] 55
Norway (VG-lista)[91] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[92] 53
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 35
Chart (2009)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[93] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[90] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Back Catalogue Singles Flanders)[94] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 30 Back Catalogue Singles Wallonia)[95] 2
Denmark (Tracklisten)[37] 25
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[96] 16
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[97] 11
France (SNEP)[98] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[36] 8
Italy (FIMI)[87] 2
Japan Singles Top 100 (Oricon)[36] 41
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[88] 9
New Zealand (RIANZ)[36] 12
Norway (VG-lista)[91] 7
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[99] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[92] 3
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 12
Chart (2010)
Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[92] 68
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 68
Chart (2012)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 143
Ireland (IRMA)[81] 30
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 49
Chart (2013)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 159
US Billboard Hot 100[100] 42
Chart (2014)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 152
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 38
US Billboard Hot 100[101] 35
Chart (2015)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 145
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 48
UK (Official Charts Company)[28] 61
US Billboard Hot 100[102] 45
Chart (2016)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 164
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[86] 46
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[89] 32
UK (Official Charts Company) 34
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[103]
3× Platinum 210,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[104]
6× Platinum 360,000^
France (SNEP)[105]
Platinum 975,000[106]
Italy (FIMI)[107]
Platinum 50,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[108]
Platinum 60,000[109]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[110]
2× Platinum 40,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[111]
Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA)[112] Platinum (physical) 1,000,000
Gold (digital) 3,600,000[24]
Gold (MT) 500,000
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Track listing[edit]
7" single'[113]
"Thriller" (edit) – 3:42
"Things I Do for You" (live) – 3:31
12" single[113]
"Thriller" – 5:57
"Thriller" (instrumental) – 5:57
12" maxi[113]
"Thriller" – 5:57
"Thriller" (remixed short version) – 4:05
"Things I Do for You" (live) – 3:31
Mini CD single[114]
"Thriller" - 4:08
"Human Nature" - 3:47
CD single[113]
"Thriller" (remixed short version) – 4:08
"Can't Get Outta the Rain" – 4:09
DualDisc single[113]
CD side
"Thriller" (remixed short version) – 4:09
"Thriller" (album version) – 5:58
DVD side
Michael Jackson's Thriller – 13:40
Digital Download
"Thriller (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)" – 5:02
Film adaptation[edit]
In October 2010, it was found that GK Films plans to produce a horror film inspired by the song, directed by Kenny Ortega and produced with Ivan Reitman.[115][116] As of February 2016, there has been no further news.
See also[edit]
Michael Jackson portal
List of best-selling singles
List of best-selling singles in the United States
List of most expensive music videos
"Michael Jackson's Thriller"
Thriller (viral video)
Thrill the World
References[edit]
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External links[edit]
Michael Jackson - Thriller on YouTube
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Cast Away
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This article is about the 2000 film. For other uses, see Castaway (disambiguation).
Cast Away
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
Produced by
Tom Hanks
Jack Rapke
Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis
Written by
William Broyles, Jr.
Starring
Tom Hanks
Helen Hunt
Nick Searcy
Music by
Alan Silvestri
Cinematography
Don Burgess
Edited by
Arthur Schmidt
Production
company
ImageMovers
Playtone
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
(North America)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Release date
December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22)
Running time
143 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$90 million[1]
Box office
$429.6 million[1]
Cast Away is a 2000 American epic survival drama film directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. The film depicts a FedEx employee marooned on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific and his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo.
The film was released on December 22, 2000. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $429 million worldwide, with Hanks being nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards.[2]
Contents
[hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Filming
3.3 Music
3.4 FedEx
3.5 Wilson the volleyball
4 Reception
4.1 Accolades
5 In popular culture
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
In December 1995, Chuck Noland is a time-obsessed systems engineer, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears, with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted when Chuck is summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia. While flying through a violent storm, his plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Chuck escapes the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable life raft, but loses the emergency locator transmitter. He clings to the life raft, loses consciousness, and floats all night before washing up on an island. After he awakens, he explores the island and soon discovers that it is uninhabited.
Several FedEx packages from the crashed plane also wash up on the shore, as well as the corpse of one of the pilots, which he buries. He initially tries to signal for rescue and makes an escape attempt with the remnants of his life raft, but cannot pass the powerful surf and the coral reefs surrounding the island. He searches for food, water, and shelter, and opens the packages, finding a number of useful items. He leaves one package, which has a pair of angel wings stenciled on it, unopened. During a first attempt to make fire, Chuck receives a deep wound to his hand. In anger and pain, he throws several objects, including a Wilson volleyball from one of the packages. A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson, and begins talking to it. One night, Chuck calculates that in order for the rescue workers to find the site of the plane crash, they will have to search an area twice the size of Texas, making him doubtful he will ever be found.
Four years later, Chuck has adapted to the island’s meager living conditions, having become adept at spearing fish and making fires. He also has regular conversations and arguments with Wilson, his only means of socialization. A large section of a portable toilet washes up on the island; Chuck uses it as a sail in the construction of a raft. After spending some time building and stocking the raft and deciding when weather conditions will be optimal (using an analemma he has created in his cave to monitor the time of year), he launches, using the sail to overcome the powerful surf. After some time on the ocean, a storm nearly tears his raft apart. The following day, as Chuck sleeps, Wilson becomes untethered and floats away from the raft. Chuck is wakened by the spray of a sounding whale, sees Wilson, and swims after him, but Wilson has gone too far to safely retrieve. Chuck returns to the raft and collapses in tears. Later, a passing cargo ship finds him, drifting.
Upon returning to civilization, Chuck learns that he has long been given up for dead; his family and acquaintances have held a funeral, and Kelly has since married Chuck's onetime dentist and has a daughter. After reuniting, the pair profess their love for each other but, realizing they cannot be together because of her commitment to her new family, they sadly part. Kelly gives Chuck the car they once shared.
Some time later, after buying a new volleyball, Chuck travels to Canadian, Texas, to return the unopened FedEx package with the angel wings to its sender, a woman named Bettina Peterson. No one is home, so he leaves the package at the door with a note saying that the package saved his life. He departs and stops at a remote crossroads. A friendly woman passing by in a pickup truck stops to explain where each road leads. As she drives away, Chuck notices the angel wings on the back of her truck are identical to those on the parcel. As Chuck is left standing at the crossroads he looks down each road, then smiles faintly as he looks in the direction of the woman's truck.
Cast[edit]
Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland
Helen Hunt as Kelly Frears
Nick Searcy as Stan
Jenifer Lewis as Becca Twig
Chris Noth as Jerry Lovett
Lari White as Bettina Peterson
Vince Martin as Albert "Al" Miller
Geoffrey Blake as Maynard Graham
Michael Forest as Jack
Jay Acovone as Petrov
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Tom Hanks once stated in an Actor Roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter that "...I wanted to examine the concept of four years of hopelessness, in which you have none of the requirements for living — food, water, shelter, fire and company". But it took six years to put together the alliance that would actually examine that. [Hanks] only had a third of [the story], and [screenwriter] Bill Broyles only had a third of it, [director] Bob Zemeckis came along and provided that other third. Hanks also went on to say "I had that original idea. I was reading an article about FedEx, and I realized that 747s filled with packages fly across the Pacific three times a day. And I just thought, "What happens if that goes down?"[3]
Filming[edit]
The film's shooting occurred between 1998 and 2000, but was not shot consecutively. Hanks gained 50 pounds (23 kg) during pre-production, for the purpose of making his transformation more dramatic. After a majority of the film was shot, production was halted for a year so that he could lose the weight and grow his hair and beard to look like he had been living on the island for years. During the year-long hiatus, Zemeckis used the same film crew to make another film, What Lies Beneath.[2]
Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.[4] It is in a subgroup of the Mamanuca archipelago, which is sited off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. The island became a tourist attraction following the film's release. After Chuck's return, it is identified by Kelly as being "about 600 miles south of the Cook Islands," but there is actually no land between the southernmost Cook Islands of Mangaia and Antarctica.
The film essentially begins and ends in the same location, on the Arrington Ranch in the Texas Panhandle south of the city of Canadian, Texas.[5]
Music[edit]
The film's minimal score was composed by Alan Silvestri for which he won a Grammy Award in 2002. The film's soundtrack is most notable for its lack of score and creature sound effects (such as bird song or insect sounds) while Chuck is on the island, which is intended to reinforce the feeling of isolation.[6] Cast Away contains no original musical score until Chuck escapes the island. However, there is a Russian choral piece heard near the start of the film that was not composed or even recorded by Silvestri, so it does not appear on the film's soundtrack list. It is a traditional Russian song written by Lev Knipper called "Oh, My Field" ("Polyushko, Polye") and it is available on various collections of Red Army hymns. The tracks in Silvestri's score are as follows:
"Cast Away" – 3:44
"Wilson, I'm Sorry" – 1:39
"Drive to Kelly's" – 3:54
"Love of My Life" – 1:47
"What the Tide Could Bring" – 3:39
"Crossroads" – 2:08
"End Credits" – 7:29
The official soundtrack CD is an anthology of musical pieces from all films up to that point directed by Zemeckis and scored by Silvestri. The only track from Cast Away itself is the theme from the end credits.[7]
FedEx[edit]
FedEx provided access to their facilities (Memphis, Los Angeles, and Moscow) as well as airplanes, trucks, uniforms, and logistical support. A team of FedEx marketers oversaw production through more than two years of filming.[8] FedEx CEO Fred Smith made an appearance as himself for the scene where Chuck is welcomed back, which was filmed on location at FedEx's home facilities in Memphis, Tennessee. The idea of a story based on a FedEx plane crashing gave the company "a heart attack at first," but the overall story was seen as positive. FedEx, which paid no money for product placement in the film,[9] saw an increase in brand awareness in Asia and Europe following the film's release.[10]
Wilson the volleyball[edit]
Wilson the volleyball
In the film, Wilson the volleyball serves as Chuck Noland's personified friend and only companion during the four years that Noland spends alone on a deserted island.[11][12][13] Named after the volleyball's manufacturer, Wilson Sporting Goods, the character was created by screenwriter William Broyles, Jr.. While researching for the film, he consulted with professional survival experts, and then chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Gulf of California, to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore. This was the inspiration for the film's inanimate companion. From a screenwriting point of view, Wilson also serves to realistically allow dialogue in a one-person-only situation.[14][15]
One of the original volleyball props was sold at auction for $18,500 to the ex-CEO of FedEx Office, Ken May. At the time of the film's release, Wilson launched its own joint promotion centered on the fact that one of its products was "co-starring" with Tom Hanks. Wilson manufactured a volleyball with a reproduction of the bloodied handprint face on one side. It was sold for a limited time during the film's initial release and continues to be offered on the company's website.[16]
Reception[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, Cast Away has an approval rating of 90% based on 154 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Flawed but fascinating, Cast Away offers an intelligent script, some of Robert Zemeckis' most mature directing, and a showcase performance from Tom Hanks."[17] On Metacritic the film has a score of 73 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18]
Cast Away opened in 2,774 theaters in North America and grossed $28,883,406 with an average of $10,412 per theater on its opening weekend.[19] For the four-day Christmas long holiday weekend, it took in a total of $39,852,075.[20] The film kept performing well and ended up earning $233,632,142 domestically and $196,000,000 internationally for a total of $429,632,142, well above its production budget of $90 million.[1]
Accolades[edit]
Award
Category
Recipients and nominees
Result
73rd Academy Awards[21] Best Actor Tom Hanks Nominated
Best Sound Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan Nominated
54th British Academy Film Awards[22] Best Actor Tom Hanks Nominated
6th Critics' Choice Awards[23] Best Inanimate Object Wilson Won
58th Golden Globe Awards[24] Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Tom Hanks Won
2001 MTV Movie Awards Best Action Sequence Plane crash Nominated
Best Kiss Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt Nominated
Best Male Performance Tom Hanks Nominated
Best On-Screen Duo Tom Hanks and Wilson Nominated
7th Screen Actors Guild Awards[25] Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Tom Hanks Nominated
In popular culture[edit]
A FedEx commercial during the 2003 Super Bowl parodied the final scene of the film, in which Chuck returns a package to its sender. In this version, the woman answers the door, and when Chuck asks what was in the box, the woman replies: "Just a satellite phone, GPS locator, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds. Just silly stuff."[26]
Media executive Lloyd Braun of ABC Studios first suggested the idea of a Cast Away-type television series at a dinner party in 2003.[27] Thom Sherman later pitched the idea for Cast Away – The Series, but never developed the idea.[27] The concept was later developed and pitched with the title Nowhere, which later turned into the ABC show Lost.[27]
See also[edit]
Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "Cast Away (2000)". Box Office Mojo. January 1, 2001. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "'Cast Away' Director Defies Categorizing". New York Times. 2000. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Actor Roundtable: Tom Hanks, James Franco and More on "Predators Everywhere" and Secrets of "Legends"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
Jump up ^ Fiji. Korina Miller, Robyn Jones, Leonardo Pinheiro. Lonely Planet. 2003. p. 54. ISBN 1-74059-134-8.
Jump up ^ Carlson, Paul (August 2007). "Cast Away and the Texas Panhandle" (PDF). The Cyclone, Volume XIV, Issue 2. West Texas Historical Association. pp. 1–2. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
Jump up ^ Cast Away DVD director's commentary
Jump up ^ "Cast Away: The Films of Robert Zemeckis and the Music of Alan Silvestri". allmusic. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
Jump up ^ "`Cast Away' Delivers Goods For Fedex". Chicago Tribune. 2001.
Jump up ^ "Stranded: Behind-the-Scenes of Cast Away, A comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at Cast Away". Stumped Magazine. 2004. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
Jump up ^ "A look at some of the biggest hits in film and TV product placement". The Hollywood Reporter. April 28, 2005. Archived from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Cast Away lets Hanks fend for himself". Detroit News. December 22, 2000. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
Jump up ^ Nate Smith (January 7, 2001). "Cast Away proves great films still exist". Daily Gazette. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
Jump up ^ Vanneman, Alan. "The Volleyball in the Void". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
Jump up ^ Hepola, Sarah (December 29, 2000). "Lost at Sea and Back Again". The Austin Chronicle.
Jump up ^ Natale, Richard (December 20, 2000). "Casting About". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Wilson Cast Away Volleyball". Wilson Sporting Goods. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Cast Away". Rotten Tomatoes. December 22, 2000. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Cast Away". Metacritic. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for December 22-24, 2000". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for December 22-25, 2000". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Jump up ^ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
Jump up ^ Wolf, Matt (February 26, 2001). "'Gladiator' Gets 5 British Awards". Topeka Capital-Journal. Associated Press. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
Jump up ^ "The 6th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012.
Jump up ^ Breznican, Anthony (January 22, 2001). "A 'Gladiator's' Triumph; 'Famous,' Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Also Win Golden Globes". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2013. (Subscription required (help)).
Jump up ^ Schaefer, Stephen (January 31, 2001). "SAG might shake up Oscar field". The Boston Herald. Retrieved October 9, 2013. (Subscription required (help)).
Jump up ^ "Why no matches in the FedEx box?: FedEx parody commercial makes deliberate decision not to help provide fire to its own castaway". CNN. January 27, 2003. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Cast Away". Chicago. August 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
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