Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, some of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after his famous dance, "the moonwalk", which he originally learned as "the backslide" but perfected the dance into something no one had seen before. The movie's introduction is a type of music video for Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" but is not the official video for the song. The film then expresses a montage of Michael's career, which leads into a parody of his Bad video titled "Badder", followed by sections "Speed Demon" and "Leave Me Alone". What follows is the biggest section where Michael plays a hero with magical powers and saves three children from Mr. Big. This section is "Smooth Criminal" which leads into a performance of "Come Together".
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Michael Jackson | Michael |
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Joe Pesci | Mr. Big (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Sean Lennon | Sean (segment Smooth Criminal) (segment Come Together) |
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Kelley Parker | Katie (segment Smooth Criminal) (segment Come Together) |
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Brandon Quintin Adams | Zeke (segment Smooth Criminal) (segment Badder) (segment Come Together) |
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Jeff Adkins | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Patrick Alan | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Brenda Barrett | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Scott Benson | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Bonnie Beutler | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Lindell Blake | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Kim Blank | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Shelby Brown | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Geron Canidate | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Cindera Che | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Chris Coaley | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Gary Coburn | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Raphael Douglas | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Debbie Esposito | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Bruno Falcon | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Lorraine Fields | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Alison Fusco | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Eddie Garcia | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Nick Garfield | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
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Frank Gatson | Dancer (segment Smooth Criminal) |
| Director | Jerry Kramer |
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| Jim Blashfield |
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| Colin Chilvers |
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| Will Vinton |
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| Writer | Michael Jackson, David Newman | |
| Producer | David Altschul, Jim Blashfield, Paul Diener, Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson, Dennis E. Jones, Jerry Kramer, John Romeyn, Will Vinton | |
| Musician | Bruce Broughton | |
| Photography | Thomas E. Ackerman, Robert E. Collins, Frederick Elmes, John Hora, Crescenzo G.P. Notarile | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Dolby Digital Stereo [Italian] |
| Subtitles | Arabic | Bulgarian | Dutch | English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Italian | Romanian |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Regions | Region 2 |
| Location | Muziek |
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| Index | 3862 |
| Added Date | Jan 10, 2026 13:58:37 |
| Modified Date | Jan 10, 2026 16:14:07 |