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mc8755 said:
Win 2 VIP tickets to L.A. to the screening of This Is It at the Nokia Plaza on the 27th! Plus loads of touristy crap in L.A. too :)
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I've been trying too but i would rather just win it tomorrow than be the current winner all week and then lose on the last day. I didn't hear todays questions but i got all of yesterdays, they were easy enough.
 
For any fellow Irish fans who haven't seen this, here it is! It was in that Grange place in Westmeath. He recorded there, and stayed in Luggala Castle Estate in Wicklow near where I live! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqm6qkWaoro - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJGMhUwdM0 - Part 2

(P.S. I know this is off TII topic, bit there aren't any other Irish threads (that I've seen!))

I love how it shows Michael so relaxed and enjoying what he does best, making music! This was 2006, so "Thriller 25" is obv the result :) He loves Access Hollywood's camera too :p
 
The Savoy is now showing film at 2pm on opening day. I am now seeing film at 11am @ Cineworld and then 2pm at the Savoy. Can't wait!!!
 
Michael Jackson: the song, the album, the movie, the making-of

Fri, Oct 09, 2009
REVOLVER: There’s life in Michael Jackson yet. Since his untimely death four months ago, ***** has become the biggest- selling artist of the year, but all those people rushing to reacquaint themselves with this weird musical genius by buying his albums represent just the preparatory work for the real ker-ching event that will arrive in two weeks, writes BRIAN BOYD

For the past few weeks there has been a team of guards outside a Los Angeles recording studio, where the finishing touches were being put to a new Jackson song, This Is It , which he had planned to unveil at his first London 02 show.
The song has been completed sans Jackson, with new backing vocals from his brothers. From the little that has leaked out about the song, we know it will be a big, barnstorming, orchestral affair, drenched in maudlin sentiment, and will undoubtedly go straight to No 1 around the world.
This Is It is being released only as a “radio single”, meaning you won’t be able to buy the single or download it. The security is such that it’s not being released to the press before its first radio airing next Monday.
There’s a good reason why the press aren’t getting the song and why it’s not being made available to buy: these four minutes are worth millions.
The radio single is being used to trail the album of the same name, which goes on release on Oct 26th. This Is It will be a double CD affair. One disc will have the original master recordings, including two versions of the new song; the second will have previously unreleased versions of Jackson’s songs (remixes, etc) as well as a new spoken-word poem called Planet Earth , which will be really nauseating, but never mind.
The full album, including the single, will be on iTunes on October 26th. While there’s been no official confirmation, you can bet the radio single will still not be available as an individual download. To own it, you will have to buy the double album.
That’s why the security is so dramatic. The song is the only thing people really want from the “new” album – most of the rest consists of previous releases or remixes. As long as the song is “locked”, it looks likely that the This Is It album will be No 1 at the end of the year (The only serious contender will be Susan Boyle).
But Jacksonmania doesn’t end there. There is also a This Is It film, which has been cobbled together (err, lovingly assembled) and which details all the events in Jackson’s life between April and June of this year – mainly rehearsal footage for the 02 shows. There was a bit of legal argy-bargy about who actually owned these 100 hours of footage, but the two main players, the Jackson estate and AEG Live (the promoters of the 02 shows), struck a deal with Sony Pictures and handed over the tapes for $60 million (€41 million).
The Jackson estate flexed their muscles, insisting that the film could “not include any footage that puts the superstar in a bad light” and that they had approval over the final edit.
Sony Pictures has gone into warp speed marketing overdrive with this. The first thing it did was announce that the film would be released to cinemas for a strictly limited two-week run only. (It goes on release in the same week as the This Is It album).
Tickets to most of the US screenings have already sold out, and Europeans are being advised to go to the official site (www.thisis ittickets.com) to order tickets.
Cinemas worldwide are already arranging 24-hour screenings of the film in order to keep up with demand (the two-week timeframe is being rigidly enforced). Still unannounced is the distinct probability that the film will be out on sell-through DVD in time for the Christmas market.
So, there will be no escaping Michael Jackson in all of his multimedia guises over the next few months.
And apparently they’ve just finished a The Making of the “This Is It” film DVD.
The This Is It single is released to radio stations only on Monday. See listings page 20 for details of the Man In the Mirror Michael Jackson tribute shows in Dublin’s Olympia this weekend
© 2009 The Irish Times
 
^ The Irish Times did NOT just call Michael that name.. They're no better than The Sun! :bugeyed
 
Irish Times are a piece of crap. They've gone down in my estimation a lot in recent years.
 
Limonali said:
Thriller Live - Did you see in this morning's Herald's? I didn't know it's gonna play here...
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Yeah it's on in the O2 dublin and the Oddesy belfast, i bought my tickets for Dublin a month ago but i think there are still some available. There has been very little advertising though and they seem to be really pushing the Queen musical.
 
Memefan said:
Michael Jackson: the song, the album, the movie, the making-of

Fri, Oct 09, 2009
REVOLVER: There’s life in Michael Jackson yet. Since his untimely death four months ago, ***** has become the biggest- selling artist of the year, but all those people rushing to reacquaint themselves with this weird musical genius by buying his albums represent just the preparatory work for the real ker-ching event that will arrive in two weeks, writes BRIAN BOYD

For the past few weeks there has been a team of guards outside a Los Angeles recording studio, where the finishing touches were being put to a new Jackson song, This Is It , which he had planned to unveil at his first London 02 show.
The song has been completed sans Jackson, with new backing vocals from his brothers. From the little that has leaked out about the song, we know it will be a big, barnstorming, orchestral affair, drenched in maudlin sentiment, and will undoubtedly go straight to No 1 around the world.
This Is It is being released only as a “radio single”, meaning you won’t be able to buy the single or download it. The security is such that it’s not being released to the press before its first radio airing next Monday.
There’s a good reason why the press aren’t getting the song and why it’s not being made available to buy: these four minutes are worth millions.
The radio single is being used to trail the album of the same name, which goes on release on Oct 26th. This Is It will be a double CD affair. One disc will have the original master recordings, including two versions of the new song; the second will have previously unreleased versions of Jackson’s songs (remixes, etc) as well as a new spoken-word poem called Planet Earth , which will be really nauseating, but never mind.
The full album, including the single, will be on iTunes on October 26th. While there’s been no official confirmation, you can bet the radio single will still not be available as an individual download. To own it, you will have to buy the double album.
That’s why the security is so dramatic. The song is the only thing people really want from the “new” album – most of the rest consists of previous releases or remixes. As long as the song is “locked”, it looks likely that the This Is It album will be No 1 at the end of the year (The only serious contender will be Susan Boyle).
But Jacksonmania doesn’t end there. There is also a This Is It film, which has been cobbled together (err, lovingly assembled) and which details all the events in Jackson’s life between April and June of this year – mainly rehearsal footage for the 02 shows. There was a bit of legal argy-bargy about who actually owned these 100 hours of footage, but the two main players, the Jackson estate and AEG Live (the promoters of the 02 shows), struck a deal with Sony Pictures and handed over the tapes for $60 million (€41 million).
The Jackson estate flexed their muscles, insisting that the film could “not include any footage that puts the superstar in a bad light” and that they had approval over the final edit.
Sony Pictures has gone into warp speed marketing overdrive with this. The first thing it did was announce that the film would be released to cinemas for a strictly limited two-week run only. (It goes on release in the same week as the This Is It album).
Tickets to most of the US screenings have already sold out, and Europeans are being advised to go to the official site (www.thisis ittickets.com) to order tickets.
Cinemas worldwide are already arranging 24-hour screenings of the film in order to keep up with demand (the two-week timeframe is being rigidly enforced). Still unannounced is the distinct probability that the film will be out on sell-through DVD in time for the Christmas market.
So, there will be no escaping Michael Jackson in all of his multimedia guises over the next few months.
And apparently they’ve just finished a The Making of the “This Is It” film DVD.
The This Is It single is released to radio stations only on Monday. See listings page 20 for details of the Man In the Mirror Michael Jackson tribute shows in Dublin’s Olympia this weekend
© 2009 The Irish Times
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Irish Times = US Weekly with worse quality paper...
 
I was wondering if anyone goes to the same show of TII that I am going...
what do you think about making a list of dates/times of shows we all go to and see if we go to the same ones?

For now I go to Liffey Valey on 28th at 8:20 or 8:30pm (don't remember)
and I want to buy another one in November but not sure yet when.
 
Gottobethere said:
When are you going? I hope loads go on the first day so it gets some hype.
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I'm going on the first day, first showing! I might be going by myself though lol! If my friend doesn't get a ticket, I don't really mind though.
 
grace93 said:
I'm going on the first day, first showing! I might be going by myself though lol! If my friend doesn't get a ticket, I don't really mind though.
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Your friend should be grand i don't think they are selling to well, probably because irish people don't really pre book cinema tickets.
 
The first showing in my cinema is 5.40, I think I will not come on here starting from about the night of the 27th until after I've seen it, because I know if anyone has seen it and puts up a topic all about it I will have to read it and ruin it for myself lol!
 
grace93 said:
The first showing in my cinema is 5.40, I think I will not come on here starting from about the night of the 27th until after I've seen it, because I know if anyone has seen it and puts up a topic all about it I will have to read it and ruin it for myself lol!
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Yeah that's why i'm going to the 4am screening, it would wreck my head if i hear loads about it before seeing it myself.
 
Guys, I'm in Dublin during the week, and it comes out on a Wednesday, so can anyone answer these questions for me please:
- Are there 4am screenings in both the Savoy and Cineworld (Parnell St.)?
- Which cinema is showing it on a bigger screen/which would you recommend (I've never been to the Savoy but have been to Cineworld before)?
Thanks in advance! So excited guys!
 
Emerald said:
Guys, I'm in Dublin during the week, and it comes out on a Wednesday, so can anyone answer these questions for me please:
- Are there 4am screenings in both the Savoy and Cineworld (Parnell St.)?
- Which cinema is showing it on a bigger screen/which would you recommend (I've never been to the Savoy but have been to Cineworld before)?
Thanks in advance! So excited guys!
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So far there are only 4am screenings in Vue in Liffeyvallley, i hope they do it in other cinemas but so far it ain't happening. Liffey valley is one of the biggest screens in the country.
 
If you want the biggest screen, go to Savoy, if you want the comfiest seats, go to Dundrum!

...There will have to be a *Spoilers Only* section of the thread at least for the 1st couple of days... I'm going to the first showing in Dundrum, so I won't be logging on here until after then! :D
 
Oh so there aren't any 4am showings in the city centre! Right! Change of plans required!
 
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