

02/01/1988
This 53-minute television special retraces Michael Jackson’s rise from child prodigy with the Jackson 5 to global superstar of the 1980s. Combining rare archive footage, music video excerpts, concert clips, and interviews with collaborators, it showcases the milestones of his career up to the Bad era. Narrated in documentary style, the program highlights Jackson’s artistic evolution, humanitarian work, and cultural impact. Originally broadcast on television in 1988 and later released on VHS, it serves as both a career retrospective and a portrait of his enduring influence on pop music and entertainment.

Michael Jackson
as Self

James Earl Jones
as Narrator (voice)

Dick Clark
as Self

Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self

Katharine Hepburn
as Self

Yoko Ono
as Self

Hermes Pan
as Self

Suzanne de Passe
as Self

Marlon Jackson
as Self

Quincy Jones
as Self

Gene Kelly
as Self

Cyndi Lauper
as Self

Sean Ono Lennon
as Self

Sophia Loren
as Self

Smokey Robinson
as Self

Martin Scorsese
as Self

Elizabeth Taylor
as Self

Tommy Chong
as Self
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