Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller 3D’

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After Jackson’s death, and with the rise of HD and Blu-ray, fans have been screaming for a restored version of “Thriller” for years. In fact, Landis resolved his long-standing dispute with the Jackson estate back in 2012 paving the way for today’s massive announcement.

The estate of Michael Jackson announces today (Aug. 7) that Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D will debut at the 74th annual Venice Film Festival (Aug. 30-Sept. 9), Billboard reports.

In addition, the accompanying Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller documentary— originally available on VHS between 1983-1990 and not available for purchase in any format since then — will be screened in Venice. This will mark the first time that the award-winning documentary has been shown in a theater!

"But we didn’t just restore Thriller,” Landis continues. “We enhanced it … like in that scene in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy and the others are being buffed and polished inside Emerald City.”

Working in tandem with Optimum Productions, Landis helped supervise the labor-intensive restoration process that began with an extremely high-resolution version of the original 35mm negative (which wasn’t re-edited or recut in any way) before the actual 3D conversion. The enhancement also encompassed all the audio in the film from Jackson’s music and Elmer Bernstein’s score to the movie’s sound effects.

Remarking on Thriller 3D’s “spectacular visuals,” Landis teases that viewers also will be treated to a shocking surprise. Declining to reveal more hints, he says only that the “surprise takes advantage of 3D in a way that’s very effective.”

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