Michael Jackson's Ghost music video

A few years ago I tuned into a music video channel in the middle of a video and saw a chubby middle aged white man and thought "that's Michael Jackson!"

Does anyone remember this music video?

Ghosts is a short film starring Michael Jackson and directed by film director and special effects guru Stan Winston which could also be classified as a long-form music video.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_(1997_film)

Michael Jackson plays several rolls in this music video including the Maestro, the Mayor, the Ghoul Mayor, the Superghoul and the Skeleton.

Search for Michael Jackson Ghosts video at Youtube.com


In an article for contactmusic.com, Richie Alonzo is credited for the make-up that turned Michael Jackson into the Mayor in this video.

Make-up experts Michael Westmore and Steve Johnson have revealed they worked on elaborate disguises specifically for Jacko's shopping trips.

Johnson mentions that

"He was not comfortable with me taking pictures of him in the finished make-up... He had a lot of fun running rampant in public, with him totally unrecognisable."
And Westmore, who had helped to create disguises for government officials, admits he was called in to create "a variety of prosthetic noses and dentures" for Jackson.

Read entire article here.

Also see: The Many Faces of Michael Jackson
in Make-Up Artist Magazine.

Making Up Michael: Artists recall working with the King of Pop in this article by Joe Nazzaro, featuring never-before-published photos.

Musician Dan Huff talks about his first meeting with Michael Jackson as MJ was removing his disguise.

From a Larry King Interview with John Landis.
Aired June 29, 2009

KING: John, you said that despite his gifts, Michael Jackson was a tragic figure. Explain.

LANDIS: Well, I always found Michael -- he was -- first of all, let me say one thing way up front, which is that I have nothing but love and admiration for Mike, in terms of as a person and as a truly international and great star. I was aware of that from the beginning. But he often was sad and he was eccentric. You know.

Once we are at Universal at my office, and I said, let's go up to the Back to the Future ride. It's very cool. And he said, OK, but I have to put on a disguise. And I said, Mike, no one will bother. He said no, I have to put on a disguise. So he went to the car and he came back with a red satin surgical mask, this big impresario hat, and a cape. And I just said, OK, Mike, no one will notice you now.

He was really outrageous and very sweet. He was a very sweet guy.

KING: Why tragic?

LANDIS: Seriously? Look at what's going on right now. It's tragic. There's no reason for this person to be dead, and there's no reason for him to be break, and there's no reason for this bizarre thing that's going to go on now. He's a tragic guy. He was -- I mean -- you can tell that -- I mean, everyone who worked with Michael is very fond of him. He was a lovely person. But I find him --

Read the rest of this interview at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0906/29/lkl.01.html

I wonder if people who think Michael Jackson is still alive watch the news interviews about MJ and wonder if the interviewed individual is actually Michael Jackson in costume and make-up...