Michael Jackson Documentary from Old Pal David Gest Gets Screenedhttp://www.showbiz411.com/2011/06/02/michael-jackson-documentary-from-old-pal-david-gest-gets-screened
Remember
David Gest, Michael Jackson’s bff and
Liza Minnelli‘s one time husband, he of the
Shirley Temple shrine
in his home and the waxed eyebrows? Well, he’s back. Gest has made a
documentary about Jackson called “The Real Michael Jackson.” He screened
it recently in Los Angeles for a select group that included
Smokey Robinson, Angie Dickinson, and
Katherine Jackson and her son,
Tito.
The source I spoke to says the documentary is pretty good mainly
because it includes lots of rare footage of Michael and the Jacksons.
How Gest got the rights to the footage, I don’t know. He does have plans
to release the doc in the UK. Here’s the copy from the invite he sent
out, I’ve reprinted it with typos:
PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A PRIVATE SCREENING OF MY FIRST FILM ‘THE REAL
MICHAEL JACKSON’ ON THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011 PM AT 8:00 PM AT THE ALFRED
HITCHCOCK THEATRE ON THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS LOT. YOUR NAME WILL BE LEFT
AT THE GATE AND THEIR WILL BE PARKING. I HAVE ENCLOSED DIRECTIONS AND IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PARKING OR DIRECTIONS CALL MS. xxxxxxx AT
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ON (818) 777-xxxx
I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK HAS ALREADY
PURCHASED THE WORLD DVD RIGHTS AND MR MARK REYNOLDS OF BBC WORLWIDE
MEDIA CENTRE (THE TOP DISTRIBUTOR IN THE WORLD) HAVE SIGNED FOR
EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS. THIS IS A MOST UNIQUE FILM AND ACCORDING
TO LEGENDARY PRODUCER LAMONT DOZIER: ”THE REAL MICHAEL JACKSON’ IS MORE
THAN JUST A DOCUMENTARY, IT IS AN EPIC TELEVISION FILM AND QUITE
POSSIBLY THE MOST REMARKABLE DOCUMENTARY I HAVE EVER SEEN!’
A DRINKS & HORS D’OEUVRES RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW THE SCREENING AT A
LOCATION NEAR THE STUDIO (LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED). PLEASE JOIN ME FOR
THE SCREENING & RECEPTION BY RSVP TO MY E-MAIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU ON THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011 AT 8:00 PM AT THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK
THEATRE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. THE FILM IS 90 MINUTES.
BEST REGARDS,
DAVID GEST