DVD coverWritten byDirected byStarringAlex BurrallFloyd Meyers Jr.Angel VargasWylie DraperColin SteeleTheme music composerHarold WheelerOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. Of episodes2ProductionProducer(s)Margaret MaldonadoStan MarguilesRunning time300 min.DistributorThe Stan Marguiles CompanyKJ FilmsReleaseOriginal networkOriginal releaseNovember 15 –November 18, 1992The Jacksons: An American Dream is a five-hour American broadcast in two halves on and originally broadcast on November 15 through November 18, 1992. It is based upon the history of the, one of the most successful musical families in show business, and the early and successful years of the popular group.The miniseries was executive produced by and Stan Marguiles, produced by Joyce Eliason, and Margaret Maldonado and directed. The movie was filmed in and, where director Arthur had previously filmed her feature film.The Jacksons: An American Dream is based on 's My Family. A critical and commercial success, the program won an for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography.

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The title alludes to the iconic concept of the '. Contents.Plot The miniseries stars as the Jacksons' patriarch, as the family matriarch., and Wylie Draper played in different eras, while and played in different eras, Shakiem Jamar Evans and Angel Vargas played, played Katherine's mother, Martha Scruse, played, played and played. The opening sequence of the film features footage of the real Jacksons rehearsing, performing on stage, a few clips from the ' music video, album covers, magazine covers, and pictures of the family.The film is mostly based on the autobiography written by Katherine Jackson, and issued in 1990, entitled My Family. Part one of the film is based on how Joseph and Katherine managed to start out raising their children in, then later deals with The Jackson 5's early fame and its consequences.

Part two of the film deals with the struggles of young as he faces his brothers marrying early into The Jackson 5 success, his problems with as a teenager, his eventual solo superstardom based on the success of his albums and, and his legendary performance of ' as well as his difficult relationship with his father.Michael Jackson’s voice is heard on: ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' and '.' This section needs expansion. You can help. ( December 2015). In part 1 of the miniseries, they showed the year 1945 as the year Joseph and Katherine Jackson met as teenagers in. They actually met two years later, in 1947, when Joseph was 19 and Katherine 17.

The film lists 1959 as the date of Michael's birth. Michael was actually born in 1958. In the scene where Joseph catches son Tito playing his guitar after the string broke, he is shown whipping him with a belt. However, family members and friends differ on what happened; while early Jackson 5 band members such as Milford Hite claimed Tito was whipped, both Tito and Jermaine denied that the whipping took place that night and that Joseph just threatened to 'whip Tito' if he played wrong after Joseph fixed the string.

In the scene after the alleged discipline by Joseph, the four eldest Jackson brothers began singing for Joseph, while Michael is rebuffed by his father. In reality, only Jackie, Tito and Jermaine sang for Joseph.

In Katherine's book, she claimed that Michael was the fourth member and that Marlon almost did not join because Joseph felt Marlon 'wasn't talented enough'. Katherine eventually convinced Joseph to put Marlon in the group, though he reportedly did not sing for the group until the group signed with Motown. In the early years, he played tambourine with them while Michael played congas. When five-year-old Michael Jackson is shown singing at a school performance, each Jackson family member, including Joseph, is in attendance. The real life Joseph was actually working overtime in U.S. Steel while Michael performed. Joseph's father Samuel instead viewed the performance with the family.

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Joseph would not see his son perform until he began singing with Jermaine during a group rehearsal. The group is shown making a record of 's. Kansas City was never covered by the Jackson 5, although the band did multiple covers of early hits. The Jacksons are shown getting an audition for due to winning a talent show at the, and Joseph is touting it as their first signing.

In actuality, the group's first recording contract was offered by, a smaller agency based in their native Gary, Indiana, in 1967. The group had done one audition for Motown and was rejected.

Following their moderate success with a couple of single tracks in Steeltown, the Jackson 5 felt confident enough to audition a second time for Motown, after which they were signed. In the film, prior to the Motown debut, the group is seen in a small recording studio, which may have been reference to their early career with Steeltown Records. In the Motown audition scene, the founder and executive was not actually in attendance. Instead, the audition was videotaped and shown to Gordy at a later time. When the group performs on the special, Michael announces that the song is out on sale everywhere after they perform the song.

In reality, Michael made this statement before the group performed the song. In the bedroom scene with Jermaine and a groupie, Michael and Marlon are seen hiding in the bed and playing a prank on Jermaine by touching the groupie's leg only to run out of the bedroom when Jermaine catches them. In reality, according to Michael, Jermaine had Michael and Marlon sleeping in the next bed and told them to 'pretend' they were sleeping while he and the groupies had sex. In the scene where the group performed the at the baseball game, they sang it acapella and took place at a regular baseball game with unknown teams. In reality, a marching band accompanied the brothers when they sang the national anthem at Game 1 of the, which pitted the against the. In the film, the brothers performed the song in the key of F. In reality, they performed in A flat major.

The film's depiction of Michael performing ' at the television special has Jackson wearing his trademark white glove on his right hand. In reality, Michael wore it on his left hand that night. The style of the film's glove is also notably different compared to the factual one. In the scene where Michael is seen shooting for the Pepsi commercial which caused his scalp to catch fire, it shows his body rolling down the stairs. In fact, he actually walked down the stairs with his hair on fire and later realized and did a one rotation spin (not the usual spin move he did) and shaking his head wildly due to the pain.

However, the realistic display of Michael's burning was not seen until video leaked after Michael's 2009 death. In the scene where Katherine convinces Michael to partake on the, she gives Michael an emotional speech about family; however, in biographies on the family, Katherine practically begs Michael to take part in the tour, which he agrees to. Following the tour, Michael left the group in December 1984 to continue his solo career, with Marlon leaving the following month, also pursuing a solo career.

In part 2, the film indicates that Michael was recording ' in the year 1983; however, in reality, the album ' with the song initially on it was released on the 30th of November in 1982, which makes it impossible for Michael to have recorded it in the year 1983.Reception The Jacksons: An American Dream became one of the most popular and successful music-biography miniseries of the 1990s. Program early parents support for children. Part 1 of the miniseries was the third highest-rated program broadcast during the week of November 9–15 with a 21.1 rating. Part 2 of the miniseries was watched by 38.4 million viewers in 22.3 million households becoming the highest-rated program broadcast during the week of November 16–22 posting a 23.9 rating, and 36 share. Overall, the miniseries was watched in 38.3 million households and posted a 22.3 rating and 33 share.The series won an for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography, and was also nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special, Outstanding Miniseries, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special.Bumper Robinson won a for Best Young Actor in a Television Movie, and Alex Burrall and Jason Weaver both won a special award for Outstanding Young Performers Starring in a Mini-Series. The miniseries was later rebroadcast on and released to.

The DVD version of the miniseries was released as a two-disc set. The first disc was named 'The Early Years' and the second disc was named 'The Success Years'.The miniseries aired frequently after the. It has been shown on, and.Soundtrack The Jacksons: An American Dreamby. ReleasedSeptember 29, 1992Recorded1992,Length37: 51chronology(1989)The Jacksons: An American Dream(1992)(1995)from The Jacksons: An American DreamTrack listing All songs performed by the Jackson 5 except where noted. ' Live - 5:39. Recorded live in Gary, Indiana, May 29, 1971.

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' ( ) - 2:19. ' (Originally on )- 3:56. ' ( ) - 2:51. 'Walk on/' Live - 6:05. Recorded live in Gary, Indiana, May 29, 1971.

'I Wanna Be Where You Are' ( Jason Weaver) - 4:21. ' (Originally on ) - 3:17.

'The Dream Goes On' ( ) - 3:50. '/' Live - 3:23. Recorded live at the Forum, Los Angeles. August 26, 1972 (Later issued in its entirety on in 2010). 'Stay With Love' ( Jermaine Jackson and ) - 4:19.

' (Originally on )- 2:59. 'You Are the Ones (Interlude)' ( ) - 1:51. 'Dancing Machine Remix' - 3:43Other songs done in the film but not put on the track:. '. '. '. '.

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This two-part miniseries (long enough to be a week-long miniseries if each episode was an hour), was at times overly dramatic, somewhat lacking in humor and even kind-of depressing. Still, it's one of the best music bios ever. The absolute best thing about this piece is Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

Hilton-Jacobs captures the menace of the notorious Joseph Jackson. He is a father you would NOT want to disobey. On the other hand, he brings a level of humanity and respectability, sometimes even likability to the role that makes it a three-dimensional character. In many music bios, it's hard to believe they're talking about real people (exhibit A: The Doors), but not here. Hilton-Jacobs expresses Jackson's deep, cutting flaws, but also the good things about him. As for the bigger stars in the two-parter, Vanessa Williams is likable as Susan de Passe: a Motown employee who believes so much in the boys that she convinces Berry Gordy to hear them.

Billy Dee Williams is likable as Gordy, but he comes off as a saintly carefree sort. Angela Basset also excelled as the boys' mother: willing to sacrifice her goals and dreams for the sake of the family.

All three actors who played Michael were also fantastic. It's so sad that Wylie Draper died so soon after this movie came out.

He really captured Michael as well as anybody could. He reminds the viewer of what people saw in Michael in the early 80s. Alex Burral and Jason Weaver also performed great as Michael, especially during the music scenes. The actors who played Michael's brothers fared also. While it clearly centers around Michael, it goes to great lengths not to make the other boys second-bananas (the only one who isn't explored much is Janet, ironically, because her fame rivals that of Michael in real life). Speaking of the music scenes, they are almost all very well done.

The scenes where they appear to be lipsynching songs (such as when they record 'I'll Be There' are done pretty well, but when the actors (presumably) get to handle it on their own, it really comes alive, whether it's the kids singing old r&b classics toward the beginning, or the final concert scene at the end with a lively version of 'The Love You Save.' All in all, great music and great acting make this movie one of the best rock bios of all.