The Jacksons: An American Dream appreciation

[Lord Scion]

Man... When Mike caught his hair on fire and rolled down those steps.

 

[I-Hate-You]

Man... When Mike caught his hair on fire and rolled down those steps.

 

[YaThreadFloppedB!]

One of Jermaine's sons actually played the teenaged version of his dad in the movie.

 

[Leonard Washington]

there will never be a biopic miniseries like this or the Temptations ever again

 

[BXKingPin82]

Lawrence Hilton Jacobs was hilarious as Joe.

He damn sure was

 

[rantanamo]

When he was about to whoop that ass and made them play, lol. They sang good out of fear.

 

[Ziggiy]

Young Michael: She's Naked

Jackie:

Young Michael: if mother saw this she'd be pitching a fit

Jackie: yea you run along Michael... I'm enjoying the show

Young Jermaine walks up:

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Joe Jackson came with some of the GOAT unintentional comedy in this one

 

[Achille]

I had to dust off my DVD of this after the strength of this thread. Still classic. Thanks for the reminder @Ziggiy

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

When lil Mike stood up to Joe lmao
Then and Joe chased his ass around the house lmao

 

[Busby]

I always wanted to hear a REAL version of this record with the brothers grown up

But I can NEVER get tired of watching 5 hours of this movie. It literally flies by like NOTHING. And it was PERFECTLY casted.

Angela Basset playing Mrs. Jackson and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs playing poppa Joe was PERFECT and they BOTH deserved Emmys.

Wylie Dapper has Thriller Mike was ....he had it ALL down...



I bet even Mike was like "Not bad "

Crazy to think that they both died

 

[Lord Scion]

JOSEPH JACKSON! YOU A LIAR AND A CHEAT! AND I DONT WANT YOU NO MORE! I DONT WANT YOU NO MORE!

Mike haulin ass chasing her when she drove off.

Mother!!!!! MOTHER!!!!

 

[Rapmastermind]

Honestly. I don't even want a Michael Jackson Bio-Pic. "Jackson American Dream" is the greatest movie on Michael Jackson. I love how the movie ends around the "Thriller" era. I remember being young and my parents and brothers we all lined up at the TV to watch the whole Mini-series. I know a lot of Black Parents actually brought the VHS version of it. The Soundtrack was fire and the acting was great. LOL @ Terrence Howard being in this at a young age. Loved this film. I feel it's the definitive film on Michael Jackson. One of the greatest mini-series of all time. Yes I actually brought the Soundtrack as a teen.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

dat butter pecan ice cream swag

 

[Ziggiy]

Honestly. I don't even want a Michael Jackson Bio-Pic. "Jackson American Dream" is the greatest movie on Michael Jackson. I love how the movie ends around the "Thriller" era. I remember being young and my parents and brothers we all lined up at the TV to watch the whole Mini-series. I know a lot of Black Parents actually brought the VHS version of it. The Soundtrack was fire and the acting was great. LOL @ Terrence Howard being in this at a young age. Loved this film. I feel it's the definitive film on Michael Jackson. One of the greatest mini-series of all time. Yes I actually brought the Soundtrack as a teen.

Real talk my whole family watched this when it premiered. I remember literally having the face when Joe took Michael's candy and told him he couldn't play store.

Joe: how much you pay for this candy

Young Michael: a Nickel

Joe: how much you gonna sell it for

Young Michael: A Nickel

Joe: You better stick to singing