Fred Astaire in SMOOTH CRIMINAL [short film]
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- FRED ASTAIRE in SMOOTH CRIMINAL
Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron
Choreographed by Michael Kidd
'Smooth Criminal' by Michael Jackson
Video edited by CFJ
Originally uploaded on my 1st channel in March 2008, then on my 2nd one on April 21, 2008, and also on June 28, 2009 (HQ version). This was the first in my MJ trilogy videos, which I made hoping that MJ would see it and just smile. It had got more than 2 million views in total until my former channel got deleted on December 8, 2010. My 3rd channel got deleted again in July 2013, so here's a re-upload. The following is the original description I wrote for the video.
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I love both Astaire and Michael Jackson. I want young people to know Astaire stuff, that is why I made this. The video features scenes from the Girl Hunt ballet in The Band Wagon (1953) starring Astaire and Cyd Charisse (those supreme legs!! The most perfect body a woman could have. So sensual, so elegant), to which MJ gave homage in his Smooth Criminal vid (also in a performance of Get Happy on the Jacksons show in the 70s as well as You Rock My World in 2001), and, as an intro, a sequence from Daddy Long Legs (1955) featuring Leslie Caron (in motion pictures, you mustn't put a coin into a jukebox in an ordinary way!).
My initial idea was using also Yolanda And The Thief (1945) where Astaire appeared with the same costume, a white suit, hat and a blue shirt, but I eventually omitted it.
Michael Kidd worked with Janet in the Alright vid in 1990, featuring Cyd Charisse (in the red dress!), the Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway.
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Check out the other two in the MJ trilogy on my channel:
ORIGINS OF THE MOONWALK
• ORIGINS OF THE MOONWALK
WEST SIDE STORY (The 'Somebody Call Michael' mix)
• Michael Jackson's WEST...
Watch also:
Fred Astaire + Robert Palmer - Let's Face The Music And Dance
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About Fred Astaire's influence on MJ:
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MJ even matched the color of the suits to show his respect to Fred Astaire. Fantastic!
When I was a kid, I thought Michael Jackson just invented all this stuff. But what he really did was take Bob Fosse, West Side Story, and other old musicals like this one, and then he RE-invented them with a massive modern update. Which is what a lot of great artists do.
Mike did a lot of things, not just smooth criminal. What about the Thriller video....did anyone else before him did something like that, for example!?! Micheal was also an inovator not just someone who took stuff from other Entertainers!!! Don't forget that!! ;-)
@@sventrogrlic6370 Well, the Thriller video was clearly an homage to old thriller movies. That's what the song is about, too. But I mean no disrespect. All artists are inspired by somebody, and the great ones all just use their inspirations as a jumping off point to add something original. Michael Jackson was inspired by James Brown, Sly Stone, Diana Ross, Fred Astaire, Stevie Wonder, Bob Fosse, old musicals, Peter Pan, breakdancing, Sammy Davis Jr., Marvin Gaye, and I'm sure lots more. Nobody had ever mixed all that stuff together before. And then he added his own unique thing to it that held it all together. Nobody ever thought of dancing zombies, for example.
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@@kathleenmaclachlan1541 I disagree. Michael Jackson was a guy with serious issues for sure. And he was inspired by musicals, and many other things. But he put his own unique spin on it.
@@sventrogrlic6370 It takes immense talent and utmost creativity to take classics and do what MJ did with them. He was heavily influenced by a lot but nothing he did was taking anything from anyone. He didn't invent much of it, but I think that's even crazier and shows how much talent he truly had. He didn't need to be the first to do it but watching Fred Astaire and then Michael is insane cause no other artist would've ever thought to do what he did and certainly not to that level of height he elevated it too. He raised the bar and then broke the bar lol if more artists did this we'd have some incredible music right now. So don't feel defensive if others say he's not "original" cause it's simply not true. The man bled talent and creativity, he is the BEST and it's fun and amazing to see the inspiration for smooth criminal and everything else he made, but watching Smooth Criminal and Thriller etc is unlike anything else. Masterpieces.
These are the moments where I appreciate CZcams's ability to introduce younger audiences to the greats of the past.
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@John Frum BRUH
@John Frum ....hard to come back from that...youtube has really ticked me off recently...
But i understand what the poster was saying, sometimes AL gives good things, like this video.
You said EVERYTHING! I have the same feeling!
"He's the greatest dancer of all time" - Fred Astaire on Michael Jackson.
Smooth Criminal is actually a beautiful tribute to Fred and his family. Fred died the year before the music video premiered on MTV, and it connected a whole new generation with him and his iconic movies like Band Wagon.
And MJ learned to dance from one of the Nicholas Brothers. The other one taught Modern Dance at Julliard. From Stormy Weather: czcams.com/video/_8yGGtVKrD8/video.html
Gregory Hines once said in an interview that if they ever made a movie about the Nicholas Brothers, the dance routines would have to be done with CGI, because nobody could recreate them.
and his last movie ever was a horror adaptation of a Peter Straub Novel named Ghost Story. just in case you haven't seen that one. his character was one of the major characters in it
@@careylymanjones cool. ty for that buddy. interesting bit of history there man. Bob Fosse was great too.
1988 (age 18): Cool song and video
2020 (age 51): I never knew it's a homage; even more respect
*THANKS CZcams ALGORITHM*
It's a mind blower.had no idea
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Solid
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100%!
Study the greats and become even greater- Micheal Jackson
@Fat Sadistic Pervert Coming from a clown with a user name of Fat Sadistic Pervert? The irony is way too telling.
@Fat Sadistic Pervert You'd know ya useless troll.
@Fat Sadistic Pervert I said what I said. It's the telling name you use idiot. Now go turn yourself in perv.
@Fat Sadistic Pervert sounds about white. Imagine getting information of tabloids lmaoo
@Fat Sadistic Pervert I know it's ironic that you don't realize how much of an idiot you are for trying to challenge me while having a user name that should have you locked up for being a well fat perv....
Not bad for a guy born in 1899. And here we are watching him on CZcams, 121 years later.
Mr. Astaire, was so fantastic no one could touch his dancing.
The lady in red deserve credit for her dance moves.
My God, he was so damn smooth when he dances! I could watch him dance for hours. Fred was the master of his time.
Fun fact, Michael Jackson was a HUGE FAN of Fred Astaire! That's why Smooth Criminal was so reminiscent of some of Fred Astaire movies like The Band Wagon and Daddy Long Legs. I watched that movie when I was kid and when I saw Moonwalker for the first time, all I could think about how cool the dances resembled the movie The Band Wagon. I found out later on in a Michael Jackson interview that he was a fan of Fred Astaire!
They simply don't make em like this anymore. What we have in its place is Beyoncé and Cardi B, go figure
Janet had Cyd Cherish in her video for “Alright”. That video gave so much old Hollywood musicals. I knew they must have grown up watching the same movies my siblings and I watched growing up in the 80’s. My dad was a smooth dancer, a Jamaican Fred Astaire if you will. Who loved Sinatra, and Perry Cuomo. Smooth Criminal is my favorite Michael video along with Janet’s “Alright”.
Fred Astair said Micheal did an excellent job. But Fred is the Master!!( Bar None!!!)
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The "Smooth Criminal Video" is a Take Off from a Skit in The Fred Astaire Movie "Fair Weather"! A Tribute to One Of Michael's Main Idol !
MJ was a Genius Singer and Performer, what happened in his Private Life does not Reflect in His Artistic Work!
Cyd Charisse was a sublime dancer and very beautiful lady!
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Would have been great to see Michael and Fred doing a dance routine together back in their heyday.
You said it Cpt. Kirk. Would love to see that. Too bad. Well always wonder.
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Add Mr. Jackson's rabid, Turd-throwing Chimpanzee, "Mister Bubblefarts," to the mix....."Poop Criminal."
Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, and Leslie Caron were straight- up BAD ASS!!!!
Damn straight! The fact that a lot of these scenes were done in one take is even more impressive.
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They were straight up GOOD!
When you reach on the fridge you dont choose bad food; you throw bad food out.
Fantastic choreography and Fred Astaire is so talented in that field. He is a great dancer.
This man was a true master of dance, why wouldn't Michael Jackson emulate and admire Fred Astaire in a video. Great way for one star to pay homage to another.
Fred Astaire called Michael Jackson after an awards ceremony and told him he was a fan of MJ and was the best dancer. Of course Michele was just as much a fan of Fred, as the rest of the world and repaid the compliment. It goes something like that. I loved this. Very entertaining.
It was after the Motown 25 performance.
Fred Astaire and James Brown were two of Michael's favorite dancers. He was inspired by both of them.
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I remember that show, it was the Motown 20th anniversary back the 80's. The next day Fred came out and praise Michael Jackson for his performance. It was like Fred he was passing the torch to Michael because after that Michael career took off and he never looked back! Fred died soon after that.
The incomparable Cyd Charisse. 💃🏻
Fred the original dance master👍🏽💛
Makes sense. Great dancers learn from great dancers. Michael was a fantastic dancer, and there is so much clear Fred Astaire influence in most of his videos.
I think Fred had some influence but I believe Bob Fosse was a bigger influence. Check out his moves. MJs moves are identical.
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M Jackson's mother was an avid classic movie buff, that's why they were so i interested in the oldies
Mike loved fred
this video is proof we live in a fallen world
Everything about Fred is just incredible
Fred was the best. Now i understand MJ better
Micheal Jackson is a genius. He does not compromise. A perfectionist of sorts. He learns from the best. And become the BEST. I struggle to simplify it beyond this.
Yawn... He's dead, and good riddens.
@@probinson4383 If you’re going to insult someone, at least spell it properly.🙄
There's always trolls here.
@@Poetess2323 You missed a capital letter and had an unnecessary extra space, but it’s an improvement I guess.🙄
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Excellent work. Thank you so much. I think MJ would love it too. But oh my....Cyd Charisse in that red dress with those gorgeous legs. When she took off that coat, dear Fred completely disappeared. I'm female myself but I so love to watch her strut her stuff.
Golden era of movies and golden era of music mixing together!
FRED ASTAIRE - One of greatest dancers of all time 👍🙏👌✌👏
I have no words so great to see Fred Astaire as the Smooth Criminal and to know MJ was a fan. Two great talents, RIP
RIP MICHAEL JACKSON AND FRED ASTAIRE. TWO OF THE MOST ICONIC MEN IN ENTERTAINMENT.
Fred Astaire was a G no doubt💪💪✌
One of the greatest achievements in the history of CZcams choreography. Master-level music set to master-level dancing, proving beyond doubt the direct influence of one of the greatest artists in American history ... upon another.
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AMAZING!!! Fred Astaire and Micahel Jackson the perfect dancer and legend of all Time!! I LOVED IT!!! #SmoothCriminalrocks
Extremely cool Video Astaire IS still the mantods.killer dancerhis moves are sitting so Well to the tune.a fantastic watch😊😮
Fred is one of my all time favorites
Cyd is just...ooooo, I just can't handle! One of the greatest female dancers. Also loved her appearance with Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain
OMG!! I never knew Smooth Criminal was based on this movie! This was the most amazing music video I’ve ever seen in my life!!!
I read that the original direction of the Smooth Criminal music video with going to be a western aka Cowboys and stuff but Michael Jackson went to a showing of one of The Godfather movies and he became inspired by it and decided to do a gangster prohibition era music video but according to a lot of the comments, and I didn't know this myself, Michael was apparently a big fan of Fred Astaire. And I can see a decent amount of similar dance moves in both these movies in this put together clip here on YT as well as the Smooth Criminal music video.
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I knew Michael Jackson was heavily influenced by Fred Astaire but I had no idea that he straight cribbed some of his moves.
I'm 40 and I just found out today
After all the years of being an MJ fan and growing up with his music I never knew the similarities. I mean I knew MJ loved Fred Astaire but Michael being Michael done a lovely tribute to Fred without overshadowing him. Such the genius of Mike. Smooth Criminal was a thankyou for inspiring me and phoning me after Motown 25.
You can definitely see where MJ got some of his moves, Astair was truly one of the greats
i've lost count how many times i watch this video - fucking epic
Same here.. Many many times
Addictive pHilosopHy - Ditto! I love Fred Fred Astire and this song matched his dancing in here almost perfectly :-)
Addictive pHilosopHy absolutely
@@Aboufahed85 it’s a great video.
Great Film. No one can reach Fred Astaire. He always dances in another Sphere. But Fred and Michael, that suits well. Always loved both.
You deserve an award. Serius
Jackson was 30, when he performed "Smooth Criminal". Astaire was 54, when he danced this choreography in a Minelli's movie. Thumbs up for Cyd Charisse too.
mj didn't even see 54!!!!!
Mike did a great job bringing this to our generation...I saw this maybe 6 months after SC hit.
My all time favorite quote about Fred? Probably from Mikhail Baryshnikov: "I have been asked how dancers feel about Fred Astaire. It is no secret. We hate him." He added he was reminded of a quote by Ilie Nastase when asked about tennis legend Bjorn Bjorg: "We are playing tennis. He is playing something else." Fred Astaire...greatest performer of all time. Period.
Cyd had her legs insured for a Cool Million, back when that was a LOTTA dough...
and also, my God what a beauty she was!
Love!!! And please stop saying MJ stole this. He was paying homage. There's a difference.
'Same way he paid homage to Manu Dibango with the refrain of ('Gonna be Startin' Something)?
He just stole children of their innocence. That’s all.
@ the same way you just cancelled ALL INTELLIGENT THOUGHT from this conversation with your degenerate, asinine statement.
@ Clueless troll.
@ you know something the FBI doesn't?
DAMN! Now THAT's Entertainment!
👏🏾🤓👏🏾
3:24 epic entrance
Mickael Jackson is a genius!
Wow, this has been on CZcams since 2013 and I only just got to it! You can see some of Michael Jackson's dance moves were inspired by the great Fred Astaire, for example 'the hat down walk' at 3:24. Great job putting this together.
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Fred Astaire jackson mr muchael jackson your creativity and talent are truly missed. #keepcreatingpeople
Annie was clearly not ok.
Great editing, spot on perfection actually!
There’s also a scene in Michaels video Billie Jean in here. When he picks up the garment off the ground!...I’ve always been laughed at when I said Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson were the best dancers EVER. Being 57 years old I can say that, know that and mean that!
@Karen B you're a very sad human being.
@Karen B, those two black brothers from the past created all the great dancers since then. No one has ever surpassed them either. But did you know the Nicolas Brothers stole that dance and there is footage of others doing what they did on film. Because of the age of the footage there is no way of knowing who was better than the Nicholas Brothers.
@@Poetess2323, I personally feel I've seen better than Michael Jackson, Fred Astaire, and the Cab Calloway Brothers with a black man on the side of the road in ruined old clothes in some real old footage whose legs could go faster and crazier in movement than all of them. But the footage is only 40 seconds long.
@Karen B It's always the Karens lmao
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MJ always said Fred was one gis favorite dancers. The Smooth Criminal video was definitely a tribute to Astere after watching this. Amazing!!
To the person who made this: thank you
This is rather amazing - I love it when music is paired so well to older film like this. it makes it transcend the era and show how timeless the original piece truly is
MJ would have LOVED this! Fred Astaire was one of his great idols xx
0:27 A sequin curtain motif from the beginning of the video was used in the Blood on The Dance Floor video.
2:20 The scene with a piece of leather leopard pattern material was used in the Billie Jean video.
5:08 A man in red shirts with black ties - a motif used in the video You rock My world.
5:17 A scene like Fred Astair points to a bar and hits the antagonist with a glass of beer. We also had a similar scene in the You Rock My World video. :)
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A man with red shirts and black ties were used in dangerous in 1999 and 2002 performance
Astaire said: "Once you've danced with Cyd, you stay danced with."
Sharisse?
No, Ican't remember the proper spelling of her last name either (I WASN'T looking at the spelling), but this woman danced (no, she simply had to breathe) me into my Manhood at an extremely young age (ahh yes, her movies were my raison D'etre!).
Research the artist PAN HERMES (who was always included in Fred's movie credits for Choreography, and laid out his steps, dancing together as a couple, in the closed stage). With everything paced precisely, then the actress was walked through her paces. That's how great these artists were, and decades later, we still marvel at their craft!
Y'know, I completely forgot this scene and movie; decades later I saw Jackson's cover, but kept saying, this looks familiar. Hmmm.
Duke Ellington is quoted for the paraphrase that the most creative artistic geniuses are careful to always hide the sources of their creativity (read the existing art they steal their ideas from)!
I guess that makes sense on a technical level.
@@davincent98 Yes, Charisse.
She was incredible, as all her dance scenes are!
Awesome song choice for Fred Astaire moves like Michael Jackson the best pop singer 🎉 in the world 🌎
Yes to Micheal Jackson the man ♂️ for music 🎶
I can clearly see that Michael was a fan of Fred Astaire. That suit and those dance moves!
Wow! Never knew this was the inspiration & thank you for exposing me to Fred Astaire.
For me he is the greatest
Seven years later after this upload- Still the best video out there!!!
When I watch Fred Estair and Michael Jackson dance and perform I see the same great talent! They both loved what they did and lived and breathed it! They are #1 in my book.
My dad showing me this video when I was like 9 introduced me to both Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson. This is seriously so good, thank you for making it!
True
My point I made in an early reply to someone else. Today you don't create, you just "borrow" from long forgotten works of arts in the PUBLIC DOMAIN of an older generation.
The "Lounge music" of another era helps to sell today's commercial products (recall the Chihuahua in the TACO BELL commercial, with the background music of the late George Shering (acquaintance of my late mother).
I was surprised to hear the music I grew up with (Caribbean Love Song) being used to push fast food. At least a new generation WILL GET to savor the forgotten artistry of the elders, whom they dismissed as a bunch of old geezers, with their antiquated ways (not to worry, these kids' turn "at bat" is coming sooner than expected)!
Your dad is a smart guy
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At first, I was like, "Hey, even the suit is similar!" Then I quickly realised the Smooth Criminal video was an out-and-out tribute to Fred! Cool, I never knew that!
Btw, that blonde is GORGEOUS!!
Absolutely spectacular. Wow. Thank you for making this. Made me cry out of sheer beauty. I wasn't crying. Just tears running. Wow!!!
Don't mean to hog this comment area but I felt like I had to chime back in and say that as a child there were only three channels on the television and most of the time this type of thing was showing. back then wasn't very interested as time went on became very well acquainted with the likes of the old show business Stars as an adult it's become one of my passions watching and observing the mannerism of such greats. I just wanted to say that is a 60 year old man it makes me most pleased to see the younger generations getting into the old film stock. The sheer fact that they have bought it together with modern music just makes it all the sweeter, props you guys you've done very well. old folks are watching and quite frankly enjoy your creations.
Extraordinarios Fred y Cyd con la música de Michael. Irrepetibles. Aún no han sido superados.
Mike had a HELLUVA influence, with this Fred Astaire movie. I had never knew of it. BRILLIANT!!!
Michael never denied who he idolised
God I couldn't keep my eyes off Cyd.
Still the best... 🙌🏻
This is seriously THE most bad assed video I've ever seen! I couldn't close my mouth through the entire video! lol!! Awesome!!
LOL you must have never seen Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, or any Michael Jackson video for that matter.
@@Renegade77784 you know, Smooth Criminal with Fred Astaire is so good even better then original video...
Fred Astaire has gang carisma in movie
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Nothing New Under The Sun! Amazing How Things We See Today Has Already Been Done! Love 💘 The Way MJ Added His Twist On Ir!!! 1st Time Seeing The FA Version!!! LOVED IT!!! LOVED 💘. THEM BOTH!!!
BLESSINGS
Fred Astaire - the original Smooth Criminal
❤🎉❤🎉
I love the way near the beginning, how she blows the match out and throws it.
Michael used a lot of Fred's moves in his dance routines, he was his idol.
MJ LOVED Fred Astaire. Honestly, what dancer didn't?!??! And to have a dose of the exquisite enchantress herself, Cyd Charisse, dancing with the great maestro himself--while being introduced by sultry Leslie Caron--to an MJ song (that totally fit the mood!), is probably the BEST 7:32 minutes of my 2020 year!!! Thank you!
Sometimes it feels as if there's nothing left undiscovered in this vast landscape called Facebook. Then you find a gem like this that you've been overlooking for damn near a decade. This was really dope.
1000% agreed!
Fred Astaire was a smooth cat.
Love Fred Astaire so much miss him I always look at any movie he was in.
Fred is my NAGA!
Spettacolare. Il grande ispiratore di Michael.
I just enjoy this so much. So we'll done. Perfectly put together. And Fred Astaire & Cyd Cherise seem to really dance together so well, their work together is outstanding. I've seen Fred Astaire dance with several others & he's always great, but there's something really special in this particular sequence that I really like.
Not going to lie this has blown my mind! Thank you
The best dancer ever!
Here you can see fragments of billy Jean, Rock my world, smooth criminal, blood on the dance floor
I'm so pleasured to know this great Michael influence, so glad that can't shortly explain 😍💖🙏💕💗
The fantastic Fred Astaire just awesome ! 😲
This actually fits. Also, i wanna add i know Michael Jackson is a big fan of these movies so it's a no Brainer. Good video.
HE'S DEAD! You're welcome.
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How many have been recommended to this by CZcams here, 7 years after?
Regardless, I was blown away by the very hip, but mostly forgotten Fred Astaire moves. Incomparable! 🕺💃
This is one of the coolest dance videos I have ever seen on youtube. Superb. Thanks for sharing it.
We shall never see their like again....
There are sections of Michael's DANGEROUS which harken to this film...and also YOU ROCK MY ROAD...(on the bar)...Michael watched ALL of Fred's movies and dances...and so did his dancers!
Smooth criminal
*You Rock My World.
I never knew. Wow.
Thank you for the video. Have a great day.
The best of history should always repeat itself in all areas of life.
This is unbelievable, pure in form and fashion.
Two legends and the collectiveness of gorgeous women.
MAGNIFICENT video! Thanks for sharing. Cyd Charisse...was a MESMERIZING woman. Those eyes though....😳...❤️
I remember watching the Jackson 5 on Merv Griffin and Michael talking about seeing That's Entertainment and really liking Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.
Fred Astaire greatest dancer!!
Michael Jackson admired him so much!!
He learned from the best!!
Fred Astaire with the dance moves