The Jacksons - An American Dream | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett

The Jacksons - An American Dream | Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett | I never get tired of watching The Jacksons-AnAmericanDrean

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	The Jacksons - An American Dream Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett Polygram Video, 1994 average customer review:based on 46 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Loved this miniseries

I love it! It was very long but well worth it! It's has all diffrent emotions in this show, in the earlie 70's I was about ten and loved them, it shows you what they all went through and it wasn't allway's great.

I never get tired of watching The Jacksons-AnAmericanDrean

I could watch this DVD almost every week.The acting is fantastic."A Star is born" could never be better than this movie.

Well done and full of wonderful acting.

This is an EXCELLENT MOVIE that I think is fair to the whole Jackson 5 experience. The actors of all ages are absolutely dynamite. Any one who is fan of Michael Jackson or the Jackson 5 has to have this in their collection.

Micheal Jackson In Action

This movie was very interesting. Some of the parts were depressing, while other parts were happy. I enjoyed this movie and I am very happy that you had this movie available in stock and still exist, even though the movie came out in 1992! I was 12 years old when The Jacksons - An American Dream came out and that is when I first saw the movie then. The people in the movie kind of remind me of my family except for being a musical group. The actor, Wylie Draper (dead), who plays the 3rd Micheal Jackson at the end of the movie kind of reminds me of my friend, Christopher. It's weird, but amazing to me how a dead star can suddenly look like someone I know. It must be fate or recarnination. I will never know, I'm just glad it happen to me! . Other then that, the movie was great, the actors were perfect and a job well done on my part. Chrissy.

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Has its faults, but still manages to hold your attention

"The Jacksons - An American Dream" was very enjoyable to watch, although those of us who grew up with the Jackson 5 know that there was a LOT left out and several inaccuracies in the script. But perhaps the things that were hinted at or weren't mentioned at all in the movie is what made the biggest impression. It isn't necessary to get into all of the scenarios that were missed, but I will say this movie did well to give you a very general understanding of just what Michael, Marlon, Jermaine, Tito, Jackie, and later on, Randy Jackson went through on the road to fame and during the height of their popularity. IMO, the reason Papa Joe Jackson (played excellently by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) worked his kids so hard is because he himself was an unsuccessful musician, and wanted a better future for them. Now I absolutely do not condone the harsh methods he used to discipline his children - but I do understand it.

Now on to the movie...The beginning, which concentates on the life of the young Katherine growing up in Chicago, drags a bit. But it's after the kids are born when the story starts to get interesting. Angela Bassett is effective in her role as the family matriarch, Katherine Jackson, but I've seen Angela in much stronger roles and being cast as the long-suffering wife of Joe Jackson didn't really suit her. But given the material she had to work with, she did a fine job.

The rest of the cast was alright - worth noting are Billy Dee Williams as Motown founder Berry Gordy; Vanessa L. Williams as Berry's protege Suzanne dePasse; Bumper Robinson and Terence Howard, who both played oldest brother Jackie but at different ages; and the son of the real Jermaine Jackson, Jermaine II, playing his father as a teenager - however, who had the horrendous idea of casting Holly Robinson as Diana Ross?! Ugh. She was totally unconvincing and almost laughable. The kids, who were mostly unknowns, were pretty much on point, especially the talented Jason Weaver as the pre-teen Michael (he gives a dead-on performance in this role); the late Wylie Draper, who played the adult Michael; and the actor who portrayed the adult Jermaine, Colin Steele. Their performances were among the best in the film.

I would like to address a couple of remarks that some previous reviewers brought up: WHEN was it implied that Joe Jackson was having an affair with Suzanne dePasse? That must be something I missed, because nothing like that was ever even hinted at. Joe did have a mistress, but it was NOT Ms. dePasse. Also, this was supposed to be the story of the Jackson 5, NOT Janet or Latoya Jackson, so this is why they were barely mentioned...and that suited me just fine. Overall, this is a good film to sit back and enjoy on a Sunday afternoon, although there were parts that were a bit corny, like the constant mention of getting to California being the measure of success in Joe and Katherine's eyes. But Jackson fans are sure to love it and will definitely want to make it part of their collection.

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