Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

8.7
IMDb
🕐 128 min 📅 1983-05-16 PG-13
🌐 EN

Television special taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on NBC on May 16. Highlights include Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean", a Temptations/Four Tops "battle of the bands", Marvin Gaye's inspired speech about black music history and his memorable performance of "What's Going On", and a Jackson 5 reunion. This performance is noted for Michael Jackson debuting his signature moonwalk.

Director

Don Mischer

Year

1983

Category

Hollywood

Ratings & scores.

IMDb Rating

8.7 /10

Rotten Tomatoes

87% 🍅

Metacritic

87 /100

Cast & crew.

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Richard Pryor

Self

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Adam Ant

Self

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Nick Ashford

Self

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Renaldo Benson

Self

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Cindy Birdsong

Self

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Dick Clark

Self

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Bunny DeBarge

Self

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El DeBarge

Self

Available qualities.

1080p

1.5GB

720p

800MB

Where to watch.

Box office & stats.

Budget

N/A

Worldwide

N/A

Runtime

128 min

Release

1983-05-16