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Michael Jackson’s Thriller
Date assessed from the fact that one of the film schedules states October 12, 1983 as the second day of shooting, making October 11, 1983 the first day of shooting, and this article also confirms it. The date of the last day of shooting (October 27, 1983) is assessed from the facts that October 23, 1983 is confirmed as one of the days of the werewolf shoot; the werewolf scene was one of the last scenes to film. Also, one of the editors in The Making of Thriller states that “it’s Sunday night” and that they “finished shooting three days ago”, making it a Thursday night that they finished shooting. Michael is seen helping him with edits, and the film is “about 80% edited” at that point. The day of their editing session couldn’t have been Sunday, November 6 (a week later) because around that time (“about 2 weeks before the [November 14] premiere”) Michael was ordering Landis to destroy the already completed film.
“Making of Thriller” documentary:
https://youtu.be/O10JryL6nBA?t=6s
“I Love Quincy” documentary interview (Aired March 23, 1984) (UK Channel 4):
https://youtu.be/13d4daaOq4E (“Thriller” set interview starts at ):
“Michael Jackson’s Thriller” Short Film: