"MTV played mostly music videos in [their] early days, but no one had yet considered the possibility of merging filmmaking and music in the way that Jackson envisioned. With co-producer Jones, Jackson enlisted John Landis... to direct what many believe remains the greatest music video ever. The video would run 14 minutes, essentially a miniature feature film that cost $800,000 to make — an astonishing figure at the time... You watched it for the brilliant music. Kids danced in front of their televisions when Mom and Dad weren't looking, trying to capture even a fraction of Jackson's grace and power. And through it all was that heart-stopping plot." - Mike Celizic, TODAY Entertainment