Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial

Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial (2019)

The world is talking about 'Leaving Neverland. In our ProSieben special, we ask questions that the documentary doesn't, and look at the most important moments in the life of the superstar. In addition, we explore the question of how the new allegations change the view of Michael Jackson's overall work. This helps to classify the special documentary 'Leaving Neverland'.

Date of release
2019-04-06
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (177)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Dan Reed

Casting

Interesting facts

Leaving Neverland is a 2019 documentary television film directed and produced by Dan Reed. It focuses on Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who say they were sexually abused as children by the American singer Michael Jackson.

Production

Leaving Neverland was conceived by Channel 4 editors. After Reed produced enough material to make a four-hour film, HBO joined the production. He felt the length was necessary to present the story "in a way that makes it fully understandable in all its complexity". The UK version was trimmed by 47 minutes.

In February 2017, Reed and the assistant producer Marguerite Gaudin flew to Hawaii to interview Robson, who agreed to tell his story chronologically and without omitting details. A camera failed shortly after shooting began, but a solution was found; shooting continued until nighttime and continued throughout the second day. Reed traveled to Los Angeles later that week to shoot Safechuck's story in two days.

After filming, Reed returned to London and began corroborating the stories. Wondering how Robson's and Safechuck's mothers could have allowed their sons to be abused, he returned to Los Angeles in November 2017 and interviewed their families. The interview in which Safechuck discusses and shows the wedding ring was filmed in July 2018.

Reed was unable to get into contact with Jordan Chandler for the documentary and assumed he preferred to remain private. Reed also contacted Gavin Arvizo, but got no response. Reed also said the Chandler and Arvizo stories could form the basis for a second documentary.

Leaving Neverland was scored by Chad Hobson with the soundtrack released in April 2019 by Redrocca. His approach was to "imagine a walk through a beautiful and magical forest ... But as you travel deeper into the forest it becomes darker, more distorted, the limbs of the trees becoming more twisted and sinister."

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