Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal

Posted by Miss Cellania in Music, Video Clips on May 28, 2008 at 11:12 am



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This video remix stars Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, and Leslie Caron dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”. The dance sequences were taken from the 1953 film The Band Wagon and the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs. -via Boing Boing


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13 comments to "Fred Astaire in Smooth Criminal"

  1. bean
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Alien Ant Farm truly deserves an award for taking that song and actually making a far better version of it.

  2. Justin
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    that was pretty good. I liked how all the fight scenes were choreographed to look like dance moves.

    Oh and the part where the woman comes up to Astaire all exhausted. He gives her a puff of his cigarette and she is revived! I can just imagine the next line: "Nothing like the smooth taste of Marlboro!"

  3. beaner
    May 28th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    AAF's version sucked Dutch farmer raped goat's anus.

  4. Counter
    May 28th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    Wow Bean, you must have horrible taste in music.

  5. CheeseDuck
    May 28th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    LOL! AAF! Nice one, bean!

  6. jean
    May 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    the lady in red was worth the wait (4:00 and after)

  7. Jersey Dave
    May 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Ablolutely flippin' sweet. Fred, Cyd, Leslie and the crew showing how to throw it down. Fred racked up a pretty decent score by the end, that was like Dance Rambo there.

  8. Sara
    May 28th, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    Wow, from the white suit of Fred and the synchronised dancing of the gangsters in black who are after him - surely Michael got the whole idea for Smooth Criminal from these films?!

  9. Lea
    May 28th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Alien Ant Farm's version would make this perfect

  10. Shaft
    May 28th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Sara some of the dance moves that Michael uses are in this video too....but its no secret or controversy...Michael Jackson gives credit to Fred Astaire a lot..he was actually taught some things from him...

  11. Woogie
    May 29th, 2008 at 3:22 am

    Am I alone in being moderately creeped out by MJ's music these days due to his predilection for young boys?

    Regardless, awesome video. Astaire was a suave bastard, god bless him.

  12. conor
    May 29th, 2008 at 7:11 am

    MJ did crush a pool ball in his bare hands tho

  13. Jersey Dave
    June 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    R.I.P. Cyd Charisse, you will be missed. Hope you've gone with God, you could be a real angel.


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