Totally one sided Leaving Neverland film ( not a documentary) is intended to be powerful. It cannot be a documentary because there is only one side in the film.. What you'll note after watching the film is there is literally no evidence, only their word. They do however add cleverly add imagery perfectly time with a sad theme tune to match to intensify their story, They make it seem these two men sat for a few hours each and told their story. In reality testimony was recorded over 2 years. The intense editing, perfectly timed imagery along with the sad theme tune all help bring it together to suck you in..
Here is one example of clever editing, A part in the film James is interviewing MJ after they had both been on a trip to Hawaii organised by Pepsi. James asks MJ what did he like most about Hawaii, Major fraud here, the director cut the recording so MJ's response was "The thing I liked most is being with Jimmy", as a viewer you're thinking. wow that's not right. In fact what MJ actually said was " The thing I liked most was being with jimmy and his family". Doesn't that sound more innocent?. why the need to cut the last bit? isn't the director meant to be portraying the truth?..
You'll also note the only time you see anyone cry in the film it is actually unrelated to any abuse. They cry for other reasons but the director cleverly put this in a sequence so it all fits in quite nicely with the abuse claims.
Oh and there's a Birthday video. They made it seem like a personal wish just to Wade. In fact it's a one fits all video which got sent to everyone. This video was actually recorded 7 months after Wade's birthday.If you watch the clip closely the " Hello Wade" is added then you see a cut to the main clip. All these little things were added in the film to give the belief of a very personal relationship.
Oh James showing of rings which he claim he was givien by MJ and they even had a mock wedding.. This small section of footage was cut and edited over a 2 year period? Evidence of this on you tube. The background changes, one minute it's day then night. The film gives the impression it was all one sequence doesn't it?. You have to ask why. You have to also ask why did he keep alleged abuser rings?, Why do he also keep abusers love letters?. James Safechuck said they wrote down wedding vows, where are these vows? He kept everything else but not this. The one bit of evidence which could prove what he is saying is truthful. Wouldn't Michael Jackson also have kept his vows, why were these not found a Neverland?
Both Wade and James claim they received love letters from MJ yet MJ's nieces and nephews showed they all received letters of a similar context. In fact they confirmed MJ sent these type of notes to everyone. After his family revealed this info These letters were only mentioned in the UK airing but the director cut showing the letters. It was removed from the UK version
Dan Reed ( the director) claimed he fact checked for 18 months and yet there are multiple things proven false, (as shown above and by the following lies by Wade and James).
Wade's lies
Lie 1, Wade claim he was abused from the second night, His sister and mother both testified under oath at the 2005 trial that Chantel ( the sister) stayed in MJ's room too the entire week.
lie 2, Wade claims his family went to the grand canyon and left him behind with MJ, this is the part where wade claims MJ cried which made wade stay behind, It's also when he claims MJ abused him the entire time his family were away. . Not true. .his mother testified under oath in 1994 and again mum and sister testified under oath in 2005, that all the family including Wade went to the grand canyon. In fact Joy (his mother) also confirms the only time she left Wade alone with MJ was when there was the slumber party where both macaulay culkin and Jordy Chandler stayed too.
Lie 3, Wade claims majority of his abused happened between the ages 7-9. Joy (Wade's mum confirms in a video interview they didn't move to the US until Wade was 9. so apparently MJ was able to abuse him while they lived on opposite sides of the world.
lie 4, Wade claims he was abused by MJ 100's of times, yet his mum admits in an TV interview and under oath in trial they rarely see MJ when they moved to the US , she confirms Wade only work for him on 3 music videos. They also confirm in the 2005 trial that in the 25 years they've known MJ he has only been present at neverland 4 times.
Lie 5. Wade claims he didn't want to testify and received a subpoena so he had no choice .. Fact, he was never given a subpoena, In actual fact he volunteered to testify.
Lie 6. In the US uncut version of the film Wade mentions a Christmas dinner he had with MJ and the kids (before the trial). he claims when he see the state MJ was in he knew he had to testify. This dinner never happened until after the trial. Confirmed by Taj Jackson, and brett barnes who also attended this meal.
James Lies.
Lie 1, James claims during the bad tour in 1988, which he described as the "honeymoon period" MJ took him to Disney land Paris. Disney land Paris didn't open until 1992
Lie 2, James claims MJ abused him when he took him to the Grammy's in New York where MJ preformed in 1989. MJ did not attend or even preform at the Grammy's in 1989
Lie 3, James claims MJ spent thanks giving dinner with him and his family in 87 but MJ was on the other side of the world in Oz on the bad tour.
Lie 4, James claims he was abused "daily" at the neverland train station when they were "first dating" in 88, yet the train station wasn't build until 1994, James claims abused stopped in 1992
Lie 5, James also claimed he was abused in the teepee's which also wasn't there.
Lie 6, James says he was abused in the swimming pool despite the fact the whole pool is surrounded by cameras
Lie 7a. James said the private room in the move theatre where he says he was abused had two way mirrors so people couldn't see in.. in fact not true
b, His mother claims she tried to open the theatre room one time and found it locked with MJ and James inside. In fact this door cannot be locked from the inside.
Lie 8, James claim MJ rang him in 2005 twice begging him to testify at the trial, he said when he refused MJ threatened him, he said he could report him for perjuring himself. Two problems here. A, James was declared a nonentity, it was decided 8 months before the trial that nothing about James would ever be included in this case ( it is too historic). B, makes no sense why would MJ threaten to report him because if he did he's be incriminating himself
I conclude all in all a very fraudulent film.