The Greatest Night in Pop
On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gathered to record "We Are the World." This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.
Lionel Richie
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Bruce Springsteen
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Dionne Warwick
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Kenny Loggins
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Huey Lewis
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Cyndi Lauper
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Sheila E.
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Smokey Robinson
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Michael Jackson
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Stevie Wonder
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Quincy Jones
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Tina Turner
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Paul Simon
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Kenny Rogers
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James Ingram
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Billy Joel
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Diana Ross
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Willie Nelson
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Al Jarreau
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Steve Perry
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Daryl Hall
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Kim Carnes
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Bob Dylan
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Ray Charles
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Dan Aykroyd
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Harry Belafonte
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Lindsey Buckingham
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Bob Geldof
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Jackie Jackson
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Jermaine Jackson
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La Toya Jackson
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Marlon Jackson
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Randy Jackson
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Tito Jackson
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Waylon Jennings
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Anita Pointer
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Ruth Pointer
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Bonnie Pointer
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Jeffrey Osborne
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John Oates
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Bette Midler
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Ken Woo
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Tom Bähler
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David Breskin
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Robert A. Dickinson
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Wendy Garfield-Ferris Rees
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Humberto Gatica
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Steven Ivory
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Larry Klein
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Harriet Sternberg
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Prince
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Madonna
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Will Znidaric
Editor
David Brodie
Editor
Lionel Richie
Producer
Kent Kubena
Co-Producer
Caleb Heller
Director of Photography
Nic Zimmermann
Editor
Angus Wall
Executive Producer
Becky Read
Executive Producer
Amit Dey
Executive Producer
Paul Brownstein
Executive Producer
Bao Nguyen
Director
Julia Nottingham
Producer
Terry Leonard
Co-Producer
Harriet Sternberg
Producer
George Hencken
Producer
Bruce Eskowitz
Producer
David Weitzel
Post Production Supervisor
Piper Gates
Associate Producer
Jun Li
Camera Operator
Lou Shrimpton
Production Manager
Joyce Liu
Associate Producer
Brandon Ziegenfuss
Camera Operator
Filipe Larrondo
First Assistant Camera
Lindsey Gardner
Line Producer
Luke Peckham
Second Assistant Camera
Tom Fenaille
Digital Imaging Technician
Tom Fenaille
Second Assistant Camera
Rich Robles
Key Grip
Mohammed Rahman
Additional Editing
Ric Crossley
First Assistant Editor
Stacey Kessler-Aungst
Post Production Supervisor
Sunil Devadanam
First Assistant Camera
Donna Ferry
Executive In Charge Of Production
Lena Mesiano
Line Producer
Isaak van der Meulen
Gaffer
Filip Stefanowski
Foley Mixer
Adam LoNigro
Best Boy Electric
Kevin Chiu
Best Boy Grip
Robert Exner
Key Grip
Hayden Miller
Grip
Maxine Christians
Makeup Artist
Jacek Wiśniewski
Foley Artist
Dora Wu
Assistant Editor
Steve Erdmann
Assistant Editor
Joe Kosty
Gaffer
George Geanopulos
Assistant Editor
Karen Crossan
Music Coordinator
Richard Gallagher
Dialogue Editor
Eric Fahey
Gaffer
Caroline Hodge
Additional Editing
Hanrui Wang
Art Direction
Nil Muir
Makeup Artist
Michael Engelken
Additional Editing
Delroy Cornick
Production Sound Mixer
Gavin Allingham
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michał Wilczewski
Foley Mixer
Justin Bennett
Lighting Director
Brandon Taylor
Key Grip
Carlos Haynes
Additional Editing
Nausheen Dadabhoy
Camera Operator
Nobu Sakurai
First Assistant Camera
Sarah Ault
Hairstylist
Emma Comans
Post Production Supervisor
Luke Peckham
Digital Imaging Technician
Kenneth Nguyen
Still Photographer
Jake Reeder
Key Grip
Larry Klein
Producer