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Elvis (1979)
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The first volley in the never-ending "Presley movie" blitzkrieg, the made-for-TV Elvis: The Movie stars Kurt Russell as the King, Season Hubley as Priscilla, Pat Hingle as Col. Parker, Shelley Winters as Elvis' mom, and Bing Russell (Kurt's real-life father) as Elvis' dad. The film recounts Presley's life from age ten to his 1969 Vegas comeback. Presley imitator Ronnie McDowell expertly dubs in Kurt Russell's renditions of "Love Me Tender," "Heartbreak Hotel," et al. When first telecast on February 11, 1979, the ratings for Elvis: The Movie went through the roof, even beating out a competing telecast of Gone With the Wind. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Kurt RussellShelley Winters, (more)
Director(s):
John Carpenter
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
G
Format(s):
DVD
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    Jonathan J.

    Kurt Russell shines as Elvis in this made for tv docudrama. Despite being on a TV movie budget, the movie presents a realistic portrait of the King. Season Hubley as Priscilla and Shelly Winters as Elvis' mom Gladys also do a bang up job in capturing their characters. The only miscasting is whoever played Red West - he was much more rough and tumble than the actor portraying him. Kurt does the best job of replicating Elvis' speaking voice of anyone whose tried their hand at it, and comically, he also expertly "plays guitar" as BADLY as Elvis did in all his B-flicks! While Ronnie McDowell was the best known Elvis imitator in a vocal sense at the time, he's really pretty lame in retrospect.

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    Joseph T.

    I AM A BIG ELVIS FAN..I LOVED THIS MOVIE WHN I SEEN IT AIRED ON T.V...NOW ITS ON DVD..KURT RUSSELL DID A GREAT JOB AS ELVIS..VERY GOOD CAST..CANT WAIT TO BUY THIS..

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    Jeff H.

    A very good movie.

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