Elvis (1979 film)
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| Elvis | |
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| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Produced by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Written by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Starring | Kurt Russell Shelley Winters Season Hubley |
| Music by | Joe Renzetti |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Release date(s) | 1979 |
| Running time | 150 min. |
| Language | English |
Elvis is an early TV film by John Carpenter and is based upon the life of 'The King of Rock 'n' Roll' Elvis Presley. However, it ends in 1970 and does not depict the last few years of Elvis' life and career.
Elvis is notable in Carpenter's career for two reasons. It was made after Halloween had wrapped, so it offered him an avenue to try his hand at a film away from the horror genre. It was also the first time Carpenter had worked with Kurt Russell, who became a frequent collaborator of Carpenter's. Russell subsequently starred in Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1985), and Escape from L.A. (1996).
Country singer Ronnie McDowell provided the vocals for a number of songs Russell performed in the film as Elvis.
[edit] Trivia
Kurt Russell worked with and met Elvis Presley in the film, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963). In the film, Elvis wants to meet the fairground's nurse and he pays a young boy (played by Kurt Russell) to kick him in the shins. Later in the movie, the young boy sees Elvis and the nurse together on a date and asks Elvis if he can kick him again for money.
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