
A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, but meets the President instead. Along the way, the film exposes Elvis's humor, drug problem, and even him pulling a gun out at a doughnut shop.... (Full plot summary below)
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A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, but meets the President instead. Along the way, the film exposes Elvis's humor, drug problem, and even him pulling a gun out at a doughnut shop.
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| User ReviewTracy FJust watched this on Showtime. Most excellent. Hilarious. |
| User ReviewGerrie BGreatest comedy nobody has heard of. Very hard to find |
| User ReviewIan HMy Boy! My Boy! This is a great movie and no one who has seen it will disagree. |
| User ReviewMaurício CIt´s a creative and pleasant comedy regarging Elvis´meeting with President Nixon in 1970. Worth watching. |
| User ReviewNick PTotally entertaining. I found this on cable and was shocked that I had never heard of this production. This "mockumentary" stems from the famous White House photo of Elvis "King of Rock 'n' Roll" Presley (played with charm and many laughs by Rick Peters) and Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon (played by the ever talented Bob Gunton). Supposedly based on truth (as told by Elvis I do not know). One night in December of 1970, a bored "E" (as his "Memphis Mafia" friends called him) leaves Graceland in a huff. However, he doesn't tell anyone where he is going or why. Turns out that Mr. Presley hadn't seen the world on his own since before he became a famous singer. He had always had a posse before this. This is what made this film so interesting. Seeing the world through Elvis' naive eyes and his shock at what he learned about the U.S., the world and how that world perceived his star status. Equally clueless about the nation and himself was Nixon who we see hiding in the White House and talking back (through his window) at Vietnam War protesters. After three plane flights in 24 hours and one wild purple outfit, we eventually learn that Elvis has a meeting in Washington D.C. at the Justice Department. Narration is shared by a colorful cast of stars and broadcasters and people acting as Elvis' friends as well as those "acting" as people the King met on this crazy journey. Stars such as Tony Curtis, Wayne Newton, Dick Cavett and musician Graham Nash all have brief moments in the story-telling. There was a wealth of information that I had never heard about Elvis. It makes me wonder how much is actually true. We get some insight into this isolated star on these flights from Memphis to D.C. to Los Angeles and then back to D.C. So many funny moments and a heartfelt performance by Rick Peters made this a total joy to watch. I recommend it especially for fans of Elvis. |
| User ReviewAlex BIf you missed this move- look for it (it won't be easy to find) it is a damn funny fictional account of the event leading up the taking of the famous Nixon and Elvis photograph. A small gem. |
| User ReviewJanea AGreat movie, interesting & funny, allot that I didn't know about either Elvis or Nixon... |
| User ReviewJFloyd3 WAlthough it is more of a cartoonish-ly caricatured account it is quite an amusing one...however caricatured and embellished, Elvis and Nixon is a story of actual events, and more importantly it reveals an aspect of American culture and leadership that every American, at least, should see...a quite worthy as well as a significant effort... Rick Peters does a fine job playing Elvis who became a caricature of himself by the time the Beatles arrived...Bob Gunton interprets Nixon in a more caricatured way than Peters does Elvis (if that is possible)...of course Nixon is also quite easy to caricature as has frequently been done but here one feels it might have been funnier and more revealing if Gunton were able to play "Tricky Dick" a bit straighter...the movie is both a rather frightening while also an affectionate portrait of both these actual cultural icons...to balance both these characterizations is one of the film's merits... Also the movie benefits from having other "real life" celebrities help set up certain sequences, such as Dick Cavett, Wayne Newton, and Tony Curtis (from whom Elvis initially modeled his haircut (that alone was an interesting revelation particularly as one thought that that began with white Rock-n-Roll...not to mention that Elvis modeled his voice on that of Dean Martin - Elvis looked back to create the future)... Actually it was quite surprising that not a single respected film critic has written a single word about this film, particularly as significant as it seems...even if those reviews (as the movie may deserve) were to be primarily negative ones... |