1956 was Elvis Presley's breakthrough year and this program takes you back including his early television performances on the Dorsey Brothers Show and the Ed Sullivan Show (where the cameramen were instructed not to shoot the lower half of his body!) and an entire hour of rare footage and performances captured during the amazing year when Elvis Presley became not only a star but a phenomenon. So slip on your blue suede shoes and step back to the beginning of an era with rare ea
Elvis: Films That Rock contains three of the King's early screen efforts: Love Me Tender (1956), Flaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961). It's pointless to suggest that they aren't among Elvis's best movies (you'll have to look elsewhere for King Creole and Jailhouse Rock, which probably are), partly because any fan's going to want them all anyway, but also because all three are interesting in their different ways. Love Me Tender, made in black and white in 1956, was Presley's first stab at acting, and this story of a family split by the American Civil War--one brother goes off to fight, the other doesn't--sees him short on screentime and being upstaged by pretty much everyone else. That said, it was a reasonably brave move for Presley to begin his movie career by dealing with this kind of subject matter, however sentimentalised. Four years later, Flaming Star took the steer by the horns with Presley portraying a young man of mixed parentage caught up in the ethnic conflict between Native Americans and the white race. Again, a brave choice of subject; this was a landmark movie insofar as it showed Presley certainly had enough acting ability to create a credible parallel career along the lines of, say, Sinatra. It wasn't to be, though, as even then his talents were being manipulated by others, which is why all his later movies--even the best ones--were little more than advertisements for his records. Wild in the Country, from the following year, saw Presley as a young tearaway who finds redemption in his talent for writing. It's pure melodrama, but the moralising is kept under control. This is a nice little collection, all in all, and an essential for any fan. On the DVD: Elvis: Films That Rock presents the three pictures in positively radiant transfers, which are absolutely gunge-free and make the very best of the beautifully stylised lighting and cinematography of the period, while the classic Cinemascope presentations translate perfectly into widescreen. Special features include trailers for all three movies. --Roger Thomas
Presley was a fan of gospel music of which thirty songs feature. Songs Include;01. An American Trilogy02. I'm Saved03. Bosom Of Abraham04. This Time You Gave Me A Mountain05. Where Could I Go06. In The Ghetto07. Put Your Hand In The Hand08. Bridge Over Troubled Water09. He Touched Me10. I Believe In The Man In The Sky11. Why Me Lord12. Take My Hand Precious Lord13. In The Garden14. Swing Down Sweet Chariot15. His Hand In Mi
A documentary about the life and times of ""The King"" Elvis Presley. The film uses a variety of techniques to capture Presley's personality and persona: there are rare clips home movies dramatizations and even an Elvis impersonator. Highlights include Elvis' early performances his stint in the army his controversial hip-swivelin' appearance on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" his 1968 comeback concert the illustrious film career the marriage to high-haired Priscilla and his untimely de
Elvis Presley stars as a rebellious backwoods delinquent gifted with a rare literary talent. Hope Lange is the sympathetic psychiatrist who tries to help him while Tuesday Weld and Millie Perkins round out an all-star cast as his seductive cousin and childhood sweetheart. This is Elvis at his untamed bad-boy best!
A boxset of Elvis related DVDs
Lovin' You is a genuine Elvis classic and an absolute ""must have"" for any true fan of the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll from the days when he was lean mean and magnificent and had a hip wiggle that drove the girls crazy. Only Presley's second ever feature film and his first in colour this rocking romance uncannily mirrors Elvis's own explosion onto the music scene and rocket ride to fame and fortune. His raw animal prescence leaps sensationally from the screen in the all-
The second volume of this groundbreaking series about Elvis Presley consists of seven programmes containing rarely seen home movies film clips live performance footage and exclusive interviews. Programme titles: The Hollywood Years 1962-1969 The Army Years Elvis And Priscilla The Intimate Loves of Elvis A Man and His Music The Day The Music Died.
Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii - along the way he makes a whole lotta friends.
This DVD captures great performances from 1993 to 2003 history in the making as young British rock n' roll flexes its muscles. 1. Ash - Shining Light 2. Blur - Tender 3. British Sea Power - Remember Me 4. Catatonia - Bleed 5. Coldplay - In My Place 6. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha 7. Doves - The Cedar Room 8. Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 9. Elastica - Connection 10. Elbow - Fugitive Model 11. Embrace - All You Good Good People 12. Feeder - Just The Way I
As Americanias the 4th of July apple pie - and Elvis! It's like a carnival midway and a week at some highfalutin East Coast college all in one. The Chautauqua a traveling 1927 tent show has come to Radford Center Iowa. And so has a heap of trouble. In a change-of-pace role Elvis Presley portrays Walter Hale the white-suited impresario overseeing the Chautauquas novelty acts lectures and close harmonies. The supporting cast is as colorful as the film's vibrant Americana. Vincent Price's Mr. Morality holds forth on immorality. John Carradine appears as a nimble-minded Shakespearean actor. Marlyn Mason Joyce Van Patten Sheree North Edward Andrews and Dabney Coleman also star. And Elvis sings as only he can from the tender ballad Almost to the rousing traditional Swing Low Sweet Chariot and the untraditional rouser Clean Up Your Own Backyard.
Chapters 1. Intro 2. The Story 3. The TV Shows 4. Flip Flop and Fly 5. Baby Let's Play House 6. Tutti Frutti 7. Money Honey 8. Heartbreak Hotel 9. Blue Suede Shoes 10. Hound Dog 11. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You 12. A Sketch 13. Don't Be Cruel 14. Love Me Tender 15. Ready Teddy 16. More Story 17. Too Much 18. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 19. Peace In My Vally 20. The German Interview 21. Elvis In Hollywood 22. The Last Days
The Elvis formula was well in place by the time of 1964's Roustabout, a concoction of undistinguished songs (anyone remember "Poison Ivy League"?), pretty girls, tight pants, a colourful setting and a little bit of karate to prove that Elvis really had been studying his martial arts. With that understood, Roustabout is a better-than-average work-out for the King--not as peppy as Viva Las Vegas, but a good deal livelier than the sleepwalking It Happened at the World's Fair. Elvis plays a bad-boy singer roaming the highways on his Japanese motorcycle; laid up after an accident, he joins a carnival owned by the feisty Barbara Stanwyck. ("This is not a circus, it's a carnival. There's a big difference.") The cast goes from high to low: both giant-sized future James Bond villain Richard Kiel and tiny Billy Barty are carny regulars, and Raquel Welch has a small role in the opening scene. Teri Garr is one of the carnival dancers behind Elvis. The legendary costume designer Edith Head puts Elvis in a series of snappy windbreakers, but thank goodness he's also in black leather a lot. As if that weren't enough to recommend it, the movie has a sequence involving Elvis riding a cycle inside the "Wall of Death", a huge wooden cylinder with high walls. This bit actually inspired an entire Irish film in 1986, Eat the Peach, in which friends build a similar contraption after they watch Roustabout on tape. --Robert Horton
Elvis Presley was responsible for changing the youth culture of the western world and the face of rock and roll forever. From his humble beginnings in Tupelo Mississippi to his meteoric rise to world Superstar through to his tragic death aged just forty two in 1977 Elvis Presley truly earned the title 'The King'. It is estimated that Elvis Presley has sold over 1.5 billion records worldwide and the sales keep rolling in as legions of new fans discover the wonderful voice and the sexuality that was 'The King - Elvis Presley'.This DVD featuring some very early footage of Elvis during his college days is a must for all Elvis fans. Packed with many of the songs that would later become worldwide hits and overflowing with all the raw emotion and excitement of his early years.Tracklisting:1. Money Honey2. Witchcraft/Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra)3. Baby Let's Play House4. Too Much5. Heartbreak Hotel (Version 1)6. Love Me Tender (Version 1)7. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again8. Hound Dog (Version 1)9. I Want You I Need You I Love You10. Heartbreak Hotel (Version 2)11. Tutti Frutti12. Don't Be Cruel (Version 1)13. Blue Suede Shoes14. Love Me Tender (Version 2)15. Ready Teddy16. Hound Dog (Version 2)17. Shake Rattle 'N' Roll18. Don't Be Cruel (Version 2)19. Love Me20. Peace In The Valley21. Hound Dog (Version 2)
In the years following the Civil War Western Texas has become an uneasy meeting ground of two cultures; one white the other Native American. Elvis stars as Pacer Burton the son of a white rancher and his beautiful Kiowan wife (Dolores Del Rio). When fighting breaks out between the settlers and natives despite his peacemaking efforts Pacer is pulled into the deadly violence.
Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair! Fun music and Elvis all happen in this romp boasting one of the best backdrops of any Elvis Presley movie: the 1962 Seattle World's Fair with its showpiece Space Needle monorail and more. The King plays pilot-for-hire Mike whose hope of starting his own flying business is grounded by the gambling of his co-pilot Danny (Gary Lockwood). The pair hitch to Seattle where Mike finds romance Danny finds easy marks and both find problems prior to a Happy Ending. Kurt Russell star of 1979's Elvis biopic plays the child who wallops Mike in the shins. And among the 10 songs are I'm Falling in Love Tonight Relax and the gold record One Broken Heart for Sale. If he's selling we're buying!
""One of the year's strongest and most memorable features."" - Boxoffice After the critical triumphs of 'Stranger Than Paradise' and 'Down By Law' director Jim Jarmusch was called ""the most arresting filmmaker to surface in the American cinema"" by The New York Times. Mystery Train is a ""smart and curiously affecting"" (The Nation) comedy that is ""funny and thoroughly satisfying"" (The New York Times)! Named after an Elvis Presley hit Mystery Train interweaves three engrossing sto
Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh - Enough said! You only need mention the names of these two superstars in relation to a Hong Kong movie and you know you're dealing with a quality production. Such is the adrenaline-charged swordplay fantasy BUTTERFLY & SWORD (18) - a hugely impressive showcase for the dazzling skills of both - which also stars Hard Boiled's Tony Leung. Directed by Chin Siu-Tung (who choreographed Jet Li in Swordsman II) this breathtaking spectacle explodes into action f
Elvis was a full fledged movie star who made more than 30 pictures in his long career each one of them a box office success. 'Elvis at the Movies' is an indispensible guide to the man and the films that made Elvis one of the biggest names in movie history.
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