This Is Elvis
- 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”
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Originally released in 1981, Andrew Solt and Malcolm Leo’s This Is Elvis was one of the first in-depth examinations of the life and work of Elvis Presley. Issued here in a two-disc set that … More >>
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February 27, 2010
8:29 am
Goodness, there’s a lot of Elvis on this week. Did someone die? I’ve been walking the streets whistling Heartbreak Hotel, so the man had something. “This is Elvis”? Well, yes, up to a point. It’s made with the approval and cooperation of the Prestley estate so it’s either good or bad according to your taste. Taste not being something you neccessarily associate with Elvis. The spectrum must have been invented to describe his life. In this polite history of the man you won’t be seeing the footage where the King appologies to a television reporter over his tardiness due to a dam making mammal. In fact, Elvis appears to be speaking to us from beyond the grave (allegedly) and invites us to share his hurtin’. His wife, for instance, hurt him by asking for a divorce. This unreasonable request was due to his touring and not what he was doing while touring which the big E mysteriously forgets to mention. Obviously, he’s hurtin’ too much to speak. Later his bodyguards write an expose after being sacked by phone by a subordinate after 16 years service with only a weeks severence pay. Curiously, despite being told this possible understandable grievance, Elvis is oblivious to their hurtin’ and tells us that it’s he whose hurtin’. There’s a whole lot of hurtin’ going on. Maybe if he had a few ladies round Graceland once in a while they wouldn’t have all been so miserable. The only person not hurtin’ Elvis, apparently, is The Beatles whom he welcomes to the US by phone. No mention of the fact that he called them a menace to America’s youth and had a fireside chat with Nixon on the subject and *gulp* drugs. Ayluvis is hurtin’ so much it’s time to do some hurtin’ of his own and we are subjected to a protracted and baffling display of his Kung Fu skills which seem to last half the remaining picture. Careful Elvis, you don’t want to try that while being tardy with a dam making mammal. Then you’ll REALLY be hurtin’. (I’ve waited years to say “careful, Elvis!” Just like that TV reporter warning Elvis that the mike was on while reporting his tardiness due to a dam making mammal. Hey, at least I ain’t hurtin’.) Soon everythings hurtin’ Elvis and he’s helped on stage by his minders in Las Vegas. This section is very poignant as Elvis seems to be far from dispondent and has a winning sense of humour about his decline while forgetting the words to Love Me Tender. Okay, he died young but who wants to be an old f**t anyway? When you hit forty you become invisible and have trouble climbing the stairs. So I’ve heard. Life is short and this ending is powerful and majestic, even. Now I’m hurtin’. The whole world’s hurtin’. This film has renewed my dread of dieing on the John like Elvis middle-name Presley. No, not drugs, the lock jams and there’s no window.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 27, 2010
11:08 am
i really liked the video because it was played by elvis himself
Rating: 5 / 5
February 27, 2010
11:15 am
A good movie of the life and times of the king. From the dirt roads of Tupelo to his mansion at graceland, this particulare movie is a good gen- eral one of Elvis. The only real disfunction of this film is the quality of the actors. They do a lackluster job for such a superb man and his friends.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 27, 2010
1:45 pm
if you love to listen to Elvis music , you have to see this movie, is a good product , so consider it and buy it.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 27, 2010
4:26 pm
Excellent it was great to get both widescreen and normal size screes for those who do not have widescreen pitty they did not do this more often
Rating: 5 / 5