Elvis Presley
- Buttery Jeb
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According to that list Myra posted a link to, Fox is preparing DVDs of the Elvis Presley films "Love Me Tender" (which was featured in the Fox Cinema Classics booklet that came with my copy of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"), plus "Wild in the Country" and "Flaming Star."
I'm most interested in "Flaming Star": a western directed by John Sturges, and featuring a solid acting performance from Presley in a largely non-musical film. A curiosity for Elvis fans, but a halfway decent film in and of its own right.
Don't remember ever seeing the other two, as they probably have never gotten as much airtime as the Turner/MGM and Warner-owned films. Any comments.
-BJ
I'm most interested in "Flaming Star": a western directed by John Sturges, and featuring a solid acting performance from Presley in a largely non-musical film. A curiosity for Elvis fans, but a halfway decent film in and of its own right.
Don't remember ever seeing the other two, as they probably have never gotten as much airtime as the Turner/MGM and Warner-owned films. Any comments.
-BJ
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Most of them point to the old release since it's exactly the same disc, but you can see new covers here -
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Wild%20in%2 ... 1800135555
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Flaming%20Star:1800066008
It's similar to Cinema Classics Collection re-releases of The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Bible, Demetrius and the Gladiators, and The Robe.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Wild%20in%2 ... 1800135555
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Flaming%20Star:1800066008
It's similar to Cinema Classics Collection re-releases of The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Bible, Demetrius and the Gladiators, and The Robe.
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Well, that's one slice of americana I've not yet tasted until now. But you're right, of course:djali999 wrote:The plural of Elvis, obviously.Myra Breckinridge wrote:BTW, who's "Elvii"?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=elvii
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Don Siegel actually was the director of "Flaming Star" and it's definitely the King's most accomplished dramatic role. One can only wonder how Elvis would have fared in the role Kris Kristofferson played in the Streisand version of "A Star Is Born" since Colonel Tom supposedly sabotaged the deal.Buttery Jeb wrote:I'm most interested in "Flaming Star": a western directed by John Sturges, and featuring a solid acting performance from Presley in a largely non-musical film.
- Buttery Jeb
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Hey, no problem, I was just happy to see some love for Elvis. People who grew up in Tennessee like myself sometimes forget that he's not deified everywhere else.Buttery Jeb wrote:Damn, I knew it was Don Seigel. That's what happens when I try posting while on flu medication. Completely articulate, but all my facts are wrong.
Sorry about the mess-up on this one.
-BJ