This is Elvis

Titre original : This Is Elvis

1981
PG
1h 41m

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7,6/10

1,7 k

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations.The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations.The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations.

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Anecdotes
At the time of its release, the film included lots of very rare and never-before-seen footage of Elvis Presley.

Gaffes
When Elvis pulls up to the house in the beginning, his girlfriend gets out of the car wearing a maroon pantsuit. When he opens the door and they enter the house, she is wearing blue shorts and a blue workout suit jacket. This was due to scenes that were not used in the film, as this scene also shows Elvis going in the front door; then the next scene shows him coming through Graceland from the back entrance, passing the front door from the inside before heading upstairs. This can be explained by noting Elvis's last hours. He came home, played racquetball in the racquetball building before entering Graceland from the rear entrance and then retreating to his room. This also explains the different clothes that the Ginger Alden character wears.

Citations
Pauline Nicholson: [Elvis and Ginger prepare to go upstairs to his bedroom, passing the kitchen doorway, where Pauline is seated at the table] Mr. P, can I get you some sandwiches?
Elvis at 42: [waves] That'd be fine, Pauline.

Générique farfelu
Certain sequences in this film were recreated.

Autres versions
Home video and some cable TV versions run 143 minutes and contain additional material not in theatrical release, such as censored footage from Elvis' 1968 comeback special, and an additional number from his final concert. It does, however, delete "Are You Lonesome Tonight".

Connexions
Featured in Sneak Previews: This Is Elvis, Bustin' Loose, Atlantic City, The Four Seasons (1981)

Bandes originales
His Latest Flame
By Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
Elvis Presley Music

Commentaires des utilisateurs24

Commentaire en vedette

8/10

"The King" as a human being...

I remember when this film first appeared on HBO in the early eighties. I was never a huge Elvis fan, but found myself watching this film every time it came on. It is a fascinating portrait of a man thrust into overwhelming fame and fabulous wealth and how it eventually destroys him. The "recreations" are very well done and the film as a whole is very balanced in it's view of Elvis' life. It neither canonizes nor trashes him, but shows him as an ordinary guy dealing with extraordinary fame. The longer version now available on video is nice, but I miss the late concert performance where Elvis, sick, overweight, and bathed in sweat, forgets the lyrics of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and nervously "wings it". Maybe that was too much truth, even for this documentary.