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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.The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations.
Elvis Presley
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joe Esposito
- Self - Narration
- (voice)
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- TriviaAt the time of its release, the film included lots of very rare and never-before-seen footage of Elvis Presley.
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
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.
- Crazy creditsCertain sequences in this film were recreated.
- Alternate versionsHome 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".
Featured review
Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt: enough said. These guys do deep research and do everything first class. This will be one of the best documentaries of an entertainer ever put on film. Elvis Presley meant so many different things to so many different people. He effected society, hair and clothing styles like no one before him. He changed the music world with the power of an Atomic Bomb. He has sold over one billion records and was the first visual founding father of the phenomenon that became rock 'n' roll. His influence will live for decades to come. This is a personal look as well as a tribute to the world's most loved entertainer.
I have the expanded 144 minute version of THIS IS ELVIS and watch it at least once a year. The soundtrack is like a history and not a greatest hits project. Even the non Elvis fan will be impressed with this entertaining look at musical history.
I have the expanded 144 minute version of THIS IS ELVIS and watch it at least once a year. The soundtrack is like a history and not a greatest hits project. Even the non Elvis fan will be impressed with this entertaining look at musical history.
- michaelRokeefe
- Aug 15, 2000
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,028,612
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $429,146
- Apr 12, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $2,028,612
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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