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GaryCXJk Ridiculous Comment

posted 18 years ago by hwy505
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Can you fish in N.Y.? Ever hear of Sheepshead Bay, Canarsie, Coney Island, Orchard Beach, etc? Not that "fishing" has anything to do with the movie other than the song "Craw Fish".
I read "A Stone For Danny Fisher" as a kid, and re-read it again two more times following High School - Great Book! Hard to read??? Maybe if you have a short attention span.
Personally I think King Creole was a slow paced movie - if the main chracter's name as well as other names were different I believe anyone who read the book woudl never associate it with Harold Robbin's classic about a Jewish Kid from Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, rises to power in the mob, and "[...} as one life begins, one ends".
This would still be a great movie if produced today in the way the book should have been replicated on film in 1958. At that time Sal Mineo would have been the actor to choose, because soley on Elvis' southern drawl just wouldn't be believable as a kid from Brooklyn.
If you have read the book, it is part of a trilogy with 79 Park Ave, and Never Love A Stranger. If you haven't read the book it is out of print, and I suggest that you get it, read it, and then make your comparisons.

[–] manelens 18 years ago

Although i have not read the book, i am inclined to say nonetheless, that many movies are loosely based on novels in this way and, though im sure your comparisons are true, i dont think that the producers of King Creole had much intent in replicating the original storyline from the book. In saying that, i am interested in reading this book and making comparisons but i would not do so to pick out the downsides of the movie. After all, it is considered Elvis' best, and his best chance to prove himself as an actor was in this movie too..

[–] Diana_D 18 years ago

Right on, man.

[–] richardpaperboy 17 years ago

they said the name of the movie was gonna be "a stone for danny fisher" after the book, but the name comes from the jewish tradition of dropping stones on coffins at funerals, so was elvis supposed to die at first? The book starts off with danny already dead, he dies when he realizes he was wrong about his brother in law and goes to stop him from being murdered, danny and the would be killer do not survive.