Other movies like this about elvis
Does anyone know how i could find other movies like this about elvis. I remember watching them on tv when i was a kid and i really would like to find them again.
shareHello, any luck with finding the films? I too am in the same situation. I remember watching a fair few movies about Elvis when i was a child. One of them being heartbreak hotel 1988 and the other "Elvis" starring Kurt Russell. I am desperately trying to find the name sof the other ones i watched but dont know where to start.
shareHey guys! Did you try Youtube? So far, I've been able to see 'Heartbreak Hotel'. Check it out!
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I haven't seen most of these but I read about them on amazon.com:
Finding Graceland (Harvey Keitel)
Hounddog (Dakota Fanning)
Lonely Street (Jay Mohr)
Touched by Love (Diane Lane)
Documentaries:
Altered By Elvis
Elvis: Return to Tupelo
Also a GREAT but short lived TV series from 1990 simply entitled "Elvis" (check it out here on imdb) and through a google search you can find a couple websites that sell it.
And yes, you can watch Heartbreak Hotel on youtube. Just did and loved it!
Enjoy, fellow Elvis fans!
Elvis And Me
Elvis 2005 Mini series starting Johnathan Rhys Meyers as Elvis Presley
As far as Hounddog, Elvis is actually less than 1% of the story. Dakota's character sings "Hounddog" repeatedly throughout the movie and there's one scene where an actor made up to look like Elvis drives by while Dakota and her friend are on the road and he waves at her. If you're looking for a movie where Elvis is the focus, this isn't it.
The Elvis tv series was excellent. They got Michael St. Gerard who looked like he could have been Elvis' twin brother to play the lead part. Michael actually portrayed Elvis in a few things before the series. The first place I saw him was in the movie "Great Balls of Fire" about Jerry Lee Lewis. Then there is an episode of Quantum Leap where Sam jumps into Elvis' body and every time he looks in a mirror, it's Michael playing the part. He was good.
If having a hard time, I believe the Elvis series in the 90's also had the sub-title making it "Elvis: The Early Years". It only lasted for two seasons but had the best music ever found in a TV series.
Best Elvis was St. Gerard. (if I believed in reincarnation, I would truly believe that St. Gerard was Jesse Presley reinarnated)
Worst Elvis was Don Johnson.
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Don Johnson as Elvis? O.o Can't imagine that one. I wish the Michael St Gerard series had gone on. Sadly, he didn't have the voice to sing like Elvis. It was still Rodney McDowell who did the singing in this series. Rodney is the one they've always gotten to do soundtracks for Elvis biopics. Heartbreak Hotel is the one exception. David Keith actually did the singing.
shareI didn't know Keith did his own singing in this. Do you know if Kurt Russell did his own singing as well, when he played Elvis? (I know he did the voice of Elvis in "Forrest Gump")
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There was a trivia that Carpenter was conflicted with either casting an Elvis look alike who could also sing and dance like Elvis or Kurt Russell who could act. He chose the latter. So I guess Russell didn't sing in the film.
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