Elvis Presley: Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Elvis Presley: Paradise, Hawaiian Style
by Michael D. Moore

Elvis Presley: Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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Actor: Donna Butterworth, Elvis Presley, James Shigeta, Marianna Hill, Suzanna Leigh
Director: Michael D. Moore
Brand: PRESLEY,ELVIS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Paramount

Movie Reviews of Elvis Presley: Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Movie Review: Elvis Bored Out of His Skull
Summary: 2 Stars

An overweight Elvis Presley musters little enthusiasm for producer Hal Wallis' 1966 rehash of "Blue Hawaii." In all fairness, if you were saddled with humiliating numbers such as "Queenie Wahine's Papaya" and "A Dog's Life," you would beat a hasty retreat to Graceland and forget the movie existed. With a better song selection and more commitment from Elvis, "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" might have been pretty good. The scenery is quite impressive and the cast agreeable. Presley even delivers a memorable ballad, "This Is My Heaven," during the lavish finale. However, the ultimate insult occurs when little Donna Butterworth sings "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" - a jazz standard Elvis never recorded! It is difficult to forgive Wallis and the Colonel for this artistic betrayal.

Summary of Elvis Presley: Paradise, Hawaiian Style

In "Paradise, Hawaiian Style," Elvis plays Rick Richards, an ex-airline pilot who starts a charter helicopter sightseeing service in Hawaii and finds himself surrounded with pretty tourists. Co-starring Suzanna Leigh and James Shigeta, "Paradise, Hawaiian Style" features the memorable melodies "A Dog's Life," "Sand Castles" and "Bill Bailey, Won't you Please Come Home."
Elvis and Hawaii go together like one of Graceland's peanut-butter-and-banana sandwiches. To be honest, though, Paradise, Hawaiian Style finds the King looking puffier and sleepier than he did in the salad days of Blue Hawaii. Making matters worse is the song selection and the prominence of an allegedly adorable child actor--always a bad thing in an Elvis picture. Despite all that, there's something casually likable about the film: costar James Shigeta is a welcome performer (he plays the island pilot who goes into business with flyboy Elvis), leading lady Susanna Leigh is an above-average companion, and the location shooting is a big upgrade over the cardboard backdrops of many late-career Presley vehicles. Extended musical sequences take place at the Polynesian Cultural Center--nothing wrong with that, but rock & roll has been left pretty far behind. --Robert Horton

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