Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Denis Sanders

Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Actor: Charlie Hodge, Elvis Presley, Glen D. Hardin, James Burton (II), Jerry Scheff
Director: Denis Sanders
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 192 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Movie Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars

DVD is excellent. Elvis performing and interacting with the audience is a lot of fun to watch. Also, it's interesting to watch the process as he and the band/backup singers prepare for the Vegas show. Highly recommend.

Summary of Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)

This 1970 concert documentary captures Elvis Presley midway through a fateful transition, seeking to reclaim his musical primacy after a decade of self-imposed exile from concert stages. Sidelined by his big-screen career, eclipsed by rock's mid-'60s transformations, the King had begun his return two years earlier with the relatively lean attack of his fabled network television appearance, '68 Comeback Special. Now the Memphis legend was poised to reposition his performing profile by pursuing the top rungs of headliner status in Las Vegas, a career choice that seems even more ephemeral in hindsight than it already did at the time.

Elvis: That's the Way It Is follows the show's genesis from rehearsal to stage, with the performance footage that provides its inevitable climax shot over six nights. The rehearsal footage, expanded for this special edition, offers further proof that Presley's band was simply superb: stripped of the orchestrations and lush choral arrangements that would be grafted onto the stage show, the sextet sounds both tough and nimble. In performance, we're treated to a mostly riveting glimpse of Presley in top vocal form, poised at the brink of bombast. This is Elvis before the onset of portentous Richard Strauss overtures, karate kicks, and tossed scarves, kicking off the show with the classic "That's All Right." If he risks undercutting the punch of his early songs with self-deprecating clowning, he attacks two Ray Charles classics with gusto. The special edition also boasts digitally remastered visuals, crisply remixed Dolby audio, alternate versions that replace the original performances of several tracks (including the extended vamp of "Suspicious Minds"), a theatrical trailer, and a new documentary on the restoration of the film. --Sam Sutherland


When Elvis stopped making movies in Hollywood and returned to making music following his triumphant 1968 comeback he gathered together a group of hot Nashville cats to back him up. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS follows Elvis as he prepares to return to the stage and follows him up to his opening nights. This is a compelling fascinating and highly amusing musical documentary where Elvis' overall talent and musicality come through while watching him rehearse jam and arrange his list of songs. Simultaneously celebrating and poking good-natured fun at the Las Vegas era of Elvis's career director Denis Sanders often just sits back and lets the performances speak for themselves. The film includes the King preparing offstage for his 1970 tour and culminates in his opening night performance in Las Vegas. The film includes more than 30 of the King's fabulous songs.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 012569798618 Manufacturer No: 79861

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