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Fun in Acapulco by Richard Thorpe
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Elsa C?rdenas, Elvis Presley, Larry Domasin, Paul Lukas, Ursula Andress Director: Richard Thorpe Brand: Paramount Cinematographer: Daniel L. Fapp Editor: Stanley E. Johnson Producer: Hal B. Wallis Producer: Joseph H. Hazen Producer: Paul Nathan Writer: Allan Weiss DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled) Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 97 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Fun in AcapulcoMovie Review: It was a travel log for me. Summary: 4 StarsThe movie was made in around 1963 and based on it our family drove to Acapolco 1965. No deep drama of course but very light, and fun to watch.
Summary of Fun in AcapulcoRocking and rolling south of the border, "Fun in Acapulco" finds Elvis starring as Mike Windgren, a recently unemployed boat hand who finds work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashing with a rival lifeguard who resents Mike's competition of who can impress the women the most. Tempted by a lady bullfighter (Cardenas) and a beautiful temptress (Andress), Windgren must rely on his ability to croon Latin love songs including "You Can't Say No in Acapulco" and "Bossa Nova Baby" to prove his romantic prowess. In 1963 Elvis could still be energized by the music in his movies, and the production values hadn't yet descended to budget-crunching level. Thus the breezy pleasure of Fun in Acapulco, which sees the pelvis-swinger coming to life for a rousing "Bossa Nova Baby" and a clutch of faux-Mexican tunes. Nice scenery of the fabled resort, but the movie has a strange disconnect (which becomes weirdly fascinating if you keep track of it): Elvis himself is limited to standing and singing in front of rear-projection Mexican vistas, while his hard-working double bicycles down streets, strides across beaches, etc. The newly hot Ursula Andress keeps Elvis and his double company. Elvis's jobs are among his craziest movie gigs: he begins as a deckhand, is hired as a nightclub entertainer/lifeguard, but is revealed to be a trapeze artist in his former life. By the end, of course, he is also a cliff diver. --Robert Horton
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