This Is Elvis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Andrew Solt, Malcolm Leo
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Actor: David Scott, Elvis Presley, Furry Lewis, Larry RaspberryDirector: Andrew Solt, Malcolm Leo
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Andrew Solt
Writer: Andrew Solt
Producer: Malcolm Leo
Writer: Malcolm Leo
Editor: Bud Friedgen
Producer: David L. Wolper
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 246 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 115002
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- A documentary about the life and times of "The King", Elvis Presley. The film uses a variety of techniques to capture Presley's personality and persona: there are rare clips, home movies, dramatizations, and even an Elvis impersonator. Highlights include Elvis' early performances, his stint in the army, his controversial hip-swivelin' appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Movie Reviews of This Is Elvis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Thankyouthankyouverymuch Warner Bros!
Summary: 5 Stars
A must own DVD for every Elvis fan. I'm glad to see both versions are included. I first saw this on HBO in the early 80's when I was a kid and remembered almost all of it. I was surprised to find, years later, that they changed it for the VHS version.
The most notable changes between the 2 versions are: In the newer version there is, obviously, a lot more performance footage. But there is also a censored remark that Elvis made about a groupie during the 'Promised Land' montage. His voice is overdubbed by a guy that sounds like him saying 'she could raise the dead'. You can see the difference by playing the 80's version after watching the newer version. Also, the ending is different. In the older version, Elvis sings 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' and 'My Way' on the newer version they take out 'Lonesome' and replace it with 'Love Me' in which you get to see him do his whole scarf thing that he passes out to the screaming women in the audience. The change defeats the whole purpose of the thing - which is to watch it and feel sad at how much he's messing up "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" on stage(it is mentioned that the show was performed 6 weeks before he died). But the man can still sing, even during his weakened state. Strange how they edited his comment on stage: When he said "If you think I'm nervous... your right", on one version they cut to the crowd cheering and clapping yet on the other version, they show a quiet bewiledered audience. The kind where you would hear crickets chirping. That just doesn't make sense and it seeems like the editors wanted to make Elvis look even worse with the quiet audience.
The documentary ends with 'American Trilogy' and shows the funeral procession and then cuts to Elvis singing 'hush little baby don't you cry/you know your daddy's bound to die', a really sad moment. I don't see how anyone watching this cannot be affected by the last 10 minutes of this.
A must buy for Elvis fans or for fans who are not as familiar with his 25 year career. It covers pretty much everything as far as I can tell. You get to see backstage moments, car rides where Elvis doesn't realise there are mics in the car and they tell him, a montage of clips from his movies, his bodyguards releasing a tell-all book months before his death, karate classes, home movies, press conferences, and you get to see the upstairs area of the real Graceland during the first few minutes of the movie(an actor portrayed him walking up the stairs and into his room).
So if you like Elvis then you should definitely buy this. Reasonably priced and it has a lot of music from his entire career. The only bonus feature is a 9-minute video about Graceland by Joe Espisito but they barely go inside the mansion and instead talk about the horses, his cars, the raquetball court and other things on the property. It looks to maybe have been made in the late 70's or early 80's because it has that 'old video' look(as I call it). This DVD will remind you about what could've been if Elvis had done things differently and survived.
Elvis has left the building.
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