Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was the most important popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
It's Saturday Morning Like You've Never Seen It Before
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Lives and Deaths of the Poets spoofs and parodies incidents taken from the lives of famous writers, artists, and musicians (collectively "Poets") throughout history. Comprising a series of approximately 50 comic vignettes, the movie is the fictional story of what really did not happen to these famed Poets, who have so enriched all of our lives.
Keywords: emperor-nero, independent-film, musician, nudity, parody, poet, sketch-comedy, spoof, writer
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The life of a strait-laced office worker, Charlie McLeish, is transformed by Elvis Presley during the only visit ever made to the UK by the King of Rock and Roll.
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Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: Starlight. Along the way, several events take place that change these characters' lives. As these characters' lives unfold, the Parti Québécois takes power changing the cultural landscape in Quebec while the disco craze slowly fades. While we keep up with these various characters - it is Bastien who is a central part of this story. His drug addiction, dreams to become an actor and womanizing - make him the "bigger than life" typical 70s character around which the whole story revolves.
Keywords: 1970s, bra-less, canada, canadian, cocaine-use, dancing, disco, discotheque, elvis-presley, female-nudity
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Sex, drugs and violence--they're all part of the job when you're protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you're only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. The story of David Stanley, stepbrother and bodyguard of The King. Through the dizzying highs and lows of life on the road with unlimited excess, he experienced it all...and barely survived.
Keywords: affair, based-on-true-story, concert, david-stanley, drug-use, elvis, elvis-presley, fame, marriage, on-the-road
He protected The King from everyone. But no one could protect The King from Himself.
At 4, He Became My Brother. At 16, My Brother Became The King.
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Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by cult author Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack (Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
Keywords: aging, anti-hero, baby-ruth, bare-breasts, based-on-short-story, bedpan, cancer, character-name-in-title, cigar-smoking, cigarette-smoking
The King vs. The King of the Dead
You don't fuck with the king.
You know the legends... Now learn the truth.
Elvis: Ask not what your rest home can do for you. Ask what you can do for your rest home.::JFK: Hey, you're copying my best lines!::Elvis: Then let me paraphrase one of my own. Let's take care of business.::JFK: Just what are you getting at, Elvis?::Elvis: I think you know what I'm gettin' at Mr. President. We're gonna kill us a mummy.
Elvis: Don't make me use my stuff on ya, baby!
Elvis: It'd been two presidential elections since I'd had a boner like that.
Elvis: You fuck off ya patronizin bitch! I'm sick'a yer shit! I'll lube my own crankshaft from now on. You treat me like a baby again I'll wrap this goddamn walker right around yer head!
[last lines]::Elvis: Thank you. Thank you very much.
Elvis: Look, man, President Johnson's dead.::JFK: Shit. That ain't gonna stop him.
Elvis: Even a big bitch cockroach like you should know... never, but never, fuck with the King.
Elvis: Where'd my youth go? Why didn't fame hold off old age and death? Why the hell did I leave the fame in the first place and do I want it back, and could I have it back? And if I could, would it make any damned difference?
Elvis: Jack wait. Marilyn. [JFK looks at him funny] Come on, Marilyn Monroe? How was she in the sack?::JFK: That is classified information! Top Secret! But between you and me... Wow!
Elvis: Uh, Mr. President... You're on the floor.::JFK: No shit?
Elvis had many loves. This is the story of one. From a time before everyone in the world knew his name.
Coming Around
A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary