Elvis

Elvis is a 1979 television film by John Carpenter and is based upon the life of Elvis Presley, starring Kurt Russell in the title role. However, it ends in 1969 and does not depict the last few years of Presley's life and career. Elvis is notable in Carpenter's career for two reasons. It was made after Halloween had wrapped, so it offered him an avenue to try his hand at a film away from the horror genre. It was also the first time Carpenter had worked with Russell, who became a frequent collaborator of Carpenter's. Russell subsequently starred in Escape from New York , The Thing , Big... Trouble in Little China , and Escape from L.A. . Kurt Russell worked with and met Elvis in the film It Happened at the World's Fair . In the film, Elvis wants to meet the fairground's nurse and he pays a young boy to kick him in the shins. Later in the movie, the young boy sees Elvis and the nurse together on a date and asks Presley if he can kick him again for money. Russell's cinematic involvement with Elvis also includes dubbing the voice of a young Elvis in Forrest Gump and playing an Elvis impersonator in 3000 Miles to Graceland.
more