Elvis Presley - Elvis - The Ultimate Collection DVD

Advantages: Great story and acting
Disadvantages: Perhaps too farfetched for some to grasp

...Bruce Campbell ---- Elvis Presley/Sebastian Haff Ossie Davis ---- John F. "Jack" Kennedy Ella Joyce ---- The Nurse Heidi Marnhout ---- Callie Bob Ivy ---- Bubba Ho-tep Bubba Ho-Tep cannot be defined in a single genre, because it is so diverse. Directed by Don Coscarelli, mainly a horror director, Bubba Ho-Tep became a cult classic. It did not make the mainstream cinemas in the UK but is now available to buy on special edition DVD. The plot of this film is varied and certainly very peculiar. At heart a horror comedy, with some memorable funny scenes such as that of Haff trying to prove that he really is the King and his elaborate story of how he got into his position and the dark humour of the paramedics wheeling out the dead bodies. However, this film does more than provide a few cheap laughs. There are some scenes that prove... Read review

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Advantages: Elvis singing, great music and honest story
Disadvantages: Elvis's acting is slightly wooden

...●●● Synopsis ●●● Deke Rivers (Elvis Presley) is a delivery boy in a small town in Texas. One day he is persuaded to take the mic and sing at an election rally, becoming an instant hit with the crowd. A publicity agent spots the talented young man and offers him the opportunity of hitting the road with a cowboy band she represents. As the band and Deke perform across the county his Rock n Roll songs gain more and more fans, in particular a female singer who performs with the band. The agent realizes that in Deke she has a pot of gold, and does anything to manipulate him, and those around him, to do what ever she wants. ●●● Opinion ●●● For those who remember Elvis Presley before he got hooked on burgers and drugs and became the bloated Las Vegas showman... Read review

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Advantages: Very indepth in details of Elvis
Disadvantages: None that I could find

...Elvis may not be alive now, but his music and films live on. There will only ever be one King and that is Elvis. Details of his early life, when he was in the army and how he met some of the guys that ended up working for him,also how he met his wife and the life thy lead before he married and afterwards was very well detailed by his Wife and Daughter in depth. I could watch it again and again and still find new information about him. New fans are always coming to enjoy his music and films which is why he is still so loved by all his fans around the world. Fans visit Gracelands during his Birthday week and again in August for the Elvis week.... Read review

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