Trailer
Plot summary
In July 1969, Elvis Presley is in his Las Vegas suite, nervous before his first live performance in eight years, and he thinks back to his boyhood in Tupelo, Mississippi. By 1953 the family is in Memphis, where boys mock his hair until Red West steps in and befriends him. His girlfriend Bonnie tells him about a record company where he can make a recording for his mother's birthday. He sings "My Happiness", and an assistant tells Sam Phillips that the singer is white and has the Black sound he has been seeking.
Cast
- James Canningas Scotty Moore
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Elvis (1979)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- This was the first time John Carpenter worked with Kurt Russell, a partnership that grew into a long-running collaboration through Escape from New York, The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from L.A.
- Director John Carpenter was not allowed to edit or score the film that he had just directed, and he came away from the whole experience unhappy.
- Country singer Ronnie McDowell dubbed Kurt Russell's singing voice and recorded 36 songs for the soundtrack, but only 25 of them were actually used in the finished film.
- Several reports say that Priscilla Presley was paid $50,000 to go through the script and check it for accuracy before shooting on the film commenced.
