Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) on Netflix
PG-1319971h 35mBiographyComedyDrama
Bored at Graceland, Elvis Presley leaves home and winds up in California. An anti-war activist blames his influence on The Beatles for the counterculture, so he writes to President Nixon.
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Plot summary
Elvis Presley can no longer stand his restricted life at Graceland, so he slips away, ending up in California. It is the first time he has traveled alone since he was twenty-one. There an anti-war activist tells him that the counterculture exists because of his influence on The Beatles, and Elvis writes to President Richard Nixon. He asks for a federal post, an agent at large with the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, though no such position exists. Nixon, who believes the country's young people hate him, agrees to a meeting, hoping Elvis will improve his image with them. Elvis sets out for Washington, D.C.
Cast
- Robbi Jay Thuetas Lisa Marie Presley
- Wayne Wardas Bodyguard #2
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In real life, the badge request began on a plane: California senator George Murphy suggested Elvis Presley write to President Nixon offering his services against illicit drug use, and Elvis hand-delivered the letter to the White House at 6:30 am on December 21.
- The real Elvis was turned down too: Deputy Director John Finlator of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs refused him a badge, and the White House meeting was set up by Nixon's deputy counsel, Egil Krogh.
SPOILER
At the real meeting, Elvis Presley talked President Nixon into giving him the BNDD badge, an official photograph was taken, and he returned to Graceland the next day.- Days after the White House visit, Elvis Presley toured FBI headquarters and offered to work as an undercover agent; he never met director J. Edgar Hoover but received a letter from him on January 4, 1971, acknowledging the offer.
- The film's starting point is real: after his wife and his father confronted him over his spending, Elvis Presley left Graceland, flew to Washington, D.C., and then on to Los Angeles to meet his friend Jerry Schilling on December 19, 1970.
