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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:38 pm
by Buttery Jeb
According to that list Myra posted a link to, Fox is preparing DVDs of the Elvis Presley films "Love Me Tender" (which was featured in the Fox Cinema Classics booklet that came with my copy of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"), plus "Wild in the Country" and "Flaming Star."
I'm most interested in "Flaming Star": a western directed by John Sturges, and featuring a solid acting performance from Presley in a largely non-musical film. A curiosity for Elvis fans, but a halfway decent film in and of its own right.
Don't remember ever seeing the other two, as they probably have never gotten as much airtime as the Turner/MGM and Warner-owned films. Any comments.
-BJ
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:43 pm
by Matt
I didn't realize that Sturges had ever even made a film with Elvis. King or no, a Sturges western is always worth watching.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:44 pm
by Ashirg
Both "Wild in the Country" and "Flaming Star" were already re-packaged with Fox Cinema Classics monicker. Same exact disc, same UPC, new packaging.
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:37 pm
by Buttery Jeb
Ashrig, I had no idea that any of the Fox Elvis films were released previously. Couldn't find anything about a re-release under the "Cinema Classics" banner though.
-BJ
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:13 am
by Ashirg
Most of them point to the old release since it's exactly the same disc, but you can see new covers here -
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Wild%20in%2 ... 1800135555
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Flaming%20Star:1800066008
It's similar to Cinema Classics Collection re-releases of
The Agony and the Ecstasy,
The Bible,
Demetrius and the Gladiators, and
The Robe.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:39 am
by Lino
(couldn't find a larger one)
BTW, who's "Elvii"?
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:21 am
by djali999
Myra Breckinridge wrote:BTW, who's "Elvii"?
The plural of Elvis,
obviously.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:14 pm
by Lino
djali999 wrote:Myra Breckinridge wrote:BTW, who's "Elvii"?
The plural of Elvis,
obviously.
Well, that's one slice of americana I've not yet tasted until now. But you're right, of course:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=elvii
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:32 pm
by souvenir
Buttery Jeb wrote:I'm most interested in "Flaming Star": a western directed by John Sturges, and featuring a solid acting performance from Presley in a largely non-musical film.
Don Siegel actually was the director of "Flaming Star" and it's definitely the King's most accomplished dramatic role. One can only wonder how Elvis would have fared in the role Kris Kristofferson played in the Streisand version of "A Star Is Born" since Colonel Tom supposedly sabotaged the deal.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:04 pm
by Buttery Jeb
Damn, I knew it was Don Seigel. That's what happens when I try posting while on flu medication. Completely articulate, but all my facts are wrong.
Sorry about the mess-up on this one.
-BJ
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:13 pm
by souvenir
Buttery Jeb wrote:Damn, I knew it was Don Seigel. That's what happens when I try posting while on flu medication. Completely articulate, but all my facts are wrong.
Sorry about the mess-up on this one.
-BJ
Hey, no problem, I was just happy to see some love for Elvis. People who grew up in Tennessee like myself sometimes forget that he's not deified everywhere else.