This Is Elvis

Year:

1981

Duration:

101 min | USA:144 min (video version) | USA:110 min

Genres:

Biography | Music

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Malcolm Leo

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-04-04

Filming Locations: Graceland - 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,000,000

Opening Weekend: $429,146 (USA) (12 April 1981)

Gross: $429,146 (USA) (12 April 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

David Scott

Elvis - Age 18

Paul Boensch III

Elvis - Age 10

Johnny Harra

Elvis - Age 42

Lawrence Koller

Vernon Presley

Rhonda Lyn

Priscilla Presley

Debbie Edge

Gladys Presley

Larry Raspberry

Dewey Phillips

Furry Lewis

Bluesman

Liz Robinson

Minnie Mae Presley

Dana MacKay

Elvis - Age 35

Knox Phillips

Sam Phillips

Cheryl Needham

Linda Thompson

Andrea Cyrill

Ginger Alden

Jerry Phillips

Bill Black

Emory Smith

Scotty Moore

Ral Donner

Voice of retrospective Elvis (voice)

Joe Esposito

Joe Esposito - Narration

Linda Thompson

Linda Thompson - Narration

Lisha Sweetnam

Priscilla Presley - Narration

Virginia Kiser

Gladys Presley - Narration

Michael Tomack

Vernon Presley - Narration

Ronnie McDowell

Singing voice of Elvis in High School

Ginger Alden

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Steve Allen

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Milton Berle

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joey Bishop

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Black

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jimmy Dorsey

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

D.J. Fontana

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Fortas

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hy Gardner

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cary Grant

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Hamilton

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dolores Hart

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dave Hebler

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Hodge

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hope

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hedda Hopper

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bones Howe

Himself - from the 1968 'Elvis' TV Special (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Jenkins

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Groucho Marx

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Scotty Moore

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pauline Nicholson

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Debra Paget

Cathy Reno (segment "Love Me Tender")

Ed Parker

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Parker

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elvis Presley

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gladys Presley

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lisa Marie Presley

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Priscilla Presley

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vernon Presley

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vester Presley

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Randle

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Rooks

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Phil Silvers

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Sinatra

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Sinatra

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ed Sullivan

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Norman Taurog

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vicky Tiu

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Aaron Webster

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Del 'Sonny' West

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

At the time of its release the film included lots of very rare and never-before-seen footage of Elvis Presley.

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The expanded home video version contains rare footage such as the "Sagebrush Presley" comedy skit from The Steve Allen Show (1950) and Elvis Presley's compelling 1956 performance of a The Four Aces-style ballad, "I Was The One", which hinted an appeal to a wider audience or another musical direction even then.

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Joe Esposito, a friend of Elvis Presley, was cast to play himself.

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Goofs

When Elvis pulls up to the house in the beginning his girlfriend gets out of the car wearing a maroon pantsuit; when he opens the door and they enter the house she is wearing blue shorts and a blue workout suit jacket - this will be due to scenes that were not used in the film as in this scene it also shows Elvis going in the front door then the next scene it shows him coming through Graceland from the back entrance, passing the front door from the inside before heading upstairs. This can be explained by taking note of Elvis' last hours. He came home, played racket ball in the racket ball building before entering Graceland from the rear entrance and then retreating to his room. This will explain the different clothes that the Ginger Alden character wears.

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In this film, teaming up with Frank Sinatra, Elvis sings the Sinatra hit, "Withcraft", Written by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh. However in the closing credits,another "Witchcraft" mistakenly credited in its' place, is the B side of Elvis' 1963 hit , "Bosa Nova Baby" , also titled "Withcraft", a different song that does not appear in this film.

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In a scene, shown here, from Loving You, when Deke Rivers (Elvis) fights with a heckler in front of a juke box, we hear Elvis singing "Mean Woman Blues, written by Roy Orbison and later singing "Trouble", in the background. "Troubl3" was first performed by Elvis in King Creole, one year later. In the actual film "Loving You", the juke box was playing only "Mean Woman Blues".

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Quotes

Pauline Nicholson: [Elvis and Ginger prepare to go upstairs to his bedroom, passing the kitchen doorway, where Pauline is seated at the table] Mr. P, can I get you some sandwiches?

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