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3 April 1963 (USA)
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Swinging higher than the space needle with the gals and the songs at the famous Worlds Fair!
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Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it...
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Okay Elvis fare
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Elvis Presley | ... | Mike Edwards | |
| Joan O'Brien | ... | Diane Warren | |
| Gary Lockwood | ... | Danny Burke | |
| Vicky Tiu | ... | Sue-Lin | |
| H.M. Wynant | ... | Vince Bradley | |
| Edith Atwater | ... | Miss Steuben | |
| Guy Raymond | ... | Barney Thatcher | |
| Dorothy Green | ... | Miss Ettinger | |
| Kam Tong | ... | Uncle Walter Ling | |
| Yvonne Craig | ... | Dorothy Johnson |
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Also Known As:
Mister, Will You Marry Me? (USA) (working title)
Take Me Out to the Fair (USA) (working title)
Take Me to the Fair (USA) (working title)
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Take Me Out to the Fair (USA) (working title)
Take Me to the Fair (USA) (working title)
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105 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Finland:S (cut) (1963) |
Iceland:L |
Australia:G (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG (original rating) |
Sweden:Btl
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One of three films that Elvis Presley and Kurt Russell have in common. Russell appeared in the Elvis movie "It Happened At The World's Fair" (1963), he portrayed Presley in the TV movie "Elvis" (1979), and he played an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2001). In "It Happened at the World's Fair," Russell (who was a young boy at the time), ran on screen and kicked Elvis in the shin. In "3000 Miles to Graceland," this scene is parodied when a young boy runs on screen and kicks Russell (in full Elvis attire) in the shin.
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Sue Lin:
Ohhhh! Ohhhh! I don't feel good, Mr. Mike. I don't feel good!
Mike Edwards: I wonder why!
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Mike Edwards: I wonder why!
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Referenced in The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1996)
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Soundtrack:
Beyond the Bend
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As someone else mentioned, 1963 is still early enough that Elvis Presley looks like he's enjoying himself in "It Happened at the World's Fair," which also stars Gary Lockwood, Joan O'Brien and Vicky Tiu. Pilots Mike (Elvis) and Danny (Lockwood) find themselves without a plane after it's confiscated for debts due to Lockwood's addiction to gambling. They hitch a ride to Seattle with a man and his 7-year-old niece Sue-Lin (Tiu), and Mike ends up taking the little girl to the 1962 World's Fair. When she eats too much junk, he takes her to the clinic, where he meets Diane Warren (Joan O'Brien), a nurse. He comes on a little strong - so strong, I'm surprised she didn't call security. In order to see her again, he gives a little boy (Kurt Russell) a quarter to kick him in the shins.
After he return Sue-Lin to her uncle, she finds Mike again when her uncle doesn't come home from making a delivery. Mike now has to cope with a not very helpful partner, trying to think of a way to get his plane back, romancing Diane and taking care of a 7-year-old girl.
This is the usual Elvis travelogue, but more interesting than others because it's shot on the grounds of the Seattle World's Fair and has that iconic moment when future brilliant Elvis impersonator Russell lets him have it in the shins. Elvis looks great and as usual sings beautifully. The music is pretty good. This wasn't the film career Elvis wanted but unfortunately for his ambitions, these films made money. Enjoyable.