Concert footage and backstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
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Concert footage and backstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 November 1970 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Elvis: That's the Way It Was See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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[Smiles]
Elvis Presley: Okay.
[Breaks into "I Can't Stop Loving You"]
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Written by Eddie Rabbitt & Rory Bourke
Performed by Elvis Presley
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Backstage, before the concert, Elvis is nervous about remember the words of his new song "I Just Can't Help Believin'". He starts singing the song. One of his band mates, tries to reassure him telling him that's the first verse. Elvis responds, positively, if he can remember the first lines, he'd be fine and remember the rest of the song. However, the lines Elvis was singing to remember the song were actually the third and fourth lines of the first verse - not the lines at the beginning of the song. See more »Quotes
Elvis Presley: [to his band during his show] You about ready? I'm not. I'm not.[Smiles]
Elvis Presley: Okay.
[Breaks into "I Can't Stop Loving You"]
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Patch It UpWritten by Eddie Rabbitt & Rory Bourke
Performed by Elvis Presley
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They cleaned up the print and soundtrack, got ridda interviews with the Velvet Elvis fan-clubs(the types who claim their Cats listen to the King), the array of Sammy Davis Jr. types in attendence, and put in more lost footage of Elvis jamming/rehearsing in LA with the band. There is a version of 'Get Back' that has to be heard-it medleys into 'Little Sister' and works great.
As for the Hotel Casino concert that follows-it's great, of course. He trots out the expected hits-'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Can't Help Falling in Love', 'Suspicious Minds', etc. the last a highlight along with 'In the Ghetto' and 'Polk Salad Annie'.
He is great form, both vocally, in front of the audience and with the band. Enjoyable also is the interplay between Elvis and Hardin, Scheff and Burton, a primo guitarist if there ever was one. You can also see Cissy Houston(Whitney's mom) as one of the Sweet Inspirations backing him up.
Too often Elvis the musician, singer and regular guy-as reg as he could ever be-gets shoved aside by the nightmarish late period stereotype we all know and dread. This goes a good deal towards correcting that.
*** outta ****-good show.