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Finding Graceland (1998)

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An eccentric drifter claiming to be Elvis Presley hitches a ride with a young man and they find themselves on an adventurous road trip to Memphis.

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Ashley
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Beatrice Gruman
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Sheriff Haynes
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Maggie
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Heather
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Fran
Trae Thomas ...
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Purvis
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Hotel Clerk
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Road movie about a man in despair over the death of his wife, who decides to go on a journey from New Mexico to Memphis to see Graceland in his beat-up junker with the driver's door missing. En route, he picks up a hitchhiker in a pink sports jacket who proclaims himself to be Elvis, who is trying to return home to Graceland. Initially trying to free himself of Elvis, he slowly becomes enamored with the man's capability to have influence over everyone around him including a state trooper who stops the vehicle. Bridget Fonda appears as a Mississippi casino Marilyn Monroe impersonator who helps Schaech out of his funk. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>

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Rated PG-13 for a sexual situation | See all certifications »
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28 July 1999 (France)  »

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The Road to Graceland  »

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$10,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Bridget Fonda sings "You'd be surprised" in character as Marilyn Monroe. See more »

Goofs

As Byron gets up to leave Ashley's trailer, you can see the tip of the beer bottle he's holding. In the next shot it's gone. See more »

Quotes

Elvis: Sometimes you have to give what you have the dearest to find peace
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Featured in Elvis Found Alive (2012) See more »

Soundtracks

"Kiddio"
Written by Clyde Otis (as Clyde Lovern Otis) and Brook Benton
Performed by John Lee Hooker
Courtesy of the Clyde Otis Music Group and Pointblank Records/Virgin Records America, Inc.
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Good direction; First-rate acting; Fascinating story
31 July 2001 | by (Tampa Florida) – See all my reviews

This is the kind of film you'll be debating a year after you see it. Harvey Keitel at his best.

The film should have been nominated somewhere.

This is a truly adult film with no easy answers, but with fascinating people involved in a plot worth your close attention.


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