3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

Director:

Demian Lichtenstein

Writers:

Richard Recco (written by) and
Demian Lichtenstein (written by)

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Crime Is King.

Plot:

A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.

Plot Keywords:

Gagged And Bound | Bow And Arrow | Hit By Car | Mass Murder | Grand Theft Auto

Awards:

8 nominations

Cast

Kurt Russell	...	Michael Zane
Kevin Costner	...	Thomas J. Murphy
Courteney Cox	...	Cybil Waingrow
Christian Slater	...	Hanson
Kevin Pollak	...	U.S. Marshal Damitry
David Arquette	...	Gus
Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Peterson
Howie Long	...	Jack, Gang Pilot
Thomas Haden Church	...	U.S. Marshal Quigley
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Franklin
Ice-T	...	Hamilton, Gunman
David Kaye	...	Jesse Waingrow
Louis Lombardi	...	Otto Sinclair, Boise Lawyer
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Roller Elvis
Michael Kopsa	...	Jefferson

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Spain:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

2400 Motel on Kingsway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Kurt Russell made one of his early screen appearances in the Elvis movie It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) and later played Elvis in a TV-Movie directed by John Carpenter (Elvis (1979/I) (TV)). He also did the voice of young Elvis in Forrest Gump (1994).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Casinos on Fremont Street have all of their outside lights turned off while the Freemont Street Experience is running. In the movie they are both lit at the same time.

Quotes:

Murphy: You recognize me now? I recognize you.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs True Romance (1993)

Soundtrack:

Angel Dust

decent film, you might find something you like in it

I saw elements of "Out of Sight" and "Honeymoon in Vegas" in this action movie. The film deals with a heist pulled off by thieves posing as Elvis impersonators during a convention, and their following dillemas afterwards. The film becomes fairly predictable and unbelievable in the ensuing chaos, as most of the action takes place in showdowns between Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner's characters, the latter of whom claims to be an illegitimate child of Elvis. I thought it was a pretty good movie, and you might find something you like in it.

** 1/2 out of ****