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Kurt Russell made one of his early screen appearances in the Elvis Presley movie It Happened at the World's Fair and later played Elvis in a TV-Movie directed by John Carpenter (Elvis). He also did the voice of young Elvis in Forrest Gump.
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When the film finished shooting, Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell disagreed about the way the film should feel. The studio let both stars edit their own versions which were then shown to test audiences. Russell's cut was more comedy oriented and focused on his character's relationship with Cybil (Courteney Cox) while Costner's was more action oriented.
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During filming in Vancouver, Kurt Russell (Michael Zane) visited the nearby set of Stargate SG-1 and met the cast. Russell starred as Colonel Jack O'Neil in the original Stargate. His role was adopted by Richard Dean Anderson in the spin-off series and the character's name was changed slightly (to Colonel Jack O'Neill).
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The "midget Elvis" shot in the casino was played by a then-member of the Las Vegas Rocky Horror cast.
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Throughout the movie, Kurt Russell's character is seen wearing a necklace. The necklace is "TCB" with a lightning bolt. "TCB" stands for "taking care of business" which was Elvis Presleys' slogan along with the lightning bolt. He had similar necklaces made and gave them to his inner crowd.
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Prior to the film's opening, Warner Bros. released a series of animated prequels voiced by stars Costner, Slater, Long and Woodbine. "The Road to Graceland" prequels marked the first time a major film's cast members contributed their talents to the creation of original Internet content for a film website. The animated shorts also revealed that Michael Zane (Kurt Russell) was in fact the other man who's DNA test as Elvis' son proved inconclusive.
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The album that Michael autographs in the elevator is in fact the soundtrack to It Happened at the World's Fair, the movie where Russell kicked the shins of the real Elvis.
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Many scenes were edited due to extreme violence.
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- 1) The scene in which a Security Guard is killed by way of Shotgun was originally bloodier. The scene featured a closer shot of the guard being shot and the blood spraying from his back.
- 2) The scene where Hanson (Christian Slater) is shot in the leg was originally bloodier. Instead of quick shot of the leg being shot, there is a shot of blood spraying from his wound quickly and violently.
- 3) The scene where the State Trooper is shot by Murphy (Kevin Costner) is also extended. The additional shot featured the bullet actually hitting the trooper and his back exploding in blood.
