3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

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

Director:

Demian Lichtenstein

Writers:

Richard Recco, Demian Lichtenstein

Stars:

Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox

12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kurt Russell	...	Michael Zane
Kevin Costner	...	Murphy
Courteney Cox	...	Cybil Waingrow
Christian Slater	...	Hanson
Kevin Pollak	...	Damitry
David Arquette	...	Gus
Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Peterson
Howie Long	...	Jack
Thomas Haden Church	...	Quigley
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Franklin
Ice-T	...	Hamilton (as Ice T)
David Kaye	...	Jesse Waingrow
Louis Lombardi	...	Otto Sinclair
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Roller Elvis
Michael Kopsa	...	Jefferson

Storyline

It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, and single mom Cybil Waingrow and her son Jesse constantly confounding things, Michael must track down Murphy.

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Plot Keywords:

casino | gun | elvis impersonator | rascal | heist | 

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Taglines:

Crime Is King.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

3000 millas al infierno

Filming Locations:

El Dorado Canyon, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$62,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,160,521, 25 February 2001, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$15,738,632, 15 April 2001

Company Credits

Production Co:

Franchise Pictures,Epsilon Motion Pictures,3000 Miles Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kurt Russell received top billing over Kevin Costner. This matches their portrayals of Wyatt Earp as well, due to the fact that Russell starred as the famous lawman in Tombstone (1993) and Costner starred as the famous lawman in Wyatt Earp (1994).

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Goofs

The length of Murphy's cigarette alters while he opens the bag with money that Cybil has brought him. When he starts speaking to her there's no cigarette in his mouth at all.

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Quotes

Michael Zane: Finish your fries.
Jesse Waingrow: You can't tell me what to do. You're not my dad.
Michael Zane: Didn't anybody ever tell you about starving kids in Africa?
Jesse Waingrow: Why? Are you gonna send them my fries?

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Crazy Credits

Then, there is an out-take with Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell. Kevin Costner says "You're going back, Michael, back to the future!"

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Connections

Spoofs Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

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Soundtracks

Low
by Blues Saraceno / James Keegan
Performed by Transmission OK
Courtesy of Beyond Music

User Reviews

Costner and Russells' Revenge

Scrolling through the 135+ comments, I'm amazed at how outraged so many viewers are at the "excessive violence," "explicit sex," "foul language," etc., etc., etc. C'mon. A film is advertised as Elvises robbing a Las Vegas casino during an Elvis convention. How much more lead in do you want? You expect, action, thrills and ... content? Amazing. Listen. This is one of the funniest, outrageous films I've seen in a long time. Yes. The story's incredible. But, in any film, we have to consider the level at which we're willing to "buy in." I mean, some people were outraged at the farting scenes in Shrek. Now, they're complaining because Russell and Costner-- especially the latter-- are too violent. Well, let's go back a year or so when Russell and Costner both made Wyatt Earp films, playing the title roles. From my view, both vehicles were ghastly but entertaining. So, I submit that what we have here is the COSTNER and RUSSELL Revenge vehicle. Costner is always on the leafy edge, whether he's dancing with wolves, building baseball fields for ghosts or water-skiing as bait for sea monsters. Russell, whose track record in shoot 'em-ups is no less than Stallone or Arnie, is likewise coming off some hound dog roles, such as being an automated soldier, a remake of his Escape from New York (LA? Why'd anyone want to go there in the first place?) and the sci-fi Stargate. Now, we get these two guys in a mindless, black comedy, full of S&V-- the most since the cult film Thursday-- with quirky twists and turns. Mindless violence? Yes. Gratuitious sex? Yes. Entertaining? Yes-- but only if you don't take it too seriously. I loved it.