I bought my mother the dvd last Christmas. She said "Nobody can beat Kurt Russell's portrayel of Elvis" and if anyone knows this it's mama as she met Elvis in 54 and shared a few letters with Elvis and his father Vernon over the years. Kurt Russell is my fav actor of all time and just a super nice guy!
you just wait til this new Baz Lurhman Elvis movie comes out next summer. Ive seen Austin Bulter's performance. Mark my words, he will win an Oscar for the role.
Kurt did a great job talking like him and looks similar but Austin Butler sings, acts and talks like Elvis...he does not look like him but has an essence of Elvis... He is the best I have ever seen
Thank you, there are many People singing like Elvis, but when I hear this Version, I know that you love Elvis and his music. Love from an 60 years old german Elvis Fan.❤
Theres a lot of wrong-headed complaining in this comment section. Lets begin with the fact that only Elvis Presley was Elvis Presley, if there was another he would not have been unique. Kurt Russell is a fine actor who did a wonderful job in this role. If youre really jonesing for E , there are plenty of videos on YT of the one and only.
I bet if the king himself had seen this then kurt probably would be knighted by know lol fantastic actor bang on performance the moves the vocals the charisma the elvis swagger kurt had everything in this film absolutely on point phenomenal acting seriously enjoyed it worth the hours too because it drags you in deep into elvis's life brilliant 💯💯💯👌👌👊👊
This is really great Kurt with the moves and that great voice of Ronnie McDowell but that guitarist man he is something else, I never thought I would ever hear anyone come close to the great Scotty Moores rendition of this song but I was wrong, this guys fantastic, I don't know who he is but I wish him well.
Did love Jonathan Rhys Meyers Elvis but I believe Kurt sang the songs himself.. his own Dad played Vernon... not a know-all I promise just an Elvis Presley and Kurt Russell fan. Thank you for up/downloading 🎉
It was a guy named Ronnie McDowell doing the vocals, because using Elvis' recordings would've been too expensive. Kurt Russell was doing the lip synch. Both McDowell and Russell did great job in this movie.
To think that it was Elvis that began the pairing of Kurt Russel and John Carpenter. In one Elvis movie, he played a character named John Carpenter (forgot which one) and Kurt Russel played the kid who kicked Elvis in the shin in It happend at the world fair. Elvis rocks and so does Carpenter and Russel.
Kurt Russell was awesome at doing Elvis so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kurt Russell made this the best biopic ever have this on DVD Thank You Kurt
Remember this movie as a kid.This scene is when the Opry told Elvis to stick to truck driving.Kurt played a role in the movie It happened at the worlds fair where he kicked Elvis in the shin.
Ive always wondered what Elvis's family felt about this movie . I KNOW John Carpenter AND Kurt Russell did try and make a really good portrayal of his life .
Austin Butler had 60 plus years of RU-vid archives to study from. What did Kurt Russel have in 1978/79? Austin Butler did a phenomenal job and should get the Oscar for what he did, but this is a low budget John Carpenter made for TV film. Kurt Russel killed it!
After he was rejected by the grand ole opry he came back to memphis and a few days later met a short fat dutchman who agreed to manage him (exclusively) the shot heard around the world, to this day no Entertainer has achieved the success and fame of Elvis Presley, only Jesus is better known than Elvis
Too bad Kirt does not so shows doing Elvis since he is the best and would make alot of people happy to see him do Elvis. He is so enjoyable to watch and Im sure Kirt at some point has to feel the fame and way Elvis felt when he is doing Elvis on stage. I wish there was more videos like this to watch. Do more Kirt.
absolutly agree with you its an old Elvis movie made in 1979 and kurt russell is spot on with everything hes just awesome in this movie i dont think they ever beat this movie even if they made one today with all the specail effects also check this man out called martin fontain Elvis story oh my word hes got the look of Elvis 100% but the voice is not as good as the king .
I was 11 years old when I first heard Elvis. Mum and Grandma were horrified, I was not allowed to like him. Later, when I was at high school, with some pocket money, I used to ride my bike home, and on the way, I would stop at the Centreway Tea Rooms in Hamilton, New Zealand, (before the days of coffee bars, as a British Colony, we drank tea) and for one shilling, I played Elvis Blue Moon Of Kentucky. Dr. Maxwell (retired).
# Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining / Shine on the one that's gone and proved untrue / Blue moon of Kentucky, keep on shining / We're gonna draw a little bit of everybody's blood... 'cause we're gonna find out who's The Thing / Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue # You gotta love Elvis MacReady.
Kurt Russell was the best Elvis. So funny he was the little kid who kicked Elvis in the movie "It happened at the World's Fair' Of course Elvis paid him to do it in the movie.. lol
kurt russell is by far the best Elvis presley movie done everything about this movie is perfect from the acting to the singing and this movie was made 2 years after Elvis presleys death in 1979 and it still looks so fresh i dont wana see a remake of this movie i think they would defenetly fuck it up what they need to do is get kurt russell to extend the ending to presleys death so remaster the movie with the extened ending with kurt russell it would be perfect in my oppinion.
I’m a huge fan of elvis Presley’s and I love 💕 elviss music and flims too elvis will always be the king 👑 of rock and roll 🎸 my dream is to visit Graceland and communicate with elvis tcb ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️all the way 10:34am
