Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Elvis (1968 TV Special), 8+

50min | Documentary, Music, Musical | TV Special 3 Dec 1968
Elvis Presley has now been out for making movies for many years, now he makes a comeback in 1968.
Director: Steve Binder
Stars: Elvis Presley, dancers, singers, band.
Yanco Inone ... assistant to choreographer (as Yonko Inone)
Eddie James ... assistant to choreographer
Jaime Rogers ... choreographer
Claude Thompson ... choreographer

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285063/
just got this disc from Korea, but it's a release with menus in Portuguese. The American releases are OOP and very $$.

The IMDb page says there are many versions released of this show, edited together from various sessions.

There's no intro/opening as I would expect on a US TV program. It does have closing credits.

After watching this I can understand why he quit movies (the last was '69) and turned back to live performing. He was enjoying himself, especially in the sit-down concert segments.

Here are the chapters on this disc (total time 1h 12min):
  1. Trouble 
  2. Guitar Man 
  3. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy 
  4. Baby, What You Want Me to Do 
  5. Heartbreak Hotel 
  6. Hound Dog 
  7. All Shook Up 
  8. Can't Help Falling In Love 
  9. Jailhouse Rock 
  10. Don't Be Cruel 
  11. Love Me Tender 
  12. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child / Where Could I Go But to the Lord / I Found the Light / Up Above My Head / Saved 
  13. That's All Right 
  14. Tiger Man 
  15. Trying To Get To You 
  16. Baby, What You Want Me to Do reprise
  17. One Night 
  18. Memories 
  19. Nothingville 
  20. Guitar Man reprise
  21. Let Yourself Go 
  22. Guitar Man reprise
  23. Big Boss Man 
  24. It Hurts Me 
  25. Guitar Man reprise
  26. Little Egypt 
  27. Trouble reprise
  28. Guitar Man reprise
  29. If I Can Dream 

These are listed in the IMDb Soundtracks, but missing from this Portuguese disc:
  • A Little Less Conversation 
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? 
  • Blue Suede Shoes 
  • MacArthur Park 
  • Santa Claus Is Back In Town 
  • Saved in the medley
  • Baby, What You Want Me To Do?  listed twice on imdb.

distr. NBC, dir. Binder; 8+