Elvis is alive...

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Holy Zoo, Jul 26, 2003.

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  1. Holy Zoo

    Holy Zoo Gort (Retired) :-) Thread Starter

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    Santa Cruz
    ... at least in this movie!

    http://www.bubbahotep.com/about

    I gotta see this!

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    UNDEAD, UNLIKELY, UNEQUALED...

    Based on the Bram Stoker Award nominee short story by acclaimed author
    Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-tep tells the “true” story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis(Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his “death”, then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack(Ossie Davis), a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds…

    “Mind-blowing in its originality, Bubba Ho-tep transcends the “late-night cult” genre by virtue of captivating performances by Campbell and Davis, and the assured direction of Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli handles the bizarre material with such precision that you actually believe that Elvis and JFK are alive and not quite well. He treats the characters, and old age for that matter, with such respect that no matter how absurd things become, you are completely with him. Bubba Ho-tep, with its cinematic flash and terrifically offbeat humor, is a fantastic story of redemption, courage and friendship.”
    - CineVegas International Film Festival -
     
  2. Holy Zoo

    Holy Zoo Gort (Retired) :-) Thread Starter

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    Santa Cruz
  3. levi

    levi Can't Stand Up For Falling Down In Memoriam

    Location:
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    awesome is a word that's highly overused, but I can't think of any other way to describe this.

    thanks for posting the links!
     
  4. Roland Stone

    Roland Stone Offending Member

    John Travolta got the break of his career when Elvis turned down Quentin Tarantino for PULP FICTION.

    Said Elvis, "While the hamburger/royale discussion, not to mention the dancin', were right up muh alley, I was worried the metaphysical discussion might cheese off mah Bible-Belt fans, not to mention the Big Guy upstairs. That's one critic you don't wanna get the thumbs-down from, know what ah mean? Besides, Johnny did an acceptable job, 'though they had to cut the singin' scenes. 'Riginally, wuz s'posed t'be a musical."
     
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