Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rated by buyers NR (Not Rated)
Type of bind: DVD
EAN num: 0828766788495
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Bmg Marketing
Manufacturer: Bmg Marketing
Quantity: 2
Publishing house: Bmg Marketing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 17, 2005
Running Time: 260 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 29488
Studio: Bmg Marketing
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 2005
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ELVIS BY THE PRESLEYS, a new entertainment special that will feature a collection of new, intimate interviews with his former wife, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, and their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, includes exclusive, never-before-seen television performances, photographs from the Presley Estate archives and Presley family home movies.
In the special, Priscilla and Lisa Marie speak with unguarded candor about their lives with the legendary Elvis Presley and offer an intimate look at their family and private life. Rare interviews with Elvis's very first cousin, Patsy Presley Geranen, and Priscilla's parents, Ann and Paul Beaulieu, are also featured.
Vintage, never-before-seen performance footage will be interwoven with photographs from the Presley Estate archives and press coverage of Elvis over the years. Private home movies of the Presley family illustrate and illuminate his story with vivid detail, honest insight and great warmth. Different aspects of Elvis's life, including his tours, his time in Hollywood and his home life, are depicted with the insight that only his family can bring. His career ups and downs, his kindness and generosity and his human frailties are all brought to light as well as a reflection on his place in entertainment history and his enduring legacy.
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The King of Rock and Roll would have turned 70 in 2005, the same year Elvis by the Presleys was released. An impressive number, but it's a pea in the ocean compared to the amount of posthumous products bearing his name; and the really amazing part is that some of them actually manage to shed new light on this much-studied icon. Assuming one has the time, stamina, and interest to wade through the enormous amount of material presented on Elvis by the Presleys, this ambitious, well-made documentary-reminiscence certainly falls into that category.
The presence and participation of Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla, and daughter Lisa Marie, as well as Priscilla's parents and sister, Elvis' very first cousin, and 'Memphis Mafia' member Jerry Schilling, lend an air of authenticity to the project. There isn't a lot here about Elvis' music, although the interpolation of many clips from his TV appearances, movies, concert performances, and recordings more than adequately convey the singer's ineffable (and apparently eternal) appeal. Elvis by the Presleys is more specifically designed to provide an inside look at the day-to-day life of Presley, his family, and those in his immediate orbit, and on that level it succeeds rather well.
There is a lot of talk here--nearly four and half hours' worth (including bonus material), spread out over two discs. Some of the territory covered is yawn-inducingly familiar: Elvis was well-mannered but moody, he was exceedingly generous, he loved Christmas, he appreciated his fans, and on and on. But there are more surprising (at least to the casual fan) revelations as well: Presley was an accomplished horseman; he was not only a good Christian but a voracious reader with an interest in spiritual as well as purely religious matters (he even joined the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles); and he suffered mightily from insomnia. Moreover, while this is a loving tribute, it's not hagiography. Priscilla makes it clear that she and everyone else around Elvis were expected to surrender their own lives to suit his needs and whims, a demand she eventually found unendurable. Nor do they gloss over Elvis' final years, when he was fat, drug-ridden, and disillusioned. Little matter that Elvis Presley is dead. Long live the King! --Sam Graham
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I recieved this DVD in hopes of giving it as a Christmas present. However, to my dismay, I discovered that it is encoded for PAL which is a standard not used in the United States. Also, the product arrived unwrapped, and the case was broken. So, my review relates more the product, and less about the show itself (which is great).
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Having crossed the country twice to visit Graceland, I certainly love the King. However, I can only recommend this DVD to those who suffer from "incurable" insomnia. When my friend and I watched it, we were out cold....and we weren't even tired! The documentary is too long, too one-sided, and monothematic. How many times can the interviewees say the same thing? How many different people can say the same thing? Elvis was a great guy, generous, insulated with the "Memphis Mafia", etc. The producers of this DVD were too close to the subject to give it any objectivity. The only saving grace of this work is that we get to hear from Priscilla's parents, and they endeavor to give their side of the story of Elvis dating their 14-year old daughter, then whisking her away to the U.S. (to finish high school) from Germany. I'm afraid that they didn't really explain how that could make any sense. I'm sure that are a slew of Elvis documentaries which do the King more justice.
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This is a very entertaining, honest documentary and very beautifully done. However, it is blatantly obvious that this was made by Priscilla for Priscilla. She must have needed needed another Elvis cash injection. It should have been called the Beaulieau's and Jerry Schilling on Elvis.
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Nothing new here...remembering that it is in Pricilla & Lisa-Marie's interest to retain Elvis' name in good light, as Lisa is sole-owner of Elvis' estate and Pricilla a salary-earner from the estate...this was always going to be a one-sided account of his life...no drugs, very little on his extra-maritial affairs, a good father etc....Nevertheless, the music retains the magic and the man retains his charisma...Some input from Pricilla's parents, which you never get to hear....Good light entertainment, with Elvis' image remaining intact.
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I have seen and read everything I can find about Elvis. I like this film by the Presley's. We have not seen nor heard from Priscilla's family before nor have we heard Priscilla speak about Elvis in this way. Priscilla's parents and sister and Lisa Marie join her and I was surprised how they felt about Elvis. They loved Elvis and thought he was a great son in law and I would have thought they would be the ones saying "I told you so". Priscilla explains what it was really like to be married to Elvis and why she could not be herself as long as she was with him. She joined Elvis' life and had to conform to his ways. It was all about Elvis and that was to never change. Priscilla is much more mature and tells things in a different light yesterday and will always defend his honor. Priscilla like everyone else will always have respect for Elvis as an artist. He wasn't the best husband but he was always good to Priscilla and they had a better relationship after their divorce than anytime that she was with him. The pressure was being Mrs. Elvis Presley was off. They found they liked each other any way. They were close until the day he died.
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