Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.
Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
ccthemovieman-1 I've seen this concert in two DVD "forms:" the theatrical release and the 2001 two-disc special edition which also includes about an hour of Elvis in rehearsal with his band. You can see he liked to clown around a lot but he also was serious about a doing a song the exact way he wanted and was definitely in command of that. Hey, all great artists are perfectionists, from dancer Fred Astaire to football quarterback Peyton Manning.Anyway, it's all good stuff and for those who are interested, here is the song list:"That's All Right, Little Sister/Get Back, My baby Left Me, Crying Time, Love Me, Twenty Days and Twenty Nights, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cattle Call, Chime Bells, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Mary in the Morning;Mystery Train/Tiger Man, That's All Right, I Got a Woman, Hound Dog, Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Tender, I can't Stop Loving You, Just Pretend, The Yonder of You, In the Ghetto, Patch It Up;You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Polk Salad Annie, One Night, Don't Be Cruel,Blue Suede Shoes, All Shook Up, You Don't Have to Say You Love, Suspicious Minds, Can't Help Falling in Love
castielminion1 This is the movie to see if you want to know what the deal is about Elvis. Forget the movies, which were mostly rubbish. This is the king at his on stage best. The only reason I never rated this movie as a 10 is that it came hot on the heels of the 68 Comeback Special and that cannot be beaten. This film shows Elvis backstage in Las Vegas before one of the Elvis summer festivals organised by Col. Parker. There is also footage of Elvis in rehearsals for his shows. You get a glimpse of the man behind the image at certain points. For us ladies there is also the bonus of seeing Elvis at his sexy best! The only thing to is this was made in the 70's so there are flares everywhere.
lennart-ericson2 This is Elvis at his very best! Too bad they didn't include songs such as Little Sister/Get Back and Love me in the movie, since Elvis is playing electric guitar on both these songs and they are excellent performed. If you only want to have two DVD:s of Elvis at his very best then you should choose this one and the 68 comeback special. Of course there are plenty of other great shows and movies but these two are IMO hard to beat. I'm still hoping they will make a special edition of Elvis on tour, that should be another winner.RegardsLennart
johno-21 Here's Elvis performing live at the International Hotel in Las Vegas over a period of six nights in 1970. He jokes and stumbles through abbreviated versions of his classics from the 50's and early 60's but gets serious and turns in great performances of songs that would be his concert staples for the rest of his career including Suspecious Minds, In The Ghetto and The wonder of You. He's backed by famed guitarist James Burton and a band that includes Chip young, Ronnie Tutt, David Briggs, Jerry Carrigan, Norbert Putnam and John Wilkerson with an orchestra led by Eddie Hinton and vocals by The Sweet Inspirations and Millie Kirkham and The Imperials Quartet. Besides the concert footage taken over six consecutive nights at the hotels are also rehearsal footage from MGM studios in Culver City, California. Celebrities in the audience that came out for the shows include Cary grant, Sammy Davis Jr. and George Hamilton. Elvis' Memphis Mafia stalwarts Joe Esposito, sonny West and Red West are here too. There's even a brief overhead shot of Col. Parker. Denis Sanders who directed this documentary had a sporadic career as a screenwriter and filmmaker of feature films, television and documentaries. He followed this the next year with his second music documentary called Soul to Soul which featured some of the great R&B acts of the time. These two films were definitely the highlight of his career. They got a big name cinematographer to do the photography in Lucien Ballard. He had been a Hollywood cinematographer since the 30's and had filmed Presley in roustabout. He was involved in a string of feature film hits in the 60's with The son's of Katie Elder, The Wild Bunch, Nevada Smith, The Getaway and True Grit. This is a must for any Elvis fan and even for non-fans it serves as a fairly good documentary of Elvis in peak physical form and having a fun and energetic time as a performer. White high collared jump suits with sequence and kung fu jump kicks are all here on a Vegas stage. He's comfortable in his element. The film originally ran at 107 minutes when it debuted in theaters in December of 1970. It's not a great concert film and not very imaginatively filmed or edited but since Elvis is such a legend it's worth a look. I would give it a 7.0 out of 10.
