Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA
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this movie was pure comedy! I was flipping channels and just couldn't help myself. I thought it was just a silly movie but was so delighted to find out that the events really took place! The best part is that if the ghetto-DC doughnut shop scene really happened, who knows what else was possible during the weekend! I am going to look to find this on DVD and send it out to all my friends and family for x-mas! I think that the actors were awesome and I had one fine Friday night, me, Dick and E!! If you want a good time that will make you LOL, and I mean seriously LAUGH OUT LOUD so people come in from other rooms and ask you, "WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING??" yeah, it was probably over the top, but it was fun and history is never accurate so I'd rather see this than something that glorifies the King.
This film's a real sleeper, very few people probably know it. It's one of those made-for-tv films but don't let that fool you, it has quality acting, great laughs and a great script based on an amusing anecdote on Elvis in his later years. Die-hard Elvis fanatics might not be amused by the way he is depicted as a naïve, childlike, toy-gun-slinging cowboy. But I was very amused and loved the performances of the actors portraying him and his closest friend. Not only the casting, acting and script are great, the camerawork is also well done, the movie has a nostalgic feel to it. It was very funny and charming to see a frustrated Elvis in the sixties/early seventees that made those darn Beatles (not even American!) even more popular than him, a hasbeen in those days. I always vote a 9 or 10 for movies that are very underrated in the IMDB and vote a 1 for horribly overrated movies. So I voted this one 10/10!
They should release this sucker on DVD, it's incredible. I showed it to my friend that doesn't even care for Elvis and he was rolling on the floor! Elvis and Nixon were both so huge in real life, that's it's incredible to see them interact. And all the people commenting on the King were awesome, like Wayne Newton.
Funny thing about Elvis in this movie. He leaves LA for DC in a red Boeing 727 (3 engines), then in mid-air the plane becomes a BLUE DC-8 (4 engines). Only Elvis could change a 3 engine plane to a 4 engine plane while it was in-flight.