But as he loses himself in elvis weird brand of hypersincerity, nixon finds himself wanting to linger, perhaps longing for a measure of the singers utter lack of guile. On a december morning in 1970, the king of rock n roll showed up on the lawn of the white house to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, president nixon. What happens next is one of historys weirder moments. Movie clip compilation the untold true story behind the meeting between elvis presley, the king of rock n roll, and president richard nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment. The entire movie is about elvis trying to meet the president, and the moment they meet. With michael shannon, kevin spacey, alex pettyfer, johnny knoxville. Starring academy award nominee michael shannon as elvis presley and twotime academy award winner kevin spacey as richard nixon. On a december morning in 1970, the king of rock n roll, elvis presley michael shannon showed up. The only details about this collision of two icons come from a few eyewitness. Watch elvis meets nixon 1997 full movie free online. Michael shannon and kevin spacey as elvis and nixon in the forthcoming film nixons aides were attracted to the idea of the meeting, a preserved memo reveals, because they. Before leaving, elvis asked nixon to say hello to schilling.
Strong language includes multiple uses of fk, as well as st, goddamn, and more. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including compadres, the huntsman. Whats amazing about the movie is the remarkable juxtaposition of a super serious face and demeanor of michael shannon as elvis and the real elvis s childlike fascination with badges and guns. On a december morning in 1970, the king of rock n roll showed up. Apr 23, 2016 the film is based on a reallife meeting between elvis and richard nixon on december 21, 1970. Apr 21, 2016 on a december morning in 1970, the king of rock n roll showed up on the lawn of the white house to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, president nixon. Characters carry guns, and guns are shown in several scenes. Howard hunt was involved in the watergate caper, he murmurs, hes the darkness reaching out. Kevin spacey plays the president for laughs in a slight but enjoyable imagining of elvis s real life meeting with nixon. The movie doesnt suggest that nixon ordered or desired kennedys death, but that he halfunderstood the process by which the beast, as he called the secret government apparatus, led to the assassination. This movie is based on a real meeting between elvis presley and richard nixon in the white house in december 1970.
In a surprising, spontaneous gesture, krogh wrote, elvis put his left arm around the president and hugged him. Shannon, interesting as elvis, thought elvis had a little more personality but i still enjoyed the performance. By the time kevin spacey scuttles in as nixon, all hunched shoulders and crablike motion, you have spent too much time watching the filmmakers pad the. Elvis presley, kevin spacey, michael shannon, richard nixon. Spaceys nixon never loses sight of the chance to use the visit to score political points. The offthewall take on the national archives imagery showcasing the king and tricky. Hilarious satire set in 1970 as polar opposites president richard nixon and elvis presley meet to rebound from their isolated lives in the public eye.
The entire movie is about elvis trying to meet the president, and. During a time when politics and popular culture seldom met, the movie opens with elvis presley played by michael shannon in his graceland mansion in. The movie elvis and nixon is the untold true story behind the meeting between the king of rock n roll and president richard nixon. Starring academy award nominee michael shannon as elvis presley and twotime academy award winner kevin spacey as richard nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the oval office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the national archives. The film is based on a reallife meeting between elvis and richard nixon on december 21, 1970. Its only in the handful of moments when nixon and elvis face each other in private that we get that electric crackle of big personalities clashing. It all starts when elvis played by michael shannon becomes disgusted by news images of the vietnam. In 1970, elvis presley showed up at the white house asking to meet president nixon. Edward shearmur, elvis and nixon, lakeshore records you may be interested in.
The actual meeting of elvis and nixon takes up a very small part of the movies. The film stars michael shannon as singer elvis presley and kevin spacey as president richard nixon, and focuses on the december 21, 1970 meeting between the two men at the white house. This meeting actually takes place in december of 1970 and came at the request of elvis himself and what follows is essentially an unintentionally funny point in time where the two figures take a photograph that becomes iconic. The untold true story behind the meeting between elvis presley, the king of rock n roll, and president richard nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the national archives. That morning elvis delivered the letter to the white house in person, where it made it into the hands of nixon aide and elvis fan egil bud krogh. It all starts when elvis played by michael shannon becomes disgusted by news images of the vietnam war protests and the drug fueled, hippie counterculture, and decides america needs his help. This movie s version of nixon is an impatient, surly, outoftouch boss who just happens to be richard nixon and share richard nixon s political values. Whats amazing about the movie is the remarkable juxtaposition of a super serious face and demeanor of michael shannon as elvis and the real elviss childlike fascination with badges and guns. Unfortunately, the result is only fitfully entertaining or illuminating. Kevin spacey is a great nixon jowls, rolling shoulders, gravelly voice and all.