3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Demian Lichtenstein

Writers:

Richard Recco (written by) and
Demian Lichtenstein (written by)

Release Date:

23 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Crime Is King.

Plot:

A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Elvis Impersonator | Brat | Single Mother | Shootout

Awards:

8 nominations

Cast

Kurt Russell	...	Michael Zane
Kevin Costner	...	Murphy
Courteney Cox	...	Cybil Waingrow
Christian Slater	...	Hanson
Kevin Pollak	...	Damitry
David Arquette	...	Gus
Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Peterson
Howie Long	...	Jack
Thomas Haden Church	...	Quigley
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Franklin
Ice-T	...	Hamilton (as Ice T)
David Kaye	...	Jesse Waingrow
Louis Lombardi	...	Otto Sinclair
Shawn Michael Howard	...	Roller Elvis
Michael Kopsa	...	Jefferson

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:PG (censored version) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

2400 Motel on Kingsway, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

The record album that Kurt Russell signs in the elevator is the sound track from It Happened at the World's Fair (1963).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The quintet of robbers enters the Riviera Casino from Fremont St. The Riviera is about a mile from Fremont St.

Quotes:

Cybil Waingrow: Or what, you'll kill me?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Wild Bunch (1969)

Soundtrack:

Murphy's Law

Crap but great crap

Like True Romance, and Pulp Fiction this film is movie junk food that I love to eat. Film purest will classify this film as crap, and so it is; but this is crap that the masses want and the movie elite hates. For action films this is great, a few slow parts, and the action scene at the end got a little predictable, with the high kill counts, but rebounds with a great ending. An old western show down, and being a road movie it gives the junk food escapism I love and need. The acting is great, Costner plays such a great jerk in this film, his attitude makes the viewer dislike him, like a bad guys in wrestling. Costner should keep playing bad guys. I believe this is his strong point. Russell plays the hero or the not too bad bad guy. Russell character is the all American type he acts too the tee. Stay at the end of this film for they have a bonus with the credits, an Elvis video and a funny out take from the film. Taker easy, and give yourself a break and watch this film.