Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writers:

Mitchell Ganem (written by)
Adam-Michael Garber (written by)

Release Date:

27 August 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Plot:

A fugitive Pink Lady rep hooks up with a bored ad exec as she's trying to avoid going down for the murder of several Elvis impersonators.

Plot Keywords:

Elvis Presley | Elvis Impersonator | Accidental Death | Gay Stereotype | Character Name In Title

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Harmony Jones
John Corbett	...	Miles Taylor
Annie Potts	...	Shirl
Sean Astin	...	Aaron
Mike Starr	...	Sal
Phill Lewis	...	Charlie
Denise Richards	...	Belinda
Philip Charles MacKenzie	...	Darren Swirl
Richard Kind	...	Burning Elvis
David Leisure	...	Hole-in-the-Head Elvis
Tom Hanks	...	Mailbox Elvis
Joel Zwick	...	Squashed Elvis
Angie Dickinson	...	Bobette
Pat Morita	...	Man in Turban
Gil McKinney	...	Young Elvis

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual references/humor.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Philippines:G | UK:12 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40952) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Capitol Films

Trivia:

John Corbett made sure Heineken had paid for product placement before he would drink one on camera. The producers insisted they had been paid and then Corbett insisted he should get paid also. The producers agreed and Corbett drank joyfully from the apple juice-filled familiar green bottle.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: (At 19.00) In one of Harmony's 1950s flashbacks her mother has an Elvis song for every car problem. "Always On My Mind" is said to represent 'a flat tire'. The song was actually written in the 1970s and recorded by Elvis in 1972.

Soundtrack:

I Got Stung

Very Silly…But I Laughed a Lot

The successful Pink Lady cosmetics saleswoman Harmony Jones (Kim Bassinger), who uses lipsticks of her competitor to protect her lips, is very connected to Elvis Presley since she was seven years old and met him. She presently wishes to have a boy-friend and raise a family of her own, being lucky in business and unlucky in love. While traveling nearby Las Vegas, she accidentally kills three Elvis Presley impersonators, and she believes the police is chasing her. Meanwhile, she also meets Miles Taylor (John Corbett), who works in an advertising agency in New York, and is traveling to Las Vegas to finalize his divorce process with his former wife, Belinda (Denise Richards). She wants her Elvis Presley clothes back as the final condition to sign the divorce papers. Harmony sees the clothes in Miles' hands and believing he is another Elvis impersonator, she avoids him, afraid of hurting him.

My wife is a great fan of Elvis Presley (but she is not an Elvis impersonators), and I bought this DVD for her. For me, the great attraction was the always sexy and gorgeous Kim Bassinger. Denise Richards, Angie Dickinson, John Corbett, Tom Hanks and other names completed a really good cast, and we have just watched this movie. "Elvis Has Left the Building" is a very silly romantic comedy, with a quite ridiculous script near to the non-sense, but with lots of black humor. Although alternating good moments with very bad ones, I really laughed a lot. There are really funny situations and although very irregular, it entertains. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Elvis Ainda Não Morreu" ("Elvis Has not Died Yet")