Elvis & Nixon Page #2

Synopsis: 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. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time 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.
Genre: Comedy, History
Director(s): Liza Johnson
Production: Amazon Studios
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2016
86 min
$725,324
Website
389 Views


- Was Cilla mad?

- At first. Understandably.

But I handled it.

You always do.

The Colonel?

I told her not to tell him.

Thattaboy. Keep the Fat Man out of this.

And Sonny's gonna meet us there

and take over.

Look at these guys.

You're kidding me, man.

That's good,

but Elvis would never wear that, man.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I'm an Elvis impersonator, too.

- That's frightening.

- You're good though, man.

You could be second best, baby.

You know what I'm saying?

Do you do Teddy Bear?

- When I'm in the mood.

- Well, listen to this, man.

I got an Elvis song

that's gonna blow you away, man.

I'm gonna rock it to the left

I'm gonna rock it to the right

I'm gonna rock it in the middle

And rock it all night

Now that, baby,

that is where the rock-a-hula really is.

- Would you like some coffee?

- Thank you.

Hey, Jerry,

could you proofread this for me?

It's a letter.

Yeah. Sure.

You wrote a letter to Nixon?

Yeah. That's right.

What do you think?

I think it's more than a badge.

I know. But have you seen

the TV lately, Jerry?

War. Crime. Riots.

It's all going downhill, man.

We are at a crossroads.

It's make or break time for this country.

And this country made me, man.

You think there'd be an Elvis Presley

if this land was communist? Heck, no.

That's what's going on in the streets.

And it's the drugs, too.

It's messing with the kids' minds.

What kind of man would I be

if I didn't offer to help?

Can I help you, sir?

I need to get this letter to the President.

There's a mailbox at the corner of...

At the end of the avenue.

Yeah. I got you.

Hey, you think there could be some sort of

special delivery method?

It's a matter of national security.

The mailbox is down the street.

Hey, Pete.

Ah, sh*t.

Can you come here for a minute, please?

Are they coming to get me?

Excuse me, officer. Is there a problem?

Not at all.

Good morning.

It's Elvis.

Mailbox is around the corner.

You're ex-military. Right?

- Marines.

- Marines, yeah.

Figures.

I was just regular

old Army myself, you know.

Third Armored Battalion.

Trained at Fort Hood.

But we knew the Marines

was where it was at, you know.

Well, it takes a certain kind of grit.

That's it, man. That's it.

I never had it myself,

but I wish that I did.

I'll tell you what.

I'll put it inside for you,

but I can't guarantee

it'll get to the President's office.

Why not?

What's your name?

And who are you, sir?

- Oh, I'm, uh, his head of...

- Personal relations.

- PR, yeah.

- Public relations.

Public relations.

Well, the thing is, Mr. Presley...

Burrows.

I'm undercover.

Mr. Burrows.

We get a lot of mail for the White House.

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Joey Sagal

Joey Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter who has played Elvis Presley and George Clooney in movies and on television. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal. Joey wrote the screenplay for the film Elvis & Nixon. The idea for the screenplay came about at a chance meeting with Sagal, his now ex-wife Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes. Joey met Elvis on the set of his father's 1965 film Girl Happy, which eventually inspired him to take the role as the Elvis-like character, The Visitor for the initial 357 performances of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. more…

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