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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Two of America's great cultural icons meet in this highly amusing comedy (which, as the film reminds us, is based on actual incidents; check out Peter Guralnick's superb Presley biography Careless Love for a more direct recounting of the facts). One evening Elvis Presley (played by Rick Peters) is alone at his mansion, feeling out of sorts, and he gets an idea -- he wants to be named an FBI Agent At Large to do his part in the war on drugs. And how better to achieve this lofty goal than to go to Washington, D.C. and speak with President Richard Nixon (Bob Gunton)? For the first time in years, Elvis leaves the house by himself, hops on a plane, and jets to our nation's capital, determined to get in touch with Mister "I Am Not A Crook" himself. Director Allan Arkush plays this story for all the absurdity its worth, but still hews pretty close to the truth (with several real-life "witnesses" offering their view of the events, including Tony Curtis, Wayne Newton and Dick Cavett) and presenting a convincing argument that Presley and Nixon had a lot more in common than you'd imagine; both title characters come off as cartoonish, but affectionately so, and this ranks with the most likable and sympathetic portraits of Elvis Presley committed to film. ...Elvis Meets Nixon
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How about a USA-friendly DVD version? I'd buy it!
9 Feb 2012
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I ordered this DVD, believing that non-USA format meant, perhaps, different credits, interviews, etc. I did not know that US customers would not be permitted to watch it at all. I was chagrined, as I paid shipping and the cost for a DVD that was, essentially, worthless for us. The seller did give me a full credit, which I appreciate, but what I would appreciate even more is the opportunity to buy this hilarious movie in a DVD format that all us Americans can enjoy.
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A hunka good entertainment
4 Nov 2010
I first saw this film on cable. It's a dramatization of strange but true events that brought together Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon. It shows that sad point in the performer's career when he got caught up in - and blinded by - his fame....to the point he was no longer relevent in the world. Elvis had lost touch with the real world and, like a modern day Rip Van Winkle, woke up to a world that was no longer his rock and roll kingdom.
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