Elvis Presley: The Searcher (1 Viewer)

[Bob Furmanek]

Coming soon!

 

[LouA]

Thanks for posting this trailer. This HBO special looks to be serious and well done . With all of the specials and documentaries done on Elvis through the years there haven't been many that were thought provoking . I'm looking forward to seeing this .Incidentally I noticed there is a soundtrack listed on Amazon and the track listing looks interesting as well - not the typical Elvis hits collection .

 

[LouA]

Surprising , that no one on this site appears to be interested in this HBO special.

 

[Ruz-El]

A stunning piece of work, I'd call it the best documentary on Elvis I've seen. Nearly equal to the great biographies "Last Train to Memphis" and "Careless Love" by Peter Guralnick

 

[Bob Furmanek]

I agree.

My only complaint was the cropping of SO much essential 4x3 footage (TV appearances, newsreels, etc) to 2.35:1. It was excessive.

 

[Ruz-El]

I agree.

My only complaint was the cropping of SO much essential 4x3 footage (TV appearances, newsreels, etc) to 2.35:1. It was excessive.

I agree, it struck me odd as well. I guess the saving grace is that there isn't a lot of full performances shown, and when they do show them they do a pretty good job with the cropping to keep the flow going. But cropping is cropping and it does suck.

My hope is a banging blu-ray release (the music sounded GREAT on this) with full performances collected as extras. Not likely to happen since it would make other official films like ELVIS '56 irrelevant to a degree. But I hope!

 

[Marsh]

Hello all,

On February 17th, NBC will be running a special titled "Elvis All-Star Tribute" to honor the 50th anniversary (last month) of the Elvis '68 Comeback Special. It'll be hosted by Blake Shelton, and is supposed to feature some rare Elvis footage.

Marshall

My latest web article:
https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Ten-classic-covers-of-Elvis-Presleys-hit-songs