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15 cities. 15 nights. Catch him if you can! The show is over but the fans cry out for what every Elvis Presley fan wants. More! Then, an announcer speaks the words the packed house doesn’t want to hear: “Elvis has left the building.” But what an incredible show lingers in minds and hearts. Elvis on Tour is the Golden Globe-winning Best Documentary chronicle of Presley’s whirlwind 15-cities/15-nights 1972 tour. They are nights to remember, paced here with more than 25 numbers that embrace the rocker Elvis, the gospel Elvis, the ballad Elvis, even the kung-fu Elvis. In between tour stops come more moments to treasure–montage sequences (supervised by Martin Scorsese) showcasing Presley’s early career and movies. More!
4 Stars Elvis ‘72
A no-frills DVD (first) edition - just as Elvis-That’s The Way It Is, a document of Elvis in Vegas, led inevitably to Elvis on *tour*, we now have the VHS to DVD version.
Just like it’s predecessor, we learn zipp about Elvis Presley - just that he was a unqiue innovator in his field, had cosmic charisma, and was a true family man: his Father fills many frames in this movie. Maybe we *do* learn something of his personal crisis, as his wife and four year old daughter are conspicuous by their absence.
So, the “extended Elvis family”, if you will, is magnificently presented here, in multi-frame and massive sound (back up singers, back up groups, huge orchestra, playing three chords, playing complex big ballads; mixing old-time rock and roll with present-day rock: gotta say, “Burning Love”, his hit-to-be is better than *any* ’50s classic - except for perhaps, “A Big Hunk O’ Love”. He doesn’t expel much CO2 over them - the grandiose arrangements and ridiculous overproduction don’t help).
What really floored me, 37 years later (I saw the film in New York City in 1973), was the genre overlapping. The absolute best sequence, ironically, is of “Sweet, Sweet Spirit”, a number by the male Gospel group only, leads into the 1952, lowdown proto-rocker, “Lawdy, Miss Clawdy”. So what? The same guys sing the tune!
The line from the song, “ball every morning”, by 1972, surely did not relate to ballroom dancing, as it did in the ’50s. Incredible. Bad taste? Maybe…but baby, that is rock and roll.
Perhaps I spoke too soon. We *do* learn something about EAP, in that strange non-selcular to secular jump. He broke down barriers to entertain the folks.
1 Stars Elvis On Tour DVD
Anticipation….Anticipation……Excitement…AAAh Sorry DISSAPOINTMENT!!!
I recieved this movie on VHS Tape for christmas about 31 years ago..It is the only film we have
of Elvis that let’s those of us that where never lucky Enough to see him in person feel the experience…
I signed a on-line pettition about 2years ago to finally get this historic film on DVD.You would think
they would do it right,and add in the parts cut from the film in an extras menu.But NOOOO.These where unavailable
on the video tape release,But show the human and personal side of this awesome entertainer..Elvis signs a poster
for a young girl that has a life threatening condition.
The thing that really ticks me off about this DVD is “They changed the opening title Music!!!”
What the hell where they thinking! The song on the original was Johnny B. Goode witch matched Elvis’
movements on the film,This other song is so out of place on this DVD it almost makes you not even bother
watching the film..SUCH A DISSAPOINTMENT!!!They really did a number on this,and just slapped it together….
3 Stars SICK ening……DO NOT BUY!!
BIG MISTAKE IF THEY THOUGHT ELVIS FANS WOULD’NT NOTICE THE OPENING OF THIS DVD WAS TAMPERED WITH - JOHNNY B GOODE.
I JUST LEARNED THE OPENING THEME MUSIC OF 2001 WAS TAMPERED WITH ALSO AND REPLACED.
WISHED I HAD READ THESE REVIEWS FIRST BEFORE BUYING. ELVIS FANS - STOP PLAYING WARNER BROTHERS AND EPE’s GAMES AND LETTING THEM MILK MORE MONEY THAN THEY DESERVE FROM US. DO NOT BUY ANY MORE PRODUCTS UNITL THEY GIVE US WHAT WE WANT AND DO IT RIGHT
– THE FIRST TIME OUT!
4 Stars A little respect to the most handsome entertainer of all times, Please!!!
One can understand and accept the limitations for improving the video and audio quality, due to the original recording quality, assuming that every effort was given to get the best result out of it. However, choosing one of the worst photos (looks like photoshopped or something..) of the most handsome entertainer for the menu cover, can not be accepted. Whoever chose it, I will remember him everytime I look at this photo.
5 Stars The King IS Back
This blue-raye edition of Elvis On Tour, which has never been available even on a dvd format and has been pretty much kept under wraps by MGM for several decades, is quite a revelation both with regards to its superior sound and picture quality as well as showcasing a very robust and physical performance from Elvis himselfish. Superior camaera direction by noted cimematographer Lucien Ballaed, who also handled the same duties on Elvis Thats The Way It Is which came out two years before this Golden Globe winning documentary and featured his return to live performance in Las Vegas and was probably captured at the peek of his physicality as a performer and showed an amazingly goodlooking and charismatic vocalist who could pretty much out-sing anybody in the business this side of Roy Orbison or Charlie Rich, is one of the many talanted people who was involved in the making of this superior film.
Some fans will note that Elvis is not quite as tan or fit as in the previous documentary, and he would look and sound even better a year later in the Aloha From Hawaii concert special also highly recommended in its deluxe format though not yet available in Blue-ray format, still features amazingly great sound and majestic vocals by Presley. What this film does capture is the frantic excitment and thrill of the Elvis mystic as he powers through 15 concerts in 15 days while Elvis’s own words serve as an occassional naration to the hysteria and raw excitment of his fandom.
Elvis uses and demonstrate his love for karate which he lets flow naturally, but forcefully through his various bodily gyrations timed perfectly to the rhythem of Ronnie Tutt’s stellar drum work, especially during Polk Salad Annie and Proud Mary. Elvis’ voice reaches new highs and crescendos on American Triology and his absolutely majestic version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
The split screen photography, which I thought I might find annoying or distracting, really makes you feel like you are there live in the arena with the King. No less a figure than famed director Martin Scorsese over saw much of the montage technique that was used in several parts of the film. This is a superior concert film which captures Elvis in some surprising and intimate moments backstage with his backing singers doing what he really loved best, singing spirituals into the wee hours of the morning, not for money or acclaim, but because he needed to and wanted to!
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What’s Up, Doc? joyously recaptures the bubbly style of 1930s screwball comedies – and firmly establishes Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal as a romantic duo uniquely endearing in screen history. Included are a daffy luggage mixup plot, dippy dialogue exchanges, a marvelous example of the art of hotel-room demolition and one of the funniest chase sequences ever, all over San Francisco. Dexterously written with a surefooted sense of the ridiculous by Buck Henry, David Newman and Robert Benton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich with giddy affection and cast with awesomely hilarious players (including film-debuting Madeline Kahn), What’s Up, Doc? is no idle question. Among comedy movies, it’s the top.Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show) tipped his hat to the classic screwball comedies of the 1930s, and especially the most glorious of them all, Howard Hawks’ Bringing Up Baby. Barbra Streisand plays a charming flake who distracts a self-absorbed musicologist (Ryan O’Neal). He’s engaged to be married, but soon Streisand’s character has him chasing after stolen jewelry and getting into one madcap fix after another. Bogdanovich, who is also a film critic, understands the engine of the screwball genre, and his loving revival of the form brings a smile, though it is not quite consistently inspired or funny. There are plenty of great moments, however, including a slap at O’Neal’s own star-making vehicle, Love Story. –Tom Keogh
3 Stars i
i never recied my mopvie that ipaid for it has been a month iw as ripped off by movie mars i have no movie to show for it i need my money back or my movie . my address is 1603 n florida ave. Room G5 tampa, Florida 33602
5 Stars Whats Up Doc!
Just perfect. A slapstick delight and wild romp from beginning to end.
A good fun movie for all the family. Dont ask, just get it!
5 Stars Excellent comedy!
I saw this movie with my grandmother back in 1972 in a theater–she laughed so hard she nearly fell on the floor! It is so nice to be able to watch it now, any time I want. Great movie. If you’ve ever been to San Francisco it is even funnier. And the bonus is you can let your kids (or your grandmother) watch it without editing! No swearing or sex! They don’t make ‘em like this anymore!
5 Stars Funny Movie
This was a very funny movie that I for some reason never got the chance to see. Worth seeing. Whatever happened to good clean fun in the movies? Why does today’s Hollywood have to jam sleeze down our throats that they somehow think will make us laugh and come away feeling good instead of guilty? This movie was entertaining and fun, sometimes silly, but you come away feeling you want to laugh like that again. An oldie but goodie! Yes, the oldies are often better.
3 Stars Cute and Funny
The movie was cute, and entertaining, although it dragged out toward the end. Barbara Streissand is a surprisingly good actor and by far the star of the movie. I give this movie a B-.
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