Elvis & Nixon

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Movie
German title Elvis & Nixon
Original title Elvis & Nixon
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2016
length 87 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Liza Johnson
script Joey Sagal ,
Hanala Sagal ,
Cary Elwes
production Cary Elwes,
Cassian Elwes ,
Holly Wiersma
music Ed Shearmur
camera Terry Stacey
cut Sabine Hoffman ,
Michael Taylor
occupation

Elvis & Nixon is an American drama from 2016 . Directed by Liza Johnson , the script was written by Joey Sagal , Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes . A meeting between Elvis Presley and US President Richard Nixon in 1970 serves as a historical template .

action

Meeting of Presley and Nixon in 1970 as a historical model

One morning in December 1970, Elvis Presley appeared in front of the White House with his best friend Jerry and requested a meeting with US President Richard Nixon. Presley wants to address America's problems and support the president in the fight against drugs and the neglect of youth. For this he would like to be appointed special investigator of the FBI . At first Nixon refuses, but because one of his daughters wants Presley's autograph, the meeting takes place.

background

The film grossed about $ 470,000 on opening week in the United States. In total, about $ 1 million was raised in the United States and $ 1.44 million worldwide.

criticism

The film received mostly mixed reviews. On Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 59/100 based on 37 reviews, and on Rotten Tomatoes , 76 percent of the 127 reviews were positive.

The film service thinks Elvis & Nixon is an “entertaining comedy which, after a somewhat disoriented beginning, focuses on the encounter between the two very different men”, “from which Nixon in particular changes”. In the first two thirds, Filmstarts .de writes a vacillating "Elvis & Nixon" [...] between gentle, whimsical celebrity comedy, clumsy, crude political satire and thoughtful tragic comedy about friendship, love and loyalty ". The resulting narrative imbalances are "not without attraction, but above all lead to some idleness because hardly any aspect is deepened". The mutual strangeness leads to a “delicious egg dance and Elvis snubs the top dog Nixon by breaking labels, whereby even reaching for the candy bowl becomes a power game”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of release for Elvis & Nixon . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ Elvis & Nixon (2016). the-numbers.com, accessed December 1, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Elvis & Nixon - short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ Elvis & Nixon. filmstarts.de, accessed on December 1, 2016 .