Speedway (1968)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Speedway |
| Original title | Speedway |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1968 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Norman Taurog |
| script | Phillip Shuken |
| production | Douglas Laurence |
| music | Jeff Alexander |
| camera | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| cut | Richard W. Farrell |
| occupation | |
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Speedway is an American musical film from 1968 directed by Norman Taurog . It was the 27th feature film in which Elvis Presley played a leading role. Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby play at his side .
action
Steve Grayson is a successful racing driver who wins many car races and receives correspondingly high prize money. However, in his friend, the competitive Kenny Donford, he has an unreliable manager who has full access to Grayson's entire fortune - and gambled it away. Grayson, who blindly trusts his friend, has no inkling of any of this; until he is summoned to the tax office and faced with the absurd tax returns Donford prepared for him.
Because the tax debt is about $ 145,000, Grayson is now monitored by Susan Jacks, a tax officer in the field. Her job is to collect all future prize money and to only let Grayson subsistence level until all of his tax debt has been paid. But the situation also has its good points: Steve and Susan fall in love.
production
Production notes, locations
It is a production by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The film recordings were made between June 26 and July 23, 1967, among others at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord in North Carolina and the Riverside International Raceway near Riverside in California and in Moreno Valley , all in the USA.
Songs in the movie
The following songs are sung in the film:
- Speedway (theme song)
- Let Yourself Go
- Your Groovy Self (sung by Nancy Sinatra)
- Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, baby
- He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad (with Bill Bixby and others)
- Who Are You, Who Am I?
- There Ain't Nothing Like a Song (duet with Nancy Sinatra)
publication
The film premiered in Denmark on April 15, 1968. In 1968 it was also published in the following countries: Venezuela, the USA (Charlotte, North Carolina), Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Japan and Portugal, 1969 in Argentina and Turkey and 1971 in France.
In the Federal Republic of Germany it had its premiere on December 8, 1976 on television ( Bayerischer Rundfunk ). In 1977 it was released in Colombia and in 1978 it was revived in Finland. In Spain it was televised in January 1989 and in Greece it was released on DVD in October 2004. He could also be seen in Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Soviet Union.
criticism
For Kino.de this was "another Elvis-Presley-as-a-racing driver-musical that follows seamlessly on ' Spinout ' and ' Viva Las Vegas '". “Despite the well-known plot and figure drawings”, “ Speedway ” is “an entertaining, light film fun for fans who play with Elivs' passion for fast cars and his legendary generosity” and “at least has Nancy Sinatra to offer in the female lead”. The film from 1968 had become “legendary”, “because the conservative Elivs” here “rose for the first time in a film role from a bed in which extramarital intercourse could have occurred”.
Film critic Roger Ebert said that Speedway was pleasant, friendly, polite, kind, and noble, and if in later years viewers couldn't find out what American society was like in the summer of 1968, they would at least find out how it was was then.
The Lexicon of International Films stated: “27. Elvis Presley film; a banal musical comedy with no formal ambitions. Still reasonably entertaining thanks to the good actors. "
See also
Web links
- Speedway in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Speedway": Elvis Presley once again as a singing racing driver in a light comedy about fast cars, money and love. sS kino.de, accessed on September 25, 2018.
- ↑ Roger Ebert : Speedway adS rogerebert.com, June 28, 1968, accessed on September 25, 2018.
- ↑ Speedway. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 25, 2018 .