1 00:00:36,996 --> 00:00:39,582 J“ snowman's coming I 2 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:43,085 j“ yes he's coming j“ 3 00:00:43,586 --> 00:00:48,299 j“ he'll take you by the hand I 4 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:51,052 j' he 7! Say one, two, three j“ 5 00:00:51,135 --> 00:00:54,597 J' and you will be... j” 6 00:00:55,598 --> 00:00:58,726 j' in cotton candy land j' 7 00:01:00,811 --> 00:01:02,813 For those of you who are wondering, 8 00:01:02,897 --> 00:01:06,067 who this fella here is, 9 00:01:06,150 --> 00:01:12,198 I am the legendary, colonel Tom Parker. 10 00:01:24,293 --> 00:01:26,337 Colonel Tom Parker, legendary manager 11 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:29,757 of Elvis Presley, has been rushed to valley hospital. 12 00:01:30,508 --> 00:01:35,012 I am the man who gave the world Elvis Presley. 13 00:01:37,348 --> 00:01:42,144 Without me, there would be no Elvis Presley. 14 00:01:43,062 --> 00:01:44,897 And yet, there are some 15 00:01:44,981 --> 00:01:48,067 who'd make me out to be the villain 16 00:01:48,442 --> 00:01:50,111 of this here story. 17 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:09,130 Colonel Tom Parker was a liar, a cheat, a con man. 18 00:02:09,922 --> 00:02:13,301 A shocking new book accuses colonel Tom Parker 19 00:02:13,384 --> 00:02:15,886 of massive fraud and mis-management. 20 00:02:18,597 --> 00:02:22,476 Parker received as much as fifty percent of Elvis's income. 21 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,353 He worked Elvis like a mule, 22 00:02:24,437 --> 00:02:26,147 to support his own gambling addiction. 23 00:02:26,230 --> 00:02:28,041 The court finds that the compensation received 24 00:02:28,065 --> 00:02:30,067 by colonel Parker was excessive, 25 00:02:30,151 --> 00:02:31,902 and shocked the conscience of the court. 26 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:33,505 Many believe that colonel Tom Parker 27 00:02:33,529 --> 00:02:36,615 was responsible for the death of Elvis Presley. 28 00:02:38,367 --> 00:02:39,952 Now, you listen to me. 29 00:02:40,036 --> 00:02:43,122 The only thing that matters is that that man 30 00:02:43,205 --> 00:02:44,915 gets up on that stage tonight. 31 00:03:35,174 --> 00:03:43,174 J“ glory, glory, hallelujah j' 32 00:03:43,557 --> 00:03:51,557 j“ his truth is marching on j” 33 00:03:54,610 --> 00:04:02,610 j“ his truth is marching on j“ 34 00:04:08,707 --> 00:04:11,043 Tom Parker killed him! 35 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:13,796 No! That's not true. 36 00:04:27,017 --> 00:04:31,355 No, no, I didn't kill him. 37 00:04:34,024 --> 00:04:36,735 I made Elvis Presley. 38 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:42,324 Nothing all those muckrakers said in their books was true. 39 00:04:42,408 --> 00:04:44,660 Me and Elvis, we was partners. 40 00:04:45,119 --> 00:04:50,666 It was Elvis the showman and the colonel the snowman. 41 00:04:51,167 --> 00:04:53,002 This is the lying dutchman. 42 00:04:53,085 --> 00:04:56,255 I always knew I was destined for greatness. 43 00:04:56,338 --> 00:04:59,133 As an orphan, I ran away to the carnival, 44 00:04:59,216 --> 00:05:01,969 where [learned the art of the "snow job," 45 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:05,389 of emptying a rube's wallet while leaving them with nothing 46 00:05:05,473 --> 00:05:08,017 but a smile on their face. 47 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,727 But a carnival act that would get you 48 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:12,563 the most money, the most snow, 49 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:16,108 had great costumes and a unique trick, 50 00:05:16,192 --> 00:05:18,068 that gave the audience feelings 51 00:05:18,152 --> 00:05:21,447 they weren't sure they should enjoy. 52 00:05:21,530 --> 00:05:22,907 But they do. 53 00:05:23,616 --> 00:05:28,037 And I knew if! Could find such an act, 54 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:32,374 I could create the greatest... 55 00:05:32,791 --> 00:05:33,792 Show... 56 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:35,251 On... 57 00:05:36,170 --> 00:05:37,254 Earth. 58 00:05:38,923 --> 00:05:42,301 After the carnival, I moved into the music business... 59 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,054 The country music business. 60 00:05:45,137 --> 00:05:49,225 I partnered with one of its biggest stars, Hank snow. 61 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,605 J“ pardon me if I'm sentimental j“ 62 00:05:55,272 --> 00:05:57,608 j“ when we say goodbye j“ 63 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:01,403 And his hapless son, jimmie Rodgers snow. 64 00:06:02,071 --> 00:06:03,071 Hot-diggity-dog, Billy. 65 00:06:03,113 --> 00:06:04,823 -I got one. —oh, yeah. 66 00:06:05,366 --> 00:06:08,035 Can't believe it. Blow their socks off. 67 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,412 Security. Security, diskin! 68 00:06:10,496 --> 00:06:13,082 Tell the mayors of these towns that we need a police escort 69 00:06:13,165 --> 00:06:14,917 for Hank when he arrives. 70 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,128 In Baton Rouge, we are going to have a carny wedding 71 00:06:18,212 --> 00:06:19,755 at the top of the Ferris wheel, 72 00:06:19,838 --> 00:06:22,007 so zina, pick out your next husband. 73 00:06:22,091 --> 00:06:24,385 In New Orleans we're gonna use the loudspeaker 74 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,220 - to announce you, Hank. - Oh, sure. 75 00:06:29,181 --> 00:06:30,621 You are going to march in the parade. 76 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:33,894 Am I gonna be riding on an elephant, too? 77 00:06:33,978 --> 00:06:35,896 A man on an elephant looks important. 78 00:06:35,980 --> 00:06:36,855 And taller. 79 00:06:36,939 --> 00:06:38,482 We still need to get a novelty act 80 00:06:38,566 --> 00:06:40,693 - to bring in the young folk. - Well, yes 81 00:06:40,776 --> 00:06:43,404 that's why you have a meeting with the Duke of paducah tonight. 82 00:06:43,487 --> 00:06:45,698 If we can book "the funniest mouth in the south," 83 00:06:45,781 --> 00:06:47,175 we'll have the greatest show of the season. 84 00:06:47,199 --> 00:06:48,659 Hey, jimmie, turn that record off. 85 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:49,952 Y'all have to hear this. 86 00:06:50,035 --> 00:06:52,079 Kids all over town are playing it everywhere I go. 87 00:06:59,962 --> 00:07:01,463 I hear negro rhythms. 88 00:07:01,547 --> 00:07:03,007 But with a country flavor. 89 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,718 Sun records? That's Sam Phillips's label. 90 00:07:05,801 --> 00:07:06,969 Oh, yeah, Phillips. 91 00:07:07,052 --> 00:07:10,347 He makes all those race records with the colored singers. 92 00:07:10,431 --> 00:07:12,033 Well, this fella's on the hayride tonight, 93 00:07:12,057 --> 00:07:13,559 after me in the newcomer spot. 94 00:07:13,642 --> 00:07:14,935 In shreveport? 95 00:07:15,019 --> 00:07:17,813 No, they are not putting a colored boy on the hayride. 96 00:07:18,188 --> 00:07:21,275 That's the thing. He's white. 97 00:07:21,900 --> 00:07:23,319 He's... 98 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:26,363 He's white? 99 00:07:26,447 --> 00:07:27,716 What do you think, texarkana? 100 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:29,783 Shall we play it for the 27th time? 101 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:32,036 J' well, that's all right, mama j' 102 00:07:32,119 --> 00:07:33,221 j“ that's all right for you j“ 103 00:07:33,245 --> 00:07:35,539 shall we play it for the 27th time? 104 00:07:35,623 --> 00:07:38,417 Everybody's talkin' 'bout this new Presley kid. 105 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,753 J“ that's all right... j“ 106 00:07:40,836 --> 00:07:45,174 J“ that's all right that's all right... j“ 107 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,304 he's white? 108 00:07:55,559 --> 00:07:58,687 But it don't matter if you do ten stupid things. 109 00:07:58,771 --> 00:08:01,690 As long as you do one smart one. 110 00:08:06,528 --> 00:08:09,156 Welcome y'all to the Louisiana hayride, 111 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:13,494 broadcasting live to 26 of these United States. 112 00:08:13,577 --> 00:08:17,247 J“ how do you think I feel j“ 113 00:08:17,331 --> 00:08:20,626 J' I know your love's not real j“ 114 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,462 Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 115 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,089 Where is the colonel? 116 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:28,884 You have the fella that's singing the "all right, mama," 117 00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:31,470 that new record that's on the sun label, eh? 118 00:08:31,553 --> 00:08:33,514 - The pop jocks keep playing him. - Yeah. 119 00:08:33,597 --> 00:08:35,140 Country DJs, too. 120 00:08:35,224 --> 00:08:37,559 Even the colored kids, they're buyin' his record. 121 00:08:37,643 --> 00:08:41,105 The colored ki...? Well, where would I find such an act? 122 00:08:41,563 --> 00:08:42,940 The dressing room. 123 00:08:46,443 --> 00:08:49,279 - Oh. Howdy. - —hey, Elvis Presley? 124 00:08:49,363 --> 00:08:50,406 - Blue moon boys? - Yeah. 125 00:08:50,489 --> 00:08:51,990 -You're up next. —oh, sh... 126 00:08:54,076 --> 00:08:55,703 Excuse me. Bill, go time! 127 00:08:55,786 --> 00:08:57,162 I know, I know. 128 00:08:57,996 --> 00:08:59,498 - —Hi! - How's his stomach? 129 00:08:59,581 --> 00:09:01,125 I thought I'd grab him a Pepsi, 130 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:03,127 but poor thing's still shaking like a leaf. 131 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,838 I'll get him on the stage. Come on. Let's go. 132 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:09,550 Here. 133 00:09:09,633 --> 00:09:10,926 It'll settle your stomach. 134 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:12,862 What if I forget the words on live radio? 135 00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:15,264 All we gotta do out there's just a bit of clownin' around. 136 00:09:15,347 --> 00:09:17,975 That's how we got this thing started in the first place. 137 00:09:18,058 --> 00:09:19,727 Scotty and bill are right, Elvis. 138 00:09:19,810 --> 00:09:21,270 You're not out there on your own. 139 00:09:21,353 --> 00:09:23,164 - You boys are a band. - That's right. 140 00:09:23,188 --> 00:09:24,833 The lord gave us music to bring people together. 141 00:09:24,857 --> 00:09:26,108 We're like a family, 142 00:09:26,191 --> 00:09:28,360 and family is the most important thing of all. 143 00:09:28,444 --> 00:09:29,236 Amen. 144 00:09:29,319 --> 00:09:32,948 Come on now, booby. Jesse's shining bright tonight. 145 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:36,452 Shining down his strength upon you. 146 00:09:41,415 --> 00:09:46,754 J' oh, I'll fly awayj“ 147 00:09:46,837 --> 00:09:51,633 Jesse, Elvis's twin brother, who died at birth. 148 00:09:51,717 --> 00:09:52,717 Tragic. 149 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,637 Vernon, come quick! It's another child! 150 00:09:55,721 --> 00:09:59,141 My darling, you'll have the strength of two men. 151 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:01,894 But when my boy's daddy passed a bad check 152 00:10:01,977 --> 00:10:04,205 - and got carted off to prison... - No, daddy! 153 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:06,815 The boy and his mama had to take one of the houses 154 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:09,193 for white folks in a colored neighborhood. 155 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:10,503 New boy! Come over! 156 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,821 But that boy had a big imagination. 157 00:10:12,905 --> 00:10:14,382 I must get daddy out of prison. 158 00:10:14,406 --> 00:10:15,842 He really believed he was the hero 159 00:10:15,866 --> 00:10:18,052 - in one of them comic books. - Captain marvel! 160 00:10:18,076 --> 00:10:20,913 He was going to bust his daddy out of the hoosegow 161 00:10:20,996 --> 00:10:24,416 and fly him to the rock of eternity! 162 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:27,544 Then he buys his mama a pink Cadillac. 163 00:10:27,628 --> 00:10:29,838 Pink Cadillac? What are you talking about? 164 00:10:29,922 --> 00:10:31,715 Hey, fools! Whoo! 165 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:36,595 J' ohh j' 166 00:10:36,678 --> 00:10:39,765 j“ black snake crawlin' in my room j“ 167 00:10:39,848 --> 00:10:40,933 come on, doc, let's go. 168 00:10:41,016 --> 00:10:45,354 Them comic book heroes all have them super powers. 169 00:10:45,437 --> 00:10:48,148 His was music. 170 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:56,615 J“ that's all right, mama that's all right with you j' 171 00:10:57,407 --> 00:11:04,748 j“ that's all right, mama anyway you do j“ 172 00:11:06,083 --> 00:11:12,714 j“ ohh black snake crawlin' in my room j“ 173 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:15,467 Move, man. Hey, it's my turn. 174 00:11:24,977 --> 00:11:28,021 J“ that's all right, mama j“ 175 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:35,904 J“ that's all right, mama j“ 176 00:11:51,879 --> 00:11:56,466 J“ oh, I'll fly away oh, glory j“ 177 00:11:56,550 --> 00:11:59,219 j' I'll fly awayj' 178 00:11:59,303 --> 00:12:00,387 j“ when I die j“ 179 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:03,724 j“ when I die hallelujah, by and by j“ 180 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:05,966 What you doin'? 181 00:12:08,312 --> 00:12:09,354 J' I'll fly awayj' 182 00:12:09,438 --> 00:12:11,082 -j“ no more preachin', no more j“ -j' I'll fly away j' 183 00:12:11,106 --> 00:12:13,817 -j“ no more pain, no more j“ -j' I'll fly away j' 184 00:12:14,192 --> 00:12:15,295 J“ I'll fly away j“ 185 00:12:15,319 --> 00:12:16,880 J“ no more preachin', I'll fly j“ 186 00:12:16,904 --> 00:12:18,030 j“ no more pain, I'll fly j“ 187 00:12:18,113 --> 00:12:19,513 J“ I'll fly away j“ 188 00:12:19,615 --> 00:12:21,241 Hey, fool, come back. 189 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:24,536 No. He's with the spirit! 190 00:12:25,454 --> 00:12:26,663 It's all right. 191 00:12:31,501 --> 00:12:34,630 J'ohhj“ 192 00:12:34,713 --> 00:12:37,466 j“ black snake crawlin' in my room j“ 193 00:12:37,549 --> 00:12:39,217 Whoo! 194 00:12:39,301 --> 00:12:42,930 J“ that's all right, mama that's all right with you j“ 195 00:12:43,305 --> 00:12:45,199 J“ that's all right, mama j“ 196 00:12:45,223 --> 00:12:47,142 j“ anyway you choose j“ 197 00:12:47,225 --> 00:12:51,063 J“ I'll fly away, oh, glory j“ 198 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:54,232 j“ I'll fly awayj“ 199 00:12:54,316 --> 00:12:56,234 j“ oh, away j“ 200 00:12:56,318 --> 00:12:59,005 - j“ black snake crawling in my room j“ -J“ hallelujah, by and by j“ 201 00:12:59,029 --> 00:13:02,074 - j ohhh j -j I'll fly away j 202 00:13:02,366 --> 00:13:04,701 Elvis. Come on, you gotta get on in. 203 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:06,012 They've already announced you on the radio. 204 00:13:06,036 --> 00:13:07,621 Folks are real excited. 205 00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:11,333 At sun records, Sam Phillips was on a mission 206 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:14,628 to save the world by recording black music. 207 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:16,463 But it didn't sell. 208 00:13:17,089 --> 00:13:18,423 So to pay his bills, 209 00:13:18,507 --> 00:13:22,260 he needed to find a new singer for his country act. 210 00:13:22,344 --> 00:13:25,097 I don't know what it is you see in this boy. 211 00:13:25,180 --> 00:13:27,599 I just think he's different. 212 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:34,731 How do you know "big boy" crudup? 213 00:13:37,192 --> 00:13:40,946 J“ that's all right, mama that's all right with you j“ 214 00:13:41,029 --> 00:13:44,533 j“ that's all right, mama anyway you do j“ 215 00:13:44,616 --> 00:13:47,828 j“ that's all right that's all right j“ 216 00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:53,291 j“ that's all right now, mama anyway you do j“ 217 00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,631 He's a young singer from Memphis, Tennessee. 218 00:13:59,715 --> 00:14:04,136 Got a song out on the sun label. It's all over the radio. 219 00:14:04,219 --> 00:14:08,598 Give him a warm hayride welcome to a Mr. Elvis Presley. 220 00:14:28,452 --> 00:14:30,012 Elvis, how are you this evening? 221 00:14:30,037 --> 00:14:31,580 Just fine, how you, sir? 222 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:36,293 Greasy hair, girly makeup. 223 00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,588 I cannot overstate how strange he looked. 224 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:41,774 Are you all geared up with your band there to... 225 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:44,009 - I'm all geared up. - Let us hear your songs? 226 00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:46,720 Uh... well, I'd like to say how happy we are to be down here. 227 00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:48,263 It's a real honor for us to be... 228 00:14:48,764 --> 00:14:50,891 Get a chance to appear on the Louisiana hayride. 229 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:53,174 We're gonna do a song for you we got out on sun records. 230 00:14:56,104 --> 00:14:57,424 You got anything else to say, sir? 231 00:14:57,481 --> 00:14:59,649 No. I'm ready. 232 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:06,573 It goes... 233 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:09,159 It goes something like this. 234 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:14,289 J“ oh, baby, baby j“ 235 00:15:14,372 --> 00:15:16,708 j“ baby, baby, babyj“ 236 00:15:16,792 --> 00:15:19,920 j“ baby, baby, baby j“ 237 00:15:20,003 --> 00:15:22,130 J“ baby, baby, babyj“ 238 00:15:23,173 --> 00:15:25,425 j“ baby, baby, baby j“ 239 00:15:25,509 --> 00:15:29,179 J“ come back, baby I wanna play house with you j“ 240 00:15:30,055 --> 00:15:31,723 get a haircut, fairy! 241 00:15:37,229 --> 00:15:39,856 In that moment, in a flash of lightning, 242 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:42,651 I watched that skinny boy in the pink suit 243 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:46,363 transform into a superhero. 244 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:52,160 J“ well, you may go to college you may go to school j“ 245 00:15:52,244 --> 00:15:55,747 j“ you may have a pink Cadillac but don't you be nobody's fool j“ 246 00:15:55,831 --> 00:15:58,583 j“ now, baby come back, baby, come j“ 247 00:15:58,667 --> 00:16:00,460 j“ come back, baby, come j“ 248 00:16:00,544 --> 00:16:03,672 j“ come back, baby I wanna play house with you j“ 249 00:16:04,756 --> 00:16:06,716 j“ well listen and I'll tell you baby j“ 250 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,177 j“ what I'm talking about j“ 251 00:16:09,261 --> 00:16:12,973 J“ come on back to me, little girl 80 we can play some house j“ 252 00:16:13,056 --> 00:16:15,684 J“ baby, come back, baby, come j“ 253 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:17,936 j“ come back, baby, come j“ 254 00:16:18,019 --> 00:16:20,272 J“ come back, baby I wanna play house with you j“ 255 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:21,898 j“ wanna play house! J“ 256 00:16:22,649 --> 00:16:24,985 - what are they hollerin' at? - The wiggle! 257 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:25,902 The what? 258 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:27,487 Them girls wanna see you wiggle. 259 00:16:27,571 --> 00:16:28,655 Move, man! 260 00:16:28,738 --> 00:16:30,699 - Do more! - Much more! 261 00:16:30,782 --> 00:16:31,867 Man! 262 00:16:31,950 --> 00:16:33,326 Do it again. 263 00:16:34,911 --> 00:16:39,040 J“ well, this is one thing, baby that I want you to know j“ 264 00:16:39,624 --> 00:16:41,418 j“ come on back let's play a little house j“ 265 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:42,895 j“ and we can do what we did before j“ 266 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:43,837 j“ now, baby j“ 267 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,131 - sit down! - J“ come back, baby, come j“ 268 00:16:46,214 --> 00:16:48,842 j“ come back, baby, come come back, baby j“ 269 00:16:48,925 --> 00:16:50,552 what in god's sweet name am I looking at? 270 00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:51,636 J“ hit it! J” 271 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,335 What were you thinking, jimmie? 272 00:17:25,754 --> 00:17:26,994 I don't know what I'm thinking. 273 00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:31,426 Please, lord, don't let 'em hurt my baby. 274 00:17:32,302 --> 00:17:34,387 Hurt him? Looks like they wanna... 275 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:41,937 J“ baby, baby, baby, baby, babyj“ 276 00:17:42,020 --> 00:17:45,565 Now, [don't know nothin' about music... 277 00:17:47,442 --> 00:17:50,737 But I could see in that girl's eyes, 278 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:52,614 that she was having feelings 279 00:17:52,697 --> 00:17:55,575 she wasn't sure she should enjoy. 280 00:17:55,659 --> 00:17:58,662 J“ black snake crawlin' in my room j“ 281 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,288 Yes. 282 00:18:03,333 --> 00:18:07,003 He was a taste of forbidden fruit. 283 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:11,925 She could've eaten him alive. 284 00:18:26,398 --> 00:18:28,817 Why are you trying to kill my son? 285 00:18:29,901 --> 00:18:31,903 It was the greatest carnival attraction 286 00:18:31,987 --> 00:18:33,321 I'd ever seen. 287 00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:35,907 He was my destiny. 288 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:41,329 Right under my nose... In Memphis. 289 00:18:43,707 --> 00:18:45,434 Top of the morning to you, friends, 290 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,669 from the home of colorful, old beale street. 291 00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:50,964 The place where the blues began in Memphis, Tennessee, 292 00:18:51,047 --> 00:18:53,383 where you see pretty browns dressed in beautiful gowns, 293 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,094 along with tailor-mades and hand-me-downs. 294 00:18:56,177 --> 00:18:58,680 Where you see honest men and pickpockets skilled, 295 00:18:58,763 --> 00:19:01,433 and business never closes till somebody gets killed. 296 00:19:01,516 --> 00:19:03,059 Now, just kidding. 297 00:19:03,435 --> 00:19:05,770 But there's a lot goin' down on beale street tonight, 298 00:19:05,854 --> 00:19:08,023 and nowhere more-so than at the club handy. 299 00:19:08,106 --> 00:19:09,946 Come around if you wanna see big mama Thornton, 300 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:11,776 layin' down her newest hit. 301 00:19:12,569 --> 00:19:13,754 J“ get it, get itj“ 302 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:15,978 - Get it! Come on! - J“ oh, let's do it j“ 303 00:19:16,031 --> 00:19:19,075 Now, listen up, while brown america speaks. 304 00:19:20,201 --> 00:19:23,955 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 305 00:19:24,706 --> 00:19:26,207 j“ quit snoopin” round my door j“ 306 00:19:35,008 --> 00:19:39,554 Just why a truck driver from Memphis, Tennessee 307 00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:43,308 liked to hang out on beale street, I do not know. 308 00:19:43,391 --> 00:19:47,145 J“ you told me you was high class but I could see through that... j“ 309 00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:49,522 But it did him no favors, 310 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:52,901 fitting into them white housing projects. 311 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,904 Hey, squirrel. Nice shoes. 312 00:19:56,404 --> 00:20:02,952 J“ and daddy I know that you ain't no real cool cat j“ 313 00:20:03,787 --> 00:20:05,372 hey, Elvis! 314 00:20:12,462 --> 00:20:13,338 Hey, Tommy. 315 00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:16,216 That's that boy whose record everybody's talkin' about. 316 00:20:23,014 --> 00:20:25,350 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 317 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:45,036 Hey, sideburns. 318 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:46,830 Where's the negro suit today? 319 00:20:48,373 --> 00:20:52,419 He was crazy for that beale street music. 320 00:20:52,961 --> 00:20:55,171 Beale street style. 321 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:59,050 He had beale street stars in his eyes. 322 00:20:59,134 --> 00:21:00,844 What do you think, Tony? Huh? 323 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:02,846 Bb. King. 324 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:07,058 No, I didn't take my boy away from nothin'. 325 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:10,937 He was runnin' from the day he was born. 326 00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:15,650 I just opened the door to our destiny. 327 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:18,653 80 without so much as a word to your daddy and me, 328 00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:20,071 you quit your job to go traveling 329 00:21:20,155 --> 00:21:22,699 all the way to Florida with this colonel fellow 330 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,492 that we have never met. 331 00:21:24,576 --> 00:21:25,994 Mama, it's only four days. 332 00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:28,580 Yeah, four days. And then what? 333 00:21:28,663 --> 00:21:32,083 I knew a fella once, got his record on the radio. 334 00:21:32,167 --> 00:21:34,544 It was all over in a flash. 335 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,589 Mama, I'm just trying to take care of you and daddy. 336 00:21:37,672 --> 00:21:39,591 That's all I have ever cared about. 337 00:21:39,674 --> 00:21:41,360 I ain't ever gonna let us get back to a place again 338 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:42,736 where daddy gets in trouble with the law 339 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:44,304 -to put food on the table. —elvis! 340 00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:46,681 How dare you? 341 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,142 As the good lord warns us, 342 00:21:49,225 --> 00:21:51,436 do not wear yourself out to get rich. 343 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:54,981 Do not trust your own goddamn cleverness! 344 00:21:58,276 --> 00:22:01,112 Elvis, you've upset your mama. 345 00:22:14,667 --> 00:22:16,377 You know, mama, I was thinkin', 346 00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:18,546 maybe I'll buy you one of them pink Cadillacs 347 00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:20,790 like you saw back when you was working at the hospital. 348 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:23,718 I don't need no pink Cadillac. 349 00:22:25,220 --> 00:22:27,639 Satnin, I just gotta be making 350 00:22:27,722 --> 00:22:29,349 the most of this thing while I can. 351 00:22:29,432 --> 00:22:32,310 It's like daddy says, this could all be over in a flash. 352 00:22:32,393 --> 00:22:35,146 I'm not fearful of it being over, booby. 353 00:22:35,230 --> 00:22:37,315 I don't know how to explain it. 354 00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:41,069 But I saw it in that girl's eyes. 355 00:22:42,237 --> 00:22:46,407 It's something beyond us, but I know that whatever it is, 356 00:22:46,491 --> 00:22:48,243 it's something that... 357 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,829 It's something that can come between us. 358 00:22:51,913 --> 00:22:55,250 Oh, no, mama, no. Hey. 359 00:22:55,333 --> 00:22:56,960 Ain't nothing ever gonna do that. 360 00:22:57,502 --> 00:23:00,129 You're my girl. My satnin. 361 00:23:00,672 --> 00:23:02,924 You'll always be my bestest girl. 362 00:23:03,007 --> 00:23:04,092 Hey. 363 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:06,553 - Yeah. - Yeah? 364 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:10,974 I will call you every night. 365 00:23:14,018 --> 00:23:15,937 Will you promise me, booby? 366 00:23:16,854 --> 00:23:17,855 I promise. 367 00:23:18,982 --> 00:23:21,442 I promise. I promise, I promise. 368 00:23:21,526 --> 00:23:23,194 - All right. I love you. - Bye, baby 369 00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:25,238 Nothing but nothing... 370 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:26,114 I love you. 371 00:23:26,197 --> 00:23:27,949 Is gonna come between us. 372 00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:30,076 - Let's go! - Bye, booby! 373 00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:31,578 See you soon! 374 00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:34,914 Wanna bet? 375 00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:38,710 J“ well, it's one for the money two for the show j“ 376 00:23:38,793 --> 00:23:40,837 j“ three to get ready now go, cat, go j“ 377 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,924 j“ but don't you step on my blue suede shoes j“ 378 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,051 j“ well, you can do anything j“ 379 00:23:47,135 --> 00:23:49,220 j“ but stay off of my blue suede shoes j“ 380 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:53,516 j“ well, you can knock me down step in my face j“ 381 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,310 Your attention, please. 382 00:23:55,393 --> 00:23:56,769 I have some good news. 383 00:23:56,853 --> 00:23:59,731 Our next four nights are sold out... 384 00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:01,941 Thanks to the dazzling performances 385 00:24:02,025 --> 00:24:04,736 of our tremendous showman, Hank snow. 386 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:13,202 J“ pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye j“ 387 00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:14,912 and I've noticed a mild interest 388 00:24:14,996 --> 00:24:17,457 in our newest act, Elvis Presley. 389 00:24:24,172 --> 00:24:25,173 Hi. 390 00:24:25,256 --> 00:24:27,133 Yeah, Dixie, I'll be back before prom. 391 00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:34,307 J“ well you can burn my house steal my car j“ 392 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:37,226 j“ drink my liquor from an old fruit jar j“ 393 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,270 j“ do anything that you want to do j“ 394 00:24:39,354 --> 00:24:41,397 Colonel, what is that boy doing on our tour? 395 00:24:41,481 --> 00:24:43,041 Well, I told you all about him. 396 00:24:43,399 --> 00:24:45,443 And he wants to record one of your songs. 397 00:24:45,526 --> 00:24:46,944 Oh? Which one? 398 00:24:47,028 --> 00:24:48,028 All of them. 399 00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:50,281 Well, you warn him plenty. 400 00:24:50,365 --> 00:24:54,452 None of those lewd gyrations or sudden, jerky movements. 401 00:24:57,872 --> 00:24:59,165 Let's go! 402 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:01,501 Let's rock! 403 00:25:09,717 --> 00:25:11,469 Is that a pair of young ladies' intimates 404 00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:13,012 I see upon the stage? 405 00:25:13,096 --> 00:25:15,223 Yes, I believe it is, Hank. 406 00:25:15,306 --> 00:25:17,809 Best not happen when he sings one of my songs. 407 00:25:18,267 --> 00:25:19,185 I'm sure it won't. 408 00:25:19,268 --> 00:25:20,829 Elvis, the papers say there are girls 409 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:22,605 around your hotel all night long. 410 00:25:22,689 --> 00:25:24,565 I don't even go out, mama. I stay in. 411 00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:26,651 You know, it gets lonesome. 412 00:25:26,818 --> 00:25:29,153 I tell you, this new sensation, Elvis Presley, 413 00:25:29,237 --> 00:25:31,114 he's breaking hearts all over the south. 414 00:25:31,197 --> 00:25:32,657 Quit knocking at my door, Scotty. 415 00:25:37,537 --> 00:25:44,502 J“ are you sorry we drifted apart? J“ 416 00:25:46,087 --> 00:25:48,715 j“ never know how much I love you j“ 417 00:25:50,341 --> 00:25:53,511 j“ never know how much I care j“ 418 00:25:54,554 --> 00:25:57,598 j“ when you put your arms around me j“ 419 00:26:01,394 --> 00:26:02,895 Oh, come on, er 420 00:26:02,979 --> 00:26:05,732 life on the road ain't the concern of folks back home. 421 00:26:05,815 --> 00:26:06,983 J“ feverj“ 422 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,901 Why don't you try one of these? 423 00:26:08,985 --> 00:26:10,737 Put the pep back into your step. 424 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:13,823 J“ what a lovely way to burn j“ 425 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:17,910 J“ well, shake, rattle and roll j“ 426 00:26:17,994 --> 00:26:19,454 j“ I said shake, rattle and roll j“ 427 00:26:20,329 --> 00:26:23,166 j“ I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake, rattle and roll j“ 428 00:26:23,249 --> 00:26:24,542 j“ well, you won't do right j“ 429 00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:26,335 -j“ to save your doggone soul j“ -whoo! 430 00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:28,099 You're really something else, man! 431 00:26:28,129 --> 00:26:29,529 I promise... I'll put my heart in... 432 00:26:29,589 --> 00:26:31,191 I wanna be just like you! 433 00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:32,508 Okay. Yeah, thank you. 434 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,594 I can no longer in good conscience 435 00:26:34,677 --> 00:26:35,970 go on stage with that boy. 436 00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:39,056 Yes, a conundrum. A conundrum. 437 00:26:39,140 --> 00:26:42,560 Please welcome to the stage, Hank snow! 438 00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:45,688 After I perform, I shall spend the night in prayer. 439 00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:49,150 And I will do what needs to be done. 440 00:26:58,159 --> 00:26:59,577 Come on, jimmie! 441 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:05,541 J“ how do you think that I feel j“ 442 00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:08,169 j“ oh, baby oh, baby j” 443 00:27:08,252 --> 00:27:11,339 j“ how do you think that I feel j“ 444 00:27:22,892 --> 00:27:25,186 That night, I happened to see him. 445 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:27,563 Alone. 446 00:27:28,272 --> 00:27:29,690 Lost 447 00:27:32,485 --> 00:27:36,197 a snowman is only as good... 448 00:27:37,156 --> 00:27:39,242 As his attraction. 449 00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:40,868 Elvis! 450 00:27:40,952 --> 00:27:42,662 - Come on, man. - Elvis, come on! Hurry up! 451 00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:50,002 It was all, or nothing. 452 00:27:50,086 --> 00:27:51,522 Elvis, we're going to the hall of mirrors! 453 00:27:51,546 --> 00:27:52,546 Wait up! 454 00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:54,549 Screw the hall of mirrors. That's boring. 455 00:27:59,303 --> 00:28:02,014 Right, hang on. Here we go. 456 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,184 Hold on. 457 00:28:07,895 --> 00:28:09,647 All right, fellas. Come on. 458 00:28:12,942 --> 00:28:15,319 - Oh. - Lost, my boy? 459 00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:18,656 Colonel Parker, sir. 460 00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:24,370 You look lost. 461 00:28:24,453 --> 00:28:26,789 - I guess I am. - Ah, yes. 462 00:28:26,873 --> 00:28:30,585 The roar of the crowd. The life on the road. 463 00:28:30,668 --> 00:28:32,837 And then calling home to your loved ones, 464 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,006 pretending nothing has changed, 465 00:28:35,089 --> 00:28:37,508 when everything has. 466 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:40,761 Yeah. Lost. 467 00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:45,141 I'm sorry, sir. I... I meant I don't know the way out. 468 00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:48,811 Yeah, that is precisely what I am saying. 469 00:28:50,062 --> 00:28:54,483 I... I saw you. Apart from all the others. 470 00:28:54,859 --> 00:28:56,402 Burdened. 471 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,989 Like you don't know how to get out of this. 472 00:29:01,157 --> 00:29:02,575 But I do. 473 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:05,828 J“ snowman's coming j“ 474 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:07,204 allow me to show you. 475 00:29:07,288 --> 00:29:10,082 J“ yes, he's coming j“ 476 00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:14,503 j“ take his magic hand j“ 477 00:29:14,879 --> 00:29:16,631 Creatures of the carnival. 478 00:29:16,714 --> 00:29:18,925 And I am one myself. 479 00:29:19,008 --> 00:29:22,219 It's where I learned the art of the snow job. 480 00:29:22,303 --> 00:29:23,530 - Snow job? - Yes. 481 00:29:23,554 --> 00:29:25,473 It's like the trick you do with the wiggling, 482 00:29:25,556 --> 00:29:27,183 getting all the girls hyped up, 483 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:28,893 empty their wallets and leave them 484 00:29:28,976 --> 00:29:30,937 with nothing but the smiles on their faces. 485 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:32,647 I'm no trickster. 486 00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:34,565 Oh, yes you are. 487 00:29:34,649 --> 00:29:36,233 All showmen are snowmen. 488 00:29:36,984 --> 00:29:38,569 It's a wonderful place. 489 00:29:38,861 --> 00:29:40,279 Nobody on the aerio. 490 00:29:44,158 --> 00:29:47,328 Your future, Mr. Presley, blazing before you. 491 00:29:48,204 --> 00:29:51,457 Recording contracts, television, even Hollywood. 492 00:29:55,211 --> 00:29:56,712 You're great, colonel. 493 00:29:56,796 --> 00:29:59,173 You are the best person I could ever hope to work with. 494 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:01,607 You know, this is something I ain't never 495 00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,177 said to nobody before... 496 00:30:03,594 --> 00:30:05,471 But I believe I can be great, too. 497 00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:07,223 Oh, no doubt. 498 00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:10,101 But we could be even greater together. 499 00:30:10,184 --> 00:30:15,523 But to achieve this, I need to represent you exclusively. 500 00:30:15,606 --> 00:30:17,984 Exclusively? Sir, I... I don't follow. 501 00:30:19,443 --> 00:30:20,736 What about Hank snow? 502 00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:22,655 Hank. Yes... 503 00:30:22,738 --> 00:30:24,699 He sent me here to fire you. 504 00:30:28,452 --> 00:30:30,162 Hank wants you off the tour. 505 00:30:30,246 --> 00:30:33,708 So I will have to leave Hank. 506 00:30:35,001 --> 00:30:37,003 We will both have to make sacrifices. 507 00:30:37,086 --> 00:30:40,339 We will need a record label with national distribution. 508 00:30:42,174 --> 00:30:43,718 Rca? 509 00:30:45,553 --> 00:30:46,804 Rca. 510 00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:50,141 Sam Phillips... discovered me. 511 00:30:50,224 --> 00:30:53,561 I know, but we have a way to help Sam understand 512 00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:56,731 that it would be foolish of him to hold you back. 513 00:30:56,814 --> 00:30:58,941 Every man has his price. 514 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,985 Rca does have the distribution. 515 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:02,170 I just need to know that you'll 516 00:31:02,194 --> 00:31:03,362 still be with me as friends. 517 00:31:03,446 --> 00:31:05,656 Don't doubt that, we're not going anywhere. 518 00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:09,326 Marion and I just don't want to stand in your way, that's all. 519 00:31:09,410 --> 00:31:12,747 The world needs to hear you sing, Elvis. 520 00:31:12,830 --> 00:31:15,166 Elvis Presley's contract sold to rca today 521 00:31:15,249 --> 00:31:17,251 for the highest price in music history. 522 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:19,420 Quite the payday for sun records. 523 00:31:20,004 --> 00:31:22,965 It's just business. Show business. 524 00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:24,151 To achieve truly great things, 525 00:31:24,175 --> 00:31:26,761 one must make truly great sacrifices. 526 00:31:26,844 --> 00:31:30,097 You will have to be free of any entanglements. 527 00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:34,268 You see, my boy, show business is snow business. 528 00:31:34,351 --> 00:31:38,481 And the fans need to believe that you are always available. 529 00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:40,083 The colonel says that with all the publicity 530 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:41,484 that's gonna be coming, 531 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:43,360 he might have to put it out there that... 532 00:31:43,861 --> 00:31:45,112 That... 533 00:31:45,196 --> 00:31:46,906 I don't have a girl. 534 00:31:50,743 --> 00:31:53,746 Then we will need your parents' legal commitment. 535 00:31:54,455 --> 00:31:57,833 They may need a bit of convincing, themselves. 536 00:31:57,917 --> 00:31:59,837 Sam Phillips is a good man we can trust. 537 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,088 We don't know this colonel from a nail in a wall. 538 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:05,341 Is there a lawyer representing the family? 539 00:32:05,424 --> 00:32:06,592 Oh, unnecessary. 540 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:08,094 I am of the firm opinion 541 00:32:08,177 --> 00:32:11,555 that family is the most important thing in the world. 542 00:32:11,639 --> 00:32:14,308 In mind of that, I have taken the Liberty 543 00:32:14,391 --> 00:32:16,143 of making these contracts out 544 00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:19,355 in the name of Elvis Presley enterprises. 545 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:20,648 Afamily business. 546 00:32:20,731 --> 00:32:23,526 And I was thinking, Vernon Presley: 547 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,069 Business manager. 548 00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:30,116 What do you think, daddy? 549 00:32:30,491 --> 00:32:32,785 Uh... well, uh... 550 00:32:32,868 --> 00:32:34,662 - I like it very much, son. - Ah! 551 00:32:36,664 --> 00:32:39,959 Mrs. Presley, your son has a unique gift. 552 00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:41,544 It's as though he has the strength 553 00:32:41,627 --> 00:32:44,004 of two men inside of him. 554 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:46,942 You know, colonel, I would do anything 555 00:32:46,966 --> 00:32:49,093 to make sure my mama and daddy never have to live 556 00:32:49,176 --> 00:32:50,636 in no poverty ever again. 557 00:32:51,178 --> 00:32:54,640 Mama, it's gonna turn out so, so good. 558 00:32:58,561 --> 00:33:00,688 Colonel, I wasn't fooling when I told those other kids 559 00:33:00,771 --> 00:33:02,291 I was gonna buy 'em a Cadillac one day. 560 00:33:02,356 --> 00:33:04,817 My boy, with me you will buy them two Cadillacs. 561 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:06,193 Two? 562 00:33:07,570 --> 00:33:08,404 A hundred? 563 00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:09,905 Two hundred. 564 00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:11,866 - A thousand. - A million. 565 00:33:11,949 --> 00:33:12,783 An aeroplane. 566 00:33:12,867 --> 00:33:14,910 How about a rocket ship? 567 00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:19,707 Well, maybe not a rocket ship. My mama don't like me to fly. 568 00:33:19,790 --> 00:33:23,377 But me, I've always wanted to fly. Fast. 569 00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:26,964 Faster than the speed of light to the rock of eternity. 570 00:33:27,798 --> 00:33:29,925 What? To the rock of eternity? 571 00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:31,510 Captain marvel, Jr. 572 00:33:32,678 --> 00:33:34,346 He's my favorite comic book hero. 573 00:33:35,472 --> 00:33:36,807 He flies. 574 00:33:37,349 --> 00:33:39,185 Well, what about you, Mr. Presley? 575 00:33:40,144 --> 00:33:42,146 Are you ready to fly? 576 00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:45,441 Yes, sir. I'm ready. 577 00:33:46,317 --> 00:33:47,651 Ready to fly. 578 00:33:55,868 --> 00:33:57,053 Uh, Mr. Presley, 579 00:33:57,077 --> 00:33:59,580 try not to move around so much during the takes. 580 00:33:59,663 --> 00:34:01,749 If I can't move, I can't sing. 581 00:34:02,124 --> 00:34:04,877 J“ well, since my baby left me j“ 582 00:34:06,629 --> 00:34:08,881 J“ well, I found a new place to dwell j“ 583 00:34:09,965 --> 00:34:11,693 What is he doing? We paid for this? 584 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:13,570 J“ it's down at the end of lonely street at... j“ 585 00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,346 It's a suicide song. 586 00:34:15,429 --> 00:34:17,181 J“ ...Heartbreak hotel j“ 587 00:34:18,140 --> 00:34:20,935 Them know-it-alls, said I'd backed the wrong horse. 588 00:34:21,018 --> 00:34:23,270 But my boy knew teenagers. 589 00:34:23,354 --> 00:34:26,982 And that first record changed everything. 590 00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:43,350 In a few short months, 591 00:34:43,374 --> 00:34:45,292 Elvis Presley has popped out of nowhere. 592 00:34:45,376 --> 00:34:47,544 Everywhere he goes, he causes riots, 593 00:34:47,628 --> 00:34:50,297 mountains of press and rivers of money. 594 00:34:50,381 --> 00:34:52,800 It's another gold record for Elvis Presley. 595 00:34:52,883 --> 00:34:55,594 This one giving him his first worldwide hit. 596 00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:01,684 Mrs. Presley, look! 597 00:35:03,227 --> 00:35:05,771 Come on, Mrs. Presley, let me show you how to use this. 598 00:35:06,563 --> 00:35:08,774 Come on, hens! Come on, hens! Come on! 599 00:35:08,857 --> 00:35:12,486 Come on! Outside! Out of my house! 600 00:35:12,569 --> 00:35:15,072 Come on, this way! Come on, babies! 601 00:35:16,198 --> 00:35:17,198 Dodgefl 602 00:35:21,745 --> 00:35:23,622 - —Go, Billy boy! - Ya-hoo-hoo! 603 00:35:23,998 --> 00:35:27,626 I took my boy's wiggling and put it in the movies. 604 00:35:28,419 --> 00:35:30,337 I took his name and face, 605 00:35:30,421 --> 00:35:32,172 and put it on all sorts of toys 606 00:35:32,256 --> 00:35:34,049 and knick-knacks, and called it... 607 00:35:34,425 --> 00:35:35,634 "Merchandise." 608 00:35:35,718 --> 00:35:38,262 Your face on every conceivable object, 609 00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:41,807 including Teddy bear, perfume, plaster busts... 610 00:35:41,890 --> 00:35:43,142 Of questionable likeness. 611 00:35:43,225 --> 00:35:44,810 The Elvis Presley game. 612 00:35:44,893 --> 00:35:47,938 Something so everyone can show their love. 613 00:35:48,022 --> 00:35:52,401 Grandma dodger, what is that behind your ear? 614 00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:55,696 "I hate Elvis." 615 00:35:57,781 --> 00:35:58,824 Huh? 616 00:35:59,241 --> 00:36:00,743 Yes. I hate Elvis. 617 00:36:00,826 --> 00:36:02,411 In my way of thinking, "I love Elvis," 618 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:03,662 that's an easy sell. 619 00:36:03,746 --> 00:36:05,414 Those who hate your son will do so 620 00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:07,624 whether we profit from it or not. 621 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:13,339 After all, what is hate worth if it's free? 622 00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:16,216 Oh, yeah. I get it. 623 00:36:19,762 --> 00:36:21,305 Snowman strikes again. 624 00:36:23,724 --> 00:36:26,393 Merchandise, promotion. Diskin, what else do we have? 625 00:36:26,477 --> 00:36:27,996 - Necklaces. - —Necklaces. 626 00:36:28,020 --> 00:36:29,938 - Scarves. - —Oh, scarves. Yes... 627 00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:33,776 Mr. Presley and Mr. King... 628 00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:34,943 Regular peas in a pod, 629 00:36:35,027 --> 00:36:36,987 relieving me of my finest threads. 630 00:36:37,071 --> 00:36:38,197 Must be some occasion. 631 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:39,573 Mr. Lansky, it's Milton berle. 632 00:36:39,656 --> 00:36:41,492 The whole of america'll be watching. 633 00:36:41,575 --> 00:36:43,577 I don't watch television. 634 00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:44,828 So what's it gonna be? 635 00:36:44,912 --> 00:36:46,246 How you gonna blow their wigs off? 636 00:36:46,872 --> 00:36:49,833 Well, the network wants me to do a ballad. 637 00:36:50,584 --> 00:36:52,354 But I'm thinking about cuttin' it up with "hound dog." 638 00:36:52,378 --> 00:36:53,295 Whoo! 639 00:36:53,379 --> 00:36:58,967 Elvis Presley, "hound dog," and uncle miltie. 640 00:36:59,927 --> 00:37:01,887 Strange things are happening every day. 641 00:37:01,970 --> 00:37:04,765 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog, hound dog j“ 642 00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:07,017 j“ cryin' all the time j“ 643 00:37:07,101 --> 00:37:09,520 j“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 644 00:37:09,603 --> 00:37:11,271 j“ cryin' all the time j“ 645 00:37:12,147 --> 00:37:13,857 j“ well, you ain't never caught a rabbit j“ 646 00:37:13,941 --> 00:37:15,859 j“ and you ain't no friend of mine j“ 647 00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:19,238 j“ when they said you was high classed j“ 648 00:37:19,321 --> 00:37:20,781 j“ well, that was just a lie j“ 649 00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:24,410 j“ yeah, they said you were high classed... j“ 650 00:37:24,493 --> 00:37:26,829 behold, tomorrow, all of america 651 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:29,123 will be talking about Elvis Presley. 652 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:30,249 My wiggling boy. 653 00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:34,920 Even as a little one, he made me laugh so. 654 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:36,588 He's so funny! 655 00:37:36,672 --> 00:37:38,992 J“ you never caught a rabbit you ain't no friend of mine j“ 656 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:45,514 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog, a hound dog j“ 657 00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:48,475 j“ cryin' all the time j“ 658 00:37:48,559 --> 00:37:49,959 And senator, for the next leg 659 00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:51,520 of your racial integrity tour, 660 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:54,231 we booked the overton park shell in Memphis. 661 00:37:54,731 --> 00:37:56,525 What are they laughing about? 662 00:37:59,403 --> 00:38:02,656 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 663 00:38:03,991 --> 00:38:06,493 j“ cryin' all the time j“ 664 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:08,704 who the hell is that? 665 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,998 It's that boy from Memphis. 666 00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:13,292 Elvis Presley. 667 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:14,793 J“ cryin' all the time j“ 668 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:19,339 awhite boy from Memphis, moving like a goddamn... 669 00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:26,013 J“ is your heart filled with pain j“ 670 00:38:27,473 --> 00:38:30,100 j“ shall I come back... j“ 671 00:38:30,184 --> 00:38:35,063 the obscenity and vulgarity of this rock and roll music 672 00:38:35,147 --> 00:38:38,942 is obviously a means by which the white man and his children 673 00:38:39,026 --> 00:38:41,195 can be driven to the level of the negro. 674 00:38:41,278 --> 00:38:43,131 The colored folks have been singing and playing it 675 00:38:43,155 --> 00:38:45,741 just like I'm doing it now, man, more years than lknow. 676 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:47,264 Colonel Parker, we called you in here 677 00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:49,036 to talk about this act of yours. 678 00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:50,722 A petition has begun circulating 679 00:38:50,746 --> 00:38:53,248 to bar Elvis Presley from television. 680 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:54,392 We've set up a committee 681 00:38:54,416 --> 00:38:57,628 to keep an eye on this vulgar, animalistic rock and roll bum. 682 00:38:57,711 --> 00:38:59,522 Your style of gyrating while you sing 683 00:38:59,546 --> 00:39:00,839 has been bitterly criticized... 684 00:39:00,923 --> 00:39:02,108 I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong. 685 00:39:02,132 --> 00:39:04,801 We simply will not advertise on any station 686 00:39:04,885 --> 00:39:06,445 that puts this delinquent on television. 687 00:39:06,512 --> 00:39:09,389 Colonel, you put an end to your boy's animal behavior, 688 00:39:09,473 --> 00:39:10,682 or we will. 689 00:39:10,766 --> 00:39:14,061 Don't worry, senator, my boy does what he's told. 690 00:39:14,144 --> 00:39:16,772 J“ tell me dearj“ 691 00:39:16,855 --> 00:39:22,361 j“ are you lonesome tonight? J“ 692 00:39:26,532 --> 00:39:28,534 "Elvis the pelvis." 693 00:39:28,617 --> 00:39:31,620 That's one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard 694 00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:33,288 coming from an adult. 695 00:39:33,830 --> 00:39:35,791 Is Mr. Allen gonna cancel me from the show? 696 00:39:36,500 --> 00:39:37,793 Yes. 697 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,253 Yes, he is. 698 00:39:40,087 --> 00:39:44,091 He is replacing you with one of the country's greatest singers. 699 00:39:45,509 --> 00:39:46,969 Mario lanza? 700 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:48,345 Someone greater. 701 00:39:48,428 --> 00:39:51,223 The new Elvis Presley! 702 00:39:53,183 --> 00:39:55,394 Yeah, I snowed 'em! 703 00:39:55,477 --> 00:39:58,063 You just have to put on one of these tails here, 704 00:39:58,146 --> 00:39:59,314 can sing the "hound dog," 705 00:39:59,398 --> 00:40:02,943 and it's a light-hearted, sophisticated family show. 706 00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:04,319 I can't move in one of these. 707 00:40:04,403 --> 00:40:05,404 And that is the point. 708 00:40:05,487 --> 00:40:07,573 Mr. Allen agreed only as long 709 00:40:07,656 --> 00:40:10,033 as there is no wiggling of those hips. 710 00:40:10,117 --> 00:40:12,452 I can't figure it out. My own mother approves of what I do. 711 00:40:14,288 --> 00:40:17,040 You have read the papers, my boy? 712 00:40:17,124 --> 00:40:18,166 Yeah, I read the papers. 713 00:40:18,250 --> 00:40:21,295 The papers say that I shot my mother and smoke marijuana. 714 00:40:21,378 --> 00:40:24,381 Your movement's in the style of a black man 715 00:40:24,464 --> 00:40:26,842 and you have broken the segregation laws. 716 00:40:26,925 --> 00:40:28,969 So let's follow the plan. It's a good plan. 717 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:31,138 You do the Allen show, family style, 718 00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:33,724 and then tomorrow we go back to Memphis and 719 00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:37,519 we snow them on the July 4th children's charitable concert. 720 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:40,772 And we put this whole unfortunate misstep behind us. 721 00:40:40,856 --> 00:40:43,275 Now, do you want to go into politics? 722 00:40:43,358 --> 00:40:46,236 Or shall we stay in show business? 723 00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,300 We want to do a show the whole family 724 00:40:50,324 --> 00:40:51,867 can watch and enjoy, and we always do. 725 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:53,928 And at this time, it gives me extreme pleasure to introduce 726 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,704 the new Elvis Presley! 727 00:40:59,958 --> 00:41:01,376 He used to be so hip. 728 00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:02,669 He looked so silly. 729 00:41:03,086 --> 00:41:04,564 I mean, he looked like a Butler. 730 00:41:04,588 --> 00:41:06,316 Ican't believe he agreed to sing to a dog. 731 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:07,883 Goddamnit! 732 00:41:09,885 --> 00:41:10,987 He could've given us some warning. 733 00:41:11,011 --> 00:41:13,555 I know how to do a skit, I could've made it funny! 734 00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:17,225 The most stupid, embarrassing, humiliating thing I ever did. 735 00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:18,911 Well, what the hell do you want me to do about it? 736 00:41:18,935 --> 00:41:19,936 We're musicians! 737 00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:21,039 It's just embarrassing. 738 00:41:21,063 --> 00:41:22,123 Who does he think he is? 739 00:41:41,375 --> 00:41:44,336 She just went on and on about the damn dog. 740 00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:46,630 And I said, "neighbors shouldn't speak like that." 741 00:41:46,713 --> 00:41:48,215 And then she said... 742 00:41:48,298 --> 00:41:50,133 I like the bit with the dog. 743 00:41:50,217 --> 00:41:52,487 It was the most embarrassing performance of my life, daddy. 744 00:41:52,511 --> 00:41:54,638 She wasn't the only one who said it. 745 00:41:54,721 --> 00:41:56,431 - All the neighbors did. - —oh, god. 746 00:41:56,515 --> 00:41:58,058 Those New York people were using you 747 00:41:58,141 --> 00:41:59,685 to poke fun at the whole south. 748 00:41:59,768 --> 00:42:03,522 Getting a laugh out of putting a hillbilly in a tailcoat 749 00:42:03,605 --> 00:42:05,607 and singing to a dog. 750 00:42:06,108 --> 00:42:08,777 God damn it, mama, it was either that or I get canceled. 751 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,821 Then that's it for television. 752 00:42:10,904 --> 00:42:13,573 Colonel says I'm running out of states that I'm welcome in. 753 00:42:13,657 --> 00:42:16,243 And they don't pay unless I can perform. 754 00:42:16,326 --> 00:42:18,912 So colonel says I play the charity concert tomorrow night, 755 00:42:18,995 --> 00:42:21,415 as the new family style, 756 00:42:21,498 --> 00:42:24,292 then everybody calms down and we get back on track. 757 00:42:24,376 --> 00:42:27,045 Someone's got to think about keeping a roof over our heads. 758 00:42:27,129 --> 00:42:28,463 Roof over our head? 759 00:42:28,547 --> 00:42:31,675 We've always managed to keep a roof over our head, Vernon. 760 00:42:31,758 --> 00:42:33,510 Daddy is business manager. It's his job. 761 00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:34,593 That's right. 762 00:42:34,636 --> 00:42:37,305 We was doing just fine before that man came along. 763 00:42:37,389 --> 00:42:38,974 Colonel has got us all of this. 764 00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:41,560 I don't want all this! You're unhappy! 765 00:42:41,643 --> 00:42:43,395 I am not! 766 00:42:44,646 --> 00:42:46,565 You're losing yourself, booby! 767 00:42:46,648 --> 00:42:48,358 Oh, hell, mama, I... 768 00:42:48,442 --> 00:42:49,860 Satnin knows. 769 00:42:57,743 --> 00:43:00,203 The way you sing and move... 770 00:43:00,579 --> 00:43:02,205 It's god-given. 771 00:43:03,582 --> 00:43:05,876 So there can't be nothing wrong with it. 772 00:43:08,503 --> 00:43:10,464 Hey, I'm gonna ask cousin about the movie. 773 00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:11,757 Hey, e.P., e.P.! 774 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,216 Can we close down the movie house 775 00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:14,468 and watch Godzilla tonight? 776 00:43:14,551 --> 00:43:17,262 Don't tramp mud in the house, Billy! 777 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:18,698 But you said we could watch the movie! 778 00:43:18,722 --> 00:43:20,348 Get out! Get out of my goddamn house! 779 00:43:20,432 --> 00:43:22,118 - You said you'd take us! - Tramping mud in my house 780 00:43:22,142 --> 00:43:23,477 and doing my damn head in. 781 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:26,897 Mama, you ain't never happy. 782 00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:29,566 No matter what I do, no matter how much I give you, 783 00:43:29,649 --> 00:43:30,734 it ain't never enough. 784 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:33,695 And, I wish you would not drink so goddamn much. 785 00:43:33,779 --> 00:43:35,030 It's not good for you. 786 00:43:35,363 --> 00:43:36,363 Baby! 787 00:43:36,406 --> 00:43:38,283 - Put that back in the shed! - Elvis, wait! 788 00:43:42,078 --> 00:43:45,832 Elvis! Elvis, come on! Elvis! 789 00:43:48,794 --> 00:43:50,128 Here's Elvis Presley. 790 00:44:07,395 --> 00:44:09,940 This is Rufus Thomas here from wdia. 791 00:44:10,023 --> 00:44:12,692 You can catch bb. King tonight at club handy, 792 00:44:12,776 --> 00:44:14,528 with sister rosetta tharpe. 793 00:44:44,599 --> 00:44:45,892 Hello. 794 00:44:49,646 --> 00:44:51,398 E.P.! 795 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:55,402 - —B.b.! Hey! - Get over here! 796 00:44:57,571 --> 00:44:59,072 Ha-hah! 797 00:44:59,155 --> 00:45:00,407 Have a good night. 798 00:45:08,373 --> 00:45:09,958 Thank you. Have a good night. 799 00:45:30,645 --> 00:45:34,774 Get him! Get him in here! E.P.! E.P.! 800 00:45:36,985 --> 00:45:39,154 All right, all right. Thank you. 801 00:45:39,654 --> 00:45:41,990 J“ wop, bop-a-loo-bop ba-lop, bom, bom j“ 802 00:45:42,073 --> 00:45:46,786 j“ tutti frutti, oh rooty tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 803 00:45:46,870 --> 00:45:49,205 Got my mama going on about the "hound dog," 804 00:45:49,289 --> 00:45:50,433 and the colonel's got me wearing tails, 805 00:45:50,457 --> 00:45:51,517 and everybody wants something different. 806 00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:52,459 Hey, listen, man. 807 00:45:52,542 --> 00:45:54,085 If you're sad and you want to be sad, 808 00:45:54,169 --> 00:45:55,211 you're at the right place. 809 00:45:55,295 --> 00:45:57,315 If you're happy and you want to be happy, guess what? 810 00:45:57,339 --> 00:45:58,840 You're at the right place. 811 00:45:59,215 --> 00:46:00,759 So just do me a favor... 812 00:46:01,593 --> 00:46:02,677 Let it all hang out. 813 00:46:02,761 --> 00:46:04,930 Let it all hang out, e.P.! 814 00:46:05,013 --> 00:46:07,807 Let it all hang out, baby. 815 00:46:08,975 --> 00:46:11,436 J“ she rocks to the east she rocks to the west j“ 816 00:46:11,519 --> 00:46:13,730 j“ but she's the girl that I love best j“ 817 00:46:13,813 --> 00:46:15,982 j“ tutti frutti, oh rooty, uh! J“ 818 00:46:16,066 --> 00:46:18,652 - hey, man. - J“ tutti frutti, oh rooty, whoo! J“ 819 00:46:18,735 --> 00:46:21,071 j“ tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 820 00:46:21,154 --> 00:46:23,365 j“ tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 821 00:46:23,448 --> 00:46:26,534 J“ tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 822 00:46:26,618 --> 00:46:29,329 J“ wop, bop-a-loo-bop... j“ 823 00:46:29,412 --> 00:46:31,748 Whoo! Man, he's cuttin' it! 824 00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:37,379 Sister rosetta found this kid in the backwaters of Georgia. 825 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:49,599 They should get the colonel to book him on Steve Allen. 826 00:46:53,812 --> 00:46:55,814 They would love his moves. 827 00:46:58,441 --> 00:47:00,360 J“ got a girl named Daisy j“ 828 00:47:01,111 --> 00:47:03,238 j“ she almost drives me crazy j“ 829 00:47:03,321 --> 00:47:05,907 -j“ got a girl named Daisy j“ -whoo! 830 00:47:05,991 --> 00:47:08,576 J“ she almost drives me crazy j“ 831 00:47:08,660 --> 00:47:10,829 j“ she knows how to love me yes, indeed j“ 832 00:47:10,912 --> 00:47:13,248 j“ boy, you don't know what she do to me j“ 833 00:47:13,331 --> 00:47:15,375 j“ tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 834 00:47:15,458 --> 00:47:17,877 man, he sings the hell out of that song! 835 00:47:17,961 --> 00:47:19,629 I would love to record that. 836 00:47:19,713 --> 00:47:21,923 If you do, you'll make a whole lot more money 837 00:47:22,007 --> 00:47:23,591 than that kid could ever dream of. 838 00:47:23,675 --> 00:47:26,136 J“ tutti frutti, oh rooty j“ 839 00:47:26,219 --> 00:47:28,388 j“ wop, bop-a-loo-bop, ba-lop, bom, bom j“ 840 00:47:41,651 --> 00:47:45,405 J“ I'm a-workin' on the building j“ 841 00:47:45,488 --> 00:47:49,200 J“ workin' on the building j“ 842 00:47:49,284 --> 00:47:52,328 J“ it's the new foundation j“ 843 00:47:52,412 --> 00:47:55,707 J“ the new foundation j“ 844 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:58,126 J“ I'm goin' to heaven j“ 845 00:47:58,209 --> 00:48:00,420 - Yeah! - J“ goin' to heaven j“ 846 00:48:01,504 --> 00:48:03,882 J“ to get my reward j“ 847 00:48:03,965 --> 00:48:07,719 J“ get my reward j“ 848 00:48:07,802 --> 00:48:09,054 Whoo! 849 00:48:10,472 --> 00:48:12,474 Ha-ha! That's all right. 850 00:48:13,475 --> 00:48:16,186 That's a nice ride you rode up in tonight. 851 00:48:16,269 --> 00:48:18,521 It ain't like your ol' big bb. King bus. 852 00:48:20,482 --> 00:48:22,776 Big red. 853 00:48:22,859 --> 00:48:26,237 Yeah, well, I can go where I want, play what I want, 854 00:48:26,321 --> 00:48:28,406 and if they don't like it, I can go some place else. 855 00:48:29,616 --> 00:48:31,576 You've got to be in control, man. 856 00:48:31,659 --> 00:48:33,620 You should have your own label, like me. 857 00:48:33,703 --> 00:48:36,247 You don't do the business, the business will do you. 858 00:48:36,331 --> 00:48:38,583 Man, I just leave all that to the colonel. 859 00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:42,003 So it's, um... 860 00:48:43,004 --> 00:48:45,090 It's his idea, this new Elvis? 861 00:48:46,174 --> 00:48:47,801 Listen, I don't get it, man. 862 00:48:47,884 --> 00:48:50,386 Cats buy your records because they like what you do, 863 00:48:50,470 --> 00:48:53,848 not because you're dressed up like some... like some Butler. 864 00:48:54,307 --> 00:48:56,684 You really think those kids want to see Elvis the Butler 865 00:48:56,768 --> 00:48:58,088 at the russwood park gig tomorrow? 866 00:48:58,144 --> 00:48:59,687 Man, I ain't wearing no tails. 867 00:48:59,771 --> 00:49:03,608 I just... Gotta lay off the moves, is all. 868 00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:06,194 Colonel says if I don't, they're gonna put me in jail. 869 00:49:10,115 --> 00:49:11,574 Come on, man. 870 00:49:12,117 --> 00:49:13,344 They're not gonna put you in jail. 871 00:49:13,368 --> 00:49:15,429 They might put me in jail for walking across the street, 872 00:49:15,453 --> 00:49:16,996 but you're a famous white boy. 873 00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:19,332 Too many people are making too much money off of you 874 00:49:19,415 --> 00:49:20,667 to put you in jail. 875 00:49:21,084 --> 00:49:21,835 You think so? 876 00:49:21,918 --> 00:49:23,545 I know so. 877 00:49:24,295 --> 00:49:28,049 Colonel's a smart man. There's gotta be another reason. 878 00:49:32,345 --> 00:49:35,306 J“ everyday, yes j“ 879 00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:39,352 j“ there are strange things happening everyday j“ 880 00:49:39,435 --> 00:49:42,147 hey, Elvis, b.B.! Give us a smile. 881 00:49:44,983 --> 00:49:47,068 J“ everyday j“ 882 00:49:47,152 --> 00:49:49,571 You promised us a new Elvis, colonel. 883 00:49:49,654 --> 00:49:53,324 Yet, here he is with this bb. King at club handy, 884 00:49:53,700 --> 00:49:56,786 jiggling and wiggling with Billy ward, and here, 885 00:49:56,870 --> 00:50:00,123 on colored night at the Memphis fairgrounds. 886 00:50:00,206 --> 00:50:01,833 We've been poking into your background, 887 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:03,501 and we've found your records. 888 00:50:03,585 --> 00:50:05,795 "Unfit for military duty." 889 00:50:05,879 --> 00:50:08,381 "Acute psychopathic state." 890 00:50:08,464 --> 00:50:13,219 Well... I was pretending to be crazy. I wanted out. 891 00:50:13,303 --> 00:50:15,763 I was just a boy from huntington, West Virginia. 892 00:50:15,847 --> 00:50:19,100 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 893 00:50:19,184 --> 00:50:21,811 J“ everyday, yeah j“ 894 00:50:22,562 --> 00:50:27,650 j“ there are strange things happening everyday j“ 895 00:50:29,194 --> 00:50:32,322 j“ everyday are so strange j“ 896 00:50:32,405 --> 00:50:35,200 j“ everyday people are stealing the planes j“ 897 00:50:35,283 --> 00:50:38,620 j“ oh! There are strange things happening j“ 898 00:50:38,703 --> 00:50:43,082 j“ everyday oh, ain't that strange, everydayj“ 899 00:50:44,959 --> 00:50:48,004 J“ everyday, yes j“ 900 00:50:48,087 --> 00:50:52,634 j“ there are strange things happening everyday j“ 901 00:50:54,552 --> 00:50:57,472 While 10,000 screaming fans were cramming in 902 00:50:57,555 --> 00:50:59,974 to see our show, senator east/and was holding 903 00:51:00,058 --> 00:51:03,144 a segregation/st rally just three miles away. 904 00:51:06,064 --> 00:51:09,067 The mayor loved you on the Steve Allen show. 905 00:51:09,150 --> 00:51:11,444 All the important people did. 906 00:51:11,819 --> 00:51:13,905 What song are you going to sing tonight? 907 00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:16,491 I've made no decision. 908 00:51:19,118 --> 00:51:20,536 I'll feel it. 909 00:51:27,460 --> 00:51:28,896 Pay no mind to all the cameras. 910 00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,756 Those are our friends in the vice squad. 911 00:51:31,839 --> 00:51:33,925 They don't mean nothing. Ain't that right, chief? 912 00:51:35,009 --> 00:51:37,470 As long as you don't so much as wiggle a finger. 913 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:54,904 Oh, yes sir, good people! 914 00:51:54,988 --> 00:51:57,657 A big thank you to shorty Morgan's Dixie dolls! 915 00:51:58,366 --> 00:52:00,451 But, I know some of the young people 916 00:52:00,535 --> 00:52:03,162 are very excited about this next act! 917 00:52:05,373 --> 00:52:07,500 Jesse's with us tonight, baby. 918 00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:09,335 Play it smart out there, yeah? 919 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:14,465 J“ well, stop talking about it we 're talking about everything j“ 920 00:52:14,549 --> 00:52:16,551 j“ and do somethin' about it j“ 921 00:52:16,634 --> 00:52:18,428 Elvis Presley! 922 00:52:18,511 --> 00:52:21,889 J“ strange things happening everyday j“ 923 00:52:24,309 --> 00:52:26,853 just sing the nice song. Smile the nice smile. 924 00:52:26,936 --> 00:52:27,937 No wiggling. 925 00:52:28,021 --> 00:52:29,897 Then we can get back to our show business. 926 00:52:30,481 --> 00:52:32,775 And have fun, my boy! Fun! 927 00:52:36,029 --> 00:52:38,364 J“ oh, we want peace! J“ 928 00:52:38,448 --> 00:52:39,741 j“ we want peace! J“ 929 00:52:39,824 --> 00:52:42,785 j“ we oughta stop talkin' about it and do somethin' about it j“ 930 00:52:42,869 --> 00:52:47,540 j“ oh, there are strange things happening j“ 931 00:52:47,623 --> 00:52:53,588 j“ every day j“ 932 00:53:12,148 --> 00:53:14,359 There's been a lot of talk about the new Elvis. 933 00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,285 And of course, that other guy. 934 00:53:28,456 --> 00:53:31,167 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 935 00:53:31,250 --> 00:53:32,752 J“ cryin' all the time j“ 936 00:53:35,671 --> 00:53:37,965 At his command, both civil and other, 937 00:53:38,049 --> 00:53:41,969 to maintain public order, and prevent crime and riots. 938 00:53:42,053 --> 00:53:43,763 He can use those forces... 939 00:53:43,846 --> 00:53:47,433 To prevent the racial integration of schools, 940 00:53:47,517 --> 00:53:51,145 if this is necessary, under the police powers of that state... 941 00:53:51,604 --> 00:53:54,107 There's a lot of people saying a lot of things. 942 00:53:54,190 --> 00:53:55,292 In fact, it is his duty... 943 00:53:55,316 --> 00:53:58,277 Of course you gotta listen to the people that you love. 944 00:53:58,361 --> 00:54:01,280 And prevent turmoil and strife within the state. 945 00:54:03,282 --> 00:54:05,118 But in the end, you gotta listen to yourself. 946 00:54:07,370 --> 00:54:09,414 So I want you to know, those New York people 947 00:54:09,497 --> 00:54:11,124 ain't gonna change me none. 948 00:54:13,042 --> 00:54:14,794 The subversives who own... 949 00:54:14,877 --> 00:54:17,964 Control and dominate the entertainment industry... 950 00:54:18,756 --> 00:54:20,359 - "Trouble." - Are determined... 951 00:54:20,383 --> 00:54:22,677 To spread africanized culture... 952 00:54:22,844 --> 00:54:26,180 I'm gonna show you what the real Elvis is like tonight! 953 00:54:27,181 --> 00:54:29,100 Influencing your children... 954 00:54:29,183 --> 00:54:30,518 To accept the negroes. 955 00:54:30,601 --> 00:54:32,579 J“ if you're looking for trouble j“ 956 00:54:32,603 --> 00:54:33,813 - no. - What's going on? 957 00:54:34,522 --> 00:54:35,940 J“ you came to the right place j“ 958 00:54:37,483 --> 00:54:39,235 j“ if you're looking for trouble j“ 959 00:54:40,820 --> 00:54:42,100 j“ just look right in my face j“ 960 00:54:43,823 --> 00:54:45,450 j“ I was born standing up j“ 961 00:54:47,076 --> 00:54:48,411 j“ and talking back j“ 962 00:54:49,328 --> 00:54:55,293 j“ my daddy was a green-eyed mountain Jack j“ 963 00:54:55,376 --> 00:54:58,963 j“ because I'm evil j“ 964 00:54:59,714 --> 00:55:03,676 j“ my middle name is misery j“ 965 00:55:07,805 --> 00:55:10,892 j“ well, I'm evil j“ 966 00:55:12,518 --> 00:55:16,022 j“ 80 don't you mess around with me j“ 967 00:55:22,528 --> 00:55:23,928 J“ I've never looked for trouble j“ 968 00:55:25,615 --> 00:55:27,158 J“ but I never ran j“ 969 00:55:28,868 --> 00:55:30,328 j“ I don't take no orders j“ 970 00:55:31,746 --> 00:55:33,080 j“ from no kind of man j“ 971 00:55:35,249 --> 00:55:36,459 j“ I'm only made out j“ 972 00:55:38,336 --> 00:55:39,629 j“ of flesh, blood and bone j“ 973 00:55:39,712 --> 00:55:43,341 j“ but if you're gonna start a rumble j“ 974 00:55:43,424 --> 00:55:46,594 j“ don't you try it on alone j“ 975 00:55:46,677 --> 00:55:49,931 j“ because I'm evil j“ 976 00:55:50,973 --> 00:55:54,268 j“ my middle name is misery j“ 977 00:55:57,980 --> 00:55:59,065 Elvis! 978 00:55:59,148 --> 00:56:02,568 J“ well, I'm evil j“ 979 00:56:03,736 --> 00:56:06,364 j“ 80 don't you mess around with me j“ 980 00:56:10,284 --> 00:56:12,870 J“ I'm evil, evil, evil as can be j“ 981 00:56:14,205 --> 00:56:16,874 j“ I'm evil, evil, evil as can be j“ 982 00:56:16,958 --> 00:56:19,335 J“ so don't mess around j“ 983 00:56:19,418 --> 00:56:21,337 j“ don't mess around with me j“ 984 00:56:22,213 --> 00:56:23,839 j“ I'm evilj“ 985 00:56:23,923 --> 00:56:26,008 J“ I'm evil j“ 986 00:56:27,134 --> 00:56:30,763 J“ evil, evil j“ 987 00:56:30,846 --> 00:56:34,308 uh, now would be a good time to get back into the car. 988 00:56:34,684 --> 00:56:36,852 J“ I'm evilj“ 989 00:56:36,936 --> 00:56:38,187 j“ evi/j' 990 00:56:38,813 --> 00:56:40,690 j“ evi/j' 991 00:56:43,651 --> 00:56:46,779 Our friends at rca are not gonna be happy when they see this. 992 00:57:02,128 --> 00:57:04,171 He didn't listen to me. 993 00:57:05,548 --> 00:57:07,008 Why? 994 00:57:07,091 --> 00:57:09,677 Why didn't he listen to me? 995 00:57:10,386 --> 00:57:12,805 J“ I'm evilj“ 996 00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,350 get my boy off that stage! 997 00:57:17,685 --> 00:57:19,687 J“ ...With me j“ 998 00:57:22,481 --> 00:57:24,984 Get your hands off him. Hey! 999 00:57:25,610 --> 00:57:27,612 Hey, Elvis! 1000 00:57:41,917 --> 00:57:44,003 Elvis! 1001 00:57:44,086 --> 00:57:46,672 Go look after the merchandise. Look after the merchandise! 1002 00:57:49,216 --> 00:57:50,092 Elvis, come on! 1003 00:57:50,176 --> 00:57:52,136 Get off of me! Mama, you get in the car! 1004 00:57:52,219 --> 00:57:53,596 Get in the car! 1005 00:58:03,230 --> 00:58:04,982 You're gonna get us in trouble. 1006 00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:07,777 He's all right, come on. 1007 00:58:07,860 --> 00:58:09,904 - Elvis! - Scotty, come on. 1008 00:58:09,987 --> 00:58:11,030 Let's go. 1009 00:58:24,251 --> 00:58:27,421 My dear boy had chosen. 1010 00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:31,801 You, his audience, his fans. 1011 00:58:32,802 --> 00:58:37,306 He had no idea what he had done, to both of us. 1012 00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:38,891 We warned you, colonel. 1013 00:58:38,974 --> 00:58:40,726 You've lost control of this act of yours. 1014 00:58:40,810 --> 00:58:42,603 And he's dividing this nation. 1015 00:58:42,687 --> 00:58:46,065 There are a lot of people who want to see him in jail. 1016 00:58:47,149 --> 00:58:49,276 Lhad to find a way out. 1017 00:58:50,403 --> 00:58:52,279 A way to save him. 1018 00:58:55,950 --> 00:59:00,371 J“ crawfish j“ 1019 00:59:02,081 --> 00:59:05,376 j“ crawfish j“ 1020 00:59:08,212 --> 00:59:12,925 no. There's no way my baby's going to Germany for two years. 1021 00:59:13,008 --> 00:59:16,846 It is either the army orjail. 1022 00:59:17,972 --> 00:59:19,932 There is something else. 1023 00:59:20,015 --> 00:59:23,769 Vernon, they are poking into your background. 1024 00:59:23,853 --> 00:59:25,521 We don't have nothin' to be ashamed of! 1025 00:59:25,604 --> 00:59:27,273 Now, my daddy is a good man. 1026 00:59:27,356 --> 00:59:30,526 Yes, yes. But your papa did go to jail. 1027 00:59:30,609 --> 00:59:33,612 You know them, and their flashy headlines. 1028 00:59:33,696 --> 00:59:37,700 "Elvis, the draft dodger." "A family of delinquents." 1029 00:59:37,783 --> 00:59:40,911 J“ there was no moon j“ 1030 00:59:40,995 --> 00:59:44,749 we may never book another date, or sell another record again. 1031 00:59:44,832 --> 00:59:46,000 And my way of thinking, 1032 00:59:46,083 --> 00:59:48,669 the army could be a brand new start for all of us. 1033 00:59:49,044 --> 00:59:50,379 Let them cut your hair. 1034 00:59:50,463 --> 00:59:54,133 Prove to the world that you are a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1035 00:59:54,216 --> 00:59:57,219 You do your two years, and when you come back, I promise you 1036 00:59:57,303 --> 00:59:58,721 I will have done everything I can 1037 00:59:58,804 --> 01:00:01,140 to make you the biggest actor in Hollywood. 1038 01:00:01,766 --> 01:00:03,392 You will choose your own pictures. 1039 01:00:05,436 --> 01:00:06,645 It's gonna be okay, mama. 1040 01:00:06,729 --> 01:00:11,442 J“ and I pulled Mr. Crawfish out of his hole j“ 1041 01:00:11,525 --> 01:00:13,378 Young Mr. Presley, a rock and roller no more. 1042 01:00:13,402 --> 01:00:16,697 He 'ii do six months basic training at fort Chaffee 1043 01:00:16,781 --> 01:00:18,783 before shipping off to Germany. 1044 01:00:20,618 --> 01:00:22,286 Since the day he was born, 1045 01:00:22,369 --> 01:00:24,955 she had feared losing her second son. 1046 01:00:28,542 --> 01:00:30,711 While he was in basic training... 1047 01:00:31,754 --> 01:00:34,089 She worried and drank... 1048 01:00:35,591 --> 01:00:37,051 Worried... 1049 01:00:38,010 --> 01:00:39,220 And drank. 1050 01:00:39,804 --> 01:00:41,806 _ 1051 01:00:47,770 --> 01:00:50,439 Hey... alberta! 1052 01:01:14,171 --> 01:01:16,507 Oh, no... 1053 01:01:21,929 --> 01:01:26,600 There are some fine folks from the press waiting outside. 1054 01:01:26,684 --> 01:01:30,896 Afew questions, pictures, and they will leave us alone. 1055 01:01:31,647 --> 01:01:34,525 I can't get him to do anything. 1056 01:01:36,026 --> 01:01:38,821 He trusted her like nobody else, 1057 01:01:38,904 --> 01:01:42,491 and now she's gone and who does he have now? 1058 01:01:44,535 --> 01:01:45,535 Well... 1059 01:01:46,996 --> 01:01:48,831 He trusts you. 1060 01:01:48,914 --> 01:01:50,916 Can you talk to him? 1061 01:01:52,042 --> 01:01:53,878 Oh, no. 1062 01:01:55,045 --> 01:01:56,964 It's not my place... 1063 01:01:57,047 --> 01:02:00,843 Can you do it, colonel? We need your help now. 1064 01:02:11,145 --> 01:02:13,814 Your daddy is doing the best he knows how, 1065 01:02:13,898 --> 01:02:16,525 but he is overwhelmed. 1066 01:02:17,067 --> 01:02:18,527 He needs your help out there. 1067 01:02:19,361 --> 01:02:23,115 I can't go out there. I just wanna stay here forever. 1068 01:02:23,198 --> 01:02:25,367 Oh, my boy. 1069 01:02:25,451 --> 01:02:28,162 No one could never replace her. 1070 01:02:28,662 --> 01:02:30,789 But you listen to me. 1071 01:02:30,873 --> 01:02:33,959 From this moment on, anything she would have done... 1072 01:02:35,002 --> 01:02:37,671 I will carry out, in her name. 1073 01:02:38,047 --> 01:02:43,344 When you are overseas, I will stay here at home. 1074 01:02:43,427 --> 01:02:46,764 And I will work, and I will worry. 1075 01:02:48,807 --> 01:02:50,434 Trust me. 1076 01:02:52,728 --> 01:02:56,607 Now, you go and you stand by your papa. 1077 01:02:56,982 --> 01:02:58,233 You comfort him. 1078 01:02:59,109 --> 01:03:00,486 You comfort him. 1079 01:03:01,278 --> 01:03:03,405 Comfort your friends and your family, 1080 01:03:03,489 --> 01:03:05,574 and even your fans. Hm? 1081 01:03:05,658 --> 01:03:07,868 Because if you don't do that... 1082 01:03:08,994 --> 01:03:11,872 All that your mama has sacrificed for you 1083 01:03:11,956 --> 01:03:13,707 will be for nothing. 1084 01:03:17,795 --> 01:03:19,004 No matter what happens, 1085 01:03:19,088 --> 01:03:21,423 you stay with me through thick and thin, okay? 1086 01:03:21,966 --> 01:03:25,177 You're like a... Like a father to me. 1087 01:04:00,254 --> 01:04:03,132 I needed to protect him. 1088 01:04:06,385 --> 01:04:08,262 Even from himself. 1089 01:04:13,642 --> 01:04:17,646 My plan, Elvis Presley would return 1090 01:04:17,730 --> 01:04:21,984 a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1091 01:04:23,569 --> 01:04:24,653 But... 1092 01:04:27,072 --> 01:04:30,909 I did not consider the most dangerous thing of all. 1093 01:04:33,454 --> 01:04:34,455 Love. 1094 01:04:45,424 --> 01:04:47,885 Priscilla, the pretty teenage daughter 1095 01:04:47,968 --> 01:04:51,388 of a United States air force officer. 1096 01:04:53,766 --> 01:04:55,768 And then he said to me... 1097 01:04:57,436 --> 01:04:58,996 "You know what, Priscilla? 1098 01:04:59,021 --> 01:05:00,606 You gotta listen to me, sweetie, 1099 01:05:00,689 --> 01:05:03,484 because this guy, he's got girls all over the world, okay? 1100 01:05:03,567 --> 01:05:05,211 He's got girls waiting outside of his house 1101 01:05:05,235 --> 01:05:07,029 and girls writing him endless fan mail." 1102 01:05:07,112 --> 01:05:09,448 And then mommy decides to pitch in and go, 1103 01:05:09,531 --> 01:05:11,742 "ooh, what could he possibly see in you, okay? 1104 01:05:11,825 --> 01:05:13,619 What do you two do up there all night?" 1105 01:05:13,702 --> 01:05:15,079 - And... - [9asr>si 1106 01:05:17,039 --> 01:05:19,792 and I just said, "mom, dad... 1107 01:05:19,875 --> 01:05:23,128 We talk and we listen to music, okay? That's all." 1108 01:05:23,212 --> 01:05:25,589 And then they were going on and on about that photo of you 1109 01:05:25,672 --> 01:05:28,175 and Natalie wood riding around on that bike in Memphis, 1110 01:05:28,258 --> 01:05:30,219 and... And then what I said... 1111 01:05:30,761 --> 01:05:34,056 And I said this really calmly, I said, "listen, okay? 1112 01:05:34,139 --> 01:05:38,352 He's just really lonely. And quite frankly, so am I." 1113 01:05:40,479 --> 01:05:43,023 And then they didn't really know what to say after that, 1114 01:05:43,107 --> 01:05:45,651 so I went upstairs and I went to bed. 1115 01:05:46,568 --> 01:05:48,779 Never met anyone like you. 1116 01:05:49,154 --> 01:05:50,322 Well, I hope not. 1117 01:05:52,699 --> 01:05:55,702 So... what is Natalie wood like? 1118 01:05:56,995 --> 01:05:58,539 She's nice, you know. 1119 01:05:58,622 --> 01:06:00,290 She's been writing me aboutacfing. 1120 01:06:00,374 --> 01:06:01,959 I've been asking her stories about... 1121 01:06:02,668 --> 01:06:04,795 Working with James Dean and... 1122 01:06:04,878 --> 01:06:07,078 God, I just hope to one day be as good as him, you know? 1123 01:06:13,679 --> 01:06:15,514 Colonel's promised me that when I get back 1124 01:06:15,597 --> 01:06:17,975 he's gonna set me up in Hollywood to be a serious actor. 1125 01:06:21,145 --> 01:06:23,605 That's really what I dream of. 1126 01:06:24,731 --> 01:06:27,985 Hey, e.P., e.P., now, you promised the captain 1127 01:06:28,068 --> 01:06:29,945 that you'd get her home by seven. 1128 01:06:30,654 --> 01:06:32,531 Hey, Charlie. What's that behind you? 1129 01:06:32,614 --> 01:06:34,116 What? No... 1130 01:06:35,325 --> 01:06:37,161 He don't boss me around. 1131 01:06:52,050 --> 01:06:54,469 You know, I think if you dream it, you'll do it. 1132 01:06:55,971 --> 01:06:57,097 You do? 1133 01:06:58,515 --> 01:06:59,558 Yeah. 1134 01:07:33,383 --> 01:07:35,069 You no longer want to sing in your films, 1135 01:07:35,093 --> 01:07:37,262 is that right? You want to be a dramatic actor. 1136 01:07:37,346 --> 01:07:39,389 Well, sir, that's my big ambition now. 1137 01:07:39,473 --> 01:07:41,642 It takes a lot of time, a lot of experience. 1138 01:07:42,643 --> 01:07:45,229 He was as good as Brando. 1139 01:07:46,521 --> 01:07:50,192 But you didn't want to see him in movies where he didn't sing. 1140 01:07:50,984 --> 01:07:52,587 J“ a little less conversation j“ 1141 01:07:52,611 --> 01:07:53,862 j“ a little more action j“ 1142 01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:58,784 j“ all this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me j“ 1143 01:07:59,409 --> 01:08:05,499 Thanks to me, his life became one big Hollywood movie! 1144 01:08:06,667 --> 01:08:07,793 Starring Priscilla... 1145 01:08:07,876 --> 01:08:10,587 J“ bright light city gonna set my soul j“ 1146 01:08:10,671 --> 01:08:13,131 j“ gonna set my soul on fire j“ 1147 01:08:13,215 --> 01:08:16,551 And a cast of his "buddies” and "cousins." 1148 01:08:16,635 --> 01:08:18,553 His Memphis mafia. 1149 01:08:18,637 --> 01:08:20,722 J“ so get those stakes up higher j“ 1150 01:08:20,806 --> 01:08:24,643 j“ there's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there j“ 1151 01:08:24,726 --> 01:08:27,771 j“ and they're all livin' the devil may care j“ 1152 01:08:27,854 --> 01:08:31,149 j“ and I'm just the devil with love to spare, so j“ 1153 01:08:31,233 --> 01:08:33,860 j“ viva, Las Vegas j“ 1154 01:08:35,487 --> 01:08:37,739 There was that fairytale wedding. 1155 01:08:37,823 --> 01:08:40,617 And the honeymoon on frank Sinatra's jet. 1156 01:08:40,701 --> 01:08:43,787 And introducing baby Lisa Marie. 1157 01:08:44,997 --> 01:08:49,835 I made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood history. 1158 01:08:49,918 --> 01:08:51,378 We had a lot of fun! 1159 01:08:52,879 --> 01:08:55,132 But Elvis was a young man, 1160 01:08:55,215 --> 01:08:57,634 and of course, he got distracted. 1161 01:08:57,718 --> 01:09:01,680 So we made them faster and cheaper. 1162 01:09:02,848 --> 01:09:04,568 Beatlemania sweeps america, 1163 01:09:04,641 --> 01:09:07,436 as teens turn their attention to the teenage rockers. 1164 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:11,982 Is it my fault the world changed? 1165 01:09:12,065 --> 01:09:13,483 [Gunshofl 1166 01:09:15,694 --> 01:09:18,196 Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1167 01:09:18,280 --> 01:09:21,283 the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement, 1168 01:09:21,366 --> 01:09:23,702 has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee. 1169 01:09:40,260 --> 01:09:43,055 New Elvis stinker bombs, another flop. 1170 01:09:43,138 --> 01:09:46,183 There's no more appetite for Presley pictures. 1171 01:09:46,641 --> 01:09:49,895 It don't matter how hard I worked, 1172 01:09:49,978 --> 01:09:52,064 how many snowjobs I came up with, 1173 01:09:52,147 --> 01:09:54,149 how much snow I made them. 1174 01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:56,526 My boy loved to spend. 1175 01:09:56,610 --> 01:09:59,154 And with them hillbillies around him, 1176 01:09:59,237 --> 01:10:02,366 the money would just melt away. 1177 01:10:02,449 --> 01:10:05,077 With the sale of the ranch and the horses, 1178 01:10:05,160 --> 01:10:06,578 that gonna cover the payroll, 1179 01:10:06,661 --> 01:10:08,914 but as for the security at Graceland... 1180 01:10:08,997 --> 01:10:10,877 Officers also reportedly chased 1181 01:10:10,916 --> 01:10:12,584 and fired on a radio-equipped car 1182 01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:14,544 containing two white men. 1183 01:10:14,628 --> 01:10:16,671 Dr. King was standing on the balcony 1184 01:10:16,755 --> 01:10:19,132 of his second floor hotel room tonight, 1185 01:10:19,216 --> 01:10:21,093 when, according to a companion, 1186 01:10:21,176 --> 01:10:23,512 a shot was fired from across the street. 1187 01:10:24,221 --> 01:10:25,097 Dr. King. 1188 01:10:25,180 --> 01:10:26,407 Uncle Vernon, come quick! 1189 01:10:26,431 --> 01:10:27,808 He always spoke the truth. 1190 01:10:27,891 --> 01:10:28,683 What happened? 1191 01:10:28,767 --> 01:10:31,728 They rushed the 39-year-old negro leader to a hospital, 1192 01:10:31,812 --> 01:10:34,398 where he died of a bullet wound in the neck. 1193 01:10:34,481 --> 01:10:35,541 Jingle, jingles... 1194 01:10:35,565 --> 01:10:38,276 J“ here comes Santa claus here comes Santa claus j“ 1195 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:40,695 j“ right down Santa claus Lane j“ 1196 01:10:40,779 --> 01:10:42,739 j“ Vixen and blitzen and all the reindeer j“ 1197 01:10:42,823 --> 01:10:44,241 j“ pulling on the rein... j“ 1198 01:10:44,324 --> 01:10:46,618 Elvis Presley's wonderful world of Christmas. 1199 01:10:46,701 --> 01:10:47,702 Brought to you by, 1200 01:10:47,786 --> 01:10:49,704 the singer sewing machine company, 1201 01:10:49,788 --> 01:10:51,915 to every television set in america. 1202 01:10:51,998 --> 01:10:53,959 It only takes three days to tape, 1203 01:10:54,042 --> 01:10:54,960 and there's no audience. 1204 01:10:55,043 --> 01:10:56,795 Violence breeds violence, 1205 01:10:56,878 --> 01:10:58,731 - repression breeds retaliation. - Christmas sweater. 1206 01:10:58,755 --> 01:11:02,008 Made on the new singer, home knitting apparatus. 1207 01:11:02,092 --> 01:11:05,178 - Memphis is burning. - And to fear his brother. 1208 01:11:05,262 --> 01:11:07,514 When you teach that he is a lesser man 1209 01:11:07,597 --> 01:11:10,434 because of his color or his beliefs... 1210 01:11:10,517 --> 01:11:12,310 Dreaming of a white Christmas, 1211 01:11:12,394 --> 01:11:15,564 because, oh, it's definitely going to snow. 1212 01:11:15,647 --> 01:11:17,357 Christmas special. 1213 01:11:17,441 --> 01:11:19,443 Is this the best we can do, admiral? 1214 01:11:19,526 --> 01:11:21,528 Well, we took the Hollywood phonies 1215 01:11:21,611 --> 01:11:22,904 for every nickel they had 1216 01:11:22,988 --> 01:11:25,490 and now it is time for us to pack up our tents 1217 01:11:25,574 --> 01:11:27,534 and move on to even greener pastures. 1218 01:11:27,617 --> 01:11:29,202 We've seen "Elvis the rebel," 1219 01:11:29,286 --> 01:11:31,079 we've seen "Elvis the movie star." 1220 01:11:31,163 --> 01:11:34,708 Now we will see "Elvis the family entertainer." 1221 01:11:34,791 --> 01:11:36,251 And appliance salesman? 1222 01:11:38,545 --> 01:11:39,545 What did you say? 1223 01:11:40,589 --> 01:11:43,049 Listen, Jerry, I don't need you to question me 1224 01:11:43,133 --> 01:11:46,136 about how I support my family and every goddamn person here. 1225 01:11:46,219 --> 01:11:47,095 You understand me? 1226 01:11:47,179 --> 01:11:49,639 If you don't like it, you can go back to Memphis. 1227 01:11:52,058 --> 01:11:53,643 Laugh it up, assholes. 1228 01:12:09,910 --> 01:12:11,190 What a beautiful rendition 1229 01:12:11,244 --> 01:12:13,788 of "here comes Santa claus" that was, 1230 01:12:13,872 --> 01:12:17,209 with all the sparkle and magic that the season brings. 1231 01:12:17,292 --> 01:12:19,252 And you'll be even warmer this season 1232 01:12:19,336 --> 01:12:21,838 in a 12 Gauge cable-knit woolen sweater... 1233 01:12:21,922 --> 01:12:23,507 Satnin? —hi. 1234 01:12:23,590 --> 01:12:26,092 Made right at home on the singer sewer sk 155 home knitter. 1235 01:12:26,176 --> 01:12:28,970 And now, here's Elvis! 1236 01:12:32,974 --> 01:12:34,601 Can I watch the memorial with you? 1237 01:12:35,060 --> 01:12:36,394 Yeah, baby. 1238 01:12:43,818 --> 01:12:46,279 I'm so tired of playing Elvis Presley. 1239 01:12:47,030 --> 01:12:49,449 Too many people rely on me. 1240 01:12:52,786 --> 01:12:54,454 I love you. 1241 01:12:54,538 --> 01:12:56,331 And your daughter loves you. 1242 01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:01,127 We don't care about the money or anything else. 1243 01:13:01,211 --> 01:13:02,963 We just want you to be happy. 1244 01:13:03,046 --> 01:13:04,798 J“ lord, hold my hand j“ 1245 01:13:04,881 --> 01:13:06,424 j“ and don't let me fall... j“ 1246 01:13:06,508 --> 01:13:09,594 you're only really happy when you sing the music you love. 1247 01:13:10,303 --> 01:13:14,266 J“ oh j“ 1248 01:13:14,349 --> 01:13:17,644 j“ take my hand j“ 1249 01:13:17,727 --> 01:13:19,229 Mahalia Jackson. 1250 01:13:20,647 --> 01:13:23,358 I used to hear her sing at east street church. 1251 01:13:23,441 --> 01:13:26,736 J“ got a feelin' in my body j“ 1252 01:13:26,820 --> 01:13:28,863 that's the music that makes me happy. 1253 01:13:28,947 --> 01:13:34,452 J“ this will be our lucky... day j“ 1254 01:13:34,536 --> 01:13:38,582 so when things are too dangerous to say... sing! 1255 01:14:20,206 --> 01:14:22,751 You gotta meet these binder and bones guys, e.P. 1256 01:14:23,209 --> 01:14:24,478 They're the ones that put James brown, 1257 01:14:24,502 --> 01:14:27,047 the rolling stones onstage. 1258 01:14:27,130 --> 01:14:28,840 They're doing some cutting edge stuff. 1259 01:14:28,923 --> 01:14:33,094 Mr. Binder, Mr. Howe... Thanks for coming. 1260 01:14:49,402 --> 01:14:51,505 When I first came to Hollywood, I'd come up here 1261 01:14:51,529 --> 01:14:53,073 and sit for hours. 1262 01:14:54,115 --> 01:14:55,825 Right over there, the observatory... 1263 01:14:55,909 --> 01:14:58,203 That's where they shot rebel without a cause. 1264 01:14:58,745 --> 01:15:03,208 Man, I used to dream of being a great actor like Jimmy Dean. 1265 01:15:03,833 --> 01:15:05,919 This sign was beautiful then. 1266 01:15:08,171 --> 01:15:09,714 And now... 1267 01:15:10,173 --> 01:15:12,801 Feels as though lots of things are like that these days. 1268 01:15:13,176 --> 01:15:16,137 Broke down, beat up. 1269 01:15:16,971 --> 01:15:17,972 Rotten. 1270 01:15:20,141 --> 01:15:22,102 I really like what you guys did, 1271 01:15:22,185 --> 01:15:24,688 putting James brown and the stones together. 1272 01:15:24,771 --> 01:15:27,857 We're, uh... Big fans of yours, too. 1273 01:15:28,316 --> 01:15:30,777 It's just that, Mr. Presley, we don't usually... 1274 01:15:30,860 --> 01:15:31,860 Oh, Elvis. 1275 01:15:32,278 --> 01:15:33,697 Elvis, uh... 1276 01:15:35,323 --> 01:15:37,742 Christmas specials aren't really our thing. 1277 01:15:38,118 --> 01:15:39,327 I know. 1278 01:15:41,204 --> 01:15:42,622 Tell me, honestly... 1279 01:15:43,623 --> 01:15:46,000 Where do you boys think my career's at right now? 1280 01:15:47,919 --> 01:15:49,129 Well, it's... 1281 01:15:49,754 --> 01:15:52,465 It's in the toilet, Elvis. 1282 01:15:58,096 --> 01:15:59,639 You hear that, Jerry? 1283 01:16:00,765 --> 01:16:04,018 Oh, lord. I knew you were the right guys for this job. 1284 01:16:04,102 --> 01:16:06,479 You know, back when I was starting out, 1285 01:16:06,563 --> 01:16:09,023 some people wanted to put me in jail, 1286 01:16:09,107 --> 01:16:12,277 even kill me, 'cause of the way I was moving. 1287 01:16:14,487 --> 01:16:16,281 So they cut my hair, 1288 01:16:16,364 --> 01:16:19,242 they put me in uniform and they sent me away. 1289 01:16:22,036 --> 01:16:23,705 That killed my mother. 1290 01:16:26,875 --> 01:16:28,668 And ever since then... 1291 01:16:30,462 --> 01:16:32,338 I've been lost. 1292 01:16:34,132 --> 01:16:36,885 And when you're lost, people take advantage. 1293 01:16:40,096 --> 01:16:43,308 I need you fellas to help me get back to who I really am. 1294 01:16:44,559 --> 01:16:45,810 And who are you, Elvis? 1295 01:16:48,521 --> 01:16:50,666 I sure as hell ain't somebody who sings Christmas songs 1296 01:16:50,690 --> 01:16:52,901 by a fireplace for an hour. 1297 01:16:53,610 --> 01:16:55,528 And what does the colonel think? 1298 01:16:56,237 --> 01:16:58,490 I don't give a damn what the colonel thinks. 1299 01:17:13,713 --> 01:17:15,153 For this television special, 1300 01:17:15,215 --> 01:17:18,218 we've got this bindle fella, number one hotshot director. 1301 01:17:18,301 --> 01:17:21,137 Elvis will be humoring him by doing a few of his fresh ideas. 1302 01:17:21,221 --> 01:17:22,847 Ah, the sweater! 1303 01:17:22,931 --> 01:17:25,016 To Mr. Presley's dressing room, please. 1304 01:17:25,642 --> 01:17:29,062 We are going to sing three spectacular Christmas songs 1305 01:17:29,145 --> 01:17:31,231 in that very sweater. 1306 01:17:33,149 --> 01:17:35,568 Now, when that sign lights up, what do you do? 1307 01:17:36,319 --> 01:17:37,779 Applause. 1308 01:17:41,658 --> 01:17:44,077 "Silent is the night" and "deck the halls," 1309 01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:46,913 and, uh... "Whose child is this?" 1310 01:17:47,622 --> 01:17:49,582 You think we can do some gospel? 1311 01:17:49,666 --> 01:17:51,251 Well, if you want to find yourself, 1312 01:17:51,334 --> 01:17:52,627 first thing you do is go home. 1313 01:17:52,710 --> 01:17:56,256 Metaphorically, you know. Get back to who you really are. 1314 01:17:56,339 --> 01:17:58,299 And what is the boy that... 1315 01:17:58,383 --> 01:18:00,361 - Oh, "the little drummer boy?" - Yes, "the little drumming boy." 1316 01:18:00,385 --> 01:18:02,011 Oh, the... with the... 1317 01:18:02,095 --> 01:18:04,055 We get your old band back together. 1318 01:18:04,138 --> 01:18:07,934 But we are going to start with "here comes Santa claus," 1319 01:18:08,017 --> 01:18:09,853 isn't that right, Mr. Bindle? 1320 01:18:09,936 --> 01:18:11,455 Uh, the Christmas specials come later in the show. 1321 01:18:11,479 --> 01:18:12,313 Can you bring up two? 1322 01:18:12,397 --> 01:18:14,941 A leather jacket. Raw, dirty. 1323 01:18:15,024 --> 01:18:18,111 Remember, ladies and gentlemen, this is television, not radio, 1324 01:18:18,194 --> 01:18:19,737 so when that goes up and you clap, 1325 01:18:19,821 --> 01:18:21,181 let's see it on your faces as well. 1326 01:18:22,407 --> 01:18:23,783 But you need an audience. 1327 01:18:23,867 --> 01:18:25,076 Audience? 1328 01:18:25,159 --> 01:18:26,470 - Bring it over to one. - At any second now, 1329 01:18:26,494 --> 01:18:29,414 Elvis is gonna walk onto this stage and perform just for you. 1330 01:18:29,497 --> 01:18:31,684 Iain't sang in front of an audience in a long time. 1331 01:18:31,708 --> 01:18:32,584 That's my point. 1332 01:18:32,667 --> 01:18:36,296 Ladies and gentlemen, here's Elvis Presley! 1333 01:19:14,292 --> 01:19:17,003 J“ well, since my baby left me j“ 1334 01:19:17,086 --> 01:19:18,838 j“ well, I found a new place to dwell j“ 1335 01:19:19,756 --> 01:19:21,716 j“ well, it's down at the end of lonely street j“ 1336 01:19:21,799 --> 01:19:23,801 j“ at heartbreak hotel j“ 1337 01:19:24,260 --> 01:19:27,805 j“ where I'll be I'll be so lonely, baby j“ 1338 01:19:27,889 --> 01:19:30,224 j“ I'll be so lonely j“ 1339 01:19:30,308 --> 01:19:33,853 j“ I'll be so lonely, I could die j“ 1340 01:19:34,604 --> 01:19:36,814 j“ well, the bellhop's tears keep flowin' j“ 1341 01:19:37,482 --> 01:19:39,609 j“ and the desk clerk's dressed in black j“ 1342 01:19:40,151 --> 01:19:42,570 j“ well, they've been so long on lonely street j“ 1343 01:19:42,654 --> 01:19:44,656 j“ well, they'll never they'll never look back j“ 1344 01:19:46,407 --> 01:19:48,493 j“ they'll be so lonely, baby j“ 1345 01:19:48,576 --> 01:19:50,036 j“ they'll be so lonely j“ 1346 01:19:51,204 --> 01:19:53,498 j“ they'll be so lonely they could die j“ 1347 01:19:56,876 --> 01:20:00,254 Well, that was... energetic. 1348 01:20:02,423 --> 01:20:04,509 J“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 1349 01:20:05,176 --> 01:20:06,469 j“ snoopin' at my door j“ 1350 01:20:07,261 --> 01:20:09,347 j“ you ain't nothin' but a hound dog j“ 1351 01:20:09,889 --> 01:20:11,641 j“ cryin' all the time j“ 1352 01:20:12,558 --> 01:20:14,238 j“ well, you ain't never caught a rabbit j“ 1353 01:20:14,310 --> 01:20:16,938 j“ you ain't no friend of mine j“ 1354 01:20:17,647 --> 01:20:18,648 come on! 1355 01:20:20,066 --> 01:20:21,067 Colonel... 1356 01:20:22,193 --> 01:20:24,153 Is "here comes Santa claus" next? 1357 01:20:24,237 --> 01:20:25,237 Absolutely. 1358 01:20:26,114 --> 01:20:28,032 I see no reason why not. 1359 01:20:28,741 --> 01:20:31,452 He's not in the swe... he's not even wearing the sweater. 1360 01:20:32,453 --> 01:20:35,498 J“ well, it's one for the money two for the show j“ 1361 01:20:35,581 --> 01:20:37,583 j“ three to get ready now go, cat, go j“ 1362 01:20:37,667 --> 01:20:41,295 j“ but don't you step on my blue suede shoes j“ 1363 01:20:42,171 --> 01:20:44,298 I do not know what is going on. 1364 01:20:44,382 --> 01:20:45,383 Singing "hound dog"? 1365 01:20:45,466 --> 01:20:47,677 What does that have to do with Christmas? 1366 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:50,263 J“ blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeah j“ 1367 01:20:50,346 --> 01:20:52,807 j“ blue, blue, blue suede shoes baby j“ 1368 01:20:52,890 --> 01:20:54,767 j“ blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeah j“ 1369 01:20:54,851 --> 01:20:56,769 j“ blue, blue, blue suede shoes j“ 1370 01:20:56,853 --> 01:20:58,354 j“ well, you can do anything j“ 1371 01:20:58,438 --> 01:21:00,732 j“ but lay off of my blue suede shoes j“ 1372 01:21:05,111 --> 01:21:06,863 Young man, you tell them 1373 01:21:06,946 --> 01:21:08,757 it's time for "here comes Santa claus." I said so. Now! 1374 01:21:08,781 --> 01:21:10,575 All right. First positions! 1375 01:21:13,369 --> 01:21:15,830 J“ warden threw a party in the county jail j“ 1376 01:21:15,913 --> 01:21:18,332 j“ the prison band was there and they began to wall j“ 1377 01:21:18,416 --> 01:21:21,377 j“ the band was jumping and the joint began to swing j“ 1378 01:21:21,461 --> 01:21:23,522 j“ you shoulda heard those knocked out jailbirds sing j“ 1379 01:21:23,546 --> 01:21:26,966 j“ let's rock all right, everybody, let's rock j“ 1380 01:21:28,051 --> 01:21:30,928 j“ everybody in the whole cell block j“ 1381 01:21:31,012 --> 01:21:33,014 j“ was dancing to the jailhouse rock j“ 1382 01:21:33,598 --> 01:21:37,852 j“ dancing to the jailhouse rock dancing to the jailhouse rock j“ 1383 01:21:38,603 --> 01:21:42,482 j“ dancing to the jailhouse rock dancing to the jailhouse rock j“ 1384 01:21:42,565 --> 01:21:45,777 J“ they were dancin' j“ 1385 01:21:46,569 --> 01:21:48,738 j“ well, they were dancin'j“ 1386 01:21:48,821 --> 01:21:51,699 j“ to the jailhouse rock j“ 1387 01:21:51,783 --> 01:21:53,284 j“ hah! J“ 1388 01:21:53,993 --> 01:21:55,453 j“ all right j“ 1389 01:22:01,542 --> 01:22:04,253 It's been a long time, baby. 1390 01:22:04,629 --> 01:22:06,214 Along time. 1391 01:22:22,647 --> 01:22:24,291 Well, llike a lot of the new groups, 1392 01:22:24,315 --> 01:22:27,610 you know, the Beatles and the byrds, but, 1393 01:22:27,693 --> 01:22:30,613 a lot of it is basically... 1394 01:22:30,696 --> 01:22:32,740 Rock and roll music is basically, uh... 1395 01:22:32,824 --> 01:22:34,283 Gospel or rhythm and blues. 1396 01:22:35,118 --> 01:22:38,913 Well, that's one thing about this TV special that I'm doing, 1397 01:22:39,372 --> 01:22:41,916 they're gonna let me do what I want to do. 1398 01:22:41,999 --> 01:22:43,793 Sing the music that I want. 1399 01:22:44,210 --> 01:22:45,753 Music that I love. 1400 01:22:48,256 --> 01:22:50,258 Music that makes me happy. 1401 01:22:56,430 --> 01:23:00,893 Those know-it-all hippies had brainwashed Elvis, 1402 01:23:00,977 --> 01:23:03,563 acting like he was one of them radicals, 1403 01:23:03,646 --> 01:23:06,149 throwing his career away to sing spirituals 1404 01:23:06,232 --> 01:23:08,025 with a bunch of longhairs. 1405 01:23:16,075 --> 01:23:17,285 Bindle... 1406 01:23:17,368 --> 01:23:19,429 - Cue the gospel number now. Go. - "Here comes Santa claus." 1407 01:23:19,453 --> 01:23:21,372 J“ up above my head j“ 1408 01:23:23,666 --> 01:23:26,085 J“ there is music in the air j“ 1409 01:23:27,670 --> 01:23:29,463 j“ up above my head j“ 1410 01:23:31,757 --> 01:23:34,135 all right, none of this will be in the special. 1411 01:23:34,218 --> 01:23:36,378 Can you make a note that that should be in the special? 1412 01:23:38,472 --> 01:23:41,684 Okay, now let's segue straight into the whorehouse dancers. Go! 1413 01:23:42,226 --> 01:23:44,395 Whorehouse? No. 1414 01:23:47,064 --> 01:23:49,358 Now bring in the kung fu spectacular. 1415 01:23:49,442 --> 01:23:51,777 What? Kung fu? 1416 01:23:52,778 --> 01:23:54,840 J“ if you ever take a trip down to the ocean j“ 1417 01:23:54,864 --> 01:23:57,700 j“ find yourself down around mobile j“ 1418 01:23:57,783 --> 01:24:00,161 This has nothing to do with Christmas! 1419 01:24:00,244 --> 01:24:01,662 You'll be hearing from our lawyers. 1420 01:24:02,496 --> 01:24:04,183 But, we still have "here comes Santa claus"! 1421 01:24:04,207 --> 01:24:06,375 Santa claus is bringing you a lawsuit! 1422 01:24:06,459 --> 01:24:07,728 J“ digging the finest little five-piece group j“ 1423 01:24:07,752 --> 01:24:09,795 j“ up and down the Gulf of Mexico j“ 1424 01:24:09,879 --> 01:24:11,679 j“ guess who's leading that five-piece band j“ 1425 01:24:11,756 --> 01:24:12,774 j“ well, wouldn't you know j“ 1426 01:24:12,798 --> 01:24:14,438 j“ it's that swinging little guitar man j“ 1427 01:24:15,218 --> 01:24:19,722 j“ I got a feelin' in my body this will be our lucky day j“ 1428 01:24:19,805 --> 01:24:23,434 j“ just put your arms around me real tight j“ 1429 01:24:23,517 --> 01:24:25,853 j“ we'll be released from all our sorrow j“ 1430 01:24:26,562 --> 01:24:27,831 j“ leave it layin' long the way j“ 1431 01:24:27,855 --> 01:24:32,568 j“ well, I'm the king of the jungle they call me the tiger man j“ 1432 01:24:32,652 --> 01:24:36,447 j“ I got a... I got a feelin' in my body j“ 1433 01:24:36,530 --> 01:24:38,407 j“ this will be our lucky day j“ 1434 01:24:41,661 --> 01:24:43,454 Bobby Kennedy been shot! 1435 01:24:43,537 --> 01:24:45,515 Bobby Kennedy's been shot, everybody! 1436 01:24:45,539 --> 01:24:47,917 Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1437 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:51,337 Oh, my god. Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1438 01:24:53,381 --> 01:24:55,383 Get the gun. Get the gun. 1439 01:24:55,466 --> 01:24:57,843 Take a hold of his thumb and break it if you have to! 1440 01:24:57,927 --> 01:24:59,220 Get his gun! 1441 01:24:59,303 --> 01:25:00,680 We're ready on set. 1442 01:25:02,723 --> 01:25:03,975 Oh, my god. 1443 01:25:13,651 --> 01:25:17,571 Senator Kennedy was involved in a shooting, 1444 01:25:17,655 --> 01:25:19,740 that a newsman was involved, 1445 01:25:19,824 --> 01:25:21,284 and that one other man was involved. 1446 01:25:21,367 --> 01:25:24,829 There are now three doctors back there caring for them. 1447 01:25:24,912 --> 01:25:26,831 We gotta get back to work. 1448 01:25:26,914 --> 01:25:27,957 Work? 1449 01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:30,251 Amount of blood on the floor of this anteroom. 1450 01:25:30,334 --> 01:25:33,212 Ice is now being, uh, brought... 1451 01:25:36,382 --> 01:25:38,968 Listen, I, uh... 1452 01:25:40,469 --> 01:25:41,804 I just want to say that... 1453 01:25:43,306 --> 01:25:45,599 That this nation is hurting. 1454 01:25:45,683 --> 01:25:48,060 It's lost. You know? It... 1455 01:25:48,144 --> 01:25:52,023 It needs a voice right now to help it heal. 1456 01:25:54,191 --> 01:25:55,818 We have to say something. 1457 01:25:56,944 --> 01:25:58,112 You... 1458 01:25:58,779 --> 01:26:00,990 Have to make a statement, e.P. 1459 01:26:01,615 --> 01:26:04,702 Mr. Presley does not make statements. 1460 01:26:05,369 --> 01:26:09,248 He sings "here comes Santa claus" 1461 01:26:09,332 --> 01:26:10,958 and wishes everyone, 1462 01:26:11,042 --> 01:26:13,586 "merry Christmas and good night." 1463 01:26:15,796 --> 01:26:17,298 Senator Kennedy's press secretary 1464 01:26:17,381 --> 01:26:19,550 was made roughly an hour and a half ago. 1465 01:26:19,633 --> 01:26:22,553 Some five to ten minutes later, the operation began. 1466 01:26:22,636 --> 01:26:25,056 The six-man team of neurosurgeons 1467 01:26:25,139 --> 01:26:26,616 probing for the bullet that had lodged 1468 01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,351 in senator Kennedy's brain. 1469 01:26:28,434 --> 01:26:30,561 No report yet as to how that operation... 1470 01:26:30,644 --> 01:26:32,688 Poor Mrs. Kennedy. 1471 01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:34,482 This tragedy... 1472 01:26:35,608 --> 01:26:37,109 A tragedy. 1473 01:26:37,777 --> 01:26:40,154 But it has nothing to do with us. 1474 01:26:40,237 --> 01:26:43,783 The white house has reacted to the shooting... 1475 01:26:43,866 --> 01:26:46,035 It has everything to do with us. 1476 01:26:46,118 --> 01:26:49,580 No, I just do not think 1477 01:26:49,663 --> 01:26:52,833 we should be making speeches about politics and religion. 1478 01:26:52,917 --> 01:26:55,503 Dr. King was shot eight miles from Graceland 1479 01:26:55,586 --> 01:26:58,672 while I was out here singing to turtles. 1480 01:26:59,298 --> 01:27:01,467 And now this, and all you can think about is how many 1481 01:27:01,550 --> 01:27:03,302 goddamn sweaters I can sell? 1482 01:27:03,386 --> 01:27:05,638 I am a promoter. That is what I do. 1483 01:27:05,721 --> 01:27:07,681 And I'm Elvis Presley. That's what I do. 1484 01:27:08,182 --> 01:27:10,851 Well, Mr. Bindle has really gotten inside your head 1485 01:27:10,935 --> 01:27:12,853 with all of his hippie friends. 1486 01:27:12,937 --> 01:27:15,106 You actually think that you singing your old songs 1487 01:27:15,189 --> 01:27:16,899 dressed in black leather, 1488 01:27:16,982 --> 01:27:21,153 sweating, mumbling incoherently to the audience was a good show? 1489 01:27:21,529 --> 01:27:23,489 Colonel, I know when I've excited an audience. 1490 01:27:23,572 --> 01:27:26,033 That was not a real audience, my boy. 1491 01:27:26,117 --> 01:27:28,077 There was a sign flashing "applaud," 1492 01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:29,870 telling them when to clap for you. 1493 01:27:29,954 --> 01:27:32,790 This entire jamboree is an embarrassment. 1494 01:27:34,166 --> 01:27:35,486 You have embarrassed the sponsors, 1495 01:27:35,543 --> 01:27:36,686 you have embarrassed yourself, 1496 01:27:36,710 --> 01:27:38,313 you have embarrassed me. 1497 01:27:38,337 --> 01:27:40,923 Now, you can sing whatever songs 1498 01:27:41,006 --> 01:27:44,218 you and Mr. Bindle choose for 55 minutes, 1499 01:27:44,301 --> 01:27:47,638 but at the end of the show, there will be a Christmas song. 1500 01:27:49,014 --> 01:27:51,058 Or else we will be sued. 1501 01:27:52,059 --> 01:27:55,354 No, you will be sued for breach of contract, 1502 01:27:55,438 --> 01:27:58,816 because I will no longer be the promoter of your career. 1503 01:27:58,899 --> 01:28:00,526 I will have to leave you. 1504 01:28:02,653 --> 01:28:03,653 Hmm. 1505 01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:07,616 Mm-hm. 1506 01:28:16,500 --> 01:28:18,169 Now, I have convinced our friends 1507 01:28:18,252 --> 01:28:20,671 at singer sewing machines to come back tomorrow 1508 01:28:20,754 --> 01:28:22,840 for "here comes Santa claus." 1509 01:28:23,215 --> 01:28:25,885 I will see you in the morning, Mr. Presley. 1510 01:28:26,469 --> 01:28:28,053 Oh, and as I recall, 1511 01:28:28,137 --> 01:28:30,639 Dr. King said rock and roll music 1512 01:28:30,723 --> 01:28:33,642 contributed to juvenile delinquency. 1513 01:28:33,726 --> 01:28:35,078 It would be wrong, 1514 01:28:35,102 --> 01:28:36,520 it would be self-deceptive 1515 01:28:36,604 --> 01:28:40,649 to ignore the connection between that lawlessness and hatred 1516 01:28:40,733 --> 01:28:42,902 and this act of violence. 1517 01:28:42,985 --> 01:28:44,320 It would be just as wrong 1518 01:28:44,403 --> 01:28:47,823 and just as self-deceptive to conclude from this act 1519 01:28:48,199 --> 01:28:50,618 that our country itself is sick, 1520 01:28:50,701 --> 01:28:52,369 that it's lost its balance, 1521 01:28:52,453 --> 01:28:54,955 that it's lost its sense of direction, 1522 01:28:55,039 --> 01:28:57,208 even its common decency. 1523 01:28:57,291 --> 01:28:58,876 200 million Americans 1524 01:28:58,959 --> 01:29:02,296 did not strike down Robert Kennedy last night, 1525 01:29:02,379 --> 01:29:03,714 any more than they struck down 1526 01:29:03,797 --> 01:29:07,927 President John F. Kennedy in 1963, 1527 01:29:08,010 --> 01:29:11,305 or Dr. Martin Luther King in April of this year. 1528 01:29:11,388 --> 01:29:13,849 My fellow citizens, we cannot, 1529 01:29:13,933 --> 01:29:16,435 we just must not tolerate the sway 1530 01:29:16,519 --> 01:29:18,687 of violent men among us. 1531 01:29:18,771 --> 01:29:22,608 We must not permit men that are filled with hate... 1532 01:29:31,659 --> 01:29:35,955 J“ here comes Santa claus j“ 1533 01:29:39,041 --> 01:29:43,754 j“ here comes Santa claus j“ 1534 01:29:45,089 --> 01:29:49,426 j“ right down Santa claus... j“ 1535 01:29:56,934 --> 01:30:00,271 We're pretty set for the number tomorrow, right, e.P.? 1536 01:30:00,354 --> 01:30:03,274 It's pretty familiar territory, right? 1537 01:30:05,693 --> 01:30:07,861 A reverend once told me... 1538 01:30:09,989 --> 01:30:12,866 "When things are too dangerous to say... 1539 01:30:15,536 --> 01:30:17,204 Sing." 1540 01:30:40,394 --> 01:30:46,108 J“ there must be lights burning brighter somewhere j“ 1541 01:30:47,610 --> 01:30:51,947 j“ got to be birds flying higherj“ 1542 01:30:52,031 --> 01:30:55,242 j“ in a sky more blue j“ 1543 01:30:57,745 --> 01:31:00,122 Standing by. We're seconds away, folks. 1544 01:31:00,205 --> 01:31:01,433 We're just waiting on upstairs. 1545 01:31:01,457 --> 01:31:04,293 We're gonna get a rehearsal going very shortly. 1546 01:31:04,376 --> 01:31:07,046 Let's go, let's go, people! First positions! 1547 01:31:07,129 --> 01:31:08,714 Here we go, from the top. 1548 01:31:08,797 --> 01:31:11,717 Mrs. Presley is quite the homemaker, Priscilla is, 1549 01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:13,469 and I'm sure she would love to have 1550 01:31:13,552 --> 01:31:16,847 one of the sk551 machines so she can knit Elvis's... 1551 01:31:16,930 --> 01:31:19,141 - They were in there all night. - Doing what? 1552 01:31:19,224 --> 01:31:21,244 He's working on a new song. He says he's singing it. 1553 01:31:21,268 --> 01:31:22,936 New song? Whoa, hey! 1554 01:31:23,020 --> 01:31:25,522 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yes! 1555 01:31:25,606 --> 01:31:27,441 Gentlemen, take your seats. 1556 01:31:30,069 --> 01:31:32,863 Now, that's a winter wonderland. 1557 01:31:32,946 --> 01:31:34,531 Mr. Bindle. 1558 01:31:34,615 --> 01:31:38,952 You and I are on the same page at last. 1559 01:31:39,787 --> 01:31:41,580 Bring up the lights on the sign. 1560 01:31:41,664 --> 01:31:43,290 Okay, yeah. Let's go. 1561 01:31:44,291 --> 01:31:46,710 Dancers, stop. Dancers, stop. Stop! 1562 01:31:47,670 --> 01:31:49,463 Turn about. Turn about. 1563 01:31:50,547 --> 01:31:52,567 You've got to get some roll. I got action on the right side. 1564 01:31:52,591 --> 01:31:55,052 Turn around. Come on, through, through, through! 1565 01:31:58,430 --> 01:32:00,766 J“ we're lost in a cloud j“ 1566 01:32:02,142 --> 01:32:04,645 j“ with too much rain j“ 1567 01:32:06,021 --> 01:32:08,482 j“ we 're trapped in a world j“ 1568 01:32:09,817 --> 01:32:12,403 j“ that's troubled with pain j“ 1569 01:32:13,696 --> 01:32:19,702 j“ but as long as a man has the strength to dream j“ 1570 01:32:19,785 --> 01:32:26,834 j“ he can redeem his soul and fly j“ 1571 01:32:31,130 --> 01:32:37,553 j“ deep in my heart there's a trembling question j“ 1572 01:32:38,804 --> 01:32:42,766 j“ still, I am sure that the answer's j“ 1573 01:32:42,850 --> 01:32:46,019 j“ answer's gonna come somehow j“ 1574 01:32:46,395 --> 01:32:49,273 j“ out there in the dark j“ 1575 01:32:50,065 --> 01:32:54,236 j“ there's a beckoning candle, yeah j“ 1576 01:32:54,319 --> 01:32:57,990 j“ and while I can think while I can talk j“ 1577 01:32:58,073 --> 01:33:01,827 j“ while I can stand while I can walk j“ 1578 01:33:02,161 --> 01:33:05,330 j“ while I can dream j“ 1579 01:33:05,789 --> 01:33:09,376 j“ oh, please let my dream j“ 1580 01:33:09,960 --> 01:33:13,547 j“ come true, oh j“ 1581 01:33:17,301 --> 01:33:20,554 j“ right now j“ 1582 01:33:21,096 --> 01:33:23,640 j“ let it come true right now j“ 1583 01:33:36,278 --> 01:33:38,322 Thank you. Goodnight. 1584 01:33:38,405 --> 01:33:40,824 I was always said, when it came to music, 1585 01:33:40,908 --> 01:33:42,618 my boy knows best. 1586 01:33:42,701 --> 01:33:47,372 But, the special was my idea. It was a tremendous hit. 1587 01:33:48,415 --> 01:33:50,125 We was back on top. 1588 01:33:50,209 --> 01:33:53,962 But some people were putting ideas into his head 1589 01:33:54,046 --> 01:33:57,758 that he didn't need me no more. 1590 01:34:03,388 --> 01:34:04,556 Whoo-hoo! 1591 01:34:06,016 --> 01:34:07,017 It's working. 1592 01:34:07,100 --> 01:34:08,727 London, Germany, Japan... 1593 01:34:08,811 --> 01:34:10,312 Hulett here has got it all lined up. 1594 01:34:10,395 --> 01:34:12,022 Air Presley's new wings. 1595 01:34:12,105 --> 01:34:14,167 You know, when you play stadiums, it's like... 1596 01:34:14,191 --> 01:34:16,026 You do a week of shows in just one night. 1597 01:34:16,109 --> 01:34:18,695 And when it's done, you get on the plane... 1598 01:34:18,779 --> 01:34:20,823 You go where you want, you play where you want, 1599 01:34:20,906 --> 01:34:23,367 and if they don't like it, you go some place else. 1600 01:34:23,450 --> 01:34:25,369 You know who told me that? Bb. King. 1601 01:34:25,452 --> 01:34:26,995 Well, b.B. Knows, man. 1602 01:34:27,079 --> 01:34:29,540 And the some place else you should be going is overseas. 1603 01:34:29,623 --> 01:34:30,499 I like that. 1604 01:34:30,582 --> 01:34:33,377 You know, I heard last year alone, you had two offers. 1605 01:34:33,460 --> 01:34:37,923 Germany and Japan, for a million bucks for one night. 1606 01:34:38,006 --> 01:34:40,050 I mean, why the colonel would turn that down, 1607 01:34:40,133 --> 01:34:41,593 I have no idea, man. 1608 01:34:41,677 --> 01:34:44,263 Well, if you figure it out, can you let us know? 1609 01:34:44,346 --> 01:34:45,222 Yeah. 1610 01:34:45,305 --> 01:34:46,616 Well, screw him. You've got the plane now. 1611 01:34:46,640 --> 01:34:48,225 You should use it. 1612 01:34:48,308 --> 01:34:50,269 Yeah, come to daddy. 1613 01:34:50,352 --> 01:34:52,354 Maybe we should call it the "Lisa Marie." 1614 01:34:52,437 --> 01:34:53,706 That's a beautiful name. 1615 01:34:53,730 --> 01:34:54,815 Right? 1616 01:34:57,234 --> 01:34:59,987 Hit me. Hit me. 1617 01:35:00,612 --> 01:35:04,449 Mr. Parker, Mr. Kohn would like to see you. 1618 01:35:05,117 --> 01:35:07,452 Colonel Parker. Hit me. 1619 01:35:09,580 --> 01:35:11,582 I can't, sorry. 1620 01:35:14,668 --> 01:35:17,170 You've run up quite a tab, colonel. 1621 01:35:17,254 --> 01:35:20,507 And we hear your boy's working with new people. 1622 01:35:21,592 --> 01:35:24,303 You've lost your meal ticket. 1623 01:35:24,386 --> 01:35:29,224 It's time to settle up, before we have to make things... 1624 01:35:29,308 --> 01:35:30,934 Uncomfortable. 1625 01:35:31,018 --> 01:35:34,271 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 1626 01:35:34,354 --> 01:35:37,065 No passport, no residency. 1627 01:35:37,399 --> 01:35:40,277 You were never a colonel. Never a Tom. 1628 01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:42,154 You weren't even a Parker. 1629 01:35:42,237 --> 01:35:47,743 Why did you flee Holland, Andreas Van kuijk? 1630 01:35:51,538 --> 01:35:53,391 I don't know why 1631 01:35:53,415 --> 01:35:55,184 you can't just let the lawyers take care of it. 1632 01:35:55,208 --> 01:35:56,528 Lhave to see him in Vegas. 1633 01:35:56,752 --> 01:35:59,212 He's in the hospital. It's the right thing to do. 1634 01:35:59,296 --> 01:36:00,648 - Yeah, well... - He's frail right now. 1635 01:36:00,672 --> 01:36:01,983 You know what he's like, baby. 1636 01:36:02,007 --> 01:36:04,051 Hey! Watch it. 1637 01:36:04,134 --> 01:36:05,737 You know what he's like. The second that you're near him 1638 01:36:05,761 --> 01:36:08,239 you'll be under ten feet of snow before you know what's happened. 1639 01:36:08,263 --> 01:36:11,475 My mind's made up. Business is business. 1640 01:36:11,558 --> 01:36:12,643 He and I are done. 1641 01:36:12,726 --> 01:36:14,645 But I owe it to him to tell him to his face. 1642 01:36:14,728 --> 01:36:18,398 Well, just make sure he doesn't clip your wings, honey. 1643 01:36:18,482 --> 01:36:20,233 He won't! 1644 01:36:20,317 --> 01:36:22,986 I am gonna go see him in Vegas. 1645 01:36:23,070 --> 01:36:27,240 I'm gonna look him in the eyes, and I'm gonna tell him... 1646 01:36:27,783 --> 01:36:29,802 - Watch my hair. - I'm gonna tell him... 1647 01:36:29,826 --> 01:36:31,203 - Mm-hm. - Mm-hm. 1648 01:36:32,704 --> 01:36:33,704 It's over. 1649 01:36:54,851 --> 01:36:56,520 Colonel doesn't want you making a fuss. 1650 01:37:03,527 --> 01:37:04,653 - Colonel? - Mm? 1651 01:37:04,736 --> 01:37:05,779 Elvis is here. 1652 01:37:07,155 --> 01:37:09,366 Oh. My boy. 1653 01:37:10,242 --> 01:37:12,411 Admiral. How are you? 1654 01:37:12,494 --> 01:37:15,497 Oh, my boy, I should have come down to see you. 1655 01:37:15,580 --> 01:37:18,125 But I'm a little laid up, you know. 1656 01:37:18,208 --> 01:37:19,352 You've just had a heart attack. 1657 01:37:19,376 --> 01:37:20,736 You're not meant to get out of bed. 1658 01:37:20,794 --> 01:37:23,255 Heart attack? Colonel, you said your back... 1659 01:37:23,338 --> 01:37:27,300 My heart just stopped is all, and I fell. It's... 1660 01:37:27,384 --> 01:37:29,428 I put my back out. 1661 01:37:31,596 --> 01:37:32,597 There you go. 1662 01:37:32,681 --> 01:37:36,226 It was all the excitement about the Christmas special, you see. 1663 01:37:36,309 --> 01:37:37,644 I should never have worried, 1664 01:37:37,728 --> 01:37:41,481 because you came through like you always do. 1665 01:37:41,565 --> 01:37:46,028 Nobody can sell "show" to an audience like you. 1666 01:37:46,111 --> 01:37:48,363 I admit it. I was wrong. 1667 01:37:50,407 --> 01:37:51,783 Colonel, I... 1668 01:37:52,993 --> 01:37:54,745 I wanted to tell you in person. 1669 01:37:57,914 --> 01:38:00,292 As far as business is concerned... 1670 01:38:01,334 --> 01:38:03,545 I think we need to go our separate ways. 1671 01:38:08,675 --> 01:38:09,968 Well, you may be right. 1672 01:38:10,802 --> 01:38:13,138 Maybe it is time for me to retire. 1673 01:38:13,221 --> 01:38:15,182 Oh, come on, colonel, quit snowin' me. 1674 01:38:15,265 --> 01:38:16,641 You ain't retiring. 1675 01:38:17,225 --> 01:38:20,437 I will miss the circus. I will. 1676 01:38:21,313 --> 01:38:23,607 But I cannot keep up with these young fellas, 1677 01:38:23,690 --> 01:38:25,317 like your Mr. Hulett, 1678 01:38:25,400 --> 01:38:28,236 who wants to put together a new show 1679 01:38:28,320 --> 01:38:30,947 for an international tour, 1680 01:38:31,031 --> 01:38:33,492 for you to play stadiums. 1681 01:38:33,575 --> 01:38:38,246 These international tours are very, very expensive. 1682 01:38:39,039 --> 01:38:42,417 And the costs cut into the artist's profits. 1683 01:38:42,501 --> 01:38:44,503 I worry that the financial risk 1684 01:38:44,586 --> 01:38:46,797 would put a strain on your daddy. 1685 01:38:47,631 --> 01:38:51,218 But I cannot help but think, as your former technical advisor 1686 01:38:51,301 --> 01:38:54,471 and as an old friend, what if... 1687 01:38:54,554 --> 01:38:59,267 The next Elvis Presley show did not cost you a red cent? 1688 01:39:02,145 --> 01:39:07,234 I wonder if your daddy would not like the sound of that. 1689 01:39:08,777 --> 01:39:12,072 The brand-new international hotel. 1690 01:39:31,633 --> 01:39:34,219 It's a mighty big stage. 1691 01:39:34,302 --> 01:39:35,971 The biggest in Las Vegas. 1692 01:39:36,555 --> 01:39:38,682 You could get lost in a place like this. 1693 01:39:38,765 --> 01:39:41,560 My boy, you performed that comeback special 1694 01:39:41,643 --> 01:39:44,396 on a tiny square, inside a studio, 1695 01:39:44,479 --> 01:39:46,314 and the fans loved it. 1696 01:39:46,398 --> 01:39:47,774 In a room this size, 1697 01:39:47,858 --> 01:39:52,654 you could give them the greatest show on earth. 1698 01:39:52,737 --> 01:39:54,990 Nothing less than Elvis Presley. 1699 01:39:56,324 --> 01:39:59,286 I've been experimenting with a new, big sound. 1700 01:39:59,369 --> 01:40:00,704 Good. Good, my boy. 1701 01:40:00,787 --> 01:40:02,956 Because you can fill up this entire stage 1702 01:40:03,039 --> 01:40:05,584 with every musical idea that is inside that head. 1703 01:40:06,918 --> 01:40:08,336 No, it would cost. 1704 01:40:08,420 --> 01:40:10,839 Yes, that's the beauty of it. 1705 01:40:10,922 --> 01:40:12,682 You see, this here international ho... tel... 1706 01:40:18,972 --> 01:40:20,515 This international hotel... 1707 01:40:20,599 --> 01:40:21,599 Mm-hm. 1708 01:40:21,641 --> 01:40:24,436 Needs a major drawing card 1709 01:40:24,519 --> 01:40:27,355 to pull in all the rubes and put it on the map. 1710 01:40:28,481 --> 01:40:31,067 So they will cover all of the costs 1711 01:40:31,151 --> 01:40:33,236 of putting together your show. 1712 01:40:33,320 --> 01:40:35,030 And you just play here for six weeks, 1713 01:40:35,113 --> 01:40:36,948 and then off you go, 1714 01:40:37,032 --> 01:40:40,076 to tour around the world 1715 01:40:40,160 --> 01:40:43,747 with no financial risk to Elvis Presley enterprises. 1716 01:40:43,830 --> 01:40:45,207 None. 1717 01:40:49,920 --> 01:40:51,922 Well, god damn. 1718 01:40:58,553 --> 01:41:01,431 - Snowman strikes again. - Oh, yeah. 1719 01:41:01,514 --> 01:41:04,476 We're going to make it snow. It will snow. 1720 01:41:05,810 --> 01:41:08,122 First of all, we're gonna need the sweet inspirations. 1721 01:41:08,146 --> 01:41:10,398 J“ yeah, yeah j“ 1722 01:41:10,482 --> 01:41:11,522 And the lmperials. 1723 01:41:11,566 --> 01:41:14,736 J“ we're caught in a trap I can't walk out j“ 1724 01:41:14,819 --> 01:41:16,821 And a 30-piece orchestra. 1725 01:41:24,496 --> 01:41:27,082 You know, the first thing that I ever recorded, 1726 01:41:27,165 --> 01:41:28,583 the very first thing, 1727 01:41:28,667 --> 01:41:31,670 was an old, uh, rhythm and blues-type song 1728 01:41:31,753 --> 01:41:33,922 called "that's all right little mama." 1729 01:41:34,005 --> 01:41:36,466 And back then we only had 1730 01:41:36,549 --> 01:41:38,969 two or three instruments at the time. 1731 01:41:39,886 --> 01:41:41,721 But this ain't no nostalgia show. 1732 01:41:41,805 --> 01:41:43,723 We 're gonna do something different. 1733 01:41:48,228 --> 01:41:51,481 I, uh... I wanna try something new. 1734 01:41:52,315 --> 01:41:55,443 All right, Glen, you're gonna start us off, okay? 1735 01:41:56,027 --> 01:41:57,279 Take the intro here. 1736 01:42:14,546 --> 01:42:16,172 All right, bring that bass up, Jerry. 1737 01:42:20,510 --> 01:42:21,678 Keep playing. 1738 01:42:24,055 --> 01:42:25,432 Whoo! 1739 01:42:25,515 --> 01:42:28,310 Oh! Oh! Oh! 1740 01:42:28,393 --> 01:42:30,037 -J“ that's all right j“ -j“ that's all right j“ 1741 01:42:30,061 --> 01:42:31,580 -j“ that's all right j“ -j“ that's all right j“ 1742 01:42:31,604 --> 01:42:33,524 - boys... - J“ that's all rightj“ 1743 01:42:33,606 --> 01:42:34,274 With me. 1744 01:42:34,357 --> 01:42:36,276 J“ any way you do j“ 1745 01:42:36,359 --> 01:42:37,359 all right. 1746 01:42:42,324 --> 01:42:43,908 James, you ready? 1747 01:42:43,992 --> 01:42:45,869 Oh! 1748 01:42:52,500 --> 01:42:53,626 Flames, man! 1749 01:42:53,710 --> 01:42:55,837 Flames are coming out of that guitar. 1750 01:42:55,920 --> 01:42:58,631 I got that. Ronnie. 1751 01:42:58,715 --> 01:42:59,841 I'll get back to that. 1752 01:43:00,592 --> 01:43:03,219 Horns, you ready? 1753 01:43:03,511 --> 01:43:06,973 Ba-da-bom! Ba-da-bom! 1754 01:43:09,726 --> 01:43:10,727 Let's up the octave! 1755 01:43:12,479 --> 01:43:15,231 Yeah! God damn! 1756 01:43:15,315 --> 01:43:18,568 All right, 'bones. On a one, three, four... 1757 01:43:25,867 --> 01:43:28,370 Ronnie, you know what to do, man. 1758 01:43:28,453 --> 01:43:30,538 Do it to me, come on. Take us home. 1759 01:43:32,499 --> 01:43:35,460 Huh, huh, huh, huh hathathah! 1760 01:43:35,543 --> 01:43:37,587 Come on. Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1761 01:43:37,670 --> 01:43:39,297 Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1762 01:43:55,897 --> 01:43:58,483 - Colonel, nice to see you. - Oh, here you are. 1763 01:43:58,566 --> 01:44:00,110 Yeah. Here you go. 1764 01:44:02,821 --> 01:44:04,155 -How 'bout a hound dog? —cool. 1765 01:44:04,239 --> 01:44:05,383 I'll fix you with some food and drink. 1766 01:44:05,407 --> 01:44:06,407 Thank you. 1767 01:44:09,619 --> 01:44:11,204 All right, let's go. 1768 01:44:46,656 --> 01:44:50,034 J“ well, that's all right, mama that's all right with you j“ 1769 01:44:50,118 --> 01:44:52,871 j“ that's all right, mama just any way you do j“ 1770 01:44:52,954 --> 01:44:54,473 - j“ that's all right j“ -J“ that's all right j“ 1771 01:44:54,497 --> 01:44:56,517 - j“ that's all right j“ -J“ that's all right j“ 1772 01:44:56,541 --> 01:45:02,630 j“ that's all right now, mama any way you do, yeah j“ 1773 01:45:03,047 --> 01:45:06,426 j“ well, my mama, she done told me papa told me too j“ 1774 01:45:07,218 --> 01:45:09,697 j“ "the life your livin, son now, women be the death of you” j“ 1775 01:45:09,721 --> 01:45:10,847 j“ now, that's all right j“ 1776 01:45:11,514 --> 01:45:13,016 j“ that's all right j“ 1777 01:45:13,099 --> 01:45:17,770 j“ that's all right now, mama any way you do j“ 1778 01:45:27,197 --> 01:45:28,531 J“ that's all right j“ 1779 01:45:28,948 --> 01:45:30,200 j“ that's all right j“ 1780 01:45:30,783 --> 01:45:32,410 j“ that's all right j“ 1781 01:45:32,494 --> 01:45:34,496 j“ any way you do j“ 1782 01:45:36,456 --> 01:45:39,834 j“ da, da-da, Dee, Dee, Dee Dee, Dee, Dee-Dee j“ 1783 01:45:39,918 --> 01:45:43,129 j“ Dee, Dee, Dee-Dee Dee-Dee, Dee-Dee, Dee-Dee, do j“ 1784 01:45:43,213 --> 01:45:44,857 - j“ that's all right j“ -J“ that's all right j“ 1785 01:45:44,881 --> 01:45:46,400 - j“ that's all right j“ -J“ that's all right j“ 1786 01:45:46,424 --> 01:45:51,387 j“ that's all right now, mama any way you do j“ 1787 01:45:53,056 --> 01:45:58,228 j“ well, that's all right now, mama any way you do j“ 1788 01:46:10,240 --> 01:46:13,117 Ain't nobody gonna do a better show than that. 1789 01:46:13,201 --> 01:46:14,661 I tell ya, if I was you, 1790 01:46:14,744 --> 01:46:16,913 I would book him for a hundred years. 1791 01:46:18,498 --> 01:46:20,708 Well, no better time than the present. 1792 01:46:21,417 --> 01:46:24,170 But, we hear hulett has him doing a world tour. 1793 01:46:26,422 --> 01:46:29,467 Well, well, well, uh, I think Mr. Presley 1794 01:46:29,551 --> 01:46:33,179 could be persuaded to make the international his home, 1795 01:46:33,263 --> 01:46:36,140 provided he was paid pretty well. 1796 01:46:36,724 --> 01:46:38,142 What did you have in mind? 1797 01:46:38,226 --> 01:46:40,853 I'd like to introduce to you a couple of people tonight, 1798 01:46:40,937 --> 01:46:43,606 one of which being my beautiful wife, Priscilla. 1799 01:46:45,483 --> 01:46:46,794 Would you stand up, honey? 1800 01:46:46,818 --> 01:46:50,697 For an attraction as tremendous as Mr. Presley... 1801 01:46:50,780 --> 01:46:53,575 We love you, Priscilla! 1802 01:46:54,450 --> 01:46:57,996 Also, this man over here, I wouldn't be here without, 1803 01:46:58,079 --> 01:47:01,291 my manager of many years, colonel Sanders. 1804 01:47:01,374 --> 01:47:04,711 Parker. Parker. 1805 01:47:05,295 --> 01:47:07,297 Well, we're gonna do a new song for you tonight. 1806 01:47:07,380 --> 01:47:09,215 It's called "suspicious minds." 1807 01:47:09,632 --> 01:47:10,883 "Suspicious minds." 1808 01:47:15,305 --> 01:47:17,140 J“ we're caught in a trap j“ 1809 01:47:18,891 --> 01:47:20,977 j“ I can't walk out j“ 1810 01:47:22,520 --> 01:47:28,026 j“ because llove you too much, baby j“ 1811 01:47:30,278 --> 01:47:31,654 j“ why can't you see j“ 1812 01:47:32,030 --> 01:47:34,949 j“ oh, what you're doin' to me j“ 1813 01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:42,165 j“ oh, when you don't believe a word I'm sayin'? J“ 1814 01:47:44,959 --> 01:47:50,673 j“ we can't go on together with suspicious minds j“ 1815 01:47:51,507 --> 01:47:54,552 j“ and we can't build our dreams j“ 1816 01:47:54,636 --> 01:47:58,473 j“ on suspicious minds j“ 1817 01:47:58,556 --> 01:48:02,143 j“ so, if an old friend I know shove it up your nose j“ 1818 01:48:02,226 --> 01:48:05,730 j“ stops by to say hello j“ 1819 01:48:06,189 --> 01:48:12,445 J“ would I still see suspicion in your eyes? J“ 1820 01:48:13,446 --> 01:48:16,741 that is what my boy would expect. 1821 01:48:18,743 --> 01:48:21,454 Now... 1822 01:48:21,537 --> 01:48:23,498 What are you going to pay me? 1823 01:48:29,170 --> 01:48:32,215 J“ oh, let our love survive j“ 1824 01:48:33,299 --> 01:48:38,262 colonel, your sideshow is the jackpot. 1825 01:48:39,889 --> 01:48:42,350 If you bring him back every year, 1826 01:48:42,433 --> 01:48:44,894 I'll make it worth your while. 1827 01:48:45,019 --> 01:48:47,271 J“ oh, I've never... j“ 1828 01:48:49,732 --> 01:48:52,276 j“ ...Lied to you j“ 1829 01:48:53,486 --> 01:48:54,862 j“ caught in a trap j“ 1830 01:48:56,572 --> 01:48:59,117 j“ I can't walk out j“ 1831 01:48:59,492 --> 01:49:01,119 j“ ...Good thing die j“ 1832 01:49:03,955 --> 01:49:07,667 j“ yeah, yeah now, don't you know j“ 1833 01:49:07,750 --> 01:49:09,794 j“ caught in a trap j“ 1834 01:49:10,962 --> 01:49:12,630 J“ I can't walk out j“ 1835 01:49:14,215 --> 01:49:17,301 j“ because have you too much j“ 1836 01:49:21,180 --> 01:49:25,768 j“ caught in a trap I can't walk out j“ 1837 01:49:27,228 --> 01:49:30,022 j“ because have you too much j“ 1838 01:49:34,110 --> 01:49:38,781 j“ caught in a trap I can't walk out j“ 1839 01:49:40,199 --> 01:49:42,994 j“ because have you too much j“ 1840 01:49:47,081 --> 01:49:51,294 j“ caught in a trap I can't walk out j“ 1841 01:49:53,045 --> 01:49:57,633 j“ because llove you too much, baby j“ 1842 01:49:58,342 --> 01:50:01,304 j“ oh, don't you know caught in a trap j“ 1843 01:50:03,473 --> 01:50:06,809 of course, I will reserve the right to sell calendars, 1844 01:50:06,893 --> 01:50:08,102 pictures and such? 1845 01:50:11,314 --> 01:50:13,274 You do whatever you want, colonel, 1846 01:50:13,357 --> 01:50:17,236 as long as that boy stays on that stage. 1847 01:50:31,667 --> 01:50:33,920 My boy's light burned brighter 1848 01:50:34,003 --> 01:50:36,798 than even 15 years before. 1849 01:50:36,881 --> 01:50:38,090 Hi, darlin'. 1850 01:51:05,910 --> 01:51:08,955 I saw, in her face that night, 1851 01:51:09,038 --> 01:51:11,415 what I had always known. 1852 01:51:11,999 --> 01:51:17,421 She could never compete with the love he felt from you. 1853 01:51:25,513 --> 01:51:27,265 I'm sorry I couldn't make it up there, man. 1854 01:51:28,933 --> 01:51:32,812 J“ take my... take my hand j“ 1855 01:51:33,354 --> 01:51:37,650 j“ take my whole... whole life too j“ 1856 01:51:38,234 --> 01:51:40,611 j“ for I... for I... ican't help j“ 1857 01:51:40,695 --> 01:51:42,238 hey, guys. Time to go back. 1858 01:51:42,321 --> 01:51:46,158 J“ falling in love with you j“ 1859 01:51:46,242 --> 01:51:51,747 j“ oh, oh, for I... For I... can't help j“ 1860 01:51:51,831 --> 01:51:57,378 j“ falling in love with j“ 1861 01:51:57,753 --> 01:52:00,590 j“ youj“ 1862 01:52:20,735 --> 01:52:22,320 Thank you very much. 1863 01:52:26,449 --> 01:52:28,451 Thank you! Thank you. 1864 01:52:43,090 --> 01:52:44,967 Such a fine show. 1865 01:52:50,514 --> 01:52:52,391 Yeah, baby! Yeah. 1866 01:52:52,475 --> 01:52:54,852 - Wow, great show. - Thank you. Thank you, all. 1867 01:52:54,936 --> 01:52:56,696 God damn, Elvis. That was great. 1868 01:52:57,438 --> 01:52:58,624 That was fantastic. 1869 01:52:58,648 --> 01:53:01,025 There she is. 1870 01:53:09,700 --> 01:53:12,078 Oh, god. I don't know who that was out there. 1871 01:53:12,161 --> 01:53:14,372 You were... you... 1872 01:53:14,455 --> 01:53:17,249 You were incredible. You were... you were everything. 1873 01:53:17,333 --> 01:53:20,670 Thank you, baby. Thank you. 1874 01:53:22,588 --> 01:53:24,548 Mr. Elvis Presley, 1875 01:53:24,632 --> 01:53:26,884 I guess that's your new manager over there, hm? 1876 01:53:27,385 --> 01:53:28,803 -Mm-hm. 1877 01:53:29,178 --> 01:53:31,430 Yeah. I'm gonna go talk to him, all right? 1878 01:53:31,514 --> 01:53:33,265 - —Okay. - You okay to get upstairs? 1879 01:53:33,349 --> 01:53:34,350 Mm-hm. Yeah. 1880 01:53:49,740 --> 01:53:52,743 Tremendous... Tremendous triumph. 1881 01:53:52,827 --> 01:53:55,663 The greatest show on earth. 1882 01:53:55,746 --> 01:54:00,459 My dear boy, this brainchild came from you and me, 1883 01:54:00,543 --> 01:54:04,213 but you alone Rose above it all, and it worked with your talent, 1884 01:54:04,296 --> 01:54:07,675 and your dedication. 1885 01:54:07,758 --> 01:54:09,343 We did it. We did it! 1886 01:54:09,427 --> 01:54:11,178 We did it. —we did. 1887 01:54:12,805 --> 01:54:15,641 Come on. 1888 01:54:17,601 --> 01:54:20,021 I can't wait to show the world what you and I can do. 1889 01:54:22,815 --> 01:54:25,359 The world will see this show. 1890 01:54:25,443 --> 01:54:27,486 Whatever it takes, I guarantee it. 1891 01:54:27,570 --> 01:54:28,904 Whatever I have to do. 1892 01:54:33,200 --> 01:54:34,594 Ladies and gentlemen of the press, 1893 01:54:34,618 --> 01:54:37,204 the king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley! 1894 01:54:39,165 --> 01:54:40,666 No, I'm not the king. 1895 01:54:40,750 --> 01:54:43,544 Hey, fats. Mr. Fats domino, ladies and gentlemen. 1896 01:54:43,627 --> 01:54:45,421 This is the real king of rock and roll. 1897 01:54:45,504 --> 01:54:46,547 Yeah, I'm somethin' else. 1898 01:54:46,630 --> 01:54:49,133 Any plans to take this show on tour? 1899 01:54:49,216 --> 01:54:51,302 There's so many places I haven't been yet, you know. 1900 01:54:51,385 --> 01:54:54,889 I'd like to go to Europe. I'd like to go to Japan. 1901 01:54:55,473 --> 01:54:57,266 I've never been out of the country, 1902 01:54:57,349 --> 01:54:58,768 except in the service. 1903 01:55:04,899 --> 01:55:06,259 What are you lookin' at back there? 1904 01:55:07,318 --> 01:55:08,319 Oh, Mr. Diskin. 1905 01:55:08,402 --> 01:55:10,279 Have we discussed with Mr. Hulett, 1906 01:55:10,362 --> 01:55:11,642 pertaining to the death threats? 1907 01:55:11,906 --> 01:55:13,199 The death threats? 1908 01:55:14,033 --> 01:55:16,702 Precisely. Death threats! 1909 01:55:18,287 --> 01:55:20,372 J“ down in Louisiana j“ 1910 01:55:20,456 --> 01:55:23,250 j“ where the alligators grow so mean j“ 1911 01:55:24,418 --> 01:55:27,713 j“ lived a girl that I swear to the world j“ 1912 01:55:27,797 --> 01:55:30,007 j“ made the alligators look tame j“ 1913 01:55:30,091 --> 01:55:32,009 j“ polk salad Annie j“ 1914 01:55:34,011 --> 01:55:35,655 Colonel, once we finish the season, 1915 01:55:35,679 --> 01:55:37,223 Elvis wants to take the tour overseas. 1916 01:55:37,765 --> 01:55:40,851 Overseas? Have you thought about security, Jerry? 1917 01:55:40,935 --> 01:55:42,186 Of course lhave. 1918 01:55:42,978 --> 01:55:44,939 This is Elvis Presley, 1919 01:55:45,022 --> 01:55:48,109 the most famous man on the planet. 1920 01:55:48,192 --> 01:55:50,027 J“ straight-razor totin' woman j“ 1921 01:55:50,778 --> 01:55:52,154 j“ lord, have mercy j“ 1922 01:55:52,238 --> 01:55:53,757 The crazies in those countries... 1923 01:55:53,781 --> 01:55:56,158 They're a hundred times more dangerous. 1924 01:55:56,242 --> 01:55:58,702 Am I the only one who thinks about security? 1925 01:55:59,078 --> 01:56:01,288 J“ sock a little polk salad j“ 1926 01:56:02,123 --> 01:56:03,457 j“ you know I need it j“ 1927 01:56:05,251 --> 01:56:08,337 there is nothing more important than security! 1928 01:56:21,976 --> 01:56:26,522 Am I the only one who ever thinks about Elvis's security! 1929 01:56:33,362 --> 01:56:34,572 Get him out of here! 1930 01:56:41,203 --> 01:56:42,913 Those guys turned out to be 1931 01:56:42,997 --> 01:56:45,332 some over-excited fans from Peru. 1932 01:56:45,416 --> 01:56:48,085 But, the death threats were real. 1933 01:56:48,169 --> 01:56:50,629 I'm going back on. 1934 01:56:50,713 --> 01:56:52,798 I'll rip his goddamn tongue out by the roots. 1935 01:56:52,882 --> 01:56:56,677 It started to take its toll. 1936 01:56:56,760 --> 01:56:59,805 Here at baptist memorial hospital in midtown Memphis, 1937 01:56:59,889 --> 01:57:02,933 Elvis Presley has apparently checked in to a private suite, 1938 01:57:03,017 --> 01:57:04,768 suffering from exhaustion. 1939 01:57:04,852 --> 01:57:07,021 A sign that Elvis is in fact here 1940 01:57:07,104 --> 01:57:10,858 is the aluminum foil that covers his windows to deflect the sun. 1941 01:57:10,941 --> 01:57:12,502 Shock around the nation today 1942 01:57:12,526 --> 01:57:14,862 as a free rock concert at the altamont speedway, 1943 01:57:14,945 --> 01:57:17,323 by English band the rolling stones, 1944 01:57:17,406 --> 01:57:19,241 ended with four deaths. 1945 01:57:19,325 --> 01:57:21,785 One resulting from a stabbing, allegedly committed... 1946 01:57:21,869 --> 01:57:23,996 Elvis, Dr. Nick is here. 1947 01:57:26,123 --> 01:57:28,083 Such a lovely girl, Ms. Tate. 1948 01:57:28,167 --> 01:57:30,753 What has happened to law and order in this country? 1949 01:57:30,836 --> 01:57:32,630 Hippies and radicals, 1950 01:57:32,713 --> 01:57:36,050 threatening and killing popular entertainers. 1951 01:57:36,133 --> 01:57:40,346 The ira blowing up england? Planes exploding in mid-air? 1952 01:57:40,429 --> 01:57:41,680 Has the world gone mad? 1953 01:57:41,764 --> 01:57:44,725 Hulett's security is not what it needs to be. 1954 01:57:44,808 --> 01:57:45,935 And he knows it. 1955 01:57:46,018 --> 01:57:48,604 An international tour now is out of the question. 1956 01:57:48,687 --> 01:57:49,873 What are you talking about, colonel? 1957 01:57:49,897 --> 01:57:52,524 I ain't gonna let these sons of bitches push me off the stage. 1958 01:57:52,608 --> 01:57:53,608 Precisely. 1959 01:57:53,651 --> 01:57:55,903 You are not one of hulett's long-hair zeppelins, 1960 01:57:55,986 --> 01:57:57,988 you are Elvis Presley. 1961 01:57:58,072 --> 01:57:59,907 You are beloved. 1962 01:57:59,990 --> 01:58:02,785 And I told him I have to look Priscilla in the eye, 1963 01:58:02,868 --> 01:58:07,665 and I have to promise her that little Lisa Marie's daddy 1964 01:58:07,748 --> 01:58:10,793 will be safe while he's away from home. 1965 01:58:10,876 --> 01:58:12,596 We're taking the show to the world, colonel. 1966 01:58:12,670 --> 01:58:14,838 I ain't gonna disappoint those fans. 1967 01:58:19,218 --> 01:58:20,469 Well... 1968 01:58:21,428 --> 01:58:26,308 If you want to book more dates, we could do an American tour, 1969 01:58:26,392 --> 01:58:28,727 15 cities in 15 days, 1970 01:58:28,811 --> 01:58:32,273 while Mr. Hulett straightens out his security problems overseas. 1971 01:58:32,356 --> 01:58:34,483 I like that very much, son. 1972 01:58:34,566 --> 01:58:36,026 How is that gonna be any safer? 1973 01:58:36,110 --> 01:58:38,237 Because staying in this country, 1974 01:58:38,320 --> 01:58:41,824 I can handle every aspect of security. 1975 01:58:42,199 --> 01:58:43,701 And then we go international? 1976 01:58:43,784 --> 01:58:46,787 Yeah, sure, around the world. Wherever you want. 1977 01:58:46,870 --> 01:58:48,306 But in the meantime, here in america, 1978 01:58:48,330 --> 01:58:50,291 we put on a great show. 1979 01:58:50,958 --> 01:58:52,293 And what will we do, Charlie? 1980 01:58:52,376 --> 01:58:54,044 And have a lot of fun. 1981 01:58:54,962 --> 01:58:57,381 Taking care of business. 1982 01:58:59,300 --> 01:59:01,176 Taking care of business. 1983 01:59:08,225 --> 01:59:11,603 I'll get guarantees from every mayor. 1984 01:59:11,687 --> 01:59:13,814 We'll double the police presence. 1985 01:59:13,897 --> 01:59:16,608 You'll have more security than the president. 1986 01:59:19,528 --> 01:59:23,407 J“ lord almighty I feel my temperature rising j“ 1987 01:59:25,409 --> 01:59:29,330 j“ higher, higher it's burning through to my soul j“ 1988 01:59:31,498 --> 01:59:35,627 j“ girl, girl, girl, girl you're gonna set me on fire j“ 1989 01:59:37,338 --> 01:59:40,090 j“ my brain is flaming I don't know which way to go j“ 1990 01:59:40,174 --> 01:59:41,443 And when the show is done, 1991 01:59:41,467 --> 01:59:43,969 the boys will hustle you to the motorcade. 1992 01:59:44,845 --> 01:59:46,805 Elvis has left the building. 1993 01:59:47,222 --> 01:59:50,934 Once you're in the air, Dr. Nick will ensure your rest. 1994 01:59:51,935 --> 01:59:53,228 J“ burnin' love j“ 1995 01:59:53,312 --> 01:59:56,273 Land in the next city, then we do it all again. 1996 01:59:56,357 --> 01:59:57,775 Fifteen times! 1997 01:59:57,858 --> 02:00:00,694 J“ I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love j“ 1998 02:00:00,778 --> 02:00:02,255 j“ I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love j“ 1999 02:00:02,279 --> 02:00:05,532 It was life on the road, just like the old days. 2000 02:00:05,616 --> 02:00:09,661 We were making so much snow, we did it again. 2001 02:00:11,872 --> 02:00:13,290 And again. 2002 02:00:14,166 --> 02:00:15,667 And again. 2003 02:00:16,251 --> 02:00:19,463 All in the safety of the us of a. 2004 02:00:23,217 --> 02:00:26,720 Eventually, he lost interest in going overseas. 2005 02:00:26,804 --> 02:00:28,305 Why would you? 2006 02:00:28,389 --> 02:00:33,018 But I still kept my promise. I brought the world to him. 2007 02:00:33,102 --> 02:00:37,106 I invented the world's first ever satellite concert. 2008 02:00:40,150 --> 02:00:44,738 1.5 billion people in one night, for a single artist. 2009 02:00:45,489 --> 02:00:48,700 Nothing like it before, nothing like it since. 2010 02:00:58,585 --> 02:01:00,045 But it wasn't enough. 2011 02:01:01,130 --> 02:01:06,260 He was addicted to the love he felt from you onstage. 2012 02:01:07,136 --> 02:01:10,431 Ordinary love just didn't compare. 2013 02:01:11,932 --> 02:01:16,645 So, in the lonely moments between shows, 2014 02:01:16,728 --> 02:01:19,398 he turned to them pills. 2015 02:01:20,190 --> 02:01:22,484 Priscilla, I want you to do something for me, will you? 2016 02:01:22,568 --> 02:01:25,988 You give my baby girl a big hug for me, okay? 2017 02:01:28,115 --> 02:01:29,992 The roar of the crowd. 2018 02:01:30,075 --> 02:01:31,785 The life on the road. 2019 02:01:31,869 --> 02:01:35,539 Calling home to your loved ones, pretending nothing has changed, 2020 02:01:35,622 --> 02:01:37,541 when everything has. 2021 02:01:37,624 --> 02:01:39,543 Lost. 2022 02:01:40,461 --> 02:01:41,837 What was that? 2023 02:01:45,883 --> 02:01:47,926 Ain't no one gonna walk around 2024 02:01:48,010 --> 02:01:49,428 sayin' they killed Elvis Presley. 2025 02:01:49,511 --> 02:01:51,680 - What did you say? - Nothing, baby. 2026 02:01:54,850 --> 02:01:57,644 Dr. Martin Luther King has been shot 2027 02:01:57,728 --> 02:01:59,021 in downtown Memphis, Tennessee... 2028 02:02:02,441 --> 02:02:04,651 Sharon Tate was the last to die. 2029 02:02:13,494 --> 02:02:14,745 Is that you, doll? 2030 02:02:15,454 --> 02:02:18,415 I'm leaving you, and I'm taking Lisa with me. 2031 02:02:19,166 --> 02:02:21,960 Uh, 'cilla, is this about what happens on the road? 2032 02:02:22,044 --> 02:02:22,920 About the what? 2033 02:02:23,003 --> 02:02:24,588 Is this about what happens on the road? 2034 02:02:24,671 --> 02:02:26,566 The girls? You think I give a shit about the girls 2035 02:02:26,590 --> 02:02:28,026 that you sneak in through the side door? 2036 02:02:28,050 --> 02:02:29,968 No. I couldn't care less about whoever it is 2037 02:02:30,052 --> 02:02:31,595 you sneak through the side door. 2038 02:02:31,678 --> 02:02:32,971 It's about this, Elvis. 2039 02:02:33,055 --> 02:02:34,598 - And this. - Hey. Whoa. 2040 02:02:34,681 --> 02:02:36,725 And these goddamn pills those leeches 2041 02:02:36,808 --> 02:02:38,208 and has-beens feed down your throat! 2042 02:02:38,268 --> 02:02:39,061 Goddamn it. 2043 02:02:39,144 --> 02:02:40,604 - You're strung out. - Strung out? 2044 02:02:40,687 --> 02:02:42,327 Goddamn, I'm in the best shape of my life. 2045 02:02:42,356 --> 02:02:43,440 Best shape of your life. 2046 02:02:43,524 --> 02:02:45,126 The only time you're happy is when you're on that stage. 2047 02:02:45,150 --> 02:02:46,419 And in between that, you're a ghost. 2048 02:02:46,443 --> 02:02:48,904 'Cilla, I give you everything you could want. 2049 02:02:48,987 --> 02:02:50,739 What I want is a husband. 2050 02:02:50,822 --> 02:02:53,492 I am your wife. I am your wife! 2051 02:02:53,575 --> 02:02:56,828 And Lisa is your daughter. She needs a father. 2052 02:02:56,912 --> 02:02:58,872 I am her father! 2053 02:03:05,504 --> 02:03:06,773 Do you remember the last time 2054 02:03:06,797 --> 02:03:08,090 that we laughed together? 2055 02:03:08,674 --> 02:03:10,527 Do you remember the last time that the three of us 2056 02:03:10,551 --> 02:03:12,344 sat down and had dinner together? 2057 02:03:13,637 --> 02:03:15,889 You won't even make love to me anymore. 2058 02:03:17,766 --> 02:03:21,770 I gift you my life, and I have nothing left in me to give you. 2059 02:03:26,441 --> 02:03:27,943 Do you still love me? 2060 02:03:47,713 --> 02:03:52,009 When you're 40 and I'm 50, we'll be back together. 2061 02:03:54,303 --> 02:03:55,721 You'll see. 2062 02:04:12,779 --> 02:04:13,989 I have to go. 2063 02:04:14,489 --> 02:04:15,657 Will you please stay? 2064 02:04:16,158 --> 02:04:19,953 I have to go. Okay? If I stay, I'll never leave. 2065 02:04:20,037 --> 02:04:21,389 - Please... - You have to let me go. 2066 02:04:21,413 --> 02:04:23,498 - Please, Priscilla. - You have to let me go. 2067 02:04:46,188 --> 02:04:47,665 Fifty thousand people gathered 2068 02:04:47,689 --> 02:04:49,858 in New Orleans earlier today to mourn the passing 2069 02:04:49,941 --> 02:04:52,527 of gospel legend, mahalia Jackson. 2070 02:04:52,611 --> 02:04:53,880 Will you come to Mississippi 2071 02:04:53,904 --> 02:04:55,280 and sing with us, Mr. Presley? 2072 02:04:55,697 --> 02:04:59,826 Why, bb. King will be there. Perhaps even the rolling stones. 2073 02:05:00,202 --> 02:05:02,120 I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson. 2074 02:05:02,204 --> 02:05:05,457 The colonel, he... He won't allow it. 2075 02:05:05,540 --> 02:05:08,043 You are a man, Mr. Presley. 2076 02:05:08,126 --> 02:05:09,544 And a man don't make up his own mind 2077 02:05:09,628 --> 02:05:11,505 about matters of conscience. 2078 02:05:12,172 --> 02:05:14,299 Come on, diskin. Elvis needs a challenge 2079 02:05:14,383 --> 02:05:16,009 to get back on track. 2080 02:05:16,093 --> 02:05:18,345 Why won't the colonel let him go overseas? 2081 02:05:18,428 --> 02:05:20,228 - Security, Jerry. You know that. - —bullshit! 2082 02:05:20,305 --> 02:05:22,575 The colonel's killing his greatest asset without a reason, 2083 02:05:22,599 --> 02:05:24,393 so what is the reason? 2084 02:05:24,476 --> 02:05:27,229 Colonel always has his reasons. 2085 02:05:27,312 --> 02:05:29,231 I'm not at Liberty to divulge 2086 02:05:29,314 --> 02:05:30,941 personal information about Mr. Parker. 2087 02:05:31,024 --> 02:05:33,068 He lied. 2088 02:05:33,151 --> 02:05:34,587 There wasn't gonna be an international tour 2089 02:05:34,611 --> 02:05:35,838 'cause he can't leave the country. 2090 02:05:35,862 --> 02:05:38,281 He's got no citizenship, no official identity. 2091 02:05:38,365 --> 02:05:39,157 He doesn't exist. 2092 02:05:39,241 --> 02:05:41,868 There never was a colonel Tom Parker. 2093 02:05:43,078 --> 02:05:44,838 What are you talking about, Jerry? 2094 02:05:46,248 --> 02:05:47,600 Hey, whoa, whoa! 2095 02:05:47,624 --> 02:05:48,685 Get him an ice bucket! 2096 02:05:53,171 --> 02:05:54,548 Colonel's a smart man. 2097 02:05:54,631 --> 02:05:56,007 There's got to be another reason. 2098 02:05:56,091 --> 02:05:57,259 Come on, man! 2099 02:05:57,342 --> 02:05:58,885 I will stay here at home, 2100 02:05:58,969 --> 02:06:01,096 and I will work and I will worry. 2101 02:06:01,179 --> 02:06:03,282 I mean, why the colonel kept turning them down, 2102 02:06:03,306 --> 02:06:05,183 I have no idea, man. 2103 02:06:06,435 --> 02:06:07,853 Get out of the way! 2104 02:06:09,730 --> 02:06:13,108 Now, you listen to me. The only thing that matters... 2105 02:06:13,650 --> 02:06:16,737 Is that that man gets up on that stage tonight. 2106 02:06:18,363 --> 02:06:21,283 If he was my son, I'd put him in a hospital. 2107 02:06:25,787 --> 02:06:28,915 Well, of course, this is a Presley enterprises decision. 2108 02:06:29,958 --> 02:06:31,293 Vernon? 2109 02:06:32,586 --> 02:06:35,130 Well... um... 2110 02:06:36,131 --> 02:06:37,924 Well, what can you... 2111 02:06:38,550 --> 02:06:40,761 What can you do for him, Dr. Nick? 2112 02:06:42,721 --> 02:06:50,721 J“ his truth is marching on j“ 2113 02:06:53,815 --> 02:07:01,815 J“ his truth is marching on j“ 2114 02:07:15,170 --> 02:07:17,339 Thank you. Thank you. 2115 02:07:17,422 --> 02:07:19,502 Now he's gonna ask the house lights to be brought up. 2116 02:07:19,549 --> 02:07:20,842 'Cause we've been looking at him. 2117 02:07:20,926 --> 02:07:22,928 He wants to look at us now. He loves this. 2118 02:07:23,011 --> 02:07:24,451 I'd like to turn the house lights up, 2119 02:07:24,513 --> 02:07:25,639 -ladies and gentlemen. —eh? 2120 02:07:25,722 --> 02:07:29,309 'Cause now that you've seen me, I'd like to take a look at you. 2121 02:07:32,020 --> 02:07:34,272 Oh, you're beautiful. Thank you. 2122 02:07:34,356 --> 02:07:36,024 He'll mention the vips that are here. 2123 02:07:36,107 --> 02:07:38,235 We've got some high-rollers in here tonight. 2124 02:07:38,318 --> 02:07:39,653 Get ready for the spotlight. 2125 02:07:39,736 --> 02:07:42,781 Mr. International hotel himself. 2126 02:07:43,240 --> 02:07:45,033 - Thank you. - Ah, there you go. 2127 02:07:45,617 --> 02:07:48,119 And right next to him, 2128 02:07:48,203 --> 02:07:53,041 is my so-called manager, colonel Tom Parker. 2129 02:07:53,124 --> 02:07:56,253 - There he is. - Come on. 2130 02:07:56,711 --> 02:08:01,967 But I hear rumors that colonel is an alien. 2131 02:08:05,011 --> 02:08:06,471 Got here on my rocket ship. 2132 02:08:13,937 --> 02:08:16,064 Somebody call the FBI 2133 02:08:16,147 --> 02:08:18,650 and tell 'em that he has abducted me, 2134 02:08:18,733 --> 02:08:23,113 that he has looked me in this golden cage, 2135 02:08:23,196 --> 02:08:27,242 to keep me here forever with you, ladies and gentlemen. 2136 02:08:30,412 --> 02:08:33,081 J“ 80 I'm caught in a trap j“ 2137 02:08:33,164 --> 02:08:35,709 j“ I can't get out j“ 2138 02:08:37,085 --> 02:08:40,755 j“ 'cause colonel's got some big debts, baby j“ 2139 02:08:44,801 --> 02:08:46,261 excuse me. 2140 02:08:47,053 --> 02:08:50,473 Well, this is the last show I'm ever playing here. 2141 02:08:51,850 --> 02:08:56,438 I'm gonna get on my jet plane, the Lisa Marie... 2142 02:08:57,355 --> 02:09:01,735 It's named after my, uh... My beautiful daughter. 2143 02:09:01,818 --> 02:09:03,820 And I'm gonna fly away. 2144 02:09:05,739 --> 02:09:07,866 No, no, no... 2145 02:09:07,949 --> 02:09:10,911 You know, I'm gonna fly away. 2146 02:09:10,994 --> 02:09:12,954 Stop the show. Stop this show! 2147 02:09:13,038 --> 02:09:14,265 Come on, get this curtain down. 2148 02:09:14,289 --> 02:09:16,249 Fuck the international. 2149 02:09:16,333 --> 02:09:19,628 Mr. Schilling, what the devil is happening here? 2150 02:09:19,711 --> 02:09:21,171 And Las Vegas. 2151 02:09:21,254 --> 02:09:22,481 That's what he wants to know. 2152 02:09:22,505 --> 02:09:24,925 Ain't no one gonna stop me, man. 2153 02:09:26,593 --> 02:09:29,346 Oh! Security. 2154 02:09:29,471 --> 02:09:30,931 Security! 2155 02:09:32,474 --> 02:09:36,144 Security, security! Security! 2156 02:09:36,227 --> 02:09:38,438 800 shows! 2157 02:09:38,521 --> 02:09:41,399 You don't have a goddamn passport, you son of a bitch! 2158 02:09:42,150 --> 02:09:43,777 You are fired! 2159 02:09:44,569 --> 02:09:46,571 You are fired! 2160 02:09:47,447 --> 02:09:49,824 You're fired! 2161 02:09:59,668 --> 02:10:01,211 You're fired. 2162 02:10:07,175 --> 02:10:08,635 E., I... 2163 02:10:10,845 --> 02:10:13,264 Colonel, I gotta... I'll talk him down. 2164 02:10:21,773 --> 02:10:23,942 This is colonel Tom Parker. I wish it to be known 2165 02:10:24,025 --> 02:10:27,237 that Dr. Nick's services are no longer required. 2166 02:10:27,320 --> 02:10:28,655 Thank you. 2167 02:10:29,906 --> 02:10:31,700 Hmm. 2168 02:10:31,783 --> 02:10:33,827 Well, diskin... 2169 02:10:33,910 --> 02:10:36,162 If the boy wants to set out on his own, 2170 02:10:36,246 --> 02:10:39,082 it's all right by me, but Presley enterprises 2171 02:10:39,165 --> 02:10:41,710 is going to cough up what it owes. 2172 02:10:41,793 --> 02:10:43,795 - Are you ready? - Ready. 2173 02:10:43,878 --> 02:10:46,256 Gasoline for the first trip to the hayride... 2174 02:10:46,339 --> 02:10:48,133 One dollar and 25 cents. 2175 02:10:48,216 --> 02:10:50,135 UN-recouped promotional costs 2176 02:10:50,218 --> 02:10:53,013 pertaining to souvenir calendars, 100 dollars. 2177 02:10:53,096 --> 02:10:55,515 Collectible trading cards, 100 dollars. 2178 02:10:55,598 --> 02:10:58,768 Posters, flyers and programs, 100 dollars. 2179 02:10:58,852 --> 02:11:00,937 Balloons, 50 dollars... 2180 02:11:14,617 --> 02:11:15,702 What's the holdup? 2181 02:11:15,785 --> 02:11:18,747 Sorry, e.P. Your daddy won't come down. 2182 02:11:23,835 --> 02:11:24,836 Daddy. 2183 02:11:43,229 --> 02:11:44,606 What is this? 2184 02:11:45,148 --> 02:11:48,818 Well, that is what we owe the colonel. 2185 02:11:51,488 --> 02:11:53,114 We're broke. 2186 02:11:56,159 --> 02:11:58,953 Daddy, I've been playing this mausoleum for a hundred years. 2187 02:11:59,037 --> 02:12:00,455 How could we be broke? 2188 02:12:00,538 --> 02:12:02,248 You spend so much money. 2189 02:12:02,332 --> 02:12:05,919 You know, you got the cars and the girls and the clothes, 2190 02:12:06,002 --> 02:12:08,088 and all the... You know, new airplane. 2191 02:12:08,171 --> 02:12:09,589 Daddy, you are my business manager. 2192 02:12:09,672 --> 02:12:11,025 You're supposed to take care of business. 2193 02:12:11,049 --> 02:12:13,718 I don't know what to tell you, son, we're broke! 2194 02:12:14,177 --> 02:12:15,845 We're plain broke. 2195 02:12:15,929 --> 02:12:17,639 Gotta take the colonel back. 2196 02:12:18,014 --> 02:12:19,349 I am not taking him back. 2197 02:12:20,225 --> 02:12:21,851 We're gonna lose Graceland. 2198 02:12:34,322 --> 02:12:36,241 I am not taking him back! 2199 02:12:39,369 --> 02:12:40,578 He takes everything from me. 2200 02:12:40,662 --> 02:12:42,831 He takes 50% of everything that I make! 2201 02:12:43,414 --> 02:12:44,558 And now he wants to take the home 2202 02:12:44,582 --> 02:12:46,084 that we bought for mama! 2203 02:12:47,293 --> 02:12:48,294 Listen to me, daddy. 2204 02:12:48,670 --> 02:12:51,506 That old bastard can sue if he wants, 2205 02:12:51,589 --> 02:12:53,424 but I am flying away. 2206 02:12:54,634 --> 02:12:56,177 With or without you. 2207 02:13:06,062 --> 02:13:09,482 Oh, you bloodsucking, old vampire. 2208 02:13:09,566 --> 02:13:12,861 You bled me dry and you still want more? 2209 02:13:12,944 --> 02:13:15,488 I'm not an uncaring man, Mr. Presley. 2210 02:13:15,572 --> 02:13:18,449 Don't you "Mr. Presley" me, you toad. 2211 02:13:18,533 --> 02:13:21,703 If you are so determined to get out of our contract... 2212 02:13:21,786 --> 02:13:23,066 You're goddamn right I want out. 2213 02:13:23,121 --> 02:13:25,165 Well, I will personally loan you the money 2214 02:13:25,248 --> 02:13:27,208 that you owe to jamboree attractions. 2215 02:13:27,292 --> 02:13:29,002 Yeah, you'll still have your claws in me. 2216 02:13:29,085 --> 02:13:30,187 You'll still have me working here 2217 02:13:30,211 --> 02:13:32,338 like a goddamn slave in a salt mine, 2218 02:13:32,422 --> 02:13:34,799 you phony, no-good piece of trash! 2219 02:13:34,883 --> 02:13:38,469 I oughta shoot you in your fat, goddamn face! 2220 02:13:39,596 --> 02:13:40,889 Who are you? 2221 02:13:40,972 --> 02:13:43,099 I am you. And you are me. 2222 02:13:43,183 --> 02:13:44,350 Cut the horseshit! 2223 02:13:44,434 --> 02:13:46,895 Everything I've ever known about you has been a lie. 2224 02:13:46,978 --> 02:13:48,563 E.P., you all good? 2225 02:13:48,646 --> 02:13:52,942 My past is the least of your problems, my boy. 2226 02:13:53,318 --> 02:13:58,531 Everyone else you associate with lives from you, Mr. Presley. 2227 02:13:58,615 --> 02:13:59,949 Even Vernon. 2228 02:14:01,075 --> 02:14:03,953 That's right, even your own daddy 2229 02:14:04,037 --> 02:14:07,081 has looked after himself before he's looked after you. 2230 02:14:07,665 --> 02:14:10,460 Yes, I have lived from you, too, but the difference is 2231 02:14:10,543 --> 02:14:12,295 you have also lived from me. 2232 02:14:12,378 --> 02:14:16,799 We have supported each other. Because we shared a dream. 2233 02:14:17,467 --> 02:14:20,803 We are the same, you and I. 2234 02:14:20,887 --> 02:14:26,351 We are two odd, lonely children, reaching for eternity. 2235 02:14:29,020 --> 02:14:31,814 Maybe you should fly away, my boy. 2236 02:14:31,898 --> 02:14:34,734 Away from all of this. 2237 02:14:36,027 --> 02:14:39,906 But, if you do choose to leave... 2238 02:14:41,449 --> 02:14:44,077 Then I, for one, will be very lonely. 2239 02:14:44,953 --> 02:14:46,496 So would your father. 2240 02:14:47,664 --> 02:14:51,376 But I think you may be lonely, too. 2241 02:14:54,212 --> 02:14:57,298 Oh, you see, my boy, the... 2242 02:14:57,382 --> 02:15:00,760 Truth about the rock of eternity... 2243 02:15:04,055 --> 02:15:09,018 It is forever just beyond our reach. 2244 02:15:37,338 --> 02:15:42,051 J“ do the chairs in your parlorj“ 2245 02:15:43,761 --> 02:15:47,473 j“ seem empty and bare? J“ 2246 02:15:49,767 --> 02:15:54,105 j“ do you gaze at your doorstep j“ 2247 02:15:55,898 --> 02:15:59,360 j“ picture me there? J“ 2248 02:16:01,696 --> 02:16:06,117 j“ is your heart filled with pain? J“ 2249 02:16:07,452 --> 02:16:11,706 j“ shall I come back again? J“ 2250 02:16:13,541 --> 02:16:16,336 j“ tell me, dearj“ 2251 02:16:16,419 --> 02:16:21,591 j“ are you lonesome tonight? J“ 2252 02:16:23,593 --> 02:16:28,014 j“ is your heart filled with pain? J“ 2253 02:16:29,307 --> 02:16:33,603 j“ shall I come back again? J“ 2254 02:16:35,563 --> 02:16:38,107 j“ tell me, dearj“ 2255 02:16:38,191 --> 02:16:44,697 j“ are you lonesome tonight? J“ 2256 02:16:52,121 --> 02:16:55,208 Son, I know... I know, I... 2257 02:16:57,919 --> 02:16:59,921 I wanna try and... 2258 02:17:01,589 --> 02:17:04,926 I wanna try and fix this. You know... 2259 02:17:08,971 --> 02:17:10,181 Daddy... 2260 02:17:15,728 --> 02:17:17,146 Tell that son of a bitch... 2261 02:17:18,106 --> 02:17:20,483 I want things to go back to the way they were. 2262 02:17:28,991 --> 02:17:29,992 And, daddy... 2263 02:17:32,703 --> 02:17:36,958 Tell the colonel to send up Dr. Nick. 2264 02:17:55,184 --> 02:17:56,944 It's a beautiful day in Las Vegas, 2265 02:17:57,019 --> 02:17:58,479 with lots going on this weekend. 2266 02:17:58,563 --> 02:18:00,857 Those teen sensations the Jacksons, 2267 02:18:00,940 --> 02:18:02,567 are causing a lot of excitement 2268 02:18:02,650 --> 02:18:04,944 with their residency at the mgm grand. 2269 02:18:05,027 --> 02:18:07,989 And for the older crowd, Elvis is back for a fifth year. 2270 02:18:08,072 --> 02:18:09,365 And don't we love him. 2271 02:18:09,449 --> 02:18:10,843 In entertainment news today, 2272 02:18:10,867 --> 02:18:13,703 Elvis Presley is in talks to play opposite Barbra Streisand 2273 02:18:13,786 --> 02:18:15,621 in a remake of a star is born. 2274 02:18:15,705 --> 02:18:17,224 These days, when he's not slurring 2275 02:18:17,248 --> 02:18:18,916 on stage in Vegas or playing 2276 02:18:19,000 --> 02:18:21,210 the same old domestic concert circuit, 2277 02:18:21,294 --> 02:18:23,504 the singer spends weeks at a time in his bedroom, 2278 02:18:23,588 --> 02:18:25,548 tormented by his growing waistline. 2279 02:18:25,631 --> 02:18:27,633 Sounds like it won't be much of a stretch for him 2280 02:18:27,717 --> 02:18:29,886 to play the role of a washed up singer. 2281 02:18:33,514 --> 02:18:35,600 Oh, look, here they come. 2282 02:18:38,019 --> 02:18:39,580 - Are you all right? - Yep. 2283 02:18:39,604 --> 02:18:41,272 All right, daddy loves you. 2284 02:18:41,355 --> 02:18:43,774 - Bye, baby -come on, baby. 2285 02:18:43,858 --> 02:18:45,151 - Bye, papa. - Good girl. 2286 02:18:45,234 --> 02:18:47,361 - Bye, baby -give me your hand. 2287 02:18:48,529 --> 02:18:49,529 Hi! 2288 02:18:49,572 --> 02:18:52,700 - Here she is. - Hi, baby. How you doing? 2289 02:18:55,536 --> 02:18:57,121 Want to say goodbye to daddy? 2290 02:18:57,205 --> 02:19:00,208 - Bye, daddy. - You're so good. 2291 02:19:01,918 --> 02:19:04,420 Hi. How are you? How you doing? 2292 02:19:04,504 --> 02:19:05,880 We're okay. 2293 02:19:25,233 --> 02:19:26,442 Hey. 2294 02:19:31,489 --> 02:19:32,698 Hm. 2295 02:19:38,246 --> 02:19:39,789 How are you doing? 2296 02:19:54,971 --> 02:19:58,182 Honey, there's this place in San Diego 2297 02:19:58,266 --> 02:19:59,892 that you can go to rest. 2298 02:20:00,935 --> 02:20:02,270 To heal. 2299 02:20:02,353 --> 02:20:04,647 After the show, you can fly directly and be in a clinic 2300 02:20:04,730 --> 02:20:07,108 before anyone knows. It's all been arranged. 2301 02:20:09,527 --> 02:20:11,779 I'm gonna be 40 soon, 'cilla. 2302 02:20:14,615 --> 02:20:15,866 Forty. 2303 02:20:16,951 --> 02:20:19,287 And nobody's gonna remember me. 2304 02:20:21,831 --> 02:20:23,833 I never did anything lasting. 2305 02:20:26,335 --> 02:20:29,422 I never made that classic film that I could be proud of. 2306 02:20:29,505 --> 02:20:31,632 But what about a star is born? 2307 02:20:33,634 --> 02:20:35,928 Uh... 2308 02:20:37,972 --> 02:20:41,100 Barbra... the colonel... 2309 02:20:47,690 --> 02:20:50,735 Please go. 2310 02:20:50,818 --> 02:20:52,403 For Lisa? 2311 02:20:53,112 --> 02:20:55,531 If you dream it, you can do it, baby. 2312 02:20:57,742 --> 02:20:59,452 I'm all out of dreams. 2313 02:21:02,038 --> 02:21:03,706 Promise me. 2314 02:21:37,740 --> 02:21:41,410 I... will always... love you. 2315 02:21:59,595 --> 02:22:02,431 Hi, baby. 2316 02:22:47,852 --> 02:22:50,271 Did you know there's a kind of bird 2317 02:22:50,354 --> 02:22:52,606 that doesn't have any legs? 2318 02:22:52,690 --> 02:22:54,608 So it can't land on nothing. 2319 02:22:56,902 --> 02:22:59,029 It lives its whole life on the wing. 2320 02:23:01,574 --> 02:23:05,411 When it gets tired, it just spreads its wings 2321 02:23:05,494 --> 02:23:07,872 and sleeps on the wind. 2322 02:23:10,791 --> 02:23:14,170 If it ever does land, even but one time... 2323 02:23:16,881 --> 02:23:18,507 So it dies. 2324 02:23:21,969 --> 02:23:23,220 Good evening. 2325 02:23:23,304 --> 02:23:26,682 Elvis Presley died today. He was 42. 2326 02:23:26,766 --> 02:23:28,601 Apparently, it was a heart attack. 2327 02:23:28,684 --> 02:23:30,603 He was found in his home in Memphis... 2328 02:23:30,686 --> 02:23:32,873 President Carter has just made a statement... 2329 02:23:32,897 --> 02:23:34,374 Elvis Presley's death 2330 02:23:34,398 --> 02:23:36,859 deprives our country of a part of itself. 2331 02:23:36,942 --> 02:23:38,652 He was unique and irreplaceable. 2332 02:23:38,736 --> 02:23:40,297 Thousands of mourners have gathered 2333 02:23:40,321 --> 02:23:41,548 outside the gates of Graceland... 2334 02:23:41,572 --> 02:23:43,449 Using the styles of white country 2335 02:23:43,532 --> 02:23:45,409 and black rhythm and blues, 2336 02:23:45,493 --> 02:23:48,162 permanently changed the face of American popular culture. 2337 02:23:48,245 --> 02:23:50,599 The outpouring of grief can be seen everywhere. 2338 02:23:50,623 --> 02:23:53,375 He was a symbol to people the world over, 2339 02:23:53,459 --> 02:23:56,420 of the vitality, rebelliousness... 2340 02:23:56,504 --> 02:23:59,590 What killed my boy? 2341 02:23:59,673 --> 02:24:02,843 Them doctors say it was his heart. 2342 02:24:02,927 --> 02:24:05,304 Others, the pills. 2343 02:24:05,387 --> 02:24:07,848 Some say it was me. 2344 02:24:08,933 --> 02:24:12,561 No. I'll tell you what killed him. 2345 02:24:13,854 --> 02:24:16,440 It was love. 2346 02:24:17,024 --> 02:24:19,360 His love for you. 2347 02:24:21,821 --> 02:24:24,406 You know, a few weeks before he died, 2348 02:24:24,490 --> 02:24:27,535 I saw him sing for the very last time. 2349 02:24:28,536 --> 02:24:30,704 He could barely stand up. 2350 02:24:31,997 --> 02:24:34,708 "Unchained melody." 2351 02:24:34,792 --> 02:24:37,086 From an album called unchained melody. 2352 02:24:38,212 --> 02:24:42,132 Makes a lot of sense. Okay. 2353 02:24:42,216 --> 02:24:46,720 But that night, he sang as he always did. 2354 02:24:46,804 --> 02:24:49,056 With all his heart and soul. 2355 02:24:49,139 --> 02:24:50,683 How you like it so far? 2356 02:24:53,727 --> 02:24:57,147 That old voice rang out, 2357 02:24:57,231 --> 02:25:01,819 and he sang with all his life. 2358 02:25:01,902 --> 02:25:07,283 J“ oh, my love j“ 2359 02:25:07,366 --> 02:25:09,618 j“ my darling j“ 2360 02:25:09,702 --> 02:25:13,914 j“ I've hungered for your touch j“ 2361 02:25:13,998 --> 02:25:19,712 j“ a long, lonely time j“ 2362 02:25:22,590 --> 02:25:28,137 j“ time goes by j“ 2363 02:25:28,220 --> 02:25:30,806 j“ 80 slowly j“ 2364 02:25:30,890 --> 02:25:35,102 j“ and time can do so much j“ 2365 02:25:35,185 --> 02:25:37,479 j“ are you j“ 2366 02:25:37,563 --> 02:25:41,984 j“ still mine? J“ 2367 02:25:42,067 --> 02:25:49,575 j“ [need your love, ooh j“ 2368 02:25:50,409 --> 02:25:55,205 j“ ineed your love j“ 2369 02:25:55,289 --> 02:26:00,794 j“ god speed your love j“ 2370 02:26:00,878 --> 02:26:05,299 j“tomej“ 2371 02:26:07,009 --> 02:26:13,766 j“ lonely rivers flow to the sea to the sea j“ 2372 02:26:14,224 --> 02:26:20,356 j“ to the open arms of the sea j“ 2373 02:26:22,775 --> 02:26:30,616 J“ lonely rivers cry, wait for me wait for me j“ 2374 02:26:30,699 --> 02:26:34,036 j“ I'll be coming home j“ 2375 02:26:34,119 --> 02:26:39,249 j“ wait for me j“ 2376 02:26:39,333 --> 02:26:44,713 j“ my love, my darling j“ 2377 02:26:44,797 --> 02:26:49,343 j“ I've hungered for your kiss j“ 2378 02:26:50,386 --> 02:26:56,642 j“ a long, lonely time j“ 2379 02:26:56,725 --> 02:26:58,244 When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, 2380 02:26:58,268 --> 02:27:00,270 I was a dreamer. I read comic books 2381 02:27:00,354 --> 02:27:02,398 and I was the hero of the comic book. 2382 02:27:03,357 --> 02:27:05,442 I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. 2383 02:27:06,777 --> 02:27:08,821 So every dream that I ever dreamed 2384 02:27:08,904 --> 02:27:11,156 has come true a hundred times. 2385 02:27:12,825 --> 02:27:20,825 J“ are you, still mine? J“ 2386 02:27:21,083 --> 02:27:29,083 j“ ineed your love, ooh j“ 2387 02:27:31,260 --> 02:27:33,679 I learned very early in life that: 2388 02:27:33,762 --> 02:27:36,765 "Without a song, the day would never end; 2389 02:27:36,849 --> 02:27:38,851 without a song, a man ain't got a friend; 2390 02:27:39,643 --> 02:27:42,771 without a song, the road would never bend, 2391 02:27:42,855 --> 02:27:43,939 without a song." 2392 02:27:44,023 --> 02:27:45,357 So I keep singing a song. 2393 02:27:45,941 --> 02:27:48,652 J“ to... j“ 2394 02:27:48,736 --> 02:27:51,864 j“ ooh-hoo j“ 2395 02:27:51,947 --> 02:27:55,784 j“oohj“ 2396 02:27:56,493 --> 02:27:57,870 j“mej“ 2397 02:28:38,035 --> 02:28:40,788 Elvis has left the building. 2398 02:30:07,499 --> 02:30:10,252 You never stood in that man's shoes 2399 02:30:10,335 --> 02:30:12,296 or saw things through his eyes 2400 02:30:12,880 --> 02:30:15,382 or stood and watched with helpless hands 2401 02:30:15,465 --> 02:30:17,718 while the heart inside you dies 2402 02:30:18,385 --> 02:30:21,096 so help your brother along the way 2403 02:30:21,180 --> 02:30:22,890 no matter where he starts 2404 02:30:24,057 --> 02:30:28,770 for the same god that made you made him, too 2405 02:30:29,563 --> 02:30:31,982 these men with broken hearts 2406 02:39:03,910 --> 02:39:05,346 Thank you. 2407 02:39:05,370 --> 02:39:07,455 You're fantastic. Thank you very much.