Elvis Stories

Elvis Stories


Category: Short
All Genres: Short, Comedy
Release Year: 1989
Country: USA
Runtime: 30
Rating: 5.8 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Ben Stiller
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Some lessons can only be learned by heart.
  • An impossible dream. An incredible journey. And a boy who holds his destiny in his hands.
  • An infinite talent...An impossible dream...An incredible journey...

  • Writing by: Ben Stiller - writer

    Produced by: Robert B. Kingsley - executive producer
    Anthony J. Tomaska - producer
    Robert J. Wilson - producer

    Cast: Jeremy Piven - Lenny
    Jeff Kahn - Kopekee / Morty
    John Cusack - Corky
    Amy Stiller - Checkout Girl
    Granville Thompson - Melvis
    Joel Murray - Shopping Elvis / Paul
    Paul Greco - Paxton Busby
    Chris Barnes - Petty Thief
    Judy Scott - Girl at Bus Stop
    David Pasquesi - Hal Moldman
    Ben Stiller - Bruce

    Music: Ling Zhao
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    Plot Outline: A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his sons success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.
    Plot: Starting with the music video "Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon, the film then goes into a series of spoofs of tabloid Elvis stories: "Elvis is John Lennon", "Hairdresser Possessed by Elvis" and others.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 4 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Adolphe Menjous name is misspelled in the opening credits (as Adolph Menjou).

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: While reading the book of Gestapo at his friends home, Alexandre is holding a cigarette in his right hand in the close-up. In the next shot he is only holding the book.

    Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • This film is based on the real-life relationship between director Jean Eustache and actress Francoise Lebrun (who plays Veronika).
    • Jean Eustache wrote the role of Alexandre specifically for Jean-Pierre Leaud.


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