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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:03,869 --> 00:00:05,537 ["Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley playing faintly] 2 00:00:05,604 --> 00:00:09,441 Oh, let our love survive 3 00:00:10,676 --> 00:00:14,580 I'll dry the tears from your eyes 4 00:00:15,982 --> 00:00:20,619 Let's don't let a good thing die 5 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:39,039 [woman singing] Snowman's coming 6 00:00:39,805 --> 00:00:42,775 Yes, he's coming 7 00:00:42,841 --> 00:00:47,613 He'll take you by the hand 8 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,417 He'll say one, two, three 9 00:00:50,482 --> 00:00:51,717 [panting rapidly] 10 00:00:51,784 --> 00:00:54,054 And you will be... 11 00:00:54,853 --> 00:00:59,960 In cotton candy land 12 00:01:00,026 --> 00:01:02,228 [man] For those of you who are wondering, 13 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:05,231 who this fella here is, 14 00:01:05,298 --> 00:01:11,104 I am the legendary Colonel Tom Parker. 15 00:01:23,416 --> 00:01:25,551 [newscaster] Colonel Tom Parker, legendary manager 16 00:01:25,617 --> 00:01:29,521 of Elvis Presley, has been rushed to Valley Hospital. 17 00:01:29,588 --> 00:01:34,394 [Parker] I am the man who gave the world Elvis Presley. 18 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:36,396 [siren wailing] 19 00:01:36,463 --> 00:01:42,369 Without me, there would be no Elvis Presley. 20 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:44,104 And yet, there are some 21 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:47,673 who'd make me out to be the villain 22 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,675 of this here story. 23 00:01:57,183 --> 00:02:00,753 ["Suspicious Minds" by Presley playing faintly] 24 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:09,062 [newscaster 1] Colonel Tom Parker was a liar, a cheat, a con man. 25 00:02:09,129 --> 00:02:12,631 A shocking new book accuses Colonel Tom Parker 26 00:02:12,698 --> 00:02:15,301 of massive fraud and mis-management. 27 00:02:17,870 --> 00:02:21,774 Parker received as much as 50% of Elvis' income. 28 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,675 He worked Elvis like a mule, 29 00:02:23,742 --> 00:02:25,378 to support his own gambling addiction. 30 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:27,213 [newscaster 2] The court finds that the compensation received 31 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,249 by Colonel Parker was excessive, 32 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:31,117 and shocked the conscience of the court. 33 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:32,986 [newscaster 1] Many believe that Colonel Tom Parker 34 00:02:33,053 --> 00:02:36,089 was responsible for the death of Elvis Presley. 35 00:02:37,689 --> 00:02:39,159 [Parker] Now, you listen to me. 36 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:42,495 The only thing that matters is that that man 37 00:02:42,561 --> 00:02:44,897 gets up on that stage tonight. 38 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:48,268 [band playing "Also Sprach Zarathustra"] 39 00:02:51,837 --> 00:02:55,075 [crowd applauding] 40 00:02:57,310 --> 00:03:00,346 [cheering, applause] 41 00:03:12,658 --> 00:03:15,228 [crowd roaring] 42 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:24,938 [band playing fanfare] 43 00:03:34,780 --> 00:03:41,921 Glory, glory, hallelujah 44 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:49,996 His truth is marching on 45 00:03:53,899 --> 00:04:01,040 His truth is marching on 46 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,450 [newscaster, voice echoing] Tom Parker killed him! 47 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:13,620 No! That's not true. 48 00:04:13,685 --> 00:04:15,888 [breath shaking] 49 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,028 [grunting] 50 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:30,904 No, no, I didn't kill him. 51 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,841 I made Elvis Presley. 52 00:04:37,944 --> 00:04:41,780 Nothing all those muckrakers said in their books was true. 53 00:04:41,847 --> 00:04:44,250 Me and Elvis, we was partners. 54 00:04:44,317 --> 00:04:50,290 It was Elvis the Showman and the Colonel the Snowman. 55 00:04:50,356 --> 00:04:52,225 [female reporter] This is the lying Dutchman. 56 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:55,428 [Parker] I always knew I was destined for greatness. 57 00:04:55,495 --> 00:04:58,331 As an orphan, I ran away to the carnival, 58 00:04:58,398 --> 00:05:01,367 where I learned the art of the "snow job," 59 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,537 of emptying a rube's wallet while leaving them with nothing 60 00:05:04,604 --> 00:05:07,240 -but a smile on their face. -[applause] 61 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:09,108 But a carnival act that would get you 62 00:05:09,175 --> 00:05:11,877 the most money, the most snow, 63 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:15,515 had great costumes and a unique trick, 64 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:17,283 that gave the audience feelings 65 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:20,786 they weren't sure they should enjoy. 66 00:05:20,852 --> 00:05:22,854 But they do. 67 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:28,027 And I knew if I could find such an act, 68 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:32,198 I could create the greatest... 69 00:05:32,265 --> 00:05:33,566 show... 70 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:34,833 on... 71 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:38,104 earth. 72 00:05:38,171 --> 00:05:41,674 After the carnival, I moved into the music business... 73 00:05:41,740 --> 00:05:44,277 the country music business. 74 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:48,847 I partnered with one of its biggest stars, Hank Snow. 75 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:54,587 Pardon me if I'm sentimental 76 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:56,723 When we say goodbye 77 00:05:56,788 --> 00:06:01,427 [Parker] And his hapless son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow. 78 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:02,495 Hot-diggity-dog, Billy. 79 00:06:02,562 --> 00:06:04,464 -I got one. -Oh, yeah. 80 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:07,467 Can't believe it. Blow their socks off. 81 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:09,569 Security. Security, Diskin! 82 00:06:09,636 --> 00:06:12,672 Tell the mayors of these towns that we need a police escort 83 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:14,240 for Hank when he arrives. 84 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:17,543 In Baton Rouge, we are going to have a carny wedding 85 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:19,045 at the top of the Ferris Wheel, 86 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:21,247 so, Zina, pick out your next husband. 87 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,882 In New Orleans, we're gonna use the loudspeaker 88 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:25,952 -to announce you, Hank. -[Hank] Oh, sure. 89 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:28,321 [speaking Ciazarn] 90 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:29,788 [in English] ...you are going to march in the parade. 91 00:06:29,855 --> 00:06:31,157 [both speaking Ciazarn] 92 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:33,159 Am I gonna be riding on an elephant, too? 93 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,495 A man on an elephant looks important. 94 00:06:35,561 --> 00:06:36,763 And taller. 95 00:06:36,828 --> 00:06:38,131 We still need to get a novelty act 96 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:39,999 -to bring in the young folk. -Well, yes, yes, 97 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:43,036 that's why you have a meeting with the Duke of Paducah tonight. 98 00:06:43,102 --> 00:06:45,305 If we can book "the Funniest Mouth in the South," 99 00:06:45,371 --> 00:06:46,805 we'll have the greatest show of the season. 100 00:06:46,872 --> 00:06:47,974 Hey, Jimmie, turn that record off. 101 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:49,509 Y'all have to hear this. 102 00:06:49,575 --> 00:06:51,411 Kids all over town are playing it everywhere I go. 103 00:06:51,477 --> 00:06:55,448 ["That's All Right" by Presley playing] 104 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:00,819 I hear Negro rhythms. 105 00:07:00,886 --> 00:07:02,455 But with a country flavor. 106 00:07:02,522 --> 00:07:05,024 Sun Records? That's Sam Phillips' label. 107 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:06,626 [Parker] Oh, yeah, Phillips. 108 00:07:06,693 --> 00:07:09,529 He makes all those race records with the colored singers. 109 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:11,631 Well, this fella's on the Hayride tonight, 110 00:07:11,698 --> 00:07:13,299 after me in the newcomer spot. 111 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:14,634 In Shreveport? 112 00:07:14,701 --> 00:07:17,537 No, they are not putting a colored boy on the Hayride. 113 00:07:17,603 --> 00:07:20,872 That's the thing. He's white. 114 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:22,909 He's... 115 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:26,212 He's white? 116 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:27,613 [radio DJ] What do you think, Texarkana? 117 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,515 Shall we play it for the 27th time? 118 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:31,284 [Elvis singing] Well, that's all right, mama 119 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:33,086 That's all right for you 120 00:07:33,152 --> 00:07:34,687 [radio DJ] Shall we play it for the 27th time? 121 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:37,590 Everybody's talkin' 'bout this new Presley kid 122 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:39,858 [Elvis singing] That's all right... 123 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:44,597 [overlapping] That's all right That's all right... 124 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,369 He's white? 125 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:58,010 [Parker] But it don't matter if you do ten stupid things, 126 00:07:58,077 --> 00:08:01,214 as long as you do one smart one. 127 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:08,488 [Hayride emcee] Welcome y'all to the Louisiana Hayride, 128 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:12,859 broadcasting live to 26 of these United States. 129 00:08:12,925 --> 00:08:15,561 How do you think I feel 130 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:16,662 [crowd clapping in rhythm] 131 00:08:16,729 --> 00:08:20,199 I know your love's not real 132 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:23,469 [Hank] Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 133 00:08:23,536 --> 00:08:24,837 Where is the Colonel? 134 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:28,174 You have the fella that's singing the "All Right, Mama," 135 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:30,643 that new record that's on the Sun label, eh? 136 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:32,879 -The pop jocks keep playing him. -Yeah. 137 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:34,380 Country DJs, too. 138 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,816 Even the colored kids, they're buyin' his record. 139 00:08:36,883 --> 00:08:40,853 The colored ki-- Well, where would I find such an act? 140 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,422 The dressing room. 141 00:08:45,625 --> 00:08:48,694 -[guitarist] Oh. Howdy. -Hey, Elvis Presley? 142 00:08:48,761 --> 00:08:49,796 -Blue Moon Boys? -Yeah. 143 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:51,464 -You're up next. -Oh, sh-- 144 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:55,101 Excuse me. Bill, go time! 145 00:08:55,168 --> 00:08:57,303 [Bill] I know, I know. 146 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,971 -[girl] Hi! -How's his stomach? 147 00:08:59,038 --> 00:09:00,373 I thought I'd grab him a Pepsi, 148 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,375 but poor thing's still shaking like a leaf. 149 00:09:02,442 --> 00:09:05,344 I'll get him on the stage. Come on. Let's go. 150 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:09,015 -[Elvis groans] -Here. 151 00:09:09,081 --> 00:09:10,383 It'll settle your stomach. 152 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:12,251 [Elvis] What if I forget the words on live radio? 153 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,587 All we gotta do out there's just a bit of clownin' around. 154 00:09:14,654 --> 00:09:17,356 That's how we got this thing started in the first place. 155 00:09:17,423 --> 00:09:19,158 Scotty and Bill are right, Elvis. 156 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,626 You're not out there on your own. 157 00:09:20,693 --> 00:09:22,462 -You boys are a band. -[Scotty] That's right. 158 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:24,197 [Gladys] The Lord gave us music to bring people together. 159 00:09:24,263 --> 00:09:25,665 We're like a family, 160 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:27,800 and family is the most important thing of all. 161 00:09:27,867 --> 00:09:29,368 [Vernon] Amen. 162 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:33,139 Come on now, Booby. Jesse's shining bright tonight. 163 00:09:33,206 --> 00:09:35,943 Shining down his strength upon you. 164 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:38,744 [group humming soft melody] 165 00:09:40,713 --> 00:09:46,018 [all singing] Oh, I'll fly away 166 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:51,090 [Parker] Jesse, Elvis's twin brother, who died at birth. 167 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,725 Tragic. 168 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,894 [doctor] Vernon, come quick! It's another child! 169 00:09:54,962 --> 00:09:58,498 [Gladys] My darling, you'll have the strength of two men. 170 00:09:58,564 --> 00:10:01,300 [Parker] But when my boy's daddy passed a bad check 171 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:02,768 and got carted off to prison... 172 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:04,504 [young Elvis shouting] 173 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:06,239 ...the boy and his mama had to take one of the houses 174 00:10:06,305 --> 00:10:08,541 for white folks in a colored neighborhood. 175 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:10,209 [neighbor kid] New boy! Come over! 176 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,245 [Parker] But that boy had a big imagination. 177 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:13,713 [young Elvis speaking] 178 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,548 [Parker] He really believed he was the hero 179 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,550 -in one of them comic books. -[young Elvis speaking] 180 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:20,353 [Parker] He was going to bust his daddy out of the hoosegow 181 00:10:20,419 --> 00:10:24,290 and fly him to the Rock of Eternity! 182 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:26,826 [young Elvis] Then he buys his mama a pink Cadillac. 183 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:29,462 [Tupelo boy] Pink Cadillac? What are you talking about? 184 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,163 Hey, fools! Whoo! 185 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:36,068 [man singing] Ohh 186 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:39,205 Black snake crawlin' in my room 187 00:10:39,272 --> 00:10:41,008 Come on, Doc, let's go. 188 00:10:41,073 --> 00:10:44,877 [Parker] Them comic book heroes all have them super powers. 189 00:10:44,945 --> 00:10:48,447 His was music. 190 00:10:48,514 --> 00:10:56,656 That's all right, Mama That's all right with you 191 00:10:56,722 --> 00:11:03,829 That's all right, Mama Anyway you do 192 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:12,338 Ohh... Black snake crawlin' in my room 193 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:15,174 [Tupelo boy 2] Move, man. Hey, it's my turn. 194 00:11:16,009 --> 00:11:18,477 [congregation singing nearby] 195 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:24,317 [all vocalizing] 196 00:11:24,383 --> 00:11:27,620 That's all right, Mama 197 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:35,394 That's all right, Mama 198 00:11:36,262 --> 00:11:38,031 [playing up-tempo riff] 199 00:11:38,097 --> 00:11:40,800 [congregants clapping rhythmically] 200 00:11:46,806 --> 00:11:49,642 [all singing loudly] 201 00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:55,983 [all] Oh, I'll fly away Oh, Glory 202 00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:58,784 I'll fly away 203 00:11:58,851 --> 00:12:00,186 When I die 204 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:04,156 When I die Hallelujah, by and by 205 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:05,491 [Tupelo boy 2] What you doin'? 206 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:09,261 I'll fly away 207 00:12:09,328 --> 00:12:10,563 -No more preachin', no more -I'll fly away 208 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:13,499 -No more pain, no more -I'll fly away 209 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:14,935 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away 210 00:12:15,002 --> 00:12:16,268 [revival singer] No more preachin', I'll fly 211 00:12:16,335 --> 00:12:17,470 No more pain, I'll fly 212 00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:19,039 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away 213 00:12:19,106 --> 00:12:20,806 [Tupelo boy] Hey, fool, come back. 214 00:12:21,807 --> 00:12:24,243 No. He's with the spirit! 215 00:12:24,978 --> 00:12:26,145 It's all right. 216 00:12:26,212 --> 00:12:28,748 [vocalizing] 217 00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:33,954 Ohh 218 00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:36,990 Black snake crawlin' in my room 219 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:38,591 [woman] Whoo! 220 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:42,595 That's all right, Mama That's all right with you 221 00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:44,730 [man] That's all right, Mama 222 00:12:44,797 --> 00:12:46,532 Anyway you choose 223 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:50,670 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away, oh, Glory 224 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:53,806 I'll fly away 225 00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:55,675 Oh, away 226 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:58,377 -Black snake crawling in my room -Hallelujah, by and by 227 00:12:58,444 --> 00:13:01,647 -Ohhh -[Elvis] I'll fly away 228 00:13:01,714 --> 00:13:03,984 Elvis. Come on, you gotta get on in. 229 00:13:04,051 --> 00:13:05,384 They've already announced you on the radio. 230 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:07,954 Folks are real excited. 231 00:13:08,021 --> 00:13:10,690 [Parker] At Sun Records, Sam Phillips was on a mission 232 00:13:10,756 --> 00:13:14,127 to save the world by recording Black music. 233 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:16,295 But it didn't sell. 234 00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:17,830 So to pay his bills, 235 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:21,567 he needed to find a new singer for his country act. 236 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:24,503 I don't know what it is you see in this boy. 237 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:27,306 I just think he's different. 238 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:30,242 [feedback squealing] 239 00:13:31,377 --> 00:13:34,413 How do you know "Big Boy" Crudup? 240 00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:40,419 That's all right, Mama That's all right for you 241 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:43,856 That's all right, Mama Anyway you do 242 00:13:43,924 --> 00:13:47,760 That's all right That's all right 243 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:52,665 That's all right now, Mama Anyway you do 244 00:13:52,732 --> 00:13:54,968 [congregation continues singing] 245 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,871 He's a young singer from Memphis, Tennessee. 246 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:03,542 Got a song out on the Sun label. It's all over the radio. 247 00:14:03,609 --> 00:14:08,314 Give him a warm Hayride welcome to a Mr. Elvis Presley. 248 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:13,619 [all singing] 249 00:14:13,686 --> 00:14:15,588 [revival singer vocalizing] 250 00:14:17,190 --> 00:14:19,325 [young Elvis panting rapidly] 251 00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:27,299 [music crescendos, ceases] 252 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,401 [emcee] Elvis, how are you this evening? 253 00:14:29,468 --> 00:14:30,904 Just fine, how you, sir? 254 00:14:30,971 --> 00:14:35,674 [Parker] Greasy hair, girly makeup. 255 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:38,912 I cannot overstate how strange he looked. 256 00:14:38,979 --> 00:14:41,014 [emcee] Are you all geared up with your band there to... 257 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:43,250 -I'm all geared up. -...let us hear your songs? 258 00:14:43,315 --> 00:14:46,219 Uh... well, I'd like to say how happy we are to be down here. 259 00:14:46,285 --> 00:14:48,021 It's a real honor for us to be... 260 00:14:48,088 --> 00:14:50,157 Get a chance to appear on the Louisiana Hayride. 261 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:53,026 We're gonna do a song for you we got out on Sun Records. 262 00:14:53,093 --> 00:14:55,461 Uh... 263 00:14:55,528 --> 00:14:56,963 You got anything else to say, sir? 264 00:14:57,030 --> 00:14:59,365 No. I'm ready. 265 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:01,801 [exhales nervously] 266 00:15:02,401 --> 00:15:04,905 [breath shaking] 267 00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:06,705 It goes... 268 00:15:06,772 --> 00:15:08,774 It goes something like this. 269 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:12,545 [feedback squealing] 270 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:13,879 Oh, baby, baby, 271 00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:16,216 Baby, baby, baby 272 00:15:16,283 --> 00:15:18,251 Baby, baby, baby 273 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,385 [hesitant strumming] 274 00:15:19,451 --> 00:15:21,754 Baby, baby, baby 275 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,057 Baby, baby, baby 276 00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:25,558 [feedback continues] 277 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:28,794 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 278 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,231 Get a haircut, fairy! 279 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:33,566 [laughter] 280 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:39,139 [Parker] In that moment, in a flash of lightning, 281 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:42,175 I watched that skinny boy in the pink suit 282 00:15:42,242 --> 00:15:46,012 transform into a superhero. 283 00:15:46,079 --> 00:15:51,383 Well, you may go to college You may go to school 284 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:55,055 You may have a pink Cadillac But don't you be nobody's fool 285 00:15:55,121 --> 00:15:58,124 Now, baby Come back, baby, come 286 00:15:58,191 --> 00:15:59,825 Come back, baby, come 287 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:03,997 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 288 00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,233 Well, listen and I'll tell you, baby 289 00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:07,867 What I'm talking about 290 00:16:07,934 --> 00:16:09,668 [panting] 291 00:16:09,735 --> 00:16:12,438 Come on back to me, little girl So we can play some house 292 00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:13,539 [shrieks] 293 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:15,208 Baby, come back, baby, come 294 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:16,475 Come back, baby, come 295 00:16:16,542 --> 00:16:17,978 [shrieking] 296 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:19,678 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 297 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,915 Wanna play house! 298 00:16:21,982 --> 00:16:24,450 -What are they hollerin' at? -The wiggle! 299 00:16:24,516 --> 00:16:25,684 The what? 300 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:27,053 Them girls wanna see you wiggle. 301 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,188 Move, man! 302 00:16:28,255 --> 00:16:30,223 -Do more! -Much more! 303 00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:31,358 Man! 304 00:16:31,423 --> 00:16:32,926 Do it again. 305 00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:34,393 [women screaming] 306 00:16:34,460 --> 00:16:38,898 Well, this is one thing, baby That I want you to know 307 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:40,799 Come on back Let's play a little house 308 00:16:40,866 --> 00:16:42,335 And we can do what we did before 309 00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:43,336 Now, baby 310 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:44,337 Sit down! 311 00:16:44,403 --> 00:16:45,738 Come back, baby, come 312 00:16:45,804 --> 00:16:48,341 Come back, baby, come Come back, baby 313 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:50,110 What in God's sweet name am I looking at? 314 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:51,177 Hit it! 315 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,813 [loud guitar riff playing] 316 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,749 [screaming] 317 00:17:04,657 --> 00:17:06,159 [shrieking] 318 00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:14,067 [loud scream] 319 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:22,943 What were you thinking, Jimmie? 320 00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:26,645 I don't know what I'm thinking. 321 00:17:28,315 --> 00:17:31,650 Please, Lord, don't let 'em hurt my baby. 322 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,987 Hurt him? Looks like they wanna-- 323 00:17:37,023 --> 00:17:41,227 [slow echoing] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby 324 00:17:41,294 --> 00:17:45,131 [Parker] Now, I don't know nothin' about music... 325 00:17:45,198 --> 00:17:46,765 [faint breathy gasps] 326 00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:50,270 ...but I could see in that girl's eyes, 327 00:17:50,337 --> 00:17:51,972 that she was having feelings 328 00:17:52,038 --> 00:17:54,941 she wasn't sure she should enjoy. 329 00:17:55,008 --> 00:17:58,211 [Crudup singing faintly] Black snake crawlin' in my room 330 00:17:58,278 --> 00:17:59,913 [Parker] Yes. 331 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:06,685 He was a taste of forbidden fruit. 332 00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:11,623 She could've eaten him alive. 333 00:18:15,128 --> 00:18:16,930 [all shrieking] 334 00:18:25,804 --> 00:18:29,142 Why are you trying to kill my son? 335 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:31,411 [Parker] It was the greatest carnival attraction 336 00:18:31,478 --> 00:18:33,380 I'd ever seen. 337 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,881 He was my destiny. 338 00:18:35,949 --> 00:18:40,886 Right under my nose... In Memphis. 339 00:18:43,056 --> 00:18:44,790 [Memphis DJ] Top of the morning to you, friends, 340 00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:47,027 from the home of colorful, old Beale Street. 341 00:18:47,093 --> 00:18:50,263 The place where the blues began in Memphis, Tennessee, 342 00:18:50,330 --> 00:18:52,798 Where you see pretty browns dressed in beautiful gowns, 343 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,368 along with tailor-mades and hand-me-downs. 344 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:58,038 Where you see honest men and pickpockets skilled, 345 00:18:58,104 --> 00:19:00,839 and business never closes till somebody gets killed. 346 00:19:00,907 --> 00:19:02,541 Now, just kidding. 347 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:05,111 But there's a lot goin' down on Beale Street tonight, 348 00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:07,313 and nowhere more-so than at the Club Handy. 349 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,416 Come around if you wanna see Big Mama Thornton, 350 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,884 layin' down her newest hit. 351 00:19:11,951 --> 00:19:13,253 [Thornton singing] Get it, get it 352 00:19:13,319 --> 00:19:14,254 [saxophonist] Get it! Come on! 353 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,022 Oh, let's do it 354 00:19:16,089 --> 00:19:19,591 [Memphis DJ] Now, listen up, while Brown America speaks. 355 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:23,997 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 356 00:19:24,064 --> 00:19:25,864 Quit snoopin' 'round my door 357 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:30,336 [Thornton continues singing] 358 00:19:34,307 --> 00:19:38,945 [Parker] Just why a truck driver from Memphis, Tennessee, 359 00:19:39,012 --> 00:19:42,549 liked to hang out on Beale Street, I do not know. 360 00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:46,618 You told me you was high class But I could see through that... 361 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:48,922 [Parker] But it did him no favors, 362 00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:52,858 fitting into them white housing projects. 363 00:19:52,926 --> 00:19:55,562 Hey, squirrel. Nice shoes. 364 00:19:55,627 --> 00:20:02,668 And, Daddy, I know That you ain't no real cool cat 365 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:04,803 Hey, Elvis! 366 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:08,241 ["Vegas" by Doja Cat playing] 367 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:13,546 [girl] Hey, Tommy. 368 00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:15,881 That's that boy whose record everybody's talkin' about. 369 00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:24,991 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 370 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:47,547 [boy] Hey, sideburns. Where's the Negro suit today? 371 00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:52,418 [Parker] He was crazy for that Beale Street music. 372 00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:55,088 Beale Street style. 373 00:20:55,155 --> 00:20:58,558 He had Beale Street stars in his eyes. 374 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,560 What do you think, Tony? Huh? 375 00:21:00,627 --> 00:21:02,195 B.B. King. 376 00:21:02,262 --> 00:21:06,899 No, I didn't take my boy away from nothin'. 377 00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:10,370 He was runnin' from the day he was born. 378 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:14,840 I just opened the door to our destiny. 379 00:21:14,908 --> 00:21:18,044 [Gladys] So without so much as a word to your daddy and me, 380 00:21:18,111 --> 00:21:19,579 you quit your job to go traveling 381 00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:22,282 all the way to Florida with this Colonel fellow 382 00:21:22,348 --> 00:21:23,983 that we have never met. 383 00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:25,585 Mama, it's only four days. 384 00:21:25,652 --> 00:21:28,087 Yeah, four days. And then what? 385 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:31,690 I knew a fella once, got his record on the radio. 386 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,960 It was all over in a flash. 387 00:21:34,027 --> 00:21:37,063 Mama, I'm just trying to take care of you and Daddy. 388 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,065 That's all I have ever cared about. 389 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,832 I ain't ever gonna let us get back to a place again 390 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:42,135 where Daddy gets in trouble with the law 391 00:21:42,202 --> 00:21:44,037 -to put food on the table. -Elvis! 392 00:21:44,938 --> 00:21:46,339 How dare you? 393 00:21:47,106 --> 00:21:48,341 As the good Lord warns us, 394 00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:50,944 do not wear yourself out to get rich. 395 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:55,114 Do not trust your own goddamn cleverness! 396 00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:57,650 [sighs] 397 00:21:57,716 --> 00:22:00,886 Elvis, you've upset your mama. 398 00:22:11,231 --> 00:22:12,831 [shaky sigh] 399 00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:15,902 You know, Mama, I was thinkin', 400 00:22:15,969 --> 00:22:17,971 maybe I'll buy you one of them pink Cadillacs 401 00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:20,306 like you saw back when you was working at the hospital. 402 00:22:21,241 --> 00:22:23,343 I don't need no pink Cadillac. 403 00:22:24,776 --> 00:22:27,113 Satnin, I just gotta be making 404 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:28,747 the most of this thing while I can. 405 00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:31,850 It's like Daddy says, this could all be over in a flash. 406 00:22:31,918 --> 00:22:34,721 I'm not fearful of it being over, Booby. 407 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:37,724 I don't know how to explain it. 408 00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:41,461 But I saw it in that girl's eyes. 409 00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:45,864 It's something beyond us, but I know that whatever it is, 410 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:48,434 it's something that... 411 00:22:48,501 --> 00:22:51,204 It's something that can come between us. 412 00:22:51,271 --> 00:22:54,741 -[crying softly] -Oh, no, Mama, no. Hey. 413 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:56,808 Ain't nothing ever gonna do that. 414 00:22:56,875 --> 00:22:59,946 You're my girl. My Satnin. 415 00:23:00,013 --> 00:23:02,482 You'll always be my bestest girl. 416 00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:04,384 Hey. 417 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:07,186 -Yeah. -Yeah? 418 00:23:07,253 --> 00:23:10,523 -[trembling sigh] -I will call you every night. 419 00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:15,495 Will you promise me, Booby? 420 00:23:16,429 --> 00:23:18,264 I promise. 421 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:20,899 I promise. I promise, I promise. 422 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:23,002 -All right. I love you. -Bye, baby. 423 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:24,737 [Elvis] Nothing but nothing... 424 00:23:24,803 --> 00:23:25,837 I love you. 425 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,307 ...is gonna come between us. 426 00:23:27,373 --> 00:23:29,609 -[Scotty] Let's go! -[Gladys] Bye, Booby! 427 00:23:29,676 --> 00:23:31,210 See you soon! 428 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:34,681 Wanna bet? [laughs] 429 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:38,117 Well, it's one for the money Two for the show 430 00:23:38,184 --> 00:23:40,219 Three to get ready Now go, cat, go 431 00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:45,124 But don't you Step on my blue suede shoes 432 00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:46,526 Well, you can do anything 433 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:50,096 But stay off of my Blue suede shoes 434 00:23:50,163 --> 00:23:52,965 Well, you can knock me down Step in my face 435 00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:54,801 [over loudspeaker] Your attention, please. 436 00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:56,302 I have some good news. 437 00:23:56,369 --> 00:23:59,505 Our next four nights are sold out... 438 00:23:59,572 --> 00:24:01,307 ...thanks to the dazzling performances 439 00:24:01,374 --> 00:24:05,411 of our tremendous showman, Hank Snow. 440 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:12,518 Pardon me if I'm sentimental When we say goodbye 441 00:24:12,585 --> 00:24:14,287 [Parker] And I've noticed a mild interest 442 00:24:14,354 --> 00:24:16,923 in our newest act, Elvis Presley. 443 00:24:16,989 --> 00:24:18,624 [playing up-tempo music] 444 00:24:23,696 --> 00:24:24,896 [groupie] Hi. 445 00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:26,666 Yeah, Dixie, I'll be back before prom. 446 00:24:26,733 --> 00:24:29,535 [rock music continues] 447 00:24:29,602 --> 00:24:31,137 [crowd cheering] 448 00:24:31,204 --> 00:24:34,040 Well you can burn my house Steal my car 449 00:24:34,107 --> 00:24:36,542 Drink my liquor From an old fruit jar 450 00:24:36,609 --> 00:24:38,578 Do anything that you want to do 451 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:41,114 [Hank] Colonel, what is that boy doing on our tour? 452 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:42,615 [Parker] Well, I told you all about him. 453 00:24:42,682 --> 00:24:44,917 And he wants to record one of your songs. 454 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:46,519 Oh? Which one? 455 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:47,620 All of them. 456 00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:49,489 Well, you warn him plenty. 457 00:24:49,555 --> 00:24:53,926 None of those lewd gyrations or sudden, jerky movements. 458 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:56,462 [Elvis yelling] 459 00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:58,897 Let's go! 460 00:24:59,766 --> 00:25:01,167 Let's rock! 461 00:25:04,604 --> 00:25:06,606 [women shrieking] 462 00:25:09,142 --> 00:25:11,077 Is that a pair of young ladies' intimates 463 00:25:11,144 --> 00:25:12,578 I see upon the stage? 464 00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:14,547 Yes, I believe it is, Hank. 465 00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:17,717 Best not happen when he sings one of my songs. 466 00:25:17,784 --> 00:25:19,252 I'm sure it won't. 467 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:20,586 [Gladys] Elvis, the papers say there are girls 468 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:22,255 around your hotel all night long. 469 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:24,023 I don't even go out, Mama. I stay in. 470 00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:25,892 You know, it gets lonesome. 471 00:25:25,958 --> 00:25:28,494 [radio DJ] I tell you, this new sensation, Elvis Presley, 472 00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:30,463 he's breaking hearts all over the South. 473 00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:32,298 Quit knocking at my door, Scotty. 474 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:37,336 [woman chuckles] 475 00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:43,943 [Elvis singing] Are you sorry We drifted apart? 476 00:25:45,445 --> 00:25:48,714 Never know How much I love you 477 00:25:49,849 --> 00:25:53,653 Never know how much I care 478 00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:57,056 When you put your arms around me 479 00:25:57,123 --> 00:25:58,691 [woman sighing] 480 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,495 [Scotty] Oh, come on, E.P. 481 00:26:02,562 --> 00:26:05,164 Life on the road ain't the concern of folks back home. 482 00:26:05,231 --> 00:26:06,432 [Elvis singing] Fever 483 00:26:06,499 --> 00:26:08,301 [Bill] Why don't you try one of these? 484 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:10,536 Put the pep back into your step. 485 00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:13,439 [Elvis singing] What a lovely way to burn 486 00:26:14,942 --> 00:26:17,310 [Elvis singing] Well, shake, rattle and roll 487 00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:19,579 I said shake, rattle and roll 488 00:26:19,645 --> 00:26:22,715 I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake, rattle and roll 489 00:26:22,782 --> 00:26:23,917 Well, you won't do right 490 00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:24,984 Whoo! 491 00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:26,385 To save your doggone soul 492 00:26:26,452 --> 00:26:27,620 [Jimmie] You're really something else, man! 493 00:26:27,687 --> 00:26:29,188 I promise, I'll put my heart in-- 494 00:26:29,255 --> 00:26:30,690 -[Elvis chuckles] -I wanna be just like you! 495 00:26:30,756 --> 00:26:32,258 [Elvis] Okay. Yeah, thank you. 496 00:26:32,325 --> 00:26:34,060 I can no longer, in good conscience, 497 00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:35,361 go on stage with that boy. 498 00:26:35,428 --> 00:26:38,431 Yes, a conundrum. A conundrum. 499 00:26:38,498 --> 00:26:41,834 [announcer] Please welcome to the stage, Hank Snow! 500 00:26:41,902 --> 00:26:45,705 After I perform, I shall spend the night in prayer. 501 00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:48,708 And I will do what needs to be done. 502 00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:54,480 [downtempo country music playing] 503 00:26:57,717 --> 00:26:59,252 Come on, Jimmie! 504 00:27:01,354 --> 00:27:05,024 How do you think that I feel 505 00:27:05,091 --> 00:27:07,527 Oh, baby Oh, baby 506 00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:11,063 How do you think that I feel 507 00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,799 [music fades] 508 00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:24,744 [Parker] That night, I happened to see him. 509 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:27,046 Alone. 510 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:29,048 Lost. 511 00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:36,255 A snowman is only as good... 512 00:27:36,322 --> 00:27:38,658 as his attraction. 513 00:27:38,724 --> 00:27:40,293 [Bill] Elvis! 514 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,328 -Come on, man. -Elvis, come on! Hurry up! 515 00:27:46,699 --> 00:27:49,335 [Parker] It was all, or nothing. 516 00:27:49,402 --> 00:27:50,971 [Bill] Elvis, we're going to the hall of mirrors! 517 00:27:51,038 --> 00:27:52,505 [Elvis] Wait up! 518 00:27:52,572 --> 00:27:54,473 [Jimmie] Screw the hall of mirrors. That's boring. 519 00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:57,643 [all chattering, laughing] 520 00:27:58,644 --> 00:28:01,747 [Scotty] Right, hang on. Here we go. 521 00:28:01,814 --> 00:28:03,783 [speaking Ciazarn] 522 00:28:04,784 --> 00:28:05,651 [Elvis] Hold on. 523 00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:09,221 All right, fellas. Come on. 524 00:28:12,358 --> 00:28:14,860 -Oh. -[Parker] Lost, my boy? 525 00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:18,497 Colonel Parker, sir. 526 00:28:21,034 --> 00:28:23,904 -You look lost. -[chuckling] 527 00:28:23,971 --> 00:28:26,238 -I guess I am. -Ah, yes. 528 00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:29,875 The roar of the crowd. The life on the road. 529 00:28:29,943 --> 00:28:32,278 And then calling home to your loved ones, 530 00:28:32,345 --> 00:28:34,413 pretending nothing has changed, 531 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,216 when everything has. 532 00:28:37,951 --> 00:28:40,419 Yeah. Lost. 533 00:28:41,854 --> 00:28:44,523 I'm sorry, sir. I... I meant I don't know the way out. 534 00:28:44,590 --> 00:28:49,261 Yeah, that is precisely what I am saying. 535 00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:54,433 I... I saw you. Apart from all the others. 536 00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:56,535 Burdened. 537 00:28:56,602 --> 00:28:59,538 Like you don't know how to get out of this. 538 00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:01,908 But I do. 539 00:29:03,442 --> 00:29:05,177 [Zina singing] Snowman's coming 540 00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:06,679 Allow me to show you. 541 00:29:06,746 --> 00:29:09,482 Yes, he's coming 542 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:14,153 Take his magic hand 543 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:15,956 [Parker] Creatures of the carnival. 544 00:29:16,023 --> 00:29:18,357 -And I am one myself. -[crowd exclaiming] 545 00:29:18,424 --> 00:29:21,594 It's where I learned the art of the snow job. 546 00:29:21,661 --> 00:29:23,195 -[Elvis] Snow job? -[Parker] Yes. 547 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:24,998 It's like the trick you do with the wiggling, 548 00:29:25,065 --> 00:29:26,565 getting all the girls hyped up, 549 00:29:26,632 --> 00:29:28,334 empty their wallets and leave them 550 00:29:28,401 --> 00:29:30,971 with nothing but the smiles on their faces. 551 00:29:31,038 --> 00:29:32,139 I'm no trickster. 552 00:29:32,204 --> 00:29:34,074 Oh, yes, you are. 553 00:29:34,141 --> 00:29:36,342 All showmen are snowmen. 554 00:29:36,409 --> 00:29:38,244 It's a wonderful place. 555 00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,845 Nobody on the aerio. 556 00:29:40,813 --> 00:29:42,181 [speaking Ciazarn] 557 00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:47,520 Your future, Mr. Presley, blazing before you. 558 00:29:47,586 --> 00:29:51,190 Recording contracts, television, even Hollywood. 559 00:29:54,393 --> 00:29:55,962 You're great, Colonel. 560 00:29:56,029 --> 00:29:59,365 You are the best person I could ever hope to work with. 561 00:29:59,432 --> 00:30:01,068 You know, this is something I ain't never 562 00:30:01,134 --> 00:30:02,835 said to nobody before... 563 00:30:02,903 --> 00:30:05,005 But I believe I can be great, too. 564 00:30:05,072 --> 00:30:06,605 Oh, no doubt. 565 00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,675 But we could be even greater together. 566 00:30:09,742 --> 00:30:14,847 But to achieve this, I need to represent you exclusively. 567 00:30:14,915 --> 00:30:17,550 Exclusively? Sir, I... I don't follow. 568 00:30:18,985 --> 00:30:20,219 What about Hank Snow? 569 00:30:20,286 --> 00:30:22,155 Hank. Yes... 570 00:30:22,254 --> 00:30:24,390 He sent me here to fire you. 571 00:30:26,059 --> 00:30:27,928 [metal creaking] 572 00:30:27,994 --> 00:30:29,562 Hank wants you off the tour. 573 00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:33,399 So I will have to leave Hank. 574 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,235 We will both have to make sacrifices. 575 00:30:36,302 --> 00:30:39,906 We will need a record label with national distribution. 576 00:30:41,774 --> 00:30:43,409 RCA? 577 00:30:45,078 --> 00:30:46,980 RCA. 578 00:30:47,047 --> 00:30:49,548 Sam Phillips... discovered me. 579 00:30:49,615 --> 00:30:52,885 I know, but we have a way to help Sam understand 580 00:30:52,953 --> 00:30:56,223 that it would be foolish of him to hold you back. 581 00:30:56,288 --> 00:30:58,390 Every man has his price. 582 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:00,426 [Sam] RCA does have the distribution. 583 00:31:00,493 --> 00:31:01,527 [Elvis] I just need to know that you'll 584 00:31:01,594 --> 00:31:02,828 still be with me as friends. 585 00:31:02,895 --> 00:31:04,965 Don't doubt that, we're not going anywhere. 586 00:31:05,031 --> 00:31:08,701 Marion and I just don't want to stand in your way, that's all. 587 00:31:08,768 --> 00:31:12,038 The world needs to hear you sing, Elvis. 588 00:31:12,105 --> 00:31:14,573 [newscaster] Elvis Presley's contract sold to RCA today 589 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,642 for the highest price in music history. 590 00:31:16,709 --> 00:31:19,311 Quite the payday for Sun Records. 591 00:31:19,378 --> 00:31:22,381 It's just business. Show business. 592 00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:23,716 To achieve truly great things, 593 00:31:23,783 --> 00:31:26,052 one must make truly great sacrifices. 594 00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:29,855 You will have to be free of any entanglements. 595 00:31:29,923 --> 00:31:33,659 You see, my boy, show business is snow business. 596 00:31:33,726 --> 00:31:37,663 And the fans need to believe that you are always available. 597 00:31:37,730 --> 00:31:39,431 [Elvis] The Colonel says that with all the publicity 598 00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:40,833 that's gonna be coming, 599 00:31:40,901 --> 00:31:43,170 he might have to put it out there that... 600 00:31:43,236 --> 00:31:44,537 That... 601 00:31:44,603 --> 00:31:46,872 I don't have a girl. 602 00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:49,976 [sobbing] 603 00:31:50,043 --> 00:31:53,612 [Parker] Then we will need your parents' legal commitment. 604 00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:57,117 They may need a bit of convincing themselves. 605 00:31:57,184 --> 00:31:59,119 [Gladys] Sam Phillips is a good man we can trust. 606 00:31:59,186 --> 00:32:02,621 We don't know this Colonel from a nail in a wall. 607 00:32:02,688 --> 00:32:04,557 [man] Is there a lawyer representing the family? 608 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:05,959 [Parker] Oh, unnecessary. 609 00:32:06,026 --> 00:32:07,560 I am of the firm opinion 610 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:10,896 that family is the most important thing in the world. 611 00:32:10,964 --> 00:32:13,699 In mind of that, I have taken the liberty 612 00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:15,568 of making these contracts out 613 00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:18,939 in the name of Elvis Presley Enterprises. 614 00:32:19,005 --> 00:32:20,040 A family business. 615 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:23,076 And I was thinking, Vernon Presley: 616 00:32:23,143 --> 00:32:24,710 Business Manager. 617 00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,983 [Elvis] What do you think, Daddy? 618 00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:32,085 [Vernon] Uh... Well, uh... 619 00:32:32,152 --> 00:32:34,187 -I like it very much, son. -[Parker] Ah! 620 00:32:34,254 --> 00:32:35,922 [laughing] 621 00:32:35,989 --> 00:32:39,425 Mrs. Presley, your son has a unique gift. 622 00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:41,094 It's as though he has the strength 623 00:32:41,161 --> 00:32:43,462 of two men inside of him. 624 00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:45,065 [pen clicks] 625 00:32:45,131 --> 00:32:46,765 [Elvis] You know, Colonel, I would do anything 626 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:48,534 to make sure my mama and daddy never have to live 627 00:32:48,601 --> 00:32:50,502 in no poverty ever again. 628 00:32:50,569 --> 00:32:54,174 Mama, it's gonna turn out so, so good. 629 00:32:54,241 --> 00:32:55,608 Mm. 630 00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:58,611 [camera clicks] 631 00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:00,013 Colonel, I wasn't fooling when I told those other kids 632 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,680 I was gonna buy 'em a Cadillac one day. 633 00:33:01,747 --> 00:33:04,317 My boy, with me, you will buy them two Cadillacs. 634 00:33:04,383 --> 00:33:05,818 Two? 635 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:08,188 A hundred? 636 00:33:08,255 --> 00:33:09,421 -Two hundred. -[chuckles] 637 00:33:09,488 --> 00:33:11,358 -A thousand. -A million. 638 00:33:11,423 --> 00:33:12,658 An aeroplane. 639 00:33:12,725 --> 00:33:14,493 -How about a rocket ship? -[both laugh] 640 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:19,032 Well, maybe not a rocket ship. My mama don't like me to fly. 641 00:33:19,099 --> 00:33:23,203 But me, I've always wanted to fly. Fast. 642 00:33:23,270 --> 00:33:27,207 Faster than the speed of light to the Rock of Eternity. 643 00:33:27,274 --> 00:33:29,408 What? To the Rock of Eternity? 644 00:33:29,475 --> 00:33:31,077 Captain Marvel, Jr. 645 00:33:32,212 --> 00:33:33,947 He's my favorite comic book hero. 646 00:33:35,048 --> 00:33:36,682 He flies. 647 00:33:36,749 --> 00:33:38,817 Well, what about you, Mr. Presley? 648 00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:41,787 Are you ready to fly? 649 00:33:42,554 --> 00:33:45,025 Yes, sir. I'm ready. 650 00:33:45,926 --> 00:33:47,193 Ready to fly. 651 00:33:55,168 --> 00:33:56,869 [producer 1 over intercom] Uh, Mr. Presley, 652 00:33:56,937 --> 00:33:58,939 try not to move around so much during the takes. 653 00:33:59,005 --> 00:34:01,440 [Elvis] If I can't move, I can't sing. 654 00:34:01,507 --> 00:34:04,377 [singing] Well, since my baby left me 655 00:34:04,443 --> 00:34:05,912 [band plays two chords] 656 00:34:05,979 --> 00:34:09,182 Well, I found a new place To dwell 657 00:34:09,249 --> 00:34:10,984 [producer 2] What is he doing? We paid for this? 658 00:34:11,051 --> 00:34:12,885 It's down at the end of Lonely Street at... 659 00:34:12,953 --> 00:34:14,753 [producer 2] It's a suicide song. 660 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:17,357 ...Heartbreak Hotel 661 00:34:17,424 --> 00:34:20,427 [Parker] Them know-it-alls said I'd backed the wrong horse. 662 00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:22,695 But my boy knew teenagers. 663 00:34:22,761 --> 00:34:26,967 And that first record changed everything. 664 00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:31,770 Well, it's so very hard to have To leave the one you love 665 00:34:31,837 --> 00:34:35,208 And you get more lonely With each passing day 666 00:34:36,809 --> 00:34:41,414 It's so lonely just sitting And dreaming of... 667 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,848 [newscaster 1] In a few short months, 668 00:34:42,916 --> 00:34:44,717 Elvis Presley has popped out of nowhere. 669 00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:46,920 Everywhere he goes, he causes riots, 670 00:34:46,987 --> 00:34:49,555 mountains of press and rivers of money. 671 00:34:49,621 --> 00:34:52,125 [newscaster 2] It's another gold record for Elvis Presley. 672 00:34:52,192 --> 00:34:55,161 This one giving him his first worldwide hit. 673 00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:58,697 [crowd screaming] 674 00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:02,402 [maid] Mrs. Presley, look! 675 00:35:02,469 --> 00:35:05,871 Come on, Mrs. Presley, let me show you how to use this. 676 00:35:05,939 --> 00:35:08,308 Come on, hens! Come on, hens! Come on! 677 00:35:08,375 --> 00:35:11,877 Come on! Outside! Out of my house! 678 00:35:11,945 --> 00:35:14,747 Come on, this way! Come on, babies! 679 00:35:15,448 --> 00:35:16,916 Dodger! 680 00:35:16,983 --> 00:35:18,084 [grunts] 681 00:35:19,019 --> 00:35:21,021 [Elvis grunting] 682 00:35:21,087 --> 00:35:23,089 -[Elvis] Go, Billy boy! -Ya-hoo-hoo! 683 00:35:23,156 --> 00:35:24,991 [Parker] I took my boy's wiggling 684 00:35:25,058 --> 00:35:27,760 and put it in the movies. 685 00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:29,762 I took his name and face, 686 00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:31,630 and put it on all sorts of toys 687 00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:33,967 and knick-knacks, and called it... 688 00:35:34,034 --> 00:35:35,101 "Merchandise." 689 00:35:35,168 --> 00:35:37,703 Your face on every conceivable object, 690 00:35:37,770 --> 00:35:41,341 including teddy bear, perfume, plaster busts... 691 00:35:41,408 --> 00:35:42,608 Of questionable likeness. 692 00:35:42,674 --> 00:35:44,144 "The Elvis Presley Game." 693 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:47,347 Something so everyone can show their love. 694 00:35:47,414 --> 00:35:52,118 Grandma Dodger, what is that behind your ear? 695 00:35:53,219 --> 00:35:55,255 [Gladys] "I hate Elvis." 696 00:35:57,257 --> 00:35:58,557 Huh? 697 00:35:58,624 --> 00:36:00,093 Yes. I hate Elvis. 698 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,827 In my way of thinking, "I love Elvis," 699 00:36:01,894 --> 00:36:03,096 that's an easy sell. 700 00:36:03,163 --> 00:36:04,964 Those who hate your son will do so 701 00:36:05,031 --> 00:36:07,733 whether we profit from it or not. 702 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:12,738 After all, what is hate worth if it's free? 703 00:36:13,806 --> 00:36:15,707 Oh, yeah. I get it. 704 00:36:19,312 --> 00:36:20,746 Snowman strikes again. 705 00:36:20,813 --> 00:36:22,815 [all laughing] 706 00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:25,818 [Parker] Merchandise, promotion. Diskin, what else do we have? 707 00:36:25,884 --> 00:36:27,320 -[Diskin] Necklaces. -[Parker] Necklaces. 708 00:36:27,387 --> 00:36:30,589 -[Diskin] Scarves. -[Parker] Oh, scarves. Yes... 709 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:33,326 [Lansky] Mr. Presley and Mr. King... 710 00:36:33,393 --> 00:36:34,593 regular peas in a pod, 711 00:36:34,660 --> 00:36:36,496 relieving me of my finest threads. 712 00:36:36,563 --> 00:36:37,663 Must be some occasion. 713 00:36:37,729 --> 00:36:38,965 Mr. Lansky, it's Milton Berle. 714 00:36:39,032 --> 00:36:40,899 The whole of America'll be watching. 715 00:36:40,967 --> 00:36:43,169 I don't watch television. 716 00:36:43,236 --> 00:36:44,237 So what's it gonna be? 717 00:36:44,304 --> 00:36:46,139 How you gonna blow their wigs off? 718 00:36:46,206 --> 00:36:49,542 Well, the network wants me to do a ballad. 719 00:36:49,608 --> 00:36:51,945 But I'm thinking about cuttin' it up with "Hound Dog." 720 00:36:52,011 --> 00:36:53,146 Whoo! 721 00:36:53,213 --> 00:36:59,152 Elvis Presley, "Hound Dog," and Uncle Miltie. 722 00:36:59,219 --> 00:37:01,187 Strange things are happening every day. 723 00:37:01,254 --> 00:37:04,290 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog, hound dog 724 00:37:04,357 --> 00:37:06,292 Cryin' all the time 725 00:37:06,359 --> 00:37:08,894 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 726 00:37:08,962 --> 00:37:11,331 Cryin' all the time 727 00:37:11,397 --> 00:37:13,166 Well, you ain't never Caught a rabbit 728 00:37:13,233 --> 00:37:15,902 And you ain't no friend of mine 729 00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:18,670 When they said You was high classed 730 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:20,974 Well, that was just a lie 731 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,809 Yeah, they said You were high classed 732 00:37:23,876 --> 00:37:26,146 Behold, tomorrow, all of America 733 00:37:26,212 --> 00:37:28,581 will be talking about Elvis Presley. 734 00:37:28,647 --> 00:37:29,681 My wiggling boy. 735 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:31,951 [Gladys and Vernon laughing] 736 00:37:32,018 --> 00:37:34,420 Even as a little one, he made me laugh so. 737 00:37:34,487 --> 00:37:36,156 He's so funny! 738 00:37:36,222 --> 00:37:38,657 You never caught a rabbit You ain't no friend of mine 739 00:37:40,493 --> 00:37:42,228 [laughter] 740 00:37:42,295 --> 00:37:45,098 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog, a hound dog 741 00:37:46,566 --> 00:37:47,866 Cryin' all the time 742 00:37:47,934 --> 00:37:49,435 [aide] And, Senator, for the next leg 743 00:37:49,502 --> 00:37:50,904 of your racial integrity tour, 744 00:37:50,970 --> 00:37:54,007 we booked the Overton Park Shell in Memphis. 745 00:37:54,073 --> 00:37:55,909 What are they laughing about? 746 00:37:55,975 --> 00:37:58,744 [laughter continues] 747 00:37:58,810 --> 00:38:02,215 [Elvis] You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 748 00:38:03,483 --> 00:38:05,884 Cryin' all the time 749 00:38:05,952 --> 00:38:08,054 Who the hell is that? 750 00:38:08,121 --> 00:38:10,490 It's that boy from Memphis. 751 00:38:10,557 --> 00:38:12,724 [dreamily] Elvis Presley. 752 00:38:12,791 --> 00:38:14,928 Cryin' all the time 753 00:38:14,994 --> 00:38:19,332 A white boy from Memphis, moving like a goddamn-- 754 00:38:19,399 --> 00:38:25,704 [Elvis singing] Is your heart filled with pain 755 00:38:26,872 --> 00:38:29,375 Shall I come back... 756 00:38:29,442 --> 00:38:34,347 The obscenity and vulgarity of this rock and roll music 757 00:38:34,414 --> 00:38:38,251 is obviously a means by which the white man and his children 758 00:38:38,318 --> 00:38:40,453 can be driven to the level of the Negro. 759 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,488 [Elvis] The colored folks have been singing and playing it 760 00:38:42,555 --> 00:38:45,091 just like I'm doing it now, man, more years than I know. 761 00:38:45,158 --> 00:38:46,693 Colonel Parker, we called you in here 762 00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:48,328 to talk about this act of yours. 763 00:38:48,394 --> 00:38:50,029 [TV reporter] A petition has begun circulating 764 00:38:50,096 --> 00:38:52,699 to bar Elvis Presley from television. 765 00:38:52,764 --> 00:38:54,267 [Eastland] We've set up a committee 766 00:38:54,334 --> 00:38:57,003 to keep an eye on this vulgar, animalistic rock and roll bum. 767 00:38:57,070 --> 00:38:58,870 [TV host] Your style of gyrating while you sing 768 00:38:58,938 --> 00:39:00,206 has been bitterly criticized... 769 00:39:00,273 --> 00:39:02,075 I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong. 770 00:39:02,141 --> 00:39:04,143 [woman] We simply will not advertise on any station 771 00:39:04,210 --> 00:39:05,744 that puts this delinquent on television. 772 00:39:05,811 --> 00:39:08,814 Colonel, you put an end to your boy's animal behavior, 773 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,617 or we will. 774 00:39:10,683 --> 00:39:13,353 [Parker] Don't worry, Senator, my boy does what he's told. 775 00:39:13,419 --> 00:39:16,122 [Elvis singing] Tell me, dear 776 00:39:16,189 --> 00:39:21,995 Are you lonesome tonight? 777 00:39:25,932 --> 00:39:27,734 "Elvis the Pelvis." 778 00:39:27,799 --> 00:39:31,004 That's one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard 779 00:39:31,070 --> 00:39:33,106 coming from an adult. 780 00:39:33,172 --> 00:39:35,341 Is Mr. Allen gonna cancel me from the show? 781 00:39:36,109 --> 00:39:37,343 Yes. 782 00:39:37,410 --> 00:39:39,312 Yes, he is. 783 00:39:39,379 --> 00:39:43,782 He is replacing you with one of the country's greatest singers. 784 00:39:44,917 --> 00:39:46,486 Mario Lanza? 785 00:39:46,552 --> 00:39:47,786 Someone greater. 786 00:39:47,853 --> 00:39:50,889 The new Elvis Presley! 787 00:39:52,659 --> 00:39:54,627 Yeah, I snowed 'em! 788 00:39:54,694 --> 00:39:57,563 You just have to put on one of these tails here, 789 00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:59,065 can sing the "Hound Dog," 790 00:39:59,132 --> 00:40:02,268 and it's a light-hearted, sophisticated family show. 791 00:40:02,335 --> 00:40:03,770 I can't move in one of these. 792 00:40:03,835 --> 00:40:04,836 And that is the point. 793 00:40:04,904 --> 00:40:06,973 Mr. Allen agreed only as long 794 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,342 as there is no wiggling of those hips. 795 00:40:09,409 --> 00:40:12,078 I can't figure it out. My own mother approves of what I do. 796 00:40:12,145 --> 00:40:13,680 Mmm. 797 00:40:13,746 --> 00:40:16,549 You have read the papers, my boy? 798 00:40:16,616 --> 00:40:18,184 Yeah, I read the papers. 799 00:40:18,251 --> 00:40:20,553 The papers say that I shot my mother and smoke marijuana. 800 00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:23,623 Your movement's in the style of a Black man, 801 00:40:23,690 --> 00:40:26,192 and you have broken the segregation laws. 802 00:40:26,259 --> 00:40:28,294 So let's follow the plan. It's a good plan. 803 00:40:28,361 --> 00:40:30,430 You do the Allen Show, family style, 804 00:40:30,496 --> 00:40:32,898 and then tomorrow we go back to Memphis and 805 00:40:32,965 --> 00:40:36,736 we snow them on the July 4th Children's Charitable Concert. 806 00:40:36,803 --> 00:40:40,139 And we put this whole unfortunate misstep behind us. 807 00:40:40,206 --> 00:40:42,742 Now, do you want to go into politics? 808 00:40:42,809 --> 00:40:45,912 Or shall we stay in show business? 809 00:40:48,281 --> 00:40:49,682 [Steve Allen] We want to do a show the whole family 810 00:40:49,749 --> 00:40:51,718 can watch and enjoy, and we always do. 811 00:40:51,784 --> 00:40:53,419 And at this time, it gives me extreme pleasure to introduce 812 00:40:53,486 --> 00:40:55,288 the new Elvis Presley! 813 00:40:55,355 --> 00:40:56,923 [dog barks] 814 00:40:56,989 --> 00:40:59,225 [faint crowd laughter] 815 00:40:59,292 --> 00:41:00,827 [female fan 1] He used to be so hip. 816 00:41:00,892 --> 00:41:02,528 [male fan 1] He looked so silly. 817 00:41:02,595 --> 00:41:04,530 [male fan 2] I mean, he looked like a butler. 818 00:41:04,597 --> 00:41:06,032 [female fan 2] I can't believe he agreed to sing to a dog. 819 00:41:06,099 --> 00:41:07,433 -[door bangs] -[Elvis] God damn it! 820 00:41:08,501 --> 00:41:09,502 [grunts angrily] 821 00:41:09,569 --> 00:41:11,104 He could've given us some warning. 822 00:41:11,170 --> 00:41:12,805 I know how to do a skit, I could've made it funny! 823 00:41:12,871 --> 00:41:16,509 The most stupid, embarrassing, humiliating thing I ever did. 824 00:41:16,576 --> 00:41:18,411 Well, what the hell do you want me to do about it? 825 00:41:18,478 --> 00:41:19,545 We're musicians! 826 00:41:19,612 --> 00:41:21,114 [female fan 3] It's just embarrassing. 827 00:41:21,180 --> 00:41:22,348 [male fan 3] Who does he think he is? 828 00:41:22,415 --> 00:41:24,450 [voices overlapping, echoing faintly] 829 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:27,353 -[horn toots] -[fans screaming] 830 00:41:30,123 --> 00:41:33,526 [imperceptible] 831 00:41:40,633 --> 00:41:43,603 [Gladys] She just went on and on about the damn dog. 832 00:41:43,669 --> 00:41:46,038 And I said, "Neighbors shouldn't speak like that." 833 00:41:46,105 --> 00:41:47,707 And then she said... 834 00:41:47,774 --> 00:41:49,442 I like the bit with the dog. 835 00:41:49,509 --> 00:41:51,878 It was the most embarrassing performance of my life, Daddy. 836 00:41:51,944 --> 00:41:54,046 She wasn't the only one who said it. 837 00:41:54,113 --> 00:41:55,882 -All the neighbors did. -Oh, God. 838 00:41:55,948 --> 00:41:57,383 Those New York people were using you 839 00:41:57,450 --> 00:41:59,152 to poke fun at the whole South. 840 00:41:59,218 --> 00:42:02,955 Getting a laugh out of putting a hillbilly in a tailcoat 841 00:42:03,022 --> 00:42:05,358 -and singing to a dog. -[faint shouting] 842 00:42:05,425 --> 00:42:08,161 God damn it, Mama, it was either that or I get canceled. 843 00:42:08,227 --> 00:42:09,996 Then that's it for television. 844 00:42:10,062 --> 00:42:12,999 Colonel says I'm running out of states that I'm welcome in. 845 00:42:13,065 --> 00:42:15,535 And they don't pay unless I can perform. 846 00:42:15,601 --> 00:42:18,471 So Colonel says I play the charity concert tomorrow night, 847 00:42:18,538 --> 00:42:20,673 as the new family style, 848 00:42:20,740 --> 00:42:23,576 then everybody calms down and we get back on track. 849 00:42:23,643 --> 00:42:26,579 Someone's got to think about keeping a roof over our heads. 850 00:42:26,646 --> 00:42:28,247 Roof over our head? 851 00:42:28,314 --> 00:42:30,883 We've always managed to keep a roof over our head, Vernon. 852 00:42:30,950 --> 00:42:32,952 Mama, Daddy is business manager. It's his job. 853 00:42:33,019 --> 00:42:34,487 [Vernon] That's right. 854 00:42:34,554 --> 00:42:36,924 We was doing just fine before that man came along. 855 00:42:37,023 --> 00:42:38,324 Colonel has got us all of this. 856 00:42:38,391 --> 00:42:40,993 I don't want all this! You're unhappy! 857 00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:43,062 -I am not! -[grunts loudly] 858 00:42:44,063 --> 00:42:45,998 You're losing yourself, Booby! 859 00:42:46,065 --> 00:42:47,834 Oh, hell, Mama, I-- 860 00:42:47,901 --> 00:42:49,435 Satnin knows. 861 00:42:49,502 --> 00:42:50,536 [sighs] 862 00:42:50,603 --> 00:42:52,138 [heavy sigh] 863 00:42:57,143 --> 00:42:59,947 [Gladys] The way you sing and move... 864 00:43:00,012 --> 00:43:01,714 it's God-given. 865 00:43:03,015 --> 00:43:05,251 So there can't be nothing wrong with it. 866 00:43:05,318 --> 00:43:07,887 [all chattering excitedly] 867 00:43:07,955 --> 00:43:09,923 Hey, I'm gonna ask cousin about the movie. 868 00:43:10,022 --> 00:43:11,324 Hey, E.P., E.P.! 869 00:43:11,390 --> 00:43:12,892 Can we close down the movie house 870 00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:14,193 and watch Godzilla tonight? 871 00:43:14,260 --> 00:43:16,562 Don't tramp mud in the house, Billy! 872 00:43:16,629 --> 00:43:18,064 [Billy] But you said we could watch the movie! 873 00:43:18,130 --> 00:43:19,732 Get out! Get out of my goddamn house! 874 00:43:19,799 --> 00:43:21,400 -[Billy] You said you'd take us! -Tramping mud in my house 875 00:43:21,467 --> 00:43:22,936 and doing my damn head in. 876 00:43:23,002 --> 00:43:24,237 [frustrated sigh] 877 00:43:24,303 --> 00:43:26,272 Mama, you ain't never happy. 878 00:43:26,339 --> 00:43:29,008 No matter what I do, no matter how much I give you, 879 00:43:29,075 --> 00:43:30,443 it ain't never enough. 880 00:43:30,510 --> 00:43:33,112 And, I wish you would not drink so goddamn much. 881 00:43:33,179 --> 00:43:34,780 It's not good for you. 882 00:43:34,847 --> 00:43:36,182 Baby! 883 00:43:36,249 --> 00:43:37,783 -Put that back in the shed! -Elvis, wait! 884 00:43:41,420 --> 00:43:45,424 Elvis! Elvis, come on! Elvis! 885 00:43:48,194 --> 00:43:49,662 [man on radio] Here's Elvis Presley. 886 00:43:51,430 --> 00:43:54,300 [Elvis' songs playing on radio] 887 00:43:55,535 --> 00:43:58,538 ["Tiger Man" by Rufus Thomas playing] 888 00:44:06,679 --> 00:44:09,315 [on radio] This is Rufus Thomas here from WDIA. 889 00:44:09,382 --> 00:44:12,118 You can catch B.B. King tonight at Club Handy, 890 00:44:12,184 --> 00:44:14,186 with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. 891 00:44:17,390 --> 00:44:20,626 ["Let It All Hang Out" by Denzel Curry playing] 892 00:44:38,878 --> 00:44:40,613 [excited chattering] 893 00:44:44,051 --> 00:44:45,484 [Elvis] Hello. 894 00:44:49,088 --> 00:44:51,058 [laughs] E.P.! 895 00:44:52,692 --> 00:44:55,094 -B.B.! Hey! -[King] Get over here! 896 00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:58,631 [laughs] 897 00:44:58,698 --> 00:45:00,099 Have a good night. 898 00:45:01,969 --> 00:45:04,170 [indistinct, excited chatter] 899 00:45:07,873 --> 00:45:09,542 Thank you. Have a good night. 900 00:45:14,246 --> 00:45:15,448 Hello. 901 00:45:22,221 --> 00:45:23,389 Hey! 902 00:45:30,097 --> 00:45:34,400 Get him! Get him in here! E.P.! E.P.! 903 00:45:36,369 --> 00:45:38,804 All right, all right. Thank you. 904 00:45:38,871 --> 00:45:41,374 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop Ba-lop, bom, bom 905 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:46,013 Tutti frutti, oh rooty Tutti frutti, oh rooty 906 00:45:46,079 --> 00:45:48,547 [Elvis] Got my mama going on about the "Hound Dog," 907 00:45:48,614 --> 00:45:49,916 and the Colonel's got me wearing tails, 908 00:45:49,983 --> 00:45:50,951 and everybody wants something different. 909 00:45:51,018 --> 00:45:52,284 Hey, listen, man. 910 00:45:52,351 --> 00:45:53,452 If you're sad and you want to be sad, 911 00:45:53,519 --> 00:45:54,955 you're at the right place. 912 00:45:55,022 --> 00:45:56,990 If you're happy and you want to be happy, guess what? 913 00:45:57,057 --> 00:45:58,691 You're at the right place. 914 00:45:58,758 --> 00:46:00,994 So just do me a favor... 915 00:46:01,061 --> 00:46:02,129 Let it all hang out. 916 00:46:02,194 --> 00:46:04,330 Let it all hang out, E.P.! 917 00:46:04,397 --> 00:46:08,101 -Let it all hang out, baby. -[laughs] 918 00:46:08,167 --> 00:46:10,736 She rocks to the east She rocks to the west 919 00:46:10,803 --> 00:46:13,172 But she's the girl that I love best 920 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,574 Tutti frutti, oh rooty, uh! 921 00:46:15,641 --> 00:46:16,642 Hey, man. 922 00:46:16,709 --> 00:46:18,277 Tutti frutti, oh rooty, whoo! 923 00:46:18,344 --> 00:46:22,682 Tutti frutti, oh rooty Tutti frutti, oh rooty 924 00:46:22,748 --> 00:46:25,052 [faint] Tutti frutti, oh rooty 925 00:46:25,118 --> 00:46:26,019 [indistinct radio chatter] 926 00:46:26,086 --> 00:46:27,753 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop-- 927 00:46:27,820 --> 00:46:28,854 [screams] 928 00:46:28,922 --> 00:46:31,390 Whoo! Man, he's cuttin' it! 929 00:46:33,292 --> 00:46:36,896 Sister Rosetta found this kid in the backwaters of Georgia. 930 00:46:43,703 --> 00:46:44,971 [crowd cheering] 931 00:46:46,739 --> 00:46:49,275 They should get the Colonel to book him on Steve Allen. 932 00:46:51,912 --> 00:46:53,180 [yells] 933 00:46:53,245 --> 00:46:55,448 They would love his moves. 934 00:46:57,951 --> 00:47:00,419 Got a girl named Daisy 935 00:47:00,486 --> 00:47:02,788 She almost drives me crazy 936 00:47:02,855 --> 00:47:04,590 Got a girl named Daisy 937 00:47:04,657 --> 00:47:05,458 Whoo! 938 00:47:05,524 --> 00:47:07,860 She almost drives me crazy 939 00:47:07,928 --> 00:47:10,063 She knows how to love me Yes, indeed 940 00:47:10,130 --> 00:47:12,798 Boy, you don't know What she do to me 941 00:47:12,865 --> 00:47:14,700 Tutti frutti, oh rooty 942 00:47:14,767 --> 00:47:17,303 Man, he sings the hell out of that song! 943 00:47:17,369 --> 00:47:18,905 I would love to record that. 944 00:47:18,972 --> 00:47:21,340 If you do, you'll make a whole lot more money 945 00:47:21,407 --> 00:47:23,076 than that kid could ever dream of. 946 00:47:23,143 --> 00:47:25,511 Tutti frutti, oh rooty 947 00:47:25,578 --> 00:47:27,713 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop, Ba-lop, bom, bom 948 00:47:27,780 --> 00:47:29,849 -[screams] -[crowd cheering] 949 00:47:29,916 --> 00:47:33,319 [cheers fading] 950 00:47:33,385 --> 00:47:35,855 [electric guitar plays blues melody] 951 00:47:40,927 --> 00:47:44,730 [Tharpe singing] I'm a-workin' on the building 952 00:47:44,797 --> 00:47:48,567 [patrons] Workin' on the building 953 00:47:48,634 --> 00:47:51,670 [Tharpe] It's the new foundation 954 00:47:51,737 --> 00:47:55,175 [patrons] The new foundation 955 00:47:55,242 --> 00:47:57,510 [Tharpe] I'm goin' to heaven 956 00:47:57,576 --> 00:47:58,544 [patrons] Yeah! 957 00:47:58,611 --> 00:47:59,946 [Elvis] Goin' to heaven 958 00:48:01,014 --> 00:48:03,315 To get my reward 959 00:48:03,382 --> 00:48:07,187 [patrons] Get my reward 960 00:48:07,254 --> 00:48:08,654 [Elvis] Whoo! 961 00:48:08,721 --> 00:48:09,722 [applause] 962 00:48:09,789 --> 00:48:12,725 [King] Ha-ha! That's all right. 963 00:48:12,792 --> 00:48:15,561 That's a nice ride you rode up in tonight. 964 00:48:15,628 --> 00:48:18,330 It ain't like your ol' big B.B. King bus. 965 00:48:18,397 --> 00:48:19,933 [chuckles] 966 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,035 Big Red. 967 00:48:22,102 --> 00:48:25,604 Yeah, well, I can go where I want, play what I want, 968 00:48:25,671 --> 00:48:27,941 and if they don't like it, I can go someplace else. 969 00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:30,876 You've got to be in control, man. 970 00:48:30,944 --> 00:48:32,913 You should have your own label, like me. 971 00:48:32,979 --> 00:48:35,614 You don't do the business, the business will do you. 972 00:48:35,681 --> 00:48:38,084 Man, I just leave all that to the Colonel. 973 00:48:40,187 --> 00:48:42,354 So it's, um... 974 00:48:42,421 --> 00:48:44,690 It's his idea, this new Elvis? 975 00:48:45,558 --> 00:48:47,060 Listen, I don't get it, man. 976 00:48:47,127 --> 00:48:49,728 Cats buy your records because they like what you do, 977 00:48:49,795 --> 00:48:53,599 not because you're dressed up like some... like some butler. 978 00:48:53,666 --> 00:48:55,969 You really think those kids want to see Elvis the butler 979 00:48:56,036 --> 00:48:57,469 at the Russwood Park gig tomorrow? 980 00:48:57,536 --> 00:48:58,972 Man, I ain't wearing no tails. 981 00:48:59,039 --> 00:49:02,909 I just... gotta lay off the moves, is all. 982 00:49:02,976 --> 00:49:05,778 Colonel says if I don't, they're gonna put me in jail. 983 00:49:05,845 --> 00:49:09,448 [laughs] 984 00:49:09,515 --> 00:49:11,450 Come on, man. 985 00:49:11,517 --> 00:49:13,019 They're not gonna put you in jail. 986 00:49:13,086 --> 00:49:14,720 They might put me in jail for walking across the street, 987 00:49:14,787 --> 00:49:16,223 but you're a famous white boy. 988 00:49:16,289 --> 00:49:18,891 Too many people are making too much money off of you 989 00:49:18,959 --> 00:49:20,426 to put you in jail. 990 00:49:20,492 --> 00:49:21,360 You think so? 991 00:49:21,427 --> 00:49:23,395 I know so. 992 00:49:23,462 --> 00:49:28,767 Colonel's a smart man. There's gotta be another reason. 993 00:49:28,834 --> 00:49:31,104 [Tharpe playing "Strange Things Happening Every day"] 994 00:49:31,905 --> 00:49:34,673 Every day, yes 995 00:49:34,740 --> 00:49:38,711 There are strange things Happening every day 996 00:49:38,777 --> 00:49:41,747 Hey, Elvis, B.B.! Give us a smile. 997 00:49:44,416 --> 00:49:46,286 Every day 998 00:49:46,353 --> 00:49:48,888 [Eastland] You promised us a new Elvis, Colonel. 999 00:49:48,955 --> 00:49:52,926 Yet, here he is with this B.B. King at Club Handy, 1000 00:49:52,993 --> 00:49:56,062 jiggling and wiggling with Billy Ward, and here, 1001 00:49:56,129 --> 00:49:59,531 on Colored Night at the Memphis Fairgrounds. 1002 00:49:59,598 --> 00:50:01,301 We've been poking into your background, 1003 00:50:01,368 --> 00:50:03,036 and we've found your records. 1004 00:50:03,103 --> 00:50:05,272 "Unfit for military duty." 1005 00:50:05,338 --> 00:50:07,740 "Acute psychopathic state." 1006 00:50:07,806 --> 00:50:12,611 Well... I was pretending to be crazy. I wanted out. 1007 00:50:12,678 --> 00:50:15,048 I was just a boy from Huntington, West Virginia. 1008 00:50:15,115 --> 00:50:18,517 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 1009 00:50:18,584 --> 00:50:21,820 [Tharpe singing] Every day, yeah 1010 00:50:21,887 --> 00:50:27,160 There are strange things Happening every day 1011 00:50:28,594 --> 00:50:31,697 Every day Are so strange 1012 00:50:31,764 --> 00:50:34,600 Every day People are stealing the planes 1013 00:50:34,667 --> 00:50:37,938 Oh! There are strange Things happening 1014 00:50:38,004 --> 00:50:42,508 Every day Oh, ain't that strange, every day 1015 00:50:42,574 --> 00:50:44,344 [up-tempo music playing faintly] 1016 00:50:44,411 --> 00:50:47,247 [Tharpe singing] Every day, yes 1017 00:50:47,314 --> 00:50:52,152 There are strange things Happening every day 1018 00:50:53,886 --> 00:50:56,822 [Parker] While 10,000 screaming fans were cramming in 1019 00:50:56,889 --> 00:50:59,259 to see our show, Senator Eastland was holding 1020 00:50:59,326 --> 00:51:02,761 a segregationist rally just three miles away. 1021 00:51:04,331 --> 00:51:05,698 [crowd screaming] 1022 00:51:05,764 --> 00:51:08,500 The mayor loved you on the Steve Allen Show. 1023 00:51:08,567 --> 00:51:11,037 All the important people did. 1024 00:51:11,104 --> 00:51:13,572 What song are you going to sing tonight? 1025 00:51:14,274 --> 00:51:16,042 I've made no decision. 1026 00:51:18,544 --> 00:51:20,080 I'll feel it. 1027 00:51:26,819 --> 00:51:28,121 [Parker] Pay no mind to all the cameras. 1028 00:51:28,188 --> 00:51:31,057 Those are our friends in the vice squad. 1029 00:51:31,124 --> 00:51:34,194 They don't mean nothing. Ain't that right, chief? 1030 00:51:34,260 --> 00:51:37,030 As long as you don't so much as wiggle a finger. 1031 00:51:52,479 --> 00:51:54,180 [emcee] Oh, yes, sir, good people! 1032 00:51:54,247 --> 00:51:57,683 A big thank you to Shorty Morgan's Dixie Dolls! 1033 00:51:57,750 --> 00:51:59,818 But I know some of the young people 1034 00:51:59,885 --> 00:52:02,588 are very excited about this next act! 1035 00:52:02,654 --> 00:52:04,723 [loud cheering, applause] 1036 00:52:04,790 --> 00:52:06,859 Jesse's with us tonight, baby. 1037 00:52:06,926 --> 00:52:10,330 Play it smart out there, yeah? 1038 00:52:10,397 --> 00:52:13,832 Well, stop talking about it We're talking about everything 1039 00:52:13,899 --> 00:52:16,102 And do somethin' about it 1040 00:52:16,169 --> 00:52:17,803 Elvis Presley! 1041 00:52:17,870 --> 00:52:21,573 Strange things happening Every day 1042 00:52:23,709 --> 00:52:26,346 Just sing the nice song. Smile the nice smile. 1043 00:52:26,413 --> 00:52:27,746 No wiggling. 1044 00:52:27,813 --> 00:52:29,782 Then we can get back to our show business. 1045 00:52:29,848 --> 00:52:32,285 And have fun, my boy! Fun! 1046 00:52:35,288 --> 00:52:37,756 [Tharpe singing] Oh, we want peace! 1047 00:52:37,823 --> 00:52:39,691 We want peace! 1048 00:52:39,758 --> 00:52:42,095 We oughta stop talkin' about it And do somethin' about it 1049 00:52:42,162 --> 00:52:47,100 Oh, there are strange Things happening 1050 00:52:47,167 --> 00:52:53,139 Every day 1051 00:52:54,340 --> 00:52:57,177 [cheering, applause] 1052 00:53:03,216 --> 00:53:05,151 [cameras clicking] 1053 00:53:08,620 --> 00:53:11,324 [cheering subsides] 1054 00:53:11,391 --> 00:53:13,759 There's been a lot of talk about the new Elvis. 1055 00:53:13,826 --> 00:53:16,229 [crowd jeering] 1056 00:53:21,633 --> 00:53:23,903 And of course, that other guy. 1057 00:53:25,438 --> 00:53:27,773 [crowd cheering] 1058 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:30,609 [Elvis singing] You ain't Nothin' but a hound dog 1059 00:53:30,676 --> 00:53:32,278 [chuckling] Cryin' all the time 1060 00:53:35,014 --> 00:53:37,250 [Eastland] ...at his command, both civil and other, 1061 00:53:37,317 --> 00:53:41,454 to maintain public order, and prevent crime and riots. 1062 00:53:41,521 --> 00:53:43,089 He can use those forces... 1063 00:53:43,156 --> 00:53:46,625 to prevent the racial integration of schools, 1064 00:53:46,692 --> 00:53:50,896 if this is necessary, under the police powers of that state... 1065 00:53:50,964 --> 00:53:53,366 There's a lot of people saying a lot of things. 1066 00:53:53,433 --> 00:53:55,168 [Eastland] ...in fact, it is his duty... 1067 00:53:55,235 --> 00:53:57,504 Of course you gotta listen to the people that you love. 1068 00:53:57,570 --> 00:54:00,907 [Eastland] ...and prevent turmoil and strife within the state. 1069 00:54:02,509 --> 00:54:04,577 But in the end, you gotta listen to yourself. 1070 00:54:04,643 --> 00:54:06,712 [crowd cheering] 1071 00:54:06,778 --> 00:54:08,814 So I want you to know, those New York people 1072 00:54:08,881 --> 00:54:10,583 ain't gonna change me none. 1073 00:54:10,649 --> 00:54:12,252 [cheering, applause] 1074 00:54:12,318 --> 00:54:14,120 [Eastland] ...the subversives who own... 1075 00:54:14,187 --> 00:54:18,024 ...control and dominate the entertainment industry... 1076 00:54:18,091 --> 00:54:19,725 -"Trouble." -[Eastland] ... are determined... 1077 00:54:19,791 --> 00:54:22,095 ...to spread Africanized culture... 1078 00:54:22,162 --> 00:54:26,366 I'm gonna show you what the real Elvis is like tonight! 1079 00:54:26,432 --> 00:54:28,568 [Eastland] ...influencing your children... 1080 00:54:28,635 --> 00:54:29,903 to accept the Negroes. 1081 00:54:29,969 --> 00:54:31,237 [band plays chord] 1082 00:54:31,304 --> 00:54:32,438 If you're looking for trouble 1083 00:54:32,505 --> 00:54:33,839 -No. -What's going on? 1084 00:54:33,907 --> 00:54:35,441 You came to the right place 1085 00:54:36,875 --> 00:54:38,877 If you're looking for trouble 1086 00:54:40,146 --> 00:54:41,713 Just look right in my face 1087 00:54:43,349 --> 00:54:45,051 I was born standing up 1088 00:54:46,553 --> 00:54:48,488 And talking back 1089 00:54:48,555 --> 00:54:54,726 My daddy was a green-eyed Mountain jack 1090 00:54:54,793 --> 00:54:58,998 Because I'm evil 1091 00:54:59,065 --> 00:55:03,236 My middle name is misery 1092 00:55:07,340 --> 00:55:10,410 Well, I'm evil 1093 00:55:11,911 --> 00:55:15,714 So don't you mess around with me 1094 00:55:21,921 --> 00:55:23,256 I've never looked for trouble 1095 00:55:23,323 --> 00:55:24,958 [all screaming] 1096 00:55:25,024 --> 00:55:26,825 But I never ran 1097 00:55:28,394 --> 00:55:29,963 I don't take no orders 1098 00:55:31,097 --> 00:55:32,764 From no kind of man 1099 00:55:34,701 --> 00:55:36,069 I'm only made out 1100 00:55:37,769 --> 00:55:39,038 Of flesh, blood and bone 1101 00:55:39,105 --> 00:55:42,774 But if you're gonna Start a rumble 1102 00:55:42,841 --> 00:55:45,979 Don't you try it on alone 1103 00:55:46,045 --> 00:55:49,449 Because I'm evil 1104 00:55:50,483 --> 00:55:53,720 My middle name is misery 1105 00:55:53,785 --> 00:55:55,388 [shrieking] 1106 00:55:57,490 --> 00:55:58,558 Elvis! 1107 00:55:58,625 --> 00:56:03,029 Well, I'm evil 1108 00:56:03,096 --> 00:56:05,598 So don't you mess around with me 1109 00:56:05,665 --> 00:56:08,534 -[band accelerates tempo] -[excited chattering] 1110 00:56:09,736 --> 00:56:12,405 I'm evil, evil evil as can be 1111 00:56:13,473 --> 00:56:16,409 I'm evil evil, evil as can be 1112 00:56:16,476 --> 00:56:17,477 [officers shouting] 1113 00:56:17,543 --> 00:56:18,777 So don't mess around 1114 00:56:18,844 --> 00:56:20,980 Don't mess around with me 1115 00:56:21,681 --> 00:56:23,383 I'm evil 1116 00:56:23,449 --> 00:56:24,317 [cameras whirring] 1117 00:56:24,384 --> 00:56:25,518 I'm evil 1118 00:56:26,619 --> 00:56:30,123 [faint singing] Evil, evil 1119 00:56:30,189 --> 00:56:34,193 Uh, now would be a good time to get back into the car. 1120 00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:36,396 I'm evil 1121 00:56:36,462 --> 00:56:37,863 Evil 1122 00:56:38,364 --> 00:56:40,066 Evil 1123 00:56:40,133 --> 00:56:42,769 -[sound fades] -[cameras clicking, whirring] 1124 00:56:42,834 --> 00:56:46,339 Our friends at RCA are not gonna be happy when they see this. 1125 00:56:47,206 --> 00:56:49,208 [up-tempo music continues] 1126 00:56:58,850 --> 00:57:01,354 [sounds fade, muffled] 1127 00:57:01,421 --> 00:57:03,855 [Parker] He didn't listen to me. 1128 00:57:04,957 --> 00:57:06,359 -Why? -[faint singing] 1129 00:57:06,426 --> 00:57:09,762 Why didn't he listen to me? 1130 00:57:09,828 --> 00:57:12,365 [faint singing] I'm evil 1131 00:57:14,033 --> 00:57:16,002 Get my boy off that stage! 1132 00:57:17,070 --> 00:57:18,338 ...with me 1133 00:57:18,404 --> 00:57:19,272 [yelling] 1134 00:57:21,908 --> 00:57:24,944 [Scotty] Get your hands off him. Hey! 1135 00:57:25,011 --> 00:57:27,213 [Bill] Hey, Elvis! 1136 00:57:41,461 --> 00:57:43,329 [women shrieking] Elvis! 1137 00:57:43,396 --> 00:57:46,065 Go look after the merchandise. Look after the merchandise! 1138 00:57:46,132 --> 00:57:48,634 [all shouting, yelling] 1139 00:57:48,701 --> 00:57:49,936 [man] Elvis, come on! 1140 00:57:50,002 --> 00:57:51,637 Get off of me! Mama, you get in the car! 1141 00:57:51,704 --> 00:57:53,473 Get in the car! 1142 00:57:53,539 --> 00:57:55,274 [screaming] 1143 00:57:55,341 --> 00:57:57,110 [panting] 1144 00:58:02,715 --> 00:58:04,517 You're gonna get us in trouble. 1145 00:58:05,651 --> 00:58:07,153 He's all right, come on. 1146 00:58:07,220 --> 00:58:09,455 -[Scotty] Elvis! -[Bill] Scotty, come on. 1147 00:58:09,522 --> 00:58:10,556 Let's go. 1148 00:58:11,991 --> 00:58:13,960 [panting] 1149 00:58:16,028 --> 00:58:18,097 [fans thumping on car] 1150 00:58:22,402 --> 00:58:23,503 [siren wails] 1151 00:58:23,569 --> 00:58:27,173 [Parker] My dear boy had chosen. 1152 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,911 You, his audience, his fans. 1153 00:58:31,978 --> 00:58:36,582 He had no idea what he had done to both of us. 1154 00:58:36,649 --> 00:58:38,317 [Eastland] We warned you, Colonel. 1155 00:58:38,384 --> 00:58:40,119 You've lost control of this act of yours. 1156 00:58:40,186 --> 00:58:41,854 And he's dividing this nation. 1157 00:58:41,921 --> 00:58:46,426 There are a lot of people who want to see him in jail. 1158 00:58:46,492 --> 00:58:48,961 [Parker] I had to find a way out. 1159 00:58:49,862 --> 00:58:51,964 A way to save him. 1160 00:58:55,301 --> 00:59:00,039 [Elvis singing] Crawfish 1161 00:59:01,607 --> 00:59:05,044 Crawfish 1162 00:59:07,513 --> 00:59:12,285 No. There's no way my baby's going to Germany for two years. 1163 00:59:12,351 --> 00:59:16,422 It is either the army or jail. 1164 00:59:17,323 --> 00:59:19,325 There is something else. 1165 00:59:19,392 --> 00:59:23,162 Vernon, they are poking into your background. 1166 00:59:23,229 --> 00:59:24,964 We don't have nothin' to be ashamed of! 1167 00:59:25,031 --> 00:59:26,566 Now, my daddy is a good man. 1168 00:59:26,632 --> 00:59:29,769 [Parker] Yes, yes. But your papa did go to jail. 1169 00:59:29,836 --> 00:59:32,839 You know them, and their flashy headlines. 1170 00:59:32,906 --> 00:59:37,109 "Elvis, The Draft Dodger." "A Family of Delinquents." 1171 00:59:37,176 --> 00:59:40,079 There was no moon 1172 00:59:40,146 --> 00:59:44,150 [Parker] We may never book another date, or sell another record again. 1173 00:59:44,217 --> 00:59:45,751 And my way of thinking, 1174 00:59:45,818 --> 00:59:48,321 the army could be a brand new start for all of us. 1175 00:59:48,387 --> 00:59:50,056 Let them cut your hair. 1176 00:59:50,122 --> 00:59:53,459 Prove to the world that you are a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1177 00:59:53,526 --> 00:59:56,529 You do your two years, and when you come back, I promise you 1178 00:59:56,596 --> 00:59:58,231 I will have done everything I can 1179 00:59:58,297 --> 01:00:01,100 to make you the biggest actor in Hollywood. 1180 01:00:01,167 --> 01:00:03,069 You will choose your own pictures. 1181 01:00:04,704 --> 01:00:06,305 -It's gonna be okay, Mama. -[sobbing] 1182 01:00:06,372 --> 01:00:10,710 And I pulled Mr. Crawfish out of his hole 1183 01:00:10,776 --> 01:00:12,612 [TV reporter] Young Mr. Presley, a rock and roller no more. 1184 01:00:12,678 --> 01:00:16,115 He'll do six months' basic training at Fort Chaffee 1185 01:00:16,182 --> 01:00:18,184 before shipping off to Germany. 1186 01:00:18,251 --> 01:00:19,785 [Elvis continues singing faintly] 1187 01:00:19,852 --> 01:00:21,587 [Parker] Since the day he was born, 1188 01:00:21,654 --> 01:00:24,524 she had feared losing her second son. 1189 01:00:27,793 --> 01:00:30,329 While he was in basic training... 1190 01:00:31,163 --> 01:00:33,633 she worried and drank... 1191 01:00:35,034 --> 01:00:36,602 Worried... 1192 01:00:37,570 --> 01:00:39,138 and drank. 1193 01:00:39,205 --> 01:00:41,407 -[loud thump] -[glass clattering] 1194 01:00:47,179 --> 01:00:48,681 [faint] Hey... 1195 01:00:48,748 --> 01:00:50,116 Alberta! 1196 01:00:54,587 --> 01:00:56,556 [sobbing quietly] 1197 01:01:01,060 --> 01:01:03,396 [crying] 1198 01:01:13,706 --> 01:01:15,976 [Elvis crying] Oh, no... 1199 01:01:16,043 --> 01:01:17,643 No! 1200 01:01:21,113 --> 01:01:25,851 There are some fine folks from the press waiting outside. 1201 01:01:25,919 --> 01:01:31,024 A few questions, pictures, and they will leave us alone. 1202 01:01:31,090 --> 01:01:34,193 I can't get him to do anything. 1203 01:01:35,394 --> 01:01:38,230 He trusted her like nobody else, 1204 01:01:38,297 --> 01:01:42,168 and now she's gone and who does he have now? 1205 01:01:44,004 --> 01:01:45,104 [Vernon] Well... 1206 01:01:46,372 --> 01:01:48,240 He trusts you. [shaky exhale] 1207 01:01:48,307 --> 01:01:50,509 Can you talk to him? 1208 01:01:51,611 --> 01:01:53,479 Oh, no. 1209 01:01:54,413 --> 01:01:56,349 It's not my place... 1210 01:01:56,415 --> 01:01:58,217 Can you do it, Colonel? 1211 01:01:58,284 --> 01:02:00,353 We need your help now. 1212 01:02:03,823 --> 01:02:05,825 [Elvis sobbing quietly] 1213 01:02:10,496 --> 01:02:13,232 Your daddy is doing the best he knows how, 1214 01:02:13,299 --> 01:02:16,369 but he is overwhelmed. 1215 01:02:16,435 --> 01:02:18,604 He needs your help out there. 1216 01:02:18,671 --> 01:02:22,475 [crying] I can't go out there. I just wanna stay here forever. 1217 01:02:22,541 --> 01:02:24,677 -Oh, my boy. -[sobbing] 1218 01:02:24,744 --> 01:02:28,048 No one could never replace her. 1219 01:02:28,115 --> 01:02:30,017 But you listen to me. 1220 01:02:30,083 --> 01:02:33,552 From this moment on, anything she would have done... 1221 01:02:34,387 --> 01:02:37,356 I will carry out, in her name. 1222 01:02:37,423 --> 01:02:42,662 When you are overseas, I will stay here at home. 1223 01:02:42,728 --> 01:02:46,399 And I will work, and I will worry. 1224 01:02:48,234 --> 01:02:49,936 Trust me. 1225 01:02:52,171 --> 01:02:56,308 Now, you go and you stand by your papa. 1226 01:02:56,375 --> 01:02:57,777 You comfort him. 1227 01:02:58,678 --> 01:03:00,446 You comfort him. 1228 01:03:00,513 --> 01:03:02,815 Comfort your friends and your family, 1229 01:03:02,882 --> 01:03:04,951 and even your fans. Hmm? 1230 01:03:05,018 --> 01:03:08,320 Because if you don't do that... 1231 01:03:08,387 --> 01:03:11,290 all that your mama has sacrificed for you 1232 01:03:11,357 --> 01:03:13,359 will be for nothing. 1233 01:03:14,961 --> 01:03:16,295 [crying] 1234 01:03:17,229 --> 01:03:18,564 [Elvis] No matter what happens, 1235 01:03:18,631 --> 01:03:21,300 you stay with me through thick and thin, okay? 1236 01:03:21,367 --> 01:03:24,737 You're like a... like a father to me. 1237 01:03:24,804 --> 01:03:26,806 [crying] 1238 01:03:28,841 --> 01:03:30,977 [faint chatter] 1239 01:03:33,612 --> 01:03:37,450 ["Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"] 1240 01:03:59,605 --> 01:04:02,708 [Parker] I needed to protect him. 1241 01:04:05,912 --> 01:04:07,813 Even from himself. 1242 01:04:12,885 --> 01:04:17,124 My plan, Elvis Presley would return 1243 01:04:17,190 --> 01:04:21,594 a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1244 01:04:22,996 --> 01:04:24,263 But... 1245 01:04:25,098 --> 01:04:26,398 [thunder rumbling] 1246 01:04:26,465 --> 01:04:27,733 ...I did not consider 1247 01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:30,536 the most dangerous thing of all. 1248 01:04:32,973 --> 01:04:34,740 Love. 1249 01:04:34,807 --> 01:04:38,011 ["Can't Help Falling In Love" by Presley playing] 1250 01:04:38,078 --> 01:04:40,412 [indistinct chatter] 1251 01:04:44,750 --> 01:04:47,120 [Parker] Priscilla, the pretty teenage daughter 1252 01:04:47,187 --> 01:04:50,924 of a United States Air Force officer. 1253 01:04:53,325 --> 01:04:55,294 And then he said to me... 1254 01:04:55,361 --> 01:04:56,762 [sucks, exhales] 1255 01:04:56,829 --> 01:04:58,430 [gruff voice] "You know what, Priscilla? 1256 01:04:58,497 --> 01:05:00,100 You gotta listen to me, sweetie, 1257 01:05:00,167 --> 01:05:02,768 because this guy, he's got girls all over the world, okay? 1258 01:05:02,835 --> 01:05:04,503 He's got girls waiting outside of his house 1259 01:05:04,570 --> 01:05:06,273 and girls writing him endless fan mail." 1260 01:05:06,338 --> 01:05:08,741 [in normal voice] And then Mommy decides to pitch in and go, 1261 01:05:08,808 --> 01:05:10,977 "Ooh, what could he possibly see in you, okay? 1262 01:05:11,044 --> 01:05:13,079 What do you two do up there all night?" 1263 01:05:13,146 --> 01:05:14,647 -And-- -[gasps] 1264 01:05:16,415 --> 01:05:19,019 And I just said, "Mom, Dad... 1265 01:05:19,085 --> 01:05:22,289 we talk and we listen to music, okay? That's all." 1266 01:05:22,354 --> 01:05:24,857 And then they were going on and on about that photo of you 1267 01:05:24,925 --> 01:05:27,526 and Natalie Wood riding around on that bike in Memphis, 1268 01:05:27,593 --> 01:05:29,930 and... [gasps] and then what I said... 1269 01:05:29,996 --> 01:05:33,233 And I said this really calmly, I said, "Listen, okay? 1270 01:05:33,300 --> 01:05:37,870 He's just really lonely. And quite frankly, so am I." 1271 01:05:39,772 --> 01:05:42,408 And then they didn't really know what to say after that, 1272 01:05:42,474 --> 01:05:45,979 so I went upstairs and I went to bed. 1273 01:05:46,046 --> 01:05:48,447 Never met anyone like you. 1274 01:05:48,514 --> 01:05:49,849 Well, I hope not. 1275 01:05:51,952 --> 01:05:55,354 So... what is Natalie Wood like? 1276 01:05:56,388 --> 01:05:57,823 She's nice, you know. 1277 01:05:57,890 --> 01:05:59,658 She's been writing me about acting. 1278 01:05:59,725 --> 01:06:02,062 I've been asking her stories about... 1279 01:06:02,128 --> 01:06:04,030 working with James Dean and... 1280 01:06:04,097 --> 01:06:06,632 God, I just hope to one day be as good as him, you know? 1281 01:06:06,699 --> 01:06:07,666 Mmm. 1282 01:06:12,939 --> 01:06:14,807 Colonel's promised me that when I get back 1283 01:06:14,874 --> 01:06:17,576 he's gonna set me up in Hollywood to be a serious actor. 1284 01:06:20,512 --> 01:06:23,917 That's really what I dream of. 1285 01:06:23,984 --> 01:06:27,386 Hey, E.P., E.P., now, you promised the captain 1286 01:06:27,453 --> 01:06:29,855 that you'd get her home by 7:00. 1287 01:06:29,923 --> 01:06:32,025 Hey, Charlie. What's that behind you? 1288 01:06:32,092 --> 01:06:33,692 What? No... 1289 01:06:34,660 --> 01:06:36,729 He don't boss me around. 1290 01:06:51,244 --> 01:06:53,980 You know, I think if you dream it, you'll do it. 1291 01:06:55,382 --> 01:06:56,682 You do? 1292 01:06:58,018 --> 01:07:00,287 Yeah. 1293 01:07:00,353 --> 01:07:02,289 ["Can't Help Falling in Love" by Kacey Musgraves playing] 1294 01:07:02,355 --> 01:07:06,659 Shall I stay? 1295 01:07:08,295 --> 01:07:13,799 Would it be a sin 1296 01:07:16,202 --> 01:07:21,774 If I can't help 1297 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:28,480 Falling in love with you? 1298 01:07:32,451 --> 01:07:34,254 [interviewer] You no longer want to sing in your films, 1299 01:07:34,321 --> 01:07:36,622 is that right? You want to be a dramatic actor. 1300 01:07:36,689 --> 01:07:38,724 [Elvis] Well, sir, that's my big ambition now. 1301 01:07:38,791 --> 01:07:41,860 It takes a lot of time, a lot of experience. 1302 01:07:41,928 --> 01:07:45,864 [Parker] He was as good as Brando. 1303 01:07:45,932 --> 01:07:50,136 But you didn't want to see him in movies where he didn't sing. 1304 01:07:50,203 --> 01:07:51,837 [Elvis singing] A little less conversation 1305 01:07:51,905 --> 01:07:54,374 A little more action 1306 01:07:54,441 --> 01:07:58,477 All this aggravation Ain't satisfactioning me 1307 01:07:58,544 --> 01:08:05,018 [Parker] Thanks to me, his life became one big Hollywood movie! 1308 01:08:05,952 --> 01:08:07,486 Starring Priscilla... 1309 01:08:07,553 --> 01:08:09,888 [singing] Bright light city gonna set my soul 1310 01:08:09,956 --> 01:08:12,325 Gonna set my soul on fire 1311 01:08:12,392 --> 01:08:16,062 [Parker] And a cast of his "buddies" and "cousins." 1312 01:08:16,129 --> 01:08:17,863 His Memphis Mafia. 1313 01:08:17,931 --> 01:08:20,000 So get those stakes up higher 1314 01:08:20,066 --> 01:08:23,937 There's a thousand pretty women Waitin' out there 1315 01:08:24,004 --> 01:08:27,040 And they're all livin' The devil may care 1316 01:08:27,107 --> 01:08:30,542 And I'm just the devil With love to spare, so 1317 01:08:30,609 --> 01:08:33,512 Viva, Las Vegas 1318 01:08:34,813 --> 01:08:37,017 [Parker] There was that fairytale wedding. 1319 01:08:37,083 --> 01:08:39,919 And the honeymoon on Frank Sinatra's jet. 1320 01:08:39,986 --> 01:08:44,157 And introducing Baby Lisa Marie. 1321 01:08:44,224 --> 01:08:49,295 I made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood history. 1322 01:08:49,362 --> 01:08:50,930 We had a lot of fun! 1323 01:08:52,332 --> 01:08:54,533 But Elvis was a young man, 1324 01:08:54,600 --> 01:08:56,936 and of course, he got distracted. 1325 01:08:57,003 --> 01:09:02,042 So we made them faster and cheaper. 1326 01:09:02,108 --> 01:09:03,910 [radio reporter] Beatlemania sweeps America, 1327 01:09:03,977 --> 01:09:06,980 as teens turn their attention to the teenage rockers. 1328 01:09:08,814 --> 01:09:11,418 [Parker] Is it my fault the world changed? 1329 01:09:11,484 --> 01:09:13,053 [gunshot] 1330 01:09:14,988 --> 01:09:17,390 [Cronkite on TV] Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1331 01:09:17,457 --> 01:09:20,692 the apostle of non-violence in the Civil Rights movement, 1332 01:09:20,759 --> 01:09:22,996 has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee. 1333 01:09:23,063 --> 01:09:26,299 ["Edge Of Reality" by Presley playing] 1334 01:09:39,446 --> 01:09:42,282 [TV reporter] New Elvis stinker bombs, another flop. 1335 01:09:42,348 --> 01:09:45,884 There's no more appetite for Presley pictures. 1336 01:09:45,952 --> 01:09:48,587 [Parker] It don't matter how hard I worked, 1337 01:09:48,654 --> 01:09:51,491 how many snow jobs I came up with, 1338 01:09:51,558 --> 01:09:53,560 how much snow I made them. 1339 01:09:53,659 --> 01:09:55,861 My boy loved to spend. 1340 01:09:55,929 --> 01:09:58,565 And with them hillbillies around him, 1341 01:09:58,630 --> 01:10:01,733 the money would just melt away. 1342 01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:04,504 With the sale of the ranch and the horses, 1343 01:10:04,571 --> 01:10:05,905 that's gonna cover the payroll, 1344 01:10:05,972 --> 01:10:08,174 but as for the security at Graceland... 1345 01:10:08,241 --> 01:10:10,110 [Cronkite on TV] Officers also reportedly chased 1346 01:10:10,176 --> 01:10:11,911 and fired on a radio-equipped car 1347 01:10:11,978 --> 01:10:13,879 containing two white men. 1348 01:10:13,947 --> 01:10:16,116 Dr. King was standing on the balcony 1349 01:10:16,182 --> 01:10:18,551 of his second floor hotel room tonight, 1350 01:10:18,617 --> 01:10:20,320 when, according to a companion, 1351 01:10:20,386 --> 01:10:23,056 a shot was fired from across the street. 1352 01:10:23,622 --> 01:10:24,823 Dr. King. 1353 01:10:24,890 --> 01:10:25,824 [Billy] Uncle Vernon, come quick! 1354 01:10:25,891 --> 01:10:27,293 He always spoke the truth. 1355 01:10:27,360 --> 01:10:29,062 [Vernon] What happened? 1356 01:10:29,129 --> 01:10:31,030 They rushed the 39-year-old Negro leader to a hospital, 1357 01:10:31,097 --> 01:10:33,765 where he died of a bullet wound in the neck. 1358 01:10:33,832 --> 01:10:35,201 [Parker singing] Jingle, jingles... 1359 01:10:35,268 --> 01:10:37,669 Here comes Santa Claus Here comes Santa Claus 1360 01:10:37,736 --> 01:10:40,006 Right down Santa Claus Lane 1361 01:10:40,073 --> 01:10:42,242 Vixen and Blitzen And all the reindeer 1362 01:10:42,308 --> 01:10:43,576 Pulling on the rein 1363 01:10:43,642 --> 01:10:46,146 Elvis Presley's Wonderful World of Christmas. 1364 01:10:46,212 --> 01:10:47,080 Brought to you by 1365 01:10:47,147 --> 01:10:49,015 the Singer Sewing Machine Company, 1366 01:10:49,082 --> 01:10:51,384 to every television set in America. 1367 01:10:51,451 --> 01:10:53,419 It only takes three days to tape, 1368 01:10:53,486 --> 01:10:54,487 and there's no audience. 1369 01:10:54,554 --> 01:10:56,189 Violence breeds violence, 1370 01:10:56,256 --> 01:10:57,991 -repression breeds retaliation. -[Parker] ...Christmas sweater. 1371 01:10:58,057 --> 01:11:01,294 Made on the new Singer, home knitting apparatus. 1372 01:11:01,361 --> 01:11:04,397 -Memphis is burning. -...and to fear his brother. 1373 01:11:04,464 --> 01:11:07,066 When you teach that he is a lesser man 1374 01:11:07,133 --> 01:11:09,801 because of his color or his beliefs... 1375 01:11:09,868 --> 01:11:11,703 [Parker] ...dreaming of a white Christmas, 1376 01:11:11,770 --> 01:11:14,908 because, oh, it's definitely going to snow. 1377 01:11:14,974 --> 01:11:16,742 [Elvis] Christmas special. 1378 01:11:16,808 --> 01:11:18,810 Is this the best we can do, Admiral? 1379 01:11:18,877 --> 01:11:20,879 Well, we took the Hollywood phonies 1380 01:11:20,947 --> 01:11:22,348 for every nickel they had 1381 01:11:22,415 --> 01:11:24,850 and now it is time for us to pack up our tents 1382 01:11:24,918 --> 01:11:26,885 and move on to even greener pastures. 1383 01:11:26,953 --> 01:11:28,621 We've seen "Elvis the Rebel," 1384 01:11:28,687 --> 01:11:30,323 we've seen "Elvis the Movie Star." 1385 01:11:30,390 --> 01:11:34,060 Now we will see "Elvis the Family Entertainer." 1386 01:11:34,127 --> 01:11:35,861 And appliance salesman? 1387 01:11:37,896 --> 01:11:39,865 What did you say? 1388 01:11:39,933 --> 01:11:42,302 Listen, Jerry, I don't need you to question me 1389 01:11:42,368 --> 01:11:45,672 about how I support my family and every goddamn person here. 1390 01:11:45,737 --> 01:11:47,207 You understand me? 1391 01:11:47,273 --> 01:11:49,275 If you don't like it, you can go back to Memphis. 1392 01:11:51,511 --> 01:11:53,179 Laugh it up, assholes. 1393 01:12:05,058 --> 01:12:07,427 [male voice singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" on tape] 1394 01:12:09,195 --> 01:12:10,597 [man] What a beautiful rendition 1395 01:12:10,663 --> 01:12:13,099 of "Here Comes Santa Claus" that was, 1396 01:12:13,166 --> 01:12:16,436 with all the sparkle and magic that the season brings. 1397 01:12:16,502 --> 01:12:18,471 And you'll be even warmer this season 1398 01:12:18,538 --> 01:12:21,341 in a 12 gauge cable-knit woolen sweater... 1399 01:12:21,407 --> 01:12:23,209 -Satnin? -Hi. 1400 01:12:23,276 --> 01:12:25,744 ...made right at home on the Singer Sewer SK155 home knitter. 1401 01:12:25,811 --> 01:12:28,448 And now, here's Elvis! 1402 01:12:28,514 --> 01:12:29,582 [stops tape] 1403 01:12:29,649 --> 01:12:32,185 [Mahalia Jackson singing on TV] 1404 01:12:32,252 --> 01:12:34,454 Can I watch the memorial with you? 1405 01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:35,989 Yeah, baby. 1406 01:12:43,129 --> 01:12:46,432 I'm so tired of playing Elvis Presley. 1407 01:12:46,499 --> 01:12:48,834 Too many people rely on me. 1408 01:12:48,901 --> 01:12:51,004 [Priscilla sighs] 1409 01:12:52,305 --> 01:12:53,839 I love you. 1410 01:12:53,906 --> 01:12:55,942 And your daughter loves you. 1411 01:12:58,278 --> 01:13:00,580 We don't care about the money or anything else. 1412 01:13:00,647 --> 01:13:02,248 We just want you to be happy. 1413 01:13:02,315 --> 01:13:04,117 [Jackson singing] Lord, hold my hand 1414 01:13:04,183 --> 01:13:05,784 And don't let me fall 1415 01:13:05,851 --> 01:13:09,656 You're only really happy when you sing the music you love. 1416 01:13:09,722 --> 01:13:13,693 [Jackson] Oh 1417 01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:16,996 Take my hand 1418 01:13:17,063 --> 01:13:19,932 [Elvis] Mahalia Jackson. 1419 01:13:19,999 --> 01:13:22,568 I used to hear her sing at East Street Church. 1420 01:13:22,635 --> 01:13:26,072 [Jackson singing] Got a feelin' in my body 1421 01:13:26,139 --> 01:13:28,174 That's the music that makes me happy. 1422 01:13:28,241 --> 01:13:33,646 This will be our lucky day 1423 01:13:33,713 --> 01:13:38,351 So when things are too dangerous to say... sing! 1424 01:13:38,418 --> 01:13:40,486 ["I Got A Feeling In My Body" playing] 1425 01:13:43,690 --> 01:13:48,795 When Moses walked the children out of Egypt land 1426 01:13:48,860 --> 01:13:53,566 He said "Now don't you worry we're in the lord's hands" 1427 01:13:53,633 --> 01:13:57,537 I got a feelin' in my body 1428 01:13:57,603 --> 01:14:00,872 This will be our lucky day 1429 01:14:04,077 --> 01:14:08,081 We'll be released from all our sorrow 1430 01:14:08,147 --> 01:14:11,451 Leave it layin' along the way 1431 01:14:19,459 --> 01:14:22,395 [Jerry] You gotta meet these Binder and Bones guys, E.P. 1432 01:14:22,462 --> 01:14:23,830 They're the ones that put James Brown, 1433 01:14:23,895 --> 01:14:26,332 the Rolling Stones onstage. 1434 01:14:26,399 --> 01:14:28,167 They're doing some cutting edge stuff. 1435 01:14:28,234 --> 01:14:32,572 Mr. Binder, Mr. Howe... thanks for coming. 1436 01:14:33,973 --> 01:14:36,175 [helicopter whirring in distance] 1437 01:14:48,621 --> 01:14:51,023 [Elvis] When I first came to Hollywood, I'd come up here 1438 01:14:51,090 --> 01:14:53,326 and sit for hours. 1439 01:14:53,393 --> 01:14:55,161 Right over there, the observatory... 1440 01:14:55,228 --> 01:14:57,830 that's where they shot Rebel Without a Cause. 1441 01:14:57,896 --> 01:15:03,102 Man, I used to dream of being a great actor like Jimmy Dean. 1442 01:15:03,169 --> 01:15:05,438 This sign was beautiful then. 1443 01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:09,375 And now... 1444 01:15:09,442 --> 01:15:12,578 Feels as though lots of things are like that these days. 1445 01:15:12,645 --> 01:15:15,615 Broke down, beat up. 1446 01:15:16,482 --> 01:15:17,483 Rotten. 1447 01:15:19,419 --> 01:15:21,387 I really like what you guys did, 1448 01:15:21,454 --> 01:15:24,056 putting James Brown and the Stones together. 1449 01:15:24,123 --> 01:15:27,493 We're, uh... big fans of yours, too. 1450 01:15:27,560 --> 01:15:30,329 It's just that, Mr. Presley, we don't usually-- 1451 01:15:30,396 --> 01:15:31,664 Oh, Elvis. 1452 01:15:31,731 --> 01:15:33,266 Elvis, uh... 1453 01:15:34,567 --> 01:15:37,537 Christmas specials aren't really our thing. 1454 01:15:37,603 --> 01:15:38,971 I know. 1455 01:15:40,673 --> 01:15:42,742 Tell me, honestly... 1456 01:15:42,809 --> 01:15:45,511 where do you boys think my career's at right now? 1457 01:15:47,447 --> 01:15:49,048 Well, it's... 1458 01:15:49,115 --> 01:15:52,084 It's in the toilet, Elvis. 1459 01:15:53,921 --> 01:15:56,522 [both laughing] 1460 01:15:57,590 --> 01:15:59,859 You hear that, Jerry? 1461 01:15:59,927 --> 01:16:03,329 Oh, Lord. I knew you were the right guys for this job. 1462 01:16:03,396 --> 01:16:05,898 You know, back when I was starting out, 1463 01:16:05,965 --> 01:16:08,334 some people wanted to put me in jail, 1464 01:16:08,401 --> 01:16:11,737 even kill me, 'cause of the way I was moving. 1465 01:16:13,907 --> 01:16:15,408 So they cut my hair, 1466 01:16:15,475 --> 01:16:18,578 they put me in uniform and they sent me away. 1467 01:16:21,347 --> 01:16:23,282 That killed my mother. 1468 01:16:26,219 --> 01:16:28,254 And ever since then... 1469 01:16:29,889 --> 01:16:31,290 I've been lost. 1470 01:16:33,426 --> 01:16:36,429 And when you're lost, people take advantage. 1471 01:16:39,398 --> 01:16:42,768 I need you fellas to help me get back to who I really am. 1472 01:16:43,971 --> 01:16:45,371 And who are you, Elvis? 1473 01:16:47,740 --> 01:16:50,009 I sure as hell ain't somebody who sings Christmas songs 1474 01:16:50,076 --> 01:16:52,946 by a fireplace for an hour. 1475 01:16:53,012 --> 01:16:55,448 [Steve] And what does the Colonel think? 1476 01:16:55,515 --> 01:16:58,117 I don't give a damn what the Colonel thinks. 1477 01:16:58,751 --> 01:17:00,219 [rock clattering] 1478 01:17:13,099 --> 01:17:14,667 [Parker] For this television special, 1479 01:17:14,734 --> 01:17:17,503 we've got this Bindle fella, number one hotshot director. 1480 01:17:17,570 --> 01:17:20,640 Elvis will be humoring him by doing a few of his fresh ideas. 1481 01:17:20,706 --> 01:17:22,208 Ah, the sweater! 1482 01:17:22,275 --> 01:17:24,777 To Mr. Presley's dressing room, please. 1483 01:17:24,844 --> 01:17:28,381 We are going to sing three spectacular Christmas songs 1484 01:17:28,447 --> 01:17:30,716 -in that very sweater. -[applause] 1485 01:17:32,451 --> 01:17:35,521 Now, when that sign lights up, what do you do? 1486 01:17:35,588 --> 01:17:37,356 -Applause. -[crowd applauding] 1487 01:17:40,860 --> 01:17:43,396 "Silent is the Night" and "Deck the Halls," 1488 01:17:43,462 --> 01:17:46,766 and, uh... "Whose Child Is This?" 1489 01:17:46,832 --> 01:17:49,002 [Elvis] You think we can do some gospel? 1490 01:17:49,068 --> 01:17:50,536 Well, if you want to find yourself, 1491 01:17:50,603 --> 01:17:52,338 first thing you do is go home. 1492 01:17:52,405 --> 01:17:55,976 Metaphorically, you know. Get back to who you really are. 1493 01:17:56,043 --> 01:17:57,843 And what is the boy that-- 1494 01:17:57,911 --> 01:17:59,779 -Oh, "The Little Drummer Boy"? -Yes, "The Little Drumming Boy." 1495 01:17:59,845 --> 01:18:01,347 Oh, the... with the... 1496 01:18:01,414 --> 01:18:03,382 [Bones] We get your old band back together. 1497 01:18:03,449 --> 01:18:07,286 But we are going to start with "Here Comes Santa Claus," 1498 01:18:07,353 --> 01:18:09,022 isn't that right, Mr. Bindle? 1499 01:18:09,088 --> 01:18:10,856 Uh, the Christmas specials come later in the show. 1500 01:18:10,924 --> 01:18:12,258 Can you bring up two? 1501 01:18:12,325 --> 01:18:14,093 [Steve] A leather jacket. Raw, dirty. 1502 01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:17,430 Remember, ladies and gentlemen, this is television, not radio, 1503 01:18:17,496 --> 01:18:19,131 so when that goes up and you clap, 1504 01:18:19,198 --> 01:18:20,333 let's see it on your faces as well. 1505 01:18:20,399 --> 01:18:21,701 [enthusiastic applause] 1506 01:18:21,767 --> 01:18:23,169 [Steve] But you need an audience. 1507 01:18:23,235 --> 01:18:24,737 [Elvis] Audience? 1508 01:18:24,804 --> 01:18:26,672 -Bring it over to one. -[Bones] At any second now, 1509 01:18:26,739 --> 01:18:28,674 Elvis is gonna walk onto this stage and perform just for you. 1510 01:18:28,741 --> 01:18:31,044 [Elvis] I ain't sang in front of an audience in a long time. 1511 01:18:31,110 --> 01:18:32,478 [Steve] That's my point. 1512 01:18:32,545 --> 01:18:35,781 Ladies and gentlemen, here's Elvis Presley! 1513 01:18:35,848 --> 01:18:37,516 [applause, cheering] 1514 01:19:13,586 --> 01:19:16,355 Well, since my baby left me 1515 01:19:16,422 --> 01:19:18,891 Well, I found a new place To dwell 1516 01:19:18,959 --> 01:19:21,128 Well, it's down at the end Of Lonely Street 1517 01:19:21,227 --> 01:19:23,496 At Heartbreak Hotel 1518 01:19:23,562 --> 01:19:27,199 Where I'll be I'll be so lonely, baby 1519 01:19:27,266 --> 01:19:29,535 I'll be so lonely 1520 01:19:29,602 --> 01:19:33,506 I'll be so lonely I could die 1521 01:19:33,572 --> 01:19:36,676 Well, the bellhop's tears Keep flowin' 1522 01:19:36,742 --> 01:19:39,412 And the desk clerk's Dressed in black 1523 01:19:39,478 --> 01:19:41,814 Well, they've been so long On Lonely Street 1524 01:19:41,881 --> 01:19:45,618 Well, they'll never They'll never look back 1525 01:19:45,685 --> 01:19:47,954 They'll be so lonely, baby 1526 01:19:48,021 --> 01:19:50,456 They'll be so lonely 1527 01:19:50,523 --> 01:19:52,959 They'll be so lonely They could die 1528 01:19:53,026 --> 01:19:55,294 [band picks up tempo] 1529 01:19:56,262 --> 01:19:59,765 Well, that was... energetic. 1530 01:20:01,701 --> 01:20:04,437 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 1531 01:20:04,503 --> 01:20:06,505 Snoopin' at my door 1532 01:20:06,572 --> 01:20:09,208 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 1533 01:20:09,275 --> 01:20:11,744 Cryin' all the time 1534 01:20:11,811 --> 01:20:13,546 Well, you ain't never Caught a rabbit 1535 01:20:13,612 --> 01:20:16,515 You ain't no friend of mine 1536 01:20:17,084 --> 01:20:18,284 Come on! 1537 01:20:19,418 --> 01:20:21,454 Colonel... 1538 01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,823 Is "Here Comes Santa Claus" next? 1539 01:20:23,889 --> 01:20:25,391 Absolutely. 1540 01:20:25,458 --> 01:20:27,893 I see no reason why not. 1541 01:20:27,961 --> 01:20:31,664 He's not in the swe-- he's not even wearing the sweater. 1542 01:20:31,731 --> 01:20:34,767 Well, it's one for the money Two for the show 1543 01:20:34,834 --> 01:20:36,836 Three to get ready Now go, cat, go 1544 01:20:36,903 --> 01:20:41,440 But don't you Step on my blue suede shoes 1545 01:20:41,507 --> 01:20:43,809 I do not know what is going on. 1546 01:20:43,876 --> 01:20:44,945 Singing "Hound Dog"? 1547 01:20:45,011 --> 01:20:46,913 What does that have to do with Christmas? 1548 01:20:46,980 --> 01:20:49,582 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Yeah 1549 01:20:49,648 --> 01:20:52,018 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Baby 1550 01:20:52,085 --> 01:20:54,187 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Yeah 1551 01:20:54,253 --> 01:20:56,189 Blue, blue blue suede shoes 1552 01:20:56,255 --> 01:20:57,656 Well, you can do anything 1553 01:20:57,723 --> 01:21:00,359 But lay off of my Blue suede shoes 1554 01:21:01,393 --> 01:21:03,496 ["Jailhouse Rock" begins] 1555 01:21:04,463 --> 01:21:06,066 Young man, you tell them 1556 01:21:06,133 --> 01:21:08,135 it's time for "Here Comes Santa Claus." I said so. Now! 1557 01:21:08,201 --> 01:21:10,036 All right. First positions! 1558 01:21:12,671 --> 01:21:15,041 Warden threw a party In the county jail 1559 01:21:15,108 --> 01:21:17,643 The prison band was there And they began to wail 1560 01:21:17,710 --> 01:21:20,479 The band was jumping And the joint began to swing 1561 01:21:20,546 --> 01:21:22,748 You shoulda heard Those knocked out jailbirds sing 1562 01:21:22,815 --> 01:21:27,353 Let's rock All right, everybody, let's rock 1563 01:21:27,419 --> 01:21:30,322 Everybody in the whole Cell block 1564 01:21:30,389 --> 01:21:32,792 Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1565 01:21:32,858 --> 01:21:37,797 Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1566 01:21:37,863 --> 01:21:41,968 Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1567 01:21:42,035 --> 01:21:43,103 [wild cheering] 1568 01:21:43,170 --> 01:21:45,972 They were dancin' 1569 01:21:46,039 --> 01:21:48,175 Well, they were dancin' 1570 01:21:48,241 --> 01:21:51,144 To the Jailhouse Rock 1571 01:21:51,211 --> 01:21:52,812 Hah! 1572 01:21:53,379 --> 01:21:54,948 All right. 1573 01:22:00,820 --> 01:22:04,024 It's been a long time, baby. 1574 01:22:04,090 --> 01:22:05,758 A long time. 1575 01:22:10,931 --> 01:22:14,834 [Jazmine Sullivan's "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"] 1576 01:22:21,908 --> 01:22:23,576 [Elvis] Well, I like a lot of the new groups, 1577 01:22:23,642 --> 01:22:27,080 you know, the Beatles and the Byrds, but, 1578 01:22:27,147 --> 01:22:29,882 a lot of it is basically-- 1579 01:22:29,950 --> 01:22:32,185 rock and roll music is basically, uh... 1580 01:22:32,252 --> 01:22:34,221 gospel or rhythm and blues. 1581 01:22:34,287 --> 01:22:38,457 Well, that's one thing about this TV special that I'm doing, 1582 01:22:38,524 --> 01:22:41,328 they're gonna let me do what I want to do. 1583 01:22:41,427 --> 01:22:43,495 Sing the music that I want. 1584 01:22:43,562 --> 01:22:45,397 Music that I love. 1585 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,802 Music that makes me happy. 1586 01:22:55,741 --> 01:23:00,113 [Parker] Those know-it-all hippies had brainwashed Elvis, 1587 01:23:00,180 --> 01:23:02,848 acting like he was one of them radicals, 1588 01:23:02,916 --> 01:23:05,751 throwing his career away to sing spirituals 1589 01:23:05,818 --> 01:23:07,620 with a bunch of longhairs. 1590 01:23:13,659 --> 01:23:15,427 ["Up Above My Head" begins playing] 1591 01:23:15,494 --> 01:23:17,063 Bindle... 1592 01:23:17,130 --> 01:23:18,697 -Cue the gospel number now. Go. -"Here Comes Santa Claus." 1593 01:23:18,764 --> 01:23:20,699 Up above my head 1594 01:23:20,766 --> 01:23:22,868 [chorus sings backing vocals] 1595 01:23:22,936 --> 01:23:25,906 There is music in the air 1596 01:23:25,972 --> 01:23:27,073 No. 1597 01:23:27,140 --> 01:23:28,975 Up above my head 1598 01:23:31,011 --> 01:23:33,313 All right, none of this will be in the special. 1599 01:23:33,380 --> 01:23:35,881 Can you make a note that that should be in the special? 1600 01:23:37,583 --> 01:23:41,520 Okay, now let's segue straight into the whorehouse dancers. Go! 1601 01:23:41,587 --> 01:23:43,924 Whorehouse? No. 1602 01:23:46,458 --> 01:23:48,727 Now bring in the kung fu spectacular. 1603 01:23:48,794 --> 01:23:51,965 [Parker] What? Kung fu? 1604 01:23:52,032 --> 01:23:54,034 [Elvis] If you ever take a trip Down to the ocean 1605 01:23:54,100 --> 01:23:56,970 Find yourself down around Mobile 1606 01:23:57,037 --> 01:23:59,538 [executive] This has nothing to do with Christmas! 1607 01:23:59,605 --> 01:24:01,740 You'll be hearing from our lawyers. 1608 01:24:01,807 --> 01:24:03,509 But, we still have "Here Comes Santa Claus"! 1609 01:24:03,575 --> 01:24:05,711 Santa Claus is bringing you a lawsuit! 1610 01:24:05,778 --> 01:24:06,980 Digging the finest Little five-piece group 1611 01:24:07,047 --> 01:24:09,049 Up and down the Gulf of Mexico 1612 01:24:09,115 --> 01:24:11,151 Guess who's leading That five-piece band 1613 01:24:11,217 --> 01:24:12,584 Well, wouldn't you know 1614 01:24:12,651 --> 01:24:14,287 It's that swinging little Guitar man 1615 01:24:14,354 --> 01:24:18,992 I got a feelin' in my body This will be our lucky day 1616 01:24:19,059 --> 01:24:22,795 Just put your arms around me Real tight 1617 01:24:22,861 --> 01:24:25,798 We'll be released From all our sorrow 1618 01:24:25,864 --> 01:24:27,800 Leave it layin' along the way 1619 01:24:27,866 --> 01:24:31,870 Well, I'm the king of the jungle They call me the Tiger Man 1620 01:24:31,938 --> 01:24:35,774 I got a-- I got a feelin' in my body 1621 01:24:35,841 --> 01:24:37,944 This will be our lucky day 1622 01:24:38,011 --> 01:24:39,545 [gunshot echoing] 1623 01:24:39,611 --> 01:24:40,879 [men and women screaming] 1624 01:24:40,947 --> 01:24:42,781 [stagehand 1] Bobby Kennedy been shot! 1625 01:24:42,848 --> 01:24:44,783 [stagehand 2] Bobby Kennedy's been shot, everybody! 1626 01:24:44,850 --> 01:24:47,153 [TV reporter] Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1627 01:24:47,220 --> 01:24:50,689 Oh, my God. Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1628 01:24:50,756 --> 01:24:52,658 [people screaming, shouting on TV] 1629 01:24:52,725 --> 01:24:54,526 [TV reporter] Get the gun. Get the gun. 1630 01:24:54,593 --> 01:24:57,297 Take a hold of his thumb and break it if you have to! 1631 01:24:57,364 --> 01:24:58,597 Get his gun! 1632 01:24:58,664 --> 01:25:00,166 We're ready on set. 1633 01:25:02,202 --> 01:25:03,403 Oh, my God. 1634 01:25:03,470 --> 01:25:06,006 [shouting continues on TV] 1635 01:25:11,211 --> 01:25:13,113 [panting] 1636 01:25:13,179 --> 01:25:16,882 [TV reporter] ...Senator Kennedy was involved in a shooting, 1637 01:25:16,950 --> 01:25:19,019 that a newsman was involved, 1638 01:25:19,085 --> 01:25:20,987 and that one other man was involved. 1639 01:25:21,054 --> 01:25:24,090 There are now three doctors back there caring for them. 1640 01:25:24,157 --> 01:25:26,292 [stage manager] Steve, we gotta get back to work. 1641 01:25:26,359 --> 01:25:28,194 [Steve] Work? 1642 01:25:28,261 --> 01:25:29,628 [TV reporter] ...amount of blood on the floor of this anteroom. 1643 01:25:29,695 --> 01:25:32,598 Ice is now being, uh, brought-- 1644 01:25:32,664 --> 01:25:34,633 [turns down volume] 1645 01:25:35,734 --> 01:25:38,604 [sighing] Listen, I, uh... 1646 01:25:39,805 --> 01:25:41,274 I just want to say that... 1647 01:25:41,341 --> 01:25:42,608 [pained chuckle] 1648 01:25:42,674 --> 01:25:44,911 ...that this nation is hurting. 1649 01:25:44,978 --> 01:25:47,280 It's lost. You know? It... 1650 01:25:47,347 --> 01:25:51,650 It needs a voice right now to help it heal. 1651 01:25:53,585 --> 01:25:55,288 We have to say something. 1652 01:25:56,389 --> 01:25:57,856 You... 1653 01:25:57,924 --> 01:26:00,859 have to make a statement, E.P. 1654 01:26:00,927 --> 01:26:04,630 Mr. Presley does not make statements. 1655 01:26:04,696 --> 01:26:08,600 He sings "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1656 01:26:08,667 --> 01:26:10,370 and wishes everyone, 1657 01:26:10,437 --> 01:26:13,073 "Merry Christmas and good night." 1658 01:26:15,041 --> 01:26:16,642 ...Senator Kennedy's press secretary 1659 01:26:16,708 --> 01:26:18,844 was made roughly an hour and a half ago. 1660 01:26:18,912 --> 01:26:21,847 Some five to ten minutes later, the operation began. 1661 01:26:21,915 --> 01:26:24,250 The six-man team of neurosurgeons 1662 01:26:24,317 --> 01:26:25,851 probing for the bullet that had lodged 1663 01:26:25,919 --> 01:26:27,487 in Senator Kennedy's brain. 1664 01:26:27,554 --> 01:26:29,989 No report yet as to how that operation... 1665 01:26:30,056 --> 01:26:32,292 [Parker] Poor Mrs. Kennedy. 1666 01:26:32,891 --> 01:26:34,127 This tragedy... 1667 01:26:35,095 --> 01:26:36,963 A tragedy. 1668 01:26:37,030 --> 01:26:39,332 But it has nothing to do with us. 1669 01:26:39,399 --> 01:26:43,036 [newscaster] The White House has reacted to the shooting... 1670 01:26:43,103 --> 01:26:45,438 It has everything to do with us. 1671 01:26:45,505 --> 01:26:48,874 No, I just do not think 1672 01:26:48,942 --> 01:26:52,078 we should be making speeches about politics and religion. 1673 01:26:52,145 --> 01:26:54,813 Dr. King was shot eight miles from Graceland 1674 01:26:54,880 --> 01:26:58,384 while I was out here singing to turtles. 1675 01:26:58,451 --> 01:27:00,786 And now this, and all you can think about is how many 1676 01:27:00,853 --> 01:27:02,956 goddamn sweaters I can sell? 1677 01:27:03,022 --> 01:27:04,924 I am a promoter. That is what I do. 1678 01:27:04,991 --> 01:27:07,293 And I'm Elvis Presley. That's what I do. 1679 01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:10,096 Well, Mr. Bindle has really gotten inside your head 1680 01:27:10,163 --> 01:27:12,098 with all of his hippie friends. 1681 01:27:12,165 --> 01:27:14,501 You actually think that you singing your old songs 1682 01:27:14,567 --> 01:27:16,136 dressed in black leather, 1683 01:27:16,202 --> 01:27:19,305 sweating, mumbling incoherently to the audience 1684 01:27:19,372 --> 01:27:20,772 was a good show? 1685 01:27:20,839 --> 01:27:22,808 Colonel, I know when I've excited an audience. 1686 01:27:22,875 --> 01:27:25,245 That was not a real audience, my boy. 1687 01:27:25,311 --> 01:27:27,280 There was a sign flashing "applaud," 1688 01:27:27,347 --> 01:27:29,115 telling them when to clap for you. 1689 01:27:29,182 --> 01:27:32,252 This entire jamboree is an embarrassment. 1690 01:27:33,353 --> 01:27:34,786 You have embarrassed the sponsors, 1691 01:27:34,853 --> 01:27:36,055 you have embarrassed yourself, 1692 01:27:36,122 --> 01:27:37,624 -you have embarrassed me. -[thumping cane] 1693 01:27:37,689 --> 01:27:40,160 Now, you can sing whatever songs 1694 01:27:40,226 --> 01:27:43,429 you and Mr. Bindle choose for 55 minutes, 1695 01:27:43,496 --> 01:27:47,133 but at the end of the show, there will be a Christmas song. 1696 01:27:48,434 --> 01:27:51,204 Or else we will be sued. 1697 01:27:51,271 --> 01:27:54,507 No, you will be sued for breach of contract, 1698 01:27:54,574 --> 01:27:58,278 because I will no longer be the promoter of your career. 1699 01:27:58,344 --> 01:28:00,046 I will have to leave you. 1700 01:28:02,148 --> 01:28:03,082 Hmm. 1701 01:28:05,618 --> 01:28:07,120 Mmm-hmm. 1702 01:28:13,493 --> 01:28:15,794 [taps cane on floor] 1703 01:28:15,861 --> 01:28:17,363 Now, I have convinced our friends 1704 01:28:17,430 --> 01:28:19,966 at Singer Sewing Machines to come back tomorrow 1705 01:28:20,033 --> 01:28:22,335 for "Here Comes Santa Claus." 1706 01:28:22,402 --> 01:28:25,905 I will see you in the morning, Mr. Presley. 1707 01:28:25,972 --> 01:28:27,640 Oh, and as I recall, 1708 01:28:27,706 --> 01:28:30,109 Dr. King said rock and roll music 1709 01:28:30,176 --> 01:28:32,946 contributed to juvenile delinquency. 1710 01:28:33,012 --> 01:28:34,447 [Lyndon Johnson on TV] It would be wrong, 1711 01:28:34,514 --> 01:28:35,847 it would be self-deceptive 1712 01:28:35,915 --> 01:28:37,483 to ignore the connection 1713 01:28:37,550 --> 01:28:39,953 between that lawlessness and hatred 1714 01:28:40,019 --> 01:28:42,155 and this act of violence. 1715 01:28:42,222 --> 01:28:44,057 It would be just as wrong 1716 01:28:44,123 --> 01:28:47,327 and just as self-deceptive to conclude from this act 1717 01:28:47,393 --> 01:28:49,929 that our country itself is sick, 1718 01:28:49,996 --> 01:28:51,531 that it's lost its balance, 1719 01:28:51,598 --> 01:28:54,400 that it's lost its sense of direction, 1720 01:28:54,467 --> 01:28:56,603 even its common decency. 1721 01:28:56,669 --> 01:28:58,204 200 million Americans 1722 01:28:58,271 --> 01:29:01,674 did not strike down Robert Kennedy last night, 1723 01:29:01,740 --> 01:29:03,076 any more than they struck down 1724 01:29:03,142 --> 01:29:07,180 President John F. Kennedy in 1963, 1725 01:29:07,247 --> 01:29:10,683 or Dr. Martin Luther King in April of this year. 1726 01:29:10,749 --> 01:29:13,119 My fellow citizens, we cannot, 1727 01:29:13,186 --> 01:29:15,787 we just must not tolerate the sway 1728 01:29:15,854 --> 01:29:17,991 of violent men among us. 1729 01:29:18,057 --> 01:29:22,128 We must not permit men that are filled with hate-- 1730 01:29:22,962 --> 01:29:25,632 [flicking switches] 1731 01:29:25,698 --> 01:29:28,434 [piano notes playing] 1732 01:29:30,970 --> 01:29:35,408 [Elvis singing] Here comes Santa Claus 1733 01:29:38,478 --> 01:29:43,249 Here comes Santa Claus 1734 01:29:44,317 --> 01:29:48,988 Right down Santa Claus... 1735 01:29:56,229 --> 01:29:59,465 We're pretty set for the number tomorrow, right, E.P.? 1736 01:29:59,532 --> 01:30:02,868 It's pretty familiar territory, right? 1737 01:30:05,004 --> 01:30:07,340 A reverend once told me... 1738 01:30:09,242 --> 01:30:12,345 "When things are too dangerous to say... 1739 01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:16,815 sing." 1740 01:30:33,566 --> 01:30:36,336 [piano playing "If I Can Dream" melody] 1741 01:30:39,572 --> 01:30:45,545 [singing] There must be lights Burning brighter somewhere 1742 01:30:46,946 --> 01:30:51,417 Got to be birds flying higher 1743 01:30:51,484 --> 01:30:54,886 In a sky more blue 1744 01:30:54,954 --> 01:30:56,789 [orchestra joining in] 1745 01:30:56,855 --> 01:30:59,359 [stage manager] Standing by. We're seconds away, folks. 1746 01:30:59,425 --> 01:31:01,060 We're just waiting on upstairs. 1747 01:31:01,127 --> 01:31:03,529 We're gonna get a rehearsal going very shortly. 1748 01:31:03,596 --> 01:31:06,499 Let's go, let's go, people! First positions! 1749 01:31:06,566 --> 01:31:08,034 Here we go, from the top. 1750 01:31:08,101 --> 01:31:11,270 Mrs. Presley is quite the homemaker, Priscilla is, 1751 01:31:11,337 --> 01:31:12,705 and I'm sure she would love to have 1752 01:31:12,772 --> 01:31:16,142 one of the SK551 machines so she can knit Elvis's-- 1753 01:31:16,209 --> 01:31:18,378 -They were in there all night. -Doing what? 1754 01:31:18,444 --> 01:31:20,613 He's working on a new song. He says he's singing it. 1755 01:31:20,680 --> 01:31:22,215 New song? Whoa, hey! 1756 01:31:22,281 --> 01:31:24,883 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yes! 1757 01:31:24,951 --> 01:31:27,019 Gentlemen, take your seats. 1758 01:31:29,322 --> 01:31:32,358 Now, that's a winter wonderland. 1759 01:31:32,425 --> 01:31:33,892 Mr. Bindle. 1760 01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:39,031 You and I are on the same page at last. 1761 01:31:39,098 --> 01:31:40,933 Bring up the lights on the sign. 1762 01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:43,436 Okay, yeah. Let's go. 1763 01:31:43,503 --> 01:31:46,239 [stage manager] Dancers, stop. Dancers, stop. Stop! 1764 01:31:47,006 --> 01:31:49,642 Turn about. Turn about. 1765 01:31:49,709 --> 01:31:51,677 You've got to get some roll. I got action on the right side. 1766 01:31:51,744 --> 01:31:54,514 Turn around. Come on, through, through, through! 1767 01:31:57,817 --> 01:32:00,286 We're lost in a cloud 1768 01:32:01,587 --> 01:32:04,190 With too much rain 1769 01:32:05,291 --> 01:32:08,060 We're trapped in a world 1770 01:32:09,128 --> 01:32:12,765 That's troubled with pain 1771 01:32:12,832 --> 01:32:19,038 But as long as a man Has the strength to dream 1772 01:32:19,105 --> 01:32:26,212 He can redeem his soul and fly 1773 01:32:30,383 --> 01:32:38,057 Deep in my heart There's a trembling question 1774 01:32:38,124 --> 01:32:42,094 Still, I am sure That the answer's 1775 01:32:42,161 --> 01:32:45,731 Answer's gonna come somehow 1776 01:32:45,798 --> 01:32:49,268 Out there in the dark 1777 01:32:49,335 --> 01:32:53,473 There's a beckoning candle, yeah 1778 01:32:53,539 --> 01:32:57,276 And while I can think While I can talk 1779 01:32:57,343 --> 01:33:01,547 While I can stand While I can walk 1780 01:33:01,614 --> 01:33:05,051 While I can dream 1781 01:33:05,117 --> 01:33:09,188 Oh, please let my dream 1782 01:33:09,255 --> 01:33:13,125 Come true, oh 1783 01:33:16,729 --> 01:33:20,299 Right now 1784 01:33:20,366 --> 01:33:23,202 Let it come true right now 1785 01:33:29,242 --> 01:33:32,111 [song ends] 1786 01:33:34,213 --> 01:33:35,515 [faint applause] 1787 01:33:35,581 --> 01:33:37,550 [Elvis on monitor] Thank you. Good night. 1788 01:33:37,617 --> 01:33:40,152 [Parker] I was always said, when it came to music, 1789 01:33:40,219 --> 01:33:41,854 my boy knows best. 1790 01:33:41,922 --> 01:33:46,792 But the special was my idea. It was a tremendous hit. 1791 01:33:47,827 --> 01:33:49,395 We was back on top. 1792 01:33:49,462 --> 01:33:53,266 But some people were putting ideas into his head 1793 01:33:53,332 --> 01:33:57,103 that he didn't need me no more. 1794 01:33:57,169 --> 01:33:59,805 ["Any Day Now" by Presley playing] 1795 01:34:02,808 --> 01:34:04,143 [Priscilla] Whoo-hoo! 1796 01:34:05,311 --> 01:34:06,546 It's working. 1797 01:34:06,612 --> 01:34:08,114 [Jerry] London, Germany, Japan... 1798 01:34:08,180 --> 01:34:09,749 Hulett here has got it all lined up. 1799 01:34:09,815 --> 01:34:11,484 Air Presley's new wings. 1800 01:34:11,551 --> 01:34:13,553 [Hulett] You know, when you play stadiums, it's like... 1801 01:34:13,619 --> 01:34:15,488 you do a week of shows in just one night. 1802 01:34:15,555 --> 01:34:17,857 And when it's done, you get on the plane... 1803 01:34:17,925 --> 01:34:19,960 You go where you want, you play where you want, 1804 01:34:20,027 --> 01:34:22,595 and if they don't like it, you go someplace else. 1805 01:34:22,662 --> 01:34:24,597 You know who told me that? B.B. King. 1806 01:34:24,664 --> 01:34:26,532 [Hulett] Well, B.B. knows, man. 1807 01:34:26,599 --> 01:34:28,936 And the someplace else you should be going is overseas. 1808 01:34:29,002 --> 01:34:30,536 I like that. 1809 01:34:30,603 --> 01:34:32,805 You know, I heard last year alone, you had two offers. 1810 01:34:32,872 --> 01:34:34,240 Germany and Japan, 1811 01:34:34,307 --> 01:34:37,243 for a million bucks for one night. 1812 01:34:37,310 --> 01:34:39,645 I mean, why the Colonel would turn that down, 1813 01:34:39,712 --> 01:34:40,948 I have no idea, man. 1814 01:34:41,014 --> 01:34:43,716 Well, if you figure it out, can you let us know? 1815 01:34:43,783 --> 01:34:45,151 Yeah. 1816 01:34:45,217 --> 01:34:46,085 [Hulett] Well, screw him. You've got the plane now. 1817 01:34:46,152 --> 01:34:47,486 You should use it. 1818 01:34:47,553 --> 01:34:49,522 [Elvis] Yeah, come to Daddy. 1819 01:34:49,589 --> 01:34:51,591 Maybe we should call it the "Lisa Marie." 1820 01:34:51,657 --> 01:34:53,026 [Jerry] That's a beautiful name. 1821 01:34:53,092 --> 01:34:54,360 [Priscilla] Right? 1822 01:34:56,696 --> 01:34:59,732 [Parker] Hit me. Hit me. 1823 01:34:59,799 --> 01:35:04,337 Mr. Parker, Mr. Kohn would like to see you. 1824 01:35:04,403 --> 01:35:06,872 Colonel Parker. Hit me. 1825 01:35:08,976 --> 01:35:11,177 [dealer] I can't, sorry. 1826 01:35:13,846 --> 01:35:16,449 [Kohn] You've run up quite a tab, Colonel. 1827 01:35:16,515 --> 01:35:20,119 And we hear your boy's working with new people. 1828 01:35:20,988 --> 01:35:23,756 You've lost your meal ticket. 1829 01:35:23,823 --> 01:35:26,059 It's time to settle up, 1830 01:35:26,125 --> 01:35:28,694 before we have to make things... 1831 01:35:28,761 --> 01:35:30,663 Uncomfortable. 1832 01:35:30,730 --> 01:35:33,899 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 1833 01:35:33,967 --> 01:35:36,569 No passport, no residency. 1834 01:35:36,636 --> 01:35:39,538 You were never a colonel. Never a Tom. 1835 01:35:39,605 --> 01:35:41,440 You weren't even a Parker. 1836 01:35:41,507 --> 01:35:47,313 Why did you flee Holland, Andreas van Kuijk? 1837 01:35:50,750 --> 01:35:52,585 -[brushing teeth] -[Priscilla] I don't know why 1838 01:35:52,652 --> 01:35:54,420 you can't just let the lawyers take care of it. 1839 01:35:54,487 --> 01:35:56,023 [Elvis] I have to see him in Vegas. 1840 01:35:56,089 --> 01:35:58,491 He's in the hospital. It's the right thing to do. 1841 01:35:58,557 --> 01:35:59,792 -Yeah, well... -He's frail right now. 1842 01:35:59,859 --> 01:36:01,260 -You know what he's like, baby. -[slaps] 1843 01:36:01,327 --> 01:36:03,195 -Hey! Watch it. -[chatter on TV] 1844 01:36:03,262 --> 01:36:05,065 You know what he's like. The second that you're near him, 1845 01:36:05,132 --> 01:36:07,600 you'll be under ten feet of snow before you know what's happened. 1846 01:36:07,667 --> 01:36:10,904 [spits] My mind's made up. Business is business. 1847 01:36:10,971 --> 01:36:12,271 He and I are done. 1848 01:36:12,338 --> 01:36:14,041 But I owe it to him to tell him to his face. 1849 01:36:14,107 --> 01:36:17,843 Well, just make sure he doesn't clip your wings, honey. 1850 01:36:17,911 --> 01:36:19,512 [spits] He won't! 1851 01:36:19,578 --> 01:36:22,115 I am gonna go see him in Vegas. 1852 01:36:22,181 --> 01:36:26,886 I'm gonna look him in the eyes, and I'm gonna tell him... 1853 01:36:26,953 --> 01:36:29,122 -[Priscilla] Watch my hair. -[Elvis] I'm gonna tell him... 1854 01:36:29,188 --> 01:36:30,690 -Mmm-hmm. -Mmm-hmm. 1855 01:36:30,756 --> 01:36:32,025 [both chuckle] 1856 01:36:32,092 --> 01:36:33,192 [Elvis] ...it's over. 1857 01:36:35,428 --> 01:36:38,264 ["Power Of My Love" by Jack White playing] 1858 01:36:38,330 --> 01:36:40,901 You break it, you burn it 1859 01:36:40,967 --> 01:36:43,803 Drag it all around 1860 01:36:43,869 --> 01:36:46,173 You twist it and turn it 1861 01:36:46,238 --> 01:36:48,607 You cannot tear it down 1862 01:36:48,674 --> 01:36:51,444 'Cause every minute, every hour you'll be shaken 1863 01:36:51,510 --> 01:36:54,147 By the strength and mighty power of my love 1864 01:36:54,213 --> 01:36:55,949 Colonel doesn't want you making a fuss. 1865 01:37:02,956 --> 01:37:04,057 -Colonel? -Mmm? 1866 01:37:04,124 --> 01:37:05,158 Elvis is here. 1867 01:37:05,224 --> 01:37:06,392 Oh... 1868 01:37:06,459 --> 01:37:09,462 Oh. My boy. 1869 01:37:09,528 --> 01:37:11,664 Admiral. How are you? 1870 01:37:11,731 --> 01:37:15,001 Oh, my boy, I should have come down to see you. 1871 01:37:15,068 --> 01:37:17,436 [groaning] But I'm a little laid up, you know. 1872 01:37:17,503 --> 01:37:18,637 [nurse] You've just had a heart attack. 1873 01:37:18,704 --> 01:37:20,073 You're not meant to get out of bed. 1874 01:37:20,140 --> 01:37:22,708 Heart attack? Colonel, you said your back-- 1875 01:37:22,775 --> 01:37:26,779 My heart just stopped is all, and I fell. It's-- 1876 01:37:26,846 --> 01:37:28,881 I put my back out. 1877 01:37:28,949 --> 01:37:30,951 [grunting] 1878 01:37:31,017 --> 01:37:32,718 [Diskin] There you go. 1879 01:37:32,785 --> 01:37:35,621 It was all the excitement about the Christmas special, you see. 1880 01:37:35,688 --> 01:37:36,990 I should never have worried, 1881 01:37:37,057 --> 01:37:40,860 because you came through like you always do. 1882 01:37:40,927 --> 01:37:45,464 Nobody can sell "show" to an audience like you. 1883 01:37:45,531 --> 01:37:47,934 I admit it. I was wrong. 1884 01:37:49,869 --> 01:37:51,370 Colonel, I-- 1885 01:37:52,338 --> 01:37:54,340 I wanted to tell you in person. 1886 01:37:54,975 --> 01:37:57,210 Um... 1887 01:37:57,276 --> 01:38:00,546 As far as business is concerned... 1888 01:38:00,613 --> 01:38:02,983 I think we need to go our separate ways. 1889 01:38:04,416 --> 01:38:06,987 [slot machines clattering faintly] 1890 01:38:08,088 --> 01:38:09,923 Well, you may be right. 1891 01:38:09,990 --> 01:38:12,658 Maybe it is time for me to retire. 1892 01:38:12,725 --> 01:38:14,894 Oh, come on, Colonel, quit snowin' me. 1893 01:38:14,961 --> 01:38:16,328 You ain't retiring. 1894 01:38:16,395 --> 01:38:20,533 I will miss the circus. I will. 1895 01:38:20,599 --> 01:38:23,036 But I cannot keep up with these young fellas, 1896 01:38:23,103 --> 01:38:24,603 like your Mr. Hulett, 1897 01:38:24,670 --> 01:38:27,540 who wants to put together a new show 1898 01:38:27,606 --> 01:38:30,309 for an international tour, 1899 01:38:30,376 --> 01:38:32,745 for you to play stadiums. 1900 01:38:32,812 --> 01:38:38,118 These international tours are very, very expensive. 1901 01:38:38,185 --> 01:38:41,787 And the costs cut into the artist's profits. 1902 01:38:41,854 --> 01:38:43,856 I worry that the financial risk 1903 01:38:43,924 --> 01:38:46,993 would put a strain on your daddy. 1904 01:38:47,060 --> 01:38:48,561 But I cannot help but think, 1905 01:38:48,627 --> 01:38:50,563 as your former technical advisor 1906 01:38:50,629 --> 01:38:53,732 and as an old friend, what if... 1907 01:38:53,799 --> 01:38:58,771 the next Elvis Presley show did not cost you a red cent? 1908 01:39:01,308 --> 01:39:06,779 I wonder if your daddy would not like the sound of that. 1909 01:39:07,981 --> 01:39:11,617 The brand-new International Hotel. 1910 01:39:30,937 --> 01:39:33,672 [whistles] It's a mighty big stage. 1911 01:39:33,739 --> 01:39:35,741 The biggest in Las Vegas. 1912 01:39:35,808 --> 01:39:37,911 You could get lost in a place like this. 1913 01:39:37,978 --> 01:39:40,813 My boy, you performed that comeback special 1914 01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:43,984 on a tiny square, inside a studio, 1915 01:39:44,050 --> 01:39:45,618 and the fans loved it. 1916 01:39:45,684 --> 01:39:47,120 In a room this size, 1917 01:39:47,187 --> 01:39:51,891 you could give them the greatest show on earth. 1918 01:39:51,958 --> 01:39:55,694 Nothing less than Elvis Presley. 1919 01:39:55,761 --> 01:39:58,932 I've been experimenting with a new, big sound. 1920 01:39:58,999 --> 01:40:00,066 Good. Good, my boy. 1921 01:40:00,133 --> 01:40:02,202 Because you can fill up this entire stage 1922 01:40:02,269 --> 01:40:05,171 with every musical idea that is inside that head. 1923 01:40:06,339 --> 01:40:07,673 No, it would cost. 1924 01:40:07,740 --> 01:40:10,076 [laughing] Yes, that's the beauty of it. 1925 01:40:10,143 --> 01:40:12,012 You see, this here International Hotel-- 1926 01:40:12,078 --> 01:40:14,713 -[voices chattering] -[door shuts] 1927 01:40:18,385 --> 01:40:20,120 [quietly] This International Hotel... 1928 01:40:20,186 --> 01:40:21,187 [Elvis] Mmm-hmm. 1929 01:40:21,254 --> 01:40:23,856 ...needs a major drawing card 1930 01:40:23,924 --> 01:40:27,726 to pull in all the rubes and put it on the map. 1931 01:40:27,793 --> 01:40:30,596 So they will cover all of the costs 1932 01:40:30,663 --> 01:40:32,698 of putting together your show. 1933 01:40:32,765 --> 01:40:34,533 And you just play here for six weeks, 1934 01:40:34,600 --> 01:40:36,468 and then off you go, 1935 01:40:36,535 --> 01:40:39,139 to tour around the world 1936 01:40:39,205 --> 01:40:43,310 with no financial risk to Elvis Presley Enterprises. 1937 01:40:43,376 --> 01:40:44,777 None. 1938 01:40:49,416 --> 01:40:51,617 Well, goddamn. 1939 01:40:54,421 --> 01:40:56,089 [both chuckling] 1940 01:40:57,958 --> 01:41:00,859 -Snowman strikes again. -[laughing] Oh, yeah. 1941 01:41:00,927 --> 01:41:05,098 We're going to make it snow. It will snow. 1942 01:41:05,165 --> 01:41:07,566 [Elvis] First of all, we're gonna need the Sweet Inspirations. 1943 01:41:07,633 --> 01:41:09,835 [singing] Yeah, yeah 1944 01:41:09,903 --> 01:41:11,670 [Elvis] And the Imperials. 1945 01:41:11,737 --> 01:41:14,107 [singing] We're caught in a trap I can't walk out 1946 01:41:14,174 --> 01:41:16,376 [Elvis] And a 30-piece orchestra. 1947 01:41:16,443 --> 01:41:20,013 [musicians warming up] 1948 01:41:23,716 --> 01:41:26,585 [Elvis] You know, the first thing that I ever recorded, 1949 01:41:26,652 --> 01:41:28,054 the very first thing, 1950 01:41:28,121 --> 01:41:31,057 was an old, uh, rhythm and blues-type song 1951 01:41:31,124 --> 01:41:33,259 called "That's All Right, Little Mama." 1952 01:41:33,326 --> 01:41:35,894 -[instruments continue playing] -And back then we only had 1953 01:41:35,962 --> 01:41:39,065 two or three instruments at the time. 1954 01:41:39,132 --> 01:41:41,101 But this ain't no nostalgia show. 1955 01:41:41,167 --> 01:41:43,303 We're gonna do something different. 1956 01:41:43,370 --> 01:41:45,038 [instruments stop playing] 1957 01:41:47,140 --> 01:41:51,411 I, uh... I wanna try something new. 1958 01:41:51,478 --> 01:41:55,382 All right, Glen, you're gonna start us off, okay? 1959 01:41:55,448 --> 01:41:56,849 Take the intro here. 1960 01:41:57,516 --> 01:42:00,786 [scatting softly] 1961 01:42:00,853 --> 01:42:03,655 [Glen playing lively rhythm] 1962 01:42:07,559 --> 01:42:09,862 [piano continues playing] 1963 01:42:13,866 --> 01:42:15,567 All right, bring that bass up, Jerry. 1964 01:42:15,634 --> 01:42:18,304 -[bass thrumming] -[drums accompanying] 1965 01:42:20,040 --> 01:42:21,174 Keep playing. 1966 01:42:23,476 --> 01:42:24,978 [band member] Whoo! 1967 01:42:25,045 --> 01:42:27,679 Oh! Oh! Oh! 1968 01:42:27,746 --> 01:42:29,215 -That's all right -That's all right 1969 01:42:29,282 --> 01:42:31,051 -That's all right -That's all right 1970 01:42:31,117 --> 01:42:32,152 Boys... 1971 01:42:32,218 --> 01:42:33,119 [The Imperials] That's all right 1972 01:42:33,186 --> 01:42:33,886 [Elvis] With me. 1973 01:42:33,953 --> 01:42:35,654 [all] Any way you do 1974 01:42:35,721 --> 01:42:36,789 [Elvis] All right. 1975 01:42:41,693 --> 01:42:43,163 [Elvis] James, you ready? 1976 01:42:43,229 --> 01:42:45,331 -[playing guitar riff] -[Elvis] Oh! 1977 01:42:52,038 --> 01:42:53,039 Flames, man! 1978 01:42:53,106 --> 01:42:55,308 Flames are coming out of that guitar. 1979 01:42:55,375 --> 01:42:58,144 I got that. Ronnie. 1980 01:42:58,211 --> 01:42:59,312 I'll get back to that. 1981 01:43:00,113 --> 01:43:02,781 Horns, you ready? 1982 01:43:02,848 --> 01:43:06,419 Ba-da-bom! Ba-da-bom! 1983 01:43:06,486 --> 01:43:09,155 [trumpets matching melody] 1984 01:43:09,222 --> 01:43:10,190 Let's up the octave! 1985 01:43:10,256 --> 01:43:11,757 [playing same melody in higher range] 1986 01:43:11,824 --> 01:43:14,626 -[musicians cheering] -Yeah! Goddamn! 1987 01:43:14,693 --> 01:43:17,931 All right, 'bones. On a one, three, four... 1988 01:43:17,997 --> 01:43:20,233 [trombones playing deep blasts] 1989 01:43:20,300 --> 01:43:22,768 [laughter, cheering] 1990 01:43:25,138 --> 01:43:27,739 [Elvis] Ronnie, you know what to do, man. 1991 01:43:27,806 --> 01:43:29,875 Do it to me, come on. Take us home. 1992 01:43:29,943 --> 01:43:31,777 [playing lively solo] 1993 01:43:31,844 --> 01:43:34,813 Huh, huh, huh, huh Hah! Hah! Hah! 1994 01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:36,916 Come on. Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1995 01:43:36,983 --> 01:43:38,684 Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1996 01:43:38,750 --> 01:43:41,753 [panting] 1997 01:43:42,989 --> 01:43:46,359 [band playing "That's All Right"] 1998 01:43:55,168 --> 01:43:57,836 -[Kohn] Colonel, nice to see you. -[Parker] Oh, here you are. 1999 01:43:57,904 --> 01:43:59,738 Yeah. Here you go. 2000 01:44:02,108 --> 01:44:03,576 -How 'bout a hound dog? -Cool. 2001 01:44:03,642 --> 01:44:04,710 I'll fix you with some food and drink. 2002 01:44:04,776 --> 01:44:05,878 Thank you. 2003 01:44:05,945 --> 01:44:08,881 [band continues playing] 2004 01:44:08,948 --> 01:44:10,617 [Elvis] All right, let's go. 2005 01:44:10,682 --> 01:44:13,019 [crowd cheering] 2006 01:44:22,061 --> 01:44:25,198 [cheering intensifies] 2007 01:44:32,804 --> 01:44:34,140 [whistling] 2008 01:44:45,784 --> 01:44:49,289 Well, that's all right, Mama That's all right with you 2009 01:44:49,355 --> 01:44:52,158 That's all right, Mama Just any way you do 2010 01:44:52,225 --> 01:44:53,927 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2011 01:44:53,993 --> 01:44:55,628 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2012 01:44:55,694 --> 01:45:02,235 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do, yeah 2013 01:45:02,302 --> 01:45:06,372 Well, my mama, she done told me Papa told me too 2014 01:45:06,439 --> 01:45:08,975 "The life you're livin, son Now, women be the death of you" 2015 01:45:09,042 --> 01:45:10,809 Now, that's all right 2016 01:45:10,876 --> 01:45:12,278 That's all right 2017 01:45:12,345 --> 01:45:17,283 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2018 01:45:26,626 --> 01:45:28,361 [chorus] That's all right 2019 01:45:28,428 --> 01:45:30,029 That's all right 2020 01:45:30,096 --> 01:45:31,797 That's all right 2021 01:45:31,863 --> 01:45:34,067 Any way you do 2022 01:45:35,635 --> 01:45:39,138 Da, da-da, dee, dee, dee Dee, dee, dee-dee 2023 01:45:39,205 --> 01:45:42,375 Dee, dee, dee-dee Dee-dee, dee-dee, dee-dee, do 2024 01:45:42,442 --> 01:45:44,143 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2025 01:45:44,210 --> 01:45:45,578 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2026 01:45:45,645 --> 01:45:52,252 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2027 01:45:52,318 --> 01:45:57,856 Well, that's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2028 01:45:58,958 --> 01:46:03,862 [band plays finishing fanfare] 2029 01:46:03,930 --> 01:46:06,266 [cheering, applause] 2030 01:46:09,469 --> 01:46:12,572 Ain't nobody gonna do a better show than that. 2031 01:46:12,639 --> 01:46:14,007 I tell ya, if I was you, 2032 01:46:14,073 --> 01:46:16,409 I would book him for a hundred years. 2033 01:46:17,744 --> 01:46:20,546 Well, no better time than the present. 2034 01:46:20,613 --> 01:46:24,017 But we hear Hulett has him doing a world tour. 2035 01:46:24,083 --> 01:46:25,551 [Elvis speaking indistinctly] 2036 01:46:25,618 --> 01:46:28,655 Well, well, well, uh, I think Mr. Presley 2037 01:46:28,721 --> 01:46:32,425 could be persuaded to make the International his home, 2038 01:46:32,492 --> 01:46:36,129 provided he was paid pretty well. 2039 01:46:36,195 --> 01:46:37,764 What did you have in mind? 2040 01:46:37,863 --> 01:46:40,166 I'd like to introduce to you a couple of people tonight, 2041 01:46:40,233 --> 01:46:42,969 one of which being my beautiful wife, Priscilla. 2042 01:46:43,036 --> 01:46:44,803 [applause, whistling] 2043 01:46:44,870 --> 01:46:46,272 Would you stand up, honey? 2044 01:46:46,339 --> 01:46:50,043 For an attraction as tremendous as Mr. Presley... 2045 01:46:50,109 --> 01:46:53,680 -[woman] We love you, Priscilla! -[Elvis chuckles] 2046 01:46:53,746 --> 01:46:57,283 Also, this man over here, I wouldn't be here without, 2047 01:46:57,350 --> 01:47:00,720 my manager of many years, Colonel Sanders. 2048 01:47:00,787 --> 01:47:04,357 -Parker. Parker. -[laughter] 2049 01:47:04,424 --> 01:47:06,726 Well, we're gonna do a new song for you tonight. 2050 01:47:06,793 --> 01:47:08,928 It's called "Suspicious Minds." 2051 01:47:08,995 --> 01:47:10,396 "Suspicious Minds." 2052 01:47:10,463 --> 01:47:13,099 [guitar playing intro] 2053 01:47:14,734 --> 01:47:16,602 We're caught in a trap 2054 01:47:18,204 --> 01:47:20,473 I can't walk out 2055 01:47:21,908 --> 01:47:27,513 Because I love you Too much, baby 2056 01:47:29,716 --> 01:47:31,250 Why can't you see 2057 01:47:31,317 --> 01:47:35,388 Oh, what you're doin' to me 2058 01:47:35,455 --> 01:47:41,627 Oh, when you don't believe A word I'm sayin'? 2059 01:47:44,263 --> 01:47:50,837 We can't go on together With suspicious minds 2060 01:47:50,903 --> 01:47:53,940 And we can't build our dreams 2061 01:47:54,006 --> 01:47:57,677 On suspicious minds 2062 01:47:57,744 --> 01:48:01,614 So, if an old friend I know Shove it up your nose 2063 01:48:01,681 --> 01:48:03,783 Stops by to say hello 2064 01:48:03,850 --> 01:48:05,385 [laughter, applause] 2065 01:48:05,451 --> 01:48:12,792 Would I still see suspicion in your eyes? 2066 01:48:12,859 --> 01:48:16,295 That is what my boy would expect. 2067 01:48:18,131 --> 01:48:20,867 Now... [laughs] 2068 01:48:20,933 --> 01:48:23,536 What are you going to pay me? 2069 01:48:23,603 --> 01:48:26,305 [both laughing] 2070 01:48:28,641 --> 01:48:32,478 Oh, let our love survive 2071 01:48:32,545 --> 01:48:37,717 Colonel, your sideshow is the jackpot. 2072 01:48:37,784 --> 01:48:39,152 [laughs] 2073 01:48:39,218 --> 01:48:41,788 [Kohn] If you bring him back every year, 2074 01:48:41,854 --> 01:48:44,223 I'll make it worth your while. 2075 01:48:44,290 --> 01:48:46,926 [Elvis] Oh, I've never... 2076 01:48:49,095 --> 01:48:51,898 Lied to you 2077 01:48:52,899 --> 01:48:54,400 Caught in a trap 2078 01:48:55,968 --> 01:48:58,838 I can't walk out 2079 01:48:58,906 --> 01:49:00,606 ...good thing die 2080 01:49:03,276 --> 01:49:07,046 Yeah, yeah Now, don't you know 2081 01:49:07,113 --> 01:49:08,347 Caught in a trap 2082 01:49:08,414 --> 01:49:09,348 [cheering] 2083 01:49:10,283 --> 01:49:12,218 I can't walk out 2084 01:49:13,486 --> 01:49:16,956 Because I love you too much 2085 01:49:20,460 --> 01:49:25,331 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2086 01:49:26,499 --> 01:49:29,535 Because I love you too much 2087 01:49:33,406 --> 01:49:38,344 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2088 01:49:39,479 --> 01:49:42,515 Because I love you too much 2089 01:49:46,385 --> 01:49:50,756 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2090 01:49:52,358 --> 01:49:57,530 Because I love you Too much, baby 2091 01:49:57,597 --> 01:50:00,766 Oh, don't you know Caught in a trap 2092 01:50:02,702 --> 01:50:06,172 Of course, I will reserve the right to sell calendars, 2093 01:50:06,239 --> 01:50:07,607 pictures and such? 2094 01:50:07,673 --> 01:50:10,510 [music subsides] 2095 01:50:10,576 --> 01:50:12,545 [Kohn] You do whatever you want, Colonel, 2096 01:50:12,612 --> 01:50:16,716 as long as that boy stays on that stage. 2097 01:50:19,619 --> 01:50:22,655 [song ends] 2098 01:50:22,722 --> 01:50:24,090 [cheering] 2099 01:50:28,761 --> 01:50:30,796 [audio fades] 2100 01:50:30,863 --> 01:50:33,266 [Parker] My boy's light burned brighter 2101 01:50:33,332 --> 01:50:36,168 than even 15 years before. 2102 01:50:36,235 --> 01:50:37,603 [Elvis] Hi, darlin'. 2103 01:50:39,973 --> 01:50:42,508 [women exclaiming] 2104 01:51:05,298 --> 01:51:08,301 [Parker] I saw in her face that night 2105 01:51:08,367 --> 01:51:11,270 what I had always known. 2106 01:51:11,337 --> 01:51:17,076 She could never compete with the love he felt from you. 2107 01:51:19,947 --> 01:51:22,582 [music slowly builds] 2108 01:51:24,750 --> 01:51:26,752 I'm sorry I couldn't make it up there, man. 2109 01:51:28,287 --> 01:51:32,558 Take my... take my hand 2110 01:51:32,625 --> 01:51:37,463 Take my whole... whole life too 2111 01:51:37,530 --> 01:51:40,033 For I... for I... I can't help 2112 01:51:40,099 --> 01:51:41,534 Hey, guys. Time to go back. 2113 01:51:41,601 --> 01:51:45,471 Falling in love with you 2114 01:51:45,538 --> 01:51:51,143 Oh, oh, for I... For I can't help 2115 01:51:51,210 --> 01:51:54,747 Falling in love 2116 01:51:54,814 --> 01:52:00,219 With you 2117 01:52:07,893 --> 01:52:09,862 [crowd roaring] 2118 01:52:15,468 --> 01:52:18,671 [band playing final flourish] 2119 01:52:20,139 --> 01:52:21,807 Thank you very much. 2120 01:52:25,912 --> 01:52:27,914 Thank you! Thank you. 2121 01:52:32,085 --> 01:52:35,154 [people chattering excitedly] 2122 01:52:37,623 --> 01:52:39,625 [panting] 2123 01:52:42,428 --> 01:52:44,330 Such a fine show. 2124 01:52:44,397 --> 01:52:46,766 [applause continues faintly] 2125 01:52:48,101 --> 01:52:49,903 [bandmates cheering, clapping] 2126 01:52:49,970 --> 01:52:51,671 [Elvis] Yeah, baby! Yeah. 2127 01:52:51,737 --> 01:52:54,240 -[bandmate 1] Wow, great show. -Thank you. Thank you, all. 2128 01:52:54,306 --> 01:52:56,642 [bandmate 2] Goddamn, Elvis. That was great. 2129 01:52:56,709 --> 01:52:58,011 [bandmate 3] That was fantastic. 2130 01:52:58,078 --> 01:52:59,112 [Elvis] There she is. 2131 01:52:59,178 --> 01:53:00,579 [laughs] 2132 01:53:04,316 --> 01:53:06,786 [crying softly] 2133 01:53:08,922 --> 01:53:11,424 Oh, God. I don't know who that was out there. 2134 01:53:11,490 --> 01:53:13,659 You were... You... 2135 01:53:13,726 --> 01:53:15,361 You were incredible. You were... 2136 01:53:15,428 --> 01:53:16,562 You were everything. 2137 01:53:16,629 --> 01:53:20,299 Thank you, baby. Thank you. 2138 01:53:22,035 --> 01:53:23,803 Mr. Elvis Presley, 2139 01:53:23,869 --> 01:53:26,806 I guess that's your new manager over there, hmm? 2140 01:53:26,872 --> 01:53:28,441 -Mmm. -Mmm-hmm. 2141 01:53:28,507 --> 01:53:30,710 Yeah. I'm gonna go talk to him, all right? 2142 01:53:30,776 --> 01:53:32,778 -Okay. -You okay to get upstairs? 2143 01:53:32,845 --> 01:53:33,914 Mmm-hmm. Yeah. 2144 01:53:35,715 --> 01:53:36,682 [sighs] 2145 01:53:48,962 --> 01:53:52,165 Tremendous... tremendous triumph. 2146 01:53:52,264 --> 01:53:54,901 The greatest show on earth. 2147 01:53:54,968 --> 01:53:59,739 My dear boy, this brainchild came from you and me, 2148 01:53:59,805 --> 01:54:03,542 but you alone rose above it all, and it worked with your talent, 2149 01:54:03,609 --> 01:54:07,114 and your dedication. [emotional laugh] 2150 01:54:07,180 --> 01:54:08,647 We did it. We did it! 2151 01:54:08,714 --> 01:54:10,716 -We did it. [chuckles] -We did. 2152 01:54:12,219 --> 01:54:15,088 Come on. [exhausted laugh] 2153 01:54:15,155 --> 01:54:16,789 [exhaling] 2154 01:54:16,856 --> 01:54:19,892 I can't wait to show the world what you and I can do. 2155 01:54:22,528 --> 01:54:24,797 The world will see this show. 2156 01:54:24,864 --> 01:54:27,100 Whatever it takes, I guarantee it. 2157 01:54:27,167 --> 01:54:28,634 Whatever I have to do. 2158 01:54:32,538 --> 01:54:33,839 [man] Ladies and gentlemen of the press, 2159 01:54:33,907 --> 01:54:36,943 the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley! 2160 01:54:37,010 --> 01:54:38,544 [reporters clamoring] 2161 01:54:38,611 --> 01:54:40,080 [Elvis] No, I'm not the king. 2162 01:54:40,147 --> 01:54:42,916 Hey, Fats. Mr. Fats Domino, ladies and gentlemen. 2163 01:54:42,983 --> 01:54:45,018 This is the real king of rock and roll. 2164 01:54:45,085 --> 01:54:46,485 Yeah, I'm somethin' else. 2165 01:54:46,552 --> 01:54:48,587 [reporter] Any plans to take this show on tour? 2166 01:54:48,654 --> 01:54:50,723 There's so many places I haven't been yet, you know. 2167 01:54:50,790 --> 01:54:54,693 I'd like to go to Europe. I'd like to go to Japan. 2168 01:54:54,760 --> 01:54:56,896 I've never been out of the country, 2169 01:54:56,963 --> 01:54:58,297 except in the service. 2170 01:54:58,364 --> 01:55:00,366 ["Polk Salad Annie" playing] 2171 01:55:00,432 --> 01:55:02,535 [crowd cheering] 2172 01:55:04,403 --> 01:55:06,039 What are you lookin' at back there? 2173 01:55:06,940 --> 01:55:07,807 Oh, Mr. Diskin. 2174 01:55:07,873 --> 01:55:09,542 Have we discussed with Mr. Hulett, 2175 01:55:09,608 --> 01:55:11,343 pertaining to the death threats? 2176 01:55:11,410 --> 01:55:13,379 The death threats? 2177 01:55:13,445 --> 01:55:16,183 Precisely. Death threats! 2178 01:55:16,249 --> 01:55:17,650 [cheering] 2179 01:55:17,716 --> 01:55:19,785 Down in Louisiana 2180 01:55:19,852 --> 01:55:23,756 Where the alligators Grow so mean 2181 01:55:23,823 --> 01:55:27,060 Lived a girl that I swear To the world 2182 01:55:27,127 --> 01:55:29,495 Made the alligators look tame 2183 01:55:29,562 --> 01:55:30,462 Polk salad Annie 2184 01:55:30,529 --> 01:55:31,831 [cheering] 2185 01:55:33,499 --> 01:55:34,968 [Jerry] Colonel, once we finish the season, 2186 01:55:35,035 --> 01:55:36,970 Elvis wants to take the tour overseas. 2187 01:55:37,037 --> 01:55:40,372 Overseas? Have you thought about security, Jerry? 2188 01:55:40,439 --> 01:55:42,408 [Jerry] Of course I have. 2189 01:55:42,474 --> 01:55:44,443 [Parker] This is Elvis Presley, 2190 01:55:44,510 --> 01:55:47,580 the most famous man on the planet. 2191 01:55:47,646 --> 01:55:50,250 Straight-razor totin' woman 2192 01:55:50,317 --> 01:55:51,784 Lord, have mercy 2193 01:55:51,851 --> 01:55:53,352 [Parker] The crazies in those countries... 2194 01:55:53,419 --> 01:55:55,621 They're a hundred times more dangerous. 2195 01:55:55,688 --> 01:55:58,490 Am I the only one who thinks about security? 2196 01:55:58,557 --> 01:56:01,527 Sock a little polk salad 2197 01:56:01,594 --> 01:56:03,063 You know I need it 2198 01:56:04,697 --> 01:56:07,968 There is nothing more important than security! 2199 01:56:08,034 --> 01:56:10,036 [song continues] 2200 01:56:16,475 --> 01:56:18,477 [men yelling] 2201 01:56:20,180 --> 01:56:21,747 [grunts] 2202 01:56:21,814 --> 01:56:26,119 Am I the only one who ever thinks about Elvis' security! 2203 01:56:27,486 --> 01:56:29,521 [yelling in Dutch] 2204 01:56:30,323 --> 01:56:32,025 [all shouting] 2205 01:56:32,993 --> 01:56:34,160 Get him out of here! 2206 01:56:35,228 --> 01:56:38,397 [song ends] 2207 01:56:40,666 --> 01:56:42,434 [Parker] Those guys turned out to be 2208 01:56:42,501 --> 01:56:44,770 some over-excited fans from Peru. 2209 01:56:44,837 --> 01:56:47,406 But the death threats were real. 2210 01:56:47,473 --> 01:56:49,842 I'm going back on. [panting] 2211 01:56:49,910 --> 01:56:52,078 I'll rip his goddamn tongue out by the roots. 2212 01:56:52,145 --> 01:56:55,982 [Parker] It started to take its toll. 2213 01:56:56,049 --> 01:56:59,085 Here at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Midtown Memphis, 2214 01:56:59,152 --> 01:57:02,389 Elvis Presley has apparently checked in to a private suite, 2215 01:57:02,454 --> 01:57:04,257 suffering from exhaustion. 2216 01:57:04,324 --> 01:57:06,259 A sign that Elvis is in fact here 2217 01:57:06,326 --> 01:57:10,263 is the aluminum foil that covers his windows to deflect the sun. 2218 01:57:10,330 --> 01:57:11,998 [TV reporter] Shock around the nation today 2219 01:57:12,065 --> 01:57:14,466 as a free rock concert at the Altamont Speedway 2220 01:57:14,533 --> 01:57:17,037 by English band The Rolling Stones, 2221 01:57:17,103 --> 01:57:18,771 ended with four deaths. 2222 01:57:18,837 --> 01:57:21,408 One resulting from a stabbing, allegedly committed... 2223 01:57:21,473 --> 01:57:23,776 [nurse] Elvis, Dr. Nick is here. 2224 01:57:25,577 --> 01:57:27,546 [Parker] Such a lovely girl, Ms. Tate. 2225 01:57:27,613 --> 01:57:30,283 What has happened to law and order in this country? 2226 01:57:30,350 --> 01:57:31,985 Hippies and radicals, 2227 01:57:32,052 --> 01:57:35,322 threatening and killing popular entertainers. 2228 01:57:35,388 --> 01:57:39,758 The IRA blowing up England? Planes exploding in mid-air? 2229 01:57:39,825 --> 01:57:41,161 Has the world gone mad? 2230 01:57:41,227 --> 01:57:44,264 Hulett's security is not what it needs to be. 2231 01:57:44,331 --> 01:57:45,731 And he knows it. 2232 01:57:45,798 --> 01:57:47,968 An international tour now is out of the question. 2233 01:57:48,034 --> 01:57:49,903 What are you talking about, Colonel? 2234 01:57:49,970 --> 01:57:52,105 I ain't gonna let these sons of bitches push me off the stage. 2235 01:57:52,172 --> 01:57:53,605 Precisely. 2236 01:57:53,672 --> 01:57:55,408 You are not one of Hulett's long-hair Zeppelins, 2237 01:57:55,474 --> 01:57:57,476 you are Elvis Presley. 2238 01:57:57,543 --> 01:57:59,212 You are beloved. 2239 01:57:59,279 --> 01:58:02,115 And I told him I have to look Priscilla in the eye, 2240 01:58:02,182 --> 01:58:07,020 and I have to promise her that little Lisa Marie's daddy 2241 01:58:07,087 --> 01:58:10,123 will be safe while he's away from home. 2242 01:58:10,190 --> 01:58:11,958 We're taking the show to the world, Colonel. 2243 01:58:12,025 --> 01:58:14,560 I ain't gonna disappoint those fans. 2244 01:58:18,664 --> 01:58:20,599 Well... 2245 01:58:20,666 --> 01:58:25,738 If you want to book more dates, we could do an American tour, 2246 01:58:25,804 --> 01:58:28,074 15 cities in 15 days, 2247 01:58:28,141 --> 01:58:31,710 while Mr. Hulett straightens out his security problems overseas. 2248 01:58:31,777 --> 01:58:33,879 I'd like that very much, son. 2249 01:58:33,947 --> 01:58:35,514 How is that gonna be any safer? 2250 01:58:35,581 --> 01:58:37,683 [Parker] Because staying in this country, 2251 01:58:37,750 --> 01:58:41,587 I can handle every aspect of security. 2252 01:58:41,653 --> 01:58:43,089 And then we go international? 2253 01:58:43,156 --> 01:58:46,126 Yeah, sure, around the world. Wherever you want. 2254 01:58:46,192 --> 01:58:47,693 But in the meantime, here in America, 2255 01:58:47,760 --> 01:58:50,397 we put on a great show. 2256 01:58:50,463 --> 01:58:51,730 And what will we do, Charlie? 2257 01:58:51,797 --> 01:58:53,732 And have a lot of fun. 2258 01:58:54,467 --> 01:58:57,037 Taking care of business. 2259 01:58:58,637 --> 01:59:01,041 Taking care of business. 2260 01:59:01,107 --> 01:59:04,944 ["Burning Love" by Presley playing] 2261 01:59:07,480 --> 01:59:10,984 [Parker] I'll get guarantees from every mayor. 2262 01:59:11,051 --> 01:59:13,153 We'll double the police presence. 2263 01:59:13,219 --> 01:59:16,189 You'll have more security than the President. 2264 01:59:17,157 --> 01:59:18,857 [crowd cheering] 2265 01:59:18,925 --> 01:59:23,029 Lord Almighty I feel my temperature rising 2266 01:59:24,630 --> 01:59:28,968 Higher, higher It's burning through to my soul 2267 01:59:30,904 --> 01:59:36,509 Girl, girl, girl You're gonna set me on fire 2268 01:59:36,575 --> 01:59:39,578 My brain is flaming I don't know which way to go 2269 01:59:39,645 --> 01:59:41,114 [Parker] And when the show is done, 2270 01:59:41,181 --> 01:59:44,317 the boys will hustle you to the motorcade. 2271 01:59:44,384 --> 01:59:46,419 Elvis has left the building. 2272 01:59:46,486 --> 01:59:50,656 Once you're in the air, Dr. Nick will ensure your rest. 2273 01:59:51,458 --> 01:59:53,126 Burnin' love 2274 01:59:53,193 --> 01:59:55,727 [Parker] Land in the next city, then we do it all again. 2275 01:59:55,794 --> 01:59:57,130 Fifteen times! 2276 01:59:57,197 --> 02:00:00,100 I'm just a hunk A hunk of burning love 2277 02:00:00,166 --> 02:00:02,168 I'm just a hunk A hunk of burning love 2278 02:00:02,235 --> 02:00:04,938 [Parker] It was life on the road, just like the old days. 2279 02:00:05,004 --> 02:00:09,242 We were making so much snow, we did it again. 2280 02:00:11,411 --> 02:00:12,946 And again. 2281 02:00:13,645 --> 02:00:15,647 And again. 2282 02:00:15,714 --> 02:00:19,085 All in the safety of the US of A. 2283 02:00:22,489 --> 02:00:26,159 Eventually, he lost interest in going overseas. 2284 02:00:26,226 --> 02:00:27,726 Why would you? 2285 02:00:27,793 --> 02:00:32,332 But I still kept my promise. I brought the world to him. 2286 02:00:32,398 --> 02:00:36,603 I invented the world's first ever satellite concert. 2287 02:00:36,668 --> 02:00:39,372 ["It's Only Love" by Presley playing] 2288 02:00:39,439 --> 02:00:44,843 [Parker] 1.5 billion people in one night, for a single artist. 2289 02:00:44,911 --> 02:00:48,281 Nothing like it before, nothing like it since. 2290 02:00:50,782 --> 02:00:55,054 [band playing final fanfare] 2291 02:00:57,856 --> 02:01:00,360 [Parker] But it wasn't enough. 2292 02:01:00,426 --> 02:01:06,366 He was addicted to the love he felt from you onstage. 2293 02:01:06,432 --> 02:01:10,069 Ordinary love just didn't compare. 2294 02:01:11,271 --> 02:01:16,042 So, in the lonely moments between shows, 2295 02:01:16,109 --> 02:01:19,412 he turned to them pills. 2296 02:01:19,479 --> 02:01:21,915 Priscilla, I want you to do something for me, will you? 2297 02:01:21,981 --> 02:01:25,717 You give my baby girl a big hug for me, okay? 2298 02:01:27,620 --> 02:01:29,522 [Parker] The roar of the crowd. 2299 02:01:29,589 --> 02:01:31,491 The life on the road. 2300 02:01:31,558 --> 02:01:34,961 Calling home to your loved ones, pretending nothing has changed, 2301 02:01:35,028 --> 02:01:36,963 when everything has. 2302 02:01:37,030 --> 02:01:39,165 -Lost. -[muffled slam] 2303 02:01:39,933 --> 02:01:41,401 What was that? 2304 02:01:45,104 --> 02:01:47,273 Ain't no one gonna walk around 2305 02:01:47,340 --> 02:01:48,874 sayin' they killed Elvis Presley. 2306 02:01:48,942 --> 02:01:51,077 -What did you say? -Nothing, baby. 2307 02:01:51,144 --> 02:01:54,147 [overlapping chatter on TV] 2308 02:01:54,214 --> 02:01:57,050 [Cronkite] Dr. Martin Luther King has been shot 2309 02:01:57,116 --> 02:01:58,551 in downtown Memphis, Tennessee... 2310 02:01:58,618 --> 02:02:01,621 [static, feedback building] 2311 02:02:01,688 --> 02:02:03,789 [newscaster] Sharon Tate was the last to die. 2312 02:02:03,855 --> 02:02:05,291 [gunshots] 2313 02:02:08,561 --> 02:02:10,063 [exhaling] 2314 02:02:12,966 --> 02:02:14,833 Is that you, doll? 2315 02:02:14,901 --> 02:02:18,404 I'm leaving you, and I'm taking Lisa with me. 2316 02:02:18,471 --> 02:02:21,507 Uh, 'Cilla, is this about what happens on the road? 2317 02:02:21,574 --> 02:02:22,841 About the what? 2318 02:02:22,909 --> 02:02:24,377 Is this about what happens on the road? 2319 02:02:24,444 --> 02:02:25,945 The girls? You think I give a shit about the girls 2320 02:02:26,012 --> 02:02:27,313 that you sneak in through the side door? 2321 02:02:27,380 --> 02:02:29,315 No. I couldn't care less about whoever it is 2322 02:02:29,382 --> 02:02:31,017 you sneak through the side door. 2323 02:02:31,084 --> 02:02:32,518 It's about this, Elvis. 2324 02:02:32,585 --> 02:02:34,020 -And this. -Hey. Whoa. 2325 02:02:34,087 --> 02:02:36,122 And these goddamn pills those leeches 2326 02:02:36,189 --> 02:02:37,690 and has-beens feed down your throat! 2327 02:02:37,756 --> 02:02:38,925 God damn it. 2328 02:02:38,992 --> 02:02:40,193 -Like you're strung out. -Strung out? 2329 02:02:40,260 --> 02:02:41,760 Goddamn, I'm in the best shape of my life. 2330 02:02:41,827 --> 02:02:43,396 Best shape of your life. 2331 02:02:43,463 --> 02:02:44,896 The only time you're happy is when you're on that stage. 2332 02:02:44,964 --> 02:02:46,366 And in between that, you're a ghost. 2333 02:02:46,432 --> 02:02:48,468 'Cilla, I give you everything you could want. 2334 02:02:48,534 --> 02:02:50,136 What I want is a husband. 2335 02:02:50,203 --> 02:02:52,939 I am your wife. I am your wife! 2336 02:02:53,006 --> 02:02:56,409 And Lisa is your daughter. She needs a father. 2337 02:02:56,476 --> 02:02:58,444 [Elvis] I am her father! 2338 02:03:00,013 --> 02:03:01,780 [exhales softly] 2339 02:03:04,951 --> 02:03:06,119 [voice shaking] Do you remember the last time 2340 02:03:06,185 --> 02:03:08,021 that we laughed together? 2341 02:03:08,087 --> 02:03:09,922 Do you remember the last time that the three of us 2342 02:03:09,989 --> 02:03:11,823 sat down and had dinner together? 2343 02:03:11,890 --> 02:03:13,092 [crying softly] 2344 02:03:13,159 --> 02:03:16,895 You won't even make love to me anymore. 2345 02:03:16,963 --> 02:03:21,367 I gift you my life, and I have nothing left in me to give you. 2346 02:03:25,905 --> 02:03:27,507 Do you still love me? 2347 02:03:44,657 --> 02:03:47,060 [exhales softly] 2348 02:03:47,126 --> 02:03:51,564 When you're 40 and I'm 50, we'll be back together. 2349 02:03:53,800 --> 02:03:55,335 You'll see. 2350 02:04:02,841 --> 02:04:05,311 [Elvis crying softly] 2351 02:04:06,946 --> 02:04:08,981 [sobbing quietly] 2352 02:04:12,385 --> 02:04:13,885 I have to go. 2353 02:04:13,953 --> 02:04:15,421 [Elvis] Will you please stay? 2354 02:04:15,488 --> 02:04:19,325 I have to go. Okay? If I stay, I'll never leave. 2355 02:04:19,392 --> 02:04:20,960 -Please... -You have to let me go. 2356 02:04:21,027 --> 02:04:23,062 -Please, Priscilla. -You have to let me go. 2357 02:04:34,073 --> 02:04:36,476 [car engine starts] 2358 02:04:36,909 --> 02:04:39,112 [sobbing] 2359 02:04:45,485 --> 02:04:47,253 [newscaster] Fifty thousand people gathered 2360 02:04:47,320 --> 02:04:49,255 in New Orleans earlier today to mourn the passing 2361 02:04:49,322 --> 02:04:51,991 of gospel legend, Mahalia Jackson. 2362 02:04:52,058 --> 02:04:53,226 [Jackson] Will you come to Mississippi 2363 02:04:53,292 --> 02:04:55,094 and sing with us, Mr. Presley? 2364 02:04:55,161 --> 02:04:59,465 Why, B.B. King will be there. Perhaps even the Rolling Stones. 2365 02:04:59,532 --> 02:05:01,467 [Elvis] I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson. 2366 02:05:01,534 --> 02:05:04,937 The Colonel, he... he won't allow it. 2367 02:05:05,004 --> 02:05:07,407 [Jackson] You are a man, Mr. Presley. 2368 02:05:07,473 --> 02:05:09,008 And a man don't make up his own mind 2369 02:05:09,075 --> 02:05:11,444 about matters of conscience. 2370 02:05:11,511 --> 02:05:13,813 [Jerry] Come on, Diskin. Elvis needs a challenge 2371 02:05:13,880 --> 02:05:15,214 to get back on track. 2372 02:05:15,281 --> 02:05:17,650 Why won't the Colonel let him go overseas? 2373 02:05:17,717 --> 02:05:19,585 -Security, Jerry. You know that. -Bullshit! 2374 02:05:19,652 --> 02:05:21,988 The Colonel's killing his greatest asset without a reason. 2375 02:05:22,054 --> 02:05:23,890 So what is the reason? 2376 02:05:23,956 --> 02:05:26,459 Colonel always has his reasons. 2377 02:05:26,526 --> 02:05:28,461 I'm not at liberty to divulge 2378 02:05:28,528 --> 02:05:30,329 personal information about Mr. Parker. 2379 02:05:30,396 --> 02:05:32,432 -[knocking on door] -[Jerry] He lied. 2380 02:05:32,498 --> 02:05:34,033 There wasn't gonna be an international tour 2381 02:05:34,100 --> 02:05:35,401 'cause he can't leave the country. 2382 02:05:35,468 --> 02:05:37,804 He's got no citizenship, no official identity. 2383 02:05:37,870 --> 02:05:39,138 He doesn't exist. 2384 02:05:39,205 --> 02:05:42,375 There never was a Colonel Tom Parker. 2385 02:05:42,442 --> 02:05:44,444 [slurring] What are you talking about, Jerry? 2386 02:05:45,578 --> 02:05:47,013 -Hey, whoa, whoa! -[indistinct shouting] 2387 02:05:47,079 --> 02:05:48,080 [Charlie] Get him an ice bucket! 2388 02:05:48,147 --> 02:05:50,950 [overlapping shouts, chatter] 2389 02:05:52,718 --> 02:05:54,020 [King] Colonel's a smart man. 2390 02:05:54,086 --> 02:05:55,588 There's got to be another reason. 2391 02:05:55,655 --> 02:05:56,856 [Jerry] Come on, man! 2392 02:05:56,924 --> 02:05:58,291 [Parker] I will stay here at home, 2393 02:05:58,357 --> 02:06:00,460 and I will work and I will worry. 2394 02:06:00,526 --> 02:06:03,029 [Hulett] I mean, why the Colonel kept turning them down, 2395 02:06:03,095 --> 02:06:04,197 I have no idea, man. 2396 02:06:05,798 --> 02:06:07,333 [Parker] Get out of the way! 2397 02:06:08,968 --> 02:06:13,039 Now, you listen to me. The only thing that matters... 2398 02:06:13,105 --> 02:06:16,175 is that that man gets up on that stage tonight. 2399 02:06:16,242 --> 02:06:17,610 [overlapping chatter] 2400 02:06:17,677 --> 02:06:21,013 If he was my son, I'd put him in a hospital. 2401 02:06:25,017 --> 02:06:28,521 Well, of course, this is a Presley Enterprises decision. 2402 02:06:29,455 --> 02:06:30,723 Vernon? 2403 02:06:32,058 --> 02:06:34,694 Well... um... 2404 02:06:35,695 --> 02:06:37,965 Well, what can you... 2405 02:06:38,030 --> 02:06:40,399 What can you do for him, Dr. Nick? 2406 02:06:42,435 --> 02:06:49,475 [Elvis singing] His truth is marching on 2407 02:06:53,246 --> 02:06:54,380 [applause, cheering] 2408 02:06:54,447 --> 02:07:00,353 His truth is marching on 2409 02:07:08,694 --> 02:07:10,029 [song ends] 2410 02:07:10,096 --> 02:07:12,298 [screaming, applause] 2411 02:07:14,734 --> 02:07:16,669 Thank you. Thank you. 2412 02:07:16,736 --> 02:07:18,972 Now he's gonna ask the house lights to be brought up, 2413 02:07:19,038 --> 02:07:20,373 'cause we've been looking at him. 2414 02:07:20,439 --> 02:07:22,341 He wants to look at us now. He loves this. 2415 02:07:22,408 --> 02:07:23,944 I'd like to turn the house lights up, 2416 02:07:24,011 --> 02:07:25,711 -ladies and gentlemen. -Eh? 2417 02:07:25,778 --> 02:07:28,848 'Cause now that you've seen me, I'd like to take a look at you. 2418 02:07:28,916 --> 02:07:31,350 [cheering, applause] 2419 02:07:31,417 --> 02:07:33,619 Oh, you're beautiful. Thank you. 2420 02:07:33,686 --> 02:07:35,421 He'll mention the VIPs that are here. 2421 02:07:35,488 --> 02:07:37,790 We've got some high-rollers in here tonight. 2422 02:07:37,857 --> 02:07:39,125 Get ready for the spotlight. 2423 02:07:39,191 --> 02:07:42,528 Mr. International Hotel himself. 2424 02:07:42,595 --> 02:07:45,032 -Thank you. -Ah, there you go. 2425 02:07:45,097 --> 02:07:47,533 And right next to him, 2426 02:07:47,600 --> 02:07:52,438 is my so-called manager, Colonel Tom Parker. 2427 02:07:52,505 --> 02:07:56,108 -There he is. -[chuckling] Come on. 2428 02:07:56,175 --> 02:08:01,581 But I hear rumors that Colonel is an alien. 2429 02:08:01,647 --> 02:08:04,183 [laughter] 2430 02:08:04,250 --> 02:08:05,986 Got here on my rocket ship. 2431 02:08:06,053 --> 02:08:08,554 [cheering, applause] 2432 02:08:08,621 --> 02:08:09,655 Oh. 2433 02:08:13,359 --> 02:08:15,461 Somebody call the FBI 2434 02:08:15,528 --> 02:08:18,130 and tell 'em that he has abducted me, 2435 02:08:18,197 --> 02:08:22,501 that he has locked me in this golden cage, 2436 02:08:22,568 --> 02:08:26,806 to keep me here forever with you, ladies and gentlemen. 2437 02:08:26,872 --> 02:08:29,675 [light applause] 2438 02:08:29,742 --> 02:08:32,678 [singing, slurred] So I'm caught in a trap 2439 02:08:32,745 --> 02:08:35,381 I can't get out 2440 02:08:36,582 --> 02:08:40,419 'Cause Colonel's got some big debts, baby. 2441 02:08:44,256 --> 02:08:46,392 Excuse me. 2442 02:08:46,459 --> 02:08:49,997 Well, this is the last show I'm ever playing here. 2443 02:08:50,063 --> 02:08:51,430 [scattered groans] 2444 02:08:51,497 --> 02:08:56,636 I'm gonna get on my jet plane, the Lisa Marie... 2445 02:08:56,702 --> 02:09:01,307 It's named after my, uh... my beautiful daughter. 2446 02:09:01,374 --> 02:09:03,576 And I'm gonna fly away. 2447 02:09:05,211 --> 02:09:07,313 No, no, no... 2448 02:09:07,380 --> 02:09:10,349 You know, I'm gonna fly away. 2449 02:09:10,416 --> 02:09:12,385 [whispers] Stop the show. Stop this show! 2450 02:09:12,451 --> 02:09:13,786 Come on, get this curtain down. 2451 02:09:13,853 --> 02:09:15,621 Fuck the International. 2452 02:09:15,688 --> 02:09:19,126 Mr. Schilling, what the devil is happening here? 2453 02:09:19,191 --> 02:09:20,559 And Las Vegas. 2454 02:09:20,626 --> 02:09:21,794 [Jerry] That's what he wants to know. 2455 02:09:21,861 --> 02:09:24,563 Ain't no one gonna stop me, man. 2456 02:09:26,099 --> 02:09:28,935 Oh! Security. 2457 02:09:29,002 --> 02:09:30,569 Security! 2458 02:09:30,636 --> 02:09:31,938 [babbling] 2459 02:09:32,005 --> 02:09:35,741 Security, security! Security! 2460 02:09:35,808 --> 02:09:37,777 800 shows! 2461 02:09:37,843 --> 02:09:40,947 You don't have a goddamn passport, you son of a bitch! 2462 02:09:41,747 --> 02:09:43,449 You are fired! 2463 02:09:44,084 --> 02:09:46,285 You are fired! 2464 02:09:46,987 --> 02:09:49,488 You're fired! 2465 02:09:56,029 --> 02:09:57,964 [all murmuring] 2466 02:09:59,166 --> 02:10:00,800 You're fired. 2467 02:10:03,502 --> 02:10:06,706 -[microphone thumps] -[feedback squeals] 2468 02:10:06,772 --> 02:10:08,340 [Charlie] E., I-- 2469 02:10:10,309 --> 02:10:12,845 Colonel, I gotta-- I'll talk him down. 2470 02:10:21,054 --> 02:10:23,389 This is Colonel Tom Parker. I wish it to be known 2471 02:10:23,456 --> 02:10:26,826 that Dr. Nick's services are no longer required. 2472 02:10:26,892 --> 02:10:28,360 Thank you. 2473 02:10:29,695 --> 02:10:31,198 Hmm. 2474 02:10:31,263 --> 02:10:32,933 Well, Diskin... 2475 02:10:32,999 --> 02:10:35,568 if the boy wants to set out on his own, 2476 02:10:35,634 --> 02:10:38,637 it's all right by me, but Presley Enterprises 2477 02:10:38,704 --> 02:10:41,208 is going to cough up what it owes. 2478 02:10:41,273 --> 02:10:43,275 -Are you ready? -Ready. 2479 02:10:43,342 --> 02:10:45,912 Gasoline for the first trip to the Hayride... 2480 02:10:45,979 --> 02:10:47,613 one dollar and 25 cents. 2481 02:10:47,680 --> 02:10:49,615 Un-recouped promotional costs 2482 02:10:49,682 --> 02:10:52,518 pertaining to souvenir calendars, $100. 2483 02:10:52,585 --> 02:10:54,921 Collectible trading cards, $100. 2484 02:10:54,988 --> 02:10:58,324 Posters, flyers and programs, $100. 2485 02:10:58,390 --> 02:11:00,459 Balloons, $50... 2486 02:11:00,526 --> 02:11:02,996 [jet engines thrumming] 2487 02:11:14,207 --> 02:11:15,407 [Elvis] What's the hold-up? 2488 02:11:15,474 --> 02:11:18,511 Sorry, E.P. Your daddy won't come down. 2489 02:11:21,181 --> 02:11:22,648 [door opens] 2490 02:11:23,216 --> 02:11:24,416 Daddy. 2491 02:11:42,401 --> 02:11:44,403 [Elvis] What is this? 2492 02:11:44,470 --> 02:11:48,407 Well, that is what we owe the Colonel. 2493 02:11:51,111 --> 02:11:52,812 We're broke. 2494 02:11:55,347 --> 02:11:58,384 Daddy, I've been playing this mausoleum for a hundred years. 2495 02:11:58,450 --> 02:11:59,885 How could we be broke? 2496 02:11:59,953 --> 02:12:01,720 [Vernon] You spend so much money. 2497 02:12:01,787 --> 02:12:05,457 You know, you got the cars and the girls and the clothes, 2498 02:12:05,524 --> 02:12:07,593 and all the... you know, new airplane. 2499 02:12:07,660 --> 02:12:09,062 Daddy, you are my business manager. 2500 02:12:09,129 --> 02:12:10,696 You're supposed to be taking care of business. 2501 02:12:10,763 --> 02:12:13,532 I don't know what to tell you, son, we're broke! 2502 02:12:13,599 --> 02:12:15,334 We're plain broke. 2503 02:12:15,401 --> 02:12:17,336 Gotta take the Colonel back. 2504 02:12:17,403 --> 02:12:19,572 I am not taking him back. 2505 02:12:19,638 --> 02:12:21,540 We're gonna lose Graceland. 2506 02:12:33,987 --> 02:12:35,922 I am not taking him back! 2507 02:12:36,422 --> 02:12:38,757 [yelling] 2508 02:12:38,824 --> 02:12:40,093 He takes everything from me. 2509 02:12:40,160 --> 02:12:42,628 He takes 50% of everything that I make! 2510 02:12:42,695 --> 02:12:44,130 And now he wants to take the home 2511 02:12:44,197 --> 02:12:45,798 that we bought for Mama! 2512 02:12:46,967 --> 02:12:47,968 Listen to me, Daddy. 2513 02:12:48,034 --> 02:12:51,137 That old bastard can sue if he wants, 2514 02:12:51,204 --> 02:12:53,073 but I am flying away. 2515 02:12:54,140 --> 02:12:55,774 With or without you. 2516 02:12:59,980 --> 02:13:01,747 [elevator dings] 2517 02:13:05,584 --> 02:13:08,922 Oh, you bloodsucking, old vampire. 2518 02:13:08,989 --> 02:13:12,424 You bled me dry and you still want more? 2519 02:13:12,491 --> 02:13:14,727 I'm not an uncaring man, Mr. Presley. 2520 02:13:14,793 --> 02:13:17,830 Don't you "Mr. Presley" me, you toad. 2521 02:13:17,897 --> 02:13:20,967 If you are so determined to get out of our contract-- 2522 02:13:21,034 --> 02:13:22,568 You're goddamn right I want out. 2523 02:13:22,635 --> 02:13:24,536 Well, I will personally loan you the money 2524 02:13:24,603 --> 02:13:26,572 that you owe to Jamboree Attractions. 2525 02:13:26,639 --> 02:13:28,407 Yeah, you'll still have your claws in me. 2526 02:13:28,474 --> 02:13:29,708 You'll still have me working here 2527 02:13:29,775 --> 02:13:31,677 like a goddamn slave in a salt mine, 2528 02:13:31,744 --> 02:13:34,047 you phony, no-good piece of trash! 2529 02:13:34,114 --> 02:13:37,984 I oughta shoot you in your fat, goddamn face! 2530 02:13:39,085 --> 02:13:40,320 Who are you? 2531 02:13:40,387 --> 02:13:42,488 I am you. And you are me. 2532 02:13:42,554 --> 02:13:43,990 Cut the horseshit! 2533 02:13:44,057 --> 02:13:46,326 Everything I've ever known about you has been a lie. 2534 02:13:46,393 --> 02:13:47,928 [Jerry] E.P., you all good? 2535 02:13:47,994 --> 02:13:52,399 [chuckles] My past is the least of your problems, my boy. 2536 02:13:52,464 --> 02:13:58,238 Everyone else you associate with lives from you, Mr. Presley. 2537 02:13:58,305 --> 02:14:00,073 Even Vernon. 2538 02:14:00,140 --> 02:14:03,176 That's right, even your own daddy 2539 02:14:03,243 --> 02:14:06,879 has looked after himself before he's looked after you. 2540 02:14:06,947 --> 02:14:10,116 Yes, I have lived from you, too, but the difference is 2541 02:14:10,183 --> 02:14:11,850 you have also lived from me. 2542 02:14:11,918 --> 02:14:16,722 We have supported each other. Because we shared a dream. 2543 02:14:16,789 --> 02:14:20,060 We are the same, you and I. 2544 02:14:20,126 --> 02:14:25,898 We are two odd, lonely children, reaching for eternity. 2545 02:14:28,435 --> 02:14:31,271 Maybe you should fly away, my boy. 2546 02:14:31,338 --> 02:14:35,041 Away from all of this. 2547 02:14:35,108 --> 02:14:39,212 But if you do choose to leave... 2548 02:14:40,779 --> 02:14:44,317 then I, for one, will be very lonely. 2549 02:14:44,384 --> 02:14:46,885 So would your father. 2550 02:14:46,953 --> 02:14:50,723 But I think you may be lonely, too. 2551 02:14:50,789 --> 02:14:52,758 [taps elevator button] 2552 02:14:53,592 --> 02:14:56,662 Oh, you see, my boy, the... 2553 02:14:56,729 --> 02:15:00,233 truth about the Rock of Eternity... 2554 02:15:03,269 --> 02:15:08,640 It is forever just beyond our reach. 2555 02:15:36,503 --> 02:15:41,673 [Elvis singing] Do the chairs in your parlor 2556 02:15:43,243 --> 02:15:47,013 Seem empty and bare? 2557 02:15:49,049 --> 02:15:53,719 Do you gaze at your doorstep 2558 02:15:55,355 --> 02:15:58,925 Picture me there? 2559 02:16:00,994 --> 02:16:05,731 Is your heart filled with pain? 2560 02:16:06,799 --> 02:16:11,204 Shall I come back again? 2561 02:16:12,871 --> 02:16:15,707 Tell me, dear 2562 02:16:15,774 --> 02:16:21,114 Are you lonesome tonight? 2563 02:16:22,916 --> 02:16:27,653 Is your heart filled with pain? 2564 02:16:28,687 --> 02:16:33,126 Shall I come back again? 2565 02:16:34,893 --> 02:16:37,530 Tell me, dear 2566 02:16:37,596 --> 02:16:43,769 Are you lonesome tonight? 2567 02:16:51,544 --> 02:16:54,813 Son, I know... I know, I... 2568 02:16:57,383 --> 02:16:59,385 I wanna try and... 2569 02:17:00,920 --> 02:17:04,390 I wanna try and fix this. You know... 2570 02:17:08,428 --> 02:17:09,795 Daddy... 2571 02:17:15,068 --> 02:17:17,270 Tell that son of a bitch... 2572 02:17:17,337 --> 02:17:20,039 I want things to go back to the way they were. 2573 02:17:28,448 --> 02:17:29,648 And, Daddy... 2574 02:17:32,018 --> 02:17:36,422 Tell the Colonel to send up Dr. Nick. 2575 02:17:50,069 --> 02:17:52,871 ["Suspicious Minds" by Paravi playing] 2576 02:17:54,407 --> 02:17:56,209 [radio DJ] It's a beautiful day in Las Vegas, 2577 02:17:56,276 --> 02:17:57,843 with lots going on this weekend. 2578 02:17:57,911 --> 02:18:00,346 Those teen sensations, The Jacksons, 2579 02:18:00,413 --> 02:18:01,915 are causing a lot of excitement 2580 02:18:01,981 --> 02:18:04,217 with their residency at the MGM Grand. 2581 02:18:04,284 --> 02:18:07,453 And for the older crowd, Elvis is back for a fifth year. 2582 02:18:07,520 --> 02:18:08,854 And don't we love him. 2583 02:18:08,922 --> 02:18:10,523 [reporter] In Entertainment News today, 2584 02:18:10,590 --> 02:18:13,026 Elvis Presley is in talks to play opposite Barbra Streisand 2585 02:18:13,092 --> 02:18:14,961 in a remake of A Star is Born. 2586 02:18:15,028 --> 02:18:16,596 [commentator] These days, when he's not slurring 2587 02:18:16,663 --> 02:18:18,198 on stage in Vegas or playing 2588 02:18:18,264 --> 02:18:20,433 the same old domestic concert circuit, 2589 02:18:20,500 --> 02:18:22,868 the singer spends weeks at a time in his bedroom, 2590 02:18:22,936 --> 02:18:24,703 tormented by his growing waistline. 2591 02:18:24,770 --> 02:18:26,973 Sounds like it won't be much of a stretch for him 2592 02:18:27,040 --> 02:18:29,375 to play the role of a washed-up singer. 2593 02:18:32,878 --> 02:18:35,148 Oh, look, here they come. 2594 02:18:37,283 --> 02:18:38,884 -[Vernon] Are you all right? -[Elvis] Yep. 2595 02:18:38,952 --> 02:18:40,687 All right, Daddy loves you. 2596 02:18:40,752 --> 02:18:43,089 -Bye, baby. -[Vernon] Come on, baby. 2597 02:18:43,156 --> 02:18:44,457 -Bye, Papa. -Good girl. 2598 02:18:44,524 --> 02:18:46,960 -Bye, baby. -[Vernon] Give me your hand. 2599 02:18:48,094 --> 02:18:49,262 Hi! 2600 02:18:49,329 --> 02:18:52,232 -[Vernon] Here she is. -Hi, baby. How you doing? 2601 02:18:54,934 --> 02:18:56,369 Want to say goodbye to Daddy? 2602 02:18:56,436 --> 02:18:59,838 -[Lisa Marie] Bye, Daddy. -[Priscilla] You're so good. 2603 02:19:01,207 --> 02:19:03,809 Hi. How are you? How you doing? 2604 02:19:03,875 --> 02:19:05,378 [Vernon] We're okay. 2605 02:19:07,413 --> 02:19:10,450 [jet engines whirring] 2606 02:19:24,664 --> 02:19:26,032 Hey. 2607 02:19:27,267 --> 02:19:28,401 Hi. 2608 02:19:30,869 --> 02:19:32,238 [Elvis] Hmm. 2609 02:19:37,677 --> 02:19:39,312 How are you doing? 2610 02:19:42,682 --> 02:19:44,284 [sighs] 2611 02:19:54,260 --> 02:19:57,630 Honey, there's this place in San Diego 2612 02:19:57,697 --> 02:19:59,399 that you can go to rest. 2613 02:20:00,433 --> 02:20:01,833 To heal. 2614 02:20:01,901 --> 02:20:04,003 After the show, you can fly directly and be in a clinic 2615 02:20:04,070 --> 02:20:05,138 before anyone knows. 2616 02:20:05,204 --> 02:20:06,572 It's all been arranged. 2617 02:20:08,908 --> 02:20:11,311 I'm gonna be 40 soon, 'Cilla. 2618 02:20:13,980 --> 02:20:16,182 [whispers] Forty. 2619 02:20:16,249 --> 02:20:18,918 And nobody's gonna remember me. 2620 02:20:21,154 --> 02:20:23,356 I never did anything lasting. 2621 02:20:25,558 --> 02:20:28,827 I never made that classic film that I could be proud of. 2622 02:20:28,894 --> 02:20:31,197 But what about A Star is Born? 2623 02:20:32,999 --> 02:20:35,435 Uh... [chuckles lightly] 2624 02:20:37,470 --> 02:20:40,573 Barbra... the Colonel... 2625 02:20:41,541 --> 02:20:43,543 [both chuckle] 2626 02:20:47,046 --> 02:20:50,283 [crying softly] Please go. 2627 02:20:50,350 --> 02:20:52,318 For Lisa? 2628 02:20:52,385 --> 02:20:55,121 If you dream it, you can do it, baby. 2629 02:20:57,090 --> 02:20:59,058 I'm all out of dreams. 2630 02:21:01,527 --> 02:21:03,262 Promise me. 2631 02:21:05,598 --> 02:21:07,133 [Priscilla sniffles] 2632 02:21:07,667 --> 02:21:09,202 [light knocking] 2633 02:21:10,603 --> 02:21:11,971 [exhales] 2634 02:21:37,096 --> 02:21:41,033 [whispering] I... will always... love you. 2635 02:21:58,985 --> 02:22:02,054 -Hi, baby. -[giggles] 2636 02:22:05,958 --> 02:22:08,261 [jet engines revving] 2637 02:22:33,486 --> 02:22:34,620 [imperceptible] 2638 02:22:47,200 --> 02:22:49,735 [Elvis] Did you know there's a kind of bird 2639 02:22:49,802 --> 02:22:52,004 that doesn't have any legs? 2640 02:22:52,071 --> 02:22:54,207 So it can't land on nothing. 2641 02:22:56,242 --> 02:22:58,544 It lives its whole life on the wing. 2642 02:23:00,780 --> 02:23:04,851 When it gets tired, it just spreads its wings 2643 02:23:04,918 --> 02:23:07,420 and sleeps on the wind. 2644 02:23:09,957 --> 02:23:13,659 If it ever does land, even but one time... 2645 02:23:16,229 --> 02:23:18,130 so it dies. 2646 02:23:21,300 --> 02:23:22,702 [reporter 1] Good evening. 2647 02:23:22,768 --> 02:23:26,072 Elvis Presley died today. He was 42. 2648 02:23:26,138 --> 02:23:27,807 Apparently, it was a heart attack. 2649 02:23:27,874 --> 02:23:29,809 He was found in his home in Memphis... 2650 02:23:29,876 --> 02:23:32,178 [reporter 2] President Carter has just made a statement... 2651 02:23:32,245 --> 02:23:33,679 [President Carter] Elvis Presley's death 2652 02:23:33,746 --> 02:23:36,215 deprives our country of a part of itself. 2653 02:23:36,282 --> 02:23:37,850 He was unique and irreplaceable. 2654 02:23:37,918 --> 02:23:39,519 [reporter 3] Thousands of mourners have gathered 2655 02:23:39,585 --> 02:23:41,153 outside the gates of Graceland... 2656 02:23:41,220 --> 02:23:42,889 [Carter] Using the styles of white country 2657 02:23:42,956 --> 02:23:44,657 and Black rhythm and blues, 2658 02:23:44,724 --> 02:23:47,260 permanently changed the face of American popular culture. 2659 02:23:47,326 --> 02:23:49,762 [reporter 4] The outpouring of grief can be seen everywhere. 2660 02:23:49,829 --> 02:23:52,632 [Carter] He was a symbol to people the world over, 2661 02:23:52,698 --> 02:23:55,868 of the vitality, rebelliousness... 2662 02:23:55,936 --> 02:23:58,804 [Parker] What killed my boy? 2663 02:23:58,871 --> 02:24:02,208 Them doctors say it was his heart. 2664 02:24:02,275 --> 02:24:04,777 Others, the pills. 2665 02:24:04,844 --> 02:24:08,214 Some say it was me. 2666 02:24:08,281 --> 02:24:12,184 No. I'll tell you what killed him. 2667 02:24:13,219 --> 02:24:16,289 It was love. 2668 02:24:16,355 --> 02:24:18,824 His love for you. 2669 02:24:18,891 --> 02:24:21,127 [faint applause, cheering] 2670 02:24:21,193 --> 02:24:23,663 You know, a few weeks before he died, 2671 02:24:23,729 --> 02:24:27,901 I saw him sing for the very last time. 2672 02:24:27,968 --> 02:24:30,303 He could barely stand up. 2673 02:24:31,337 --> 02:24:34,106 "Unchained Melody." 2674 02:24:34,173 --> 02:24:37,443 From an album called Unchained Melody. 2675 02:24:37,510 --> 02:24:41,447 Makes a lot of sense. Okay. [light chuckle] 2676 02:24:41,514 --> 02:24:46,118 [Parker] But that night, he sang as he always did. 2677 02:24:46,185 --> 02:24:48,387 With all his heart and soul. 2678 02:24:48,454 --> 02:24:50,089 How you like it so far? 2679 02:24:50,156 --> 02:24:52,858 [crowd cheering] 2680 02:24:52,926 --> 02:24:56,462 [Parker] That old voice rang out, 2681 02:24:56,529 --> 02:25:01,200 -and he sang with all his life. -[piano piano] 2682 02:25:01,267 --> 02:25:06,772 Oh, my love 2683 02:25:06,839 --> 02:25:09,042 My darling 2684 02:25:09,108 --> 02:25:13,279 I've hungered for your touch 2685 02:25:13,346 --> 02:25:19,318 A long, lonely time 2686 02:25:22,022 --> 02:25:27,660 Time goes by 2687 02:25:27,727 --> 02:25:30,196 So slowly 2688 02:25:30,262 --> 02:25:34,634 And time can do so much 2689 02:25:34,700 --> 02:25:36,937 Are you 2690 02:25:37,004 --> 02:25:41,340 Still mine? 2691 02:25:41,407 --> 02:25:48,547 I need your love, ooh 2692 02:25:49,749 --> 02:25:54,520 I need your love 2693 02:25:54,587 --> 02:26:00,192 God speed your love 2694 02:26:00,259 --> 02:26:04,797 To me 2695 02:26:06,365 --> 02:26:13,472 Lonely rivers flow to the sea To the sea 2696 02:26:13,539 --> 02:26:19,845 To the open arms of the sea 2697 02:26:19,913 --> 02:26:21,915 [crowd cheering] 2698 02:26:21,982 --> 02:26:29,321 Lonely rivers cry Wait for me Wait for me 2699 02:26:30,123 --> 02:26:33,392 I'll be coming home 2700 02:26:33,459 --> 02:26:38,564 Wait for me 2701 02:26:38,631 --> 02:26:44,137 My love, my darling 2702 02:26:44,203 --> 02:26:48,841 I've hungered for your kiss 2703 02:26:49,875 --> 02:26:55,881 A long, lonely time 2704 02:26:55,949 --> 02:26:57,516 [Presley] When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, 2705 02:26:57,583 --> 02:26:59,785 I was a dreamer. I read comic books 2706 02:26:59,852 --> 02:27:02,588 and I was the hero of the comic book. 2707 02:27:02,655 --> 02:27:05,926 I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. 2708 02:27:05,992 --> 02:27:08,227 So every dream that I ever dreamed 2709 02:27:08,294 --> 02:27:10,696 has come true a hundred times. 2710 02:27:12,231 --> 02:27:18,972 Are you still mine? 2711 02:27:20,439 --> 02:27:27,580 I need your love, ooh 2712 02:27:30,583 --> 02:27:33,120 I learned very early in life that... 2713 02:27:33,186 --> 02:27:35,989 "Without a song, the day would never end, 2714 02:27:36,056 --> 02:27:38,824 without a song, a man ain't got a friend, 2715 02:27:38,891 --> 02:27:42,195 without a song, the road would never bend, 2716 02:27:42,261 --> 02:27:43,329 without a song." 2717 02:27:43,395 --> 02:27:45,264 So I keep singing a song. 2718 02:27:45,331 --> 02:27:48,101 To... 2719 02:27:48,168 --> 02:27:51,270 Ooh-hoo 2720 02:27:51,337 --> 02:27:55,407 Ooh 2721 02:27:55,976 --> 02:27:57,276 Me 2722 02:27:57,343 --> 02:27:59,411 [exclaiming] 2723 02:28:02,314 --> 02:28:05,952 [song crescendos, ends] 2724 02:28:06,019 --> 02:28:09,855 [crowd roaring] 2725 02:28:16,662 --> 02:28:20,033 [crowd noise fades] 2726 02:28:25,939 --> 02:28:28,874 -[monitor beeping faintly] -[breath rasping] 2727 02:28:28,942 --> 02:28:31,477 [monitor flatlining] 2728 02:28:37,217 --> 02:28:40,419 [announcer, faint] Elvis has left the building. 2729 02:28:51,564 --> 02:28:54,667 ["In The Ghetto" by Presley playing] 2730 02:28:56,635 --> 02:29:00,639 As the snow flies 2731 02:29:02,374 --> 02:29:05,344 On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' 2732 02:29:05,411 --> 02:29:07,613 A poor little baby child is born 2733 02:29:07,680 --> 02:29:09,615 In the ghetto 2734 02:29:13,019 --> 02:29:16,589 And his mama cries 2735 02:29:18,291 --> 02:29:21,527 'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need 2736 02:29:21,594 --> 02:29:24,331 Is another hungry mouth to feed 2737 02:29:24,396 --> 02:29:26,665 In the ghetto 2738 02:29:29,336 --> 02:29:31,770 People, don't you understand 2739 02:29:31,837 --> 02:29:35,141 The child needs a helping hand 2740 02:29:35,208 --> 02:29:40,080 Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day 2741 02:29:40,146 --> 02:29:42,448 Take a look at you and me 2742 02:29:42,514 --> 02:29:45,919 Are we too blind to see? 2743 02:29:45,986 --> 02:29:52,025 Do we simply turn our heads And look the other way 2744 02:29:53,592 --> 02:29:57,830 Well, the world turns... 2745 02:30:06,605 --> 02:30:09,608 [Presley reciting] "You never stood in that man's shoes 2746 02:30:09,675 --> 02:30:12,045 Or saw things through his eyes 2747 02:30:12,112 --> 02:30:14,713 Or stood and watched with helpless hands 2748 02:30:14,780 --> 02:30:17,650 While the heart inside you dies 2749 02:30:17,716 --> 02:30:20,486 So help your brother along the way 2750 02:30:20,552 --> 02:30:23,189 No matter where he starts 2751 02:30:23,256 --> 02:30:28,794 For the same God that made you Made him, too 2752 02:30:28,861 --> 02:30:31,597 These men with broken hearts" 2753 02:30:33,066 --> 02:30:36,502 And his mama cries 2754 02:30:38,371 --> 02:30:41,241 And a hungry, little boy with a runny nose 2755 02:30:41,308 --> 02:30:44,044 Plays in the street as the cold wind blows 2756 02:30:44,110 --> 02:30:45,811 In the ghetto 2757 02:30:49,182 --> 02:30:52,953 And his hunger burns 2758 02:30:54,254 --> 02:30:57,324 So he starts to roam the streets at night 2759 02:30:57,390 --> 02:31:00,093 And he learns how to steal And he learns how to fight 2760 02:31:00,160 --> 02:31:02,128 In the ghetto 2761 02:31:05,564 --> 02:31:11,004 Then one night in desperation The young man breaks away 2762 02:31:11,071 --> 02:31:13,739 He buys a gun, steals a car 2763 02:31:13,806 --> 02:31:17,143 Tries to run, but he don't get far 2764 02:31:17,210 --> 02:31:21,014 And his mama cries 2765 02:31:23,350 --> 02:31:26,552 ["Product Of The Ghetto" by Nardo Wick playing] 2766 02:31:45,138 --> 02:31:48,074 On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' 2767 02:31:48,141 --> 02:31:51,777 Another little baby child is born 2768 02:31:51,844 --> 02:31:53,913 In the ghetto 2769 02:32:04,257 --> 02:32:07,559 And his mama cries 2770 02:32:17,337 --> 02:32:19,805 ["Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" by Presley playing] 2771 02:32:21,941 --> 02:32:26,112 Summer kisses, winter tears 2772 02:32:30,849 --> 02:32:35,388 Summer kisses, winter tears 2773 02:32:35,455 --> 02:32:39,792 That was what she gave to me 2774 02:32:39,858 --> 02:32:43,796 Never thought I'd travel all alone 2775 02:32:43,862 --> 02:32:50,203 The trail of memories 2776 02:32:54,840 --> 02:32:57,709 ["The King And I" by Eminem and CeeLo Green playing] 2777 02:35:23,889 --> 02:35:26,092 Don't tiptoe, stomp my ground 2778 02:35:26,159 --> 02:35:28,727 Gotta let 'em know we're comin' 2779 02:35:28,794 --> 02:35:30,630 Just stay there, woman 2780 02:35:30,697 --> 02:35:32,398 Engine still runnin' 2781 02:35:32,465 --> 02:35:36,436 Get dressed Like the whole world watchin' 2782 02:35:36,502 --> 02:35:39,939 God bless Gotta leave 'em shooken 2783 02:35:40,006 --> 02:35:42,108 Girls goin' wild, too cray 2784 02:35:42,175 --> 02:35:44,244 Look at what you made 2785 02:35:44,310 --> 02:35:48,047 Always come correct There's no turnin' back 2786 02:35:48,114 --> 02:35:50,350 Takin' bigger steps 2787 02:35:50,416 --> 02:35:52,118 That's all I can do 2788 02:35:52,185 --> 02:35:55,821 That's all for the moment If that's all right with you 2789 02:35:55,887 --> 02:35:57,991 That's all right, Mama 2790 02:35:58,057 --> 02:36:00,326 That's all right with you 2791 02:36:00,393 --> 02:36:01,995 That's all right, Mama 2792 02:36:02,061 --> 02:36:04,998 Anyway you do, that's all right 2793 02:36:05,665 --> 02:36:07,433 That's all right 2794 02:36:07,500 --> 02:36:12,905 That's all right now, Mama Anyway you do 2795 02:36:12,972 --> 02:36:16,709 We can't go on together 2796 02:36:16,775 --> 02:36:19,345 With suspicious minds 2797 02:36:21,147 --> 02:36:25,118 And we can't build our dreams 2798 02:36:25,184 --> 02:36:28,388 On suspicious minds 2799 02:36:46,372 --> 02:36:48,141 ["If I can Dream" by Maneskin playing] 2800 02:36:48,207 --> 02:36:54,580 There must be peace and understanding sometime 2801 02:36:55,948 --> 02:36:58,017 Strong winds of promise 2802 02:36:58,084 --> 02:37:03,690 That will blow away the doubt and fear 2803 02:37:03,756 --> 02:37:07,994 If I can dream of a warmer sun 2804 02:37:08,061 --> 02:37:11,664 Where hope keeps shining on everyone 2805 02:37:11,731 --> 02:37:15,168 Tell me why, oh, why, 2806 02:37:15,234 --> 02:37:22,308 Oh, why won't that sun appear 2807 02:37:28,147 --> 02:37:31,117 We're lost in a cloud 2808 02:37:31,984 --> 02:37:35,887 With too much rain 2809 02:37:35,955 --> 02:37:39,625 We're trapped in a world 2810 02:37:39,692 --> 02:37:43,329 That's troubled with pain 2811 02:37:43,396 --> 02:37:49,569 But as long as a man Has the strength to dream 2812 02:37:49,635 --> 02:37:56,576 He can redeem his soul and fly 2813 02:37:58,478 --> 02:38:01,214 Oh... 2814 02:38:01,280 --> 02:38:07,320 Deep in my heart, there's a trembling question 2815 02:38:08,654 --> 02:38:12,558 Still I am sure that the answers 2816 02:38:12,625 --> 02:38:15,762 The answers gonna come somehow 2817 02:38:15,828 --> 02:38:23,569 Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle 2818 02:38:23,636 --> 02:38:27,540 And while I can think, while I can talk 2819 02:38:27,607 --> 02:38:31,911 While I can stand, while I can walk 2820 02:38:31,978 --> 02:38:34,614 While I can dream 2821 02:38:35,615 --> 02:38:38,384 Please let my dream 2822 02:38:39,519 --> 02:38:44,023 Come true 2823 02:38:46,993 --> 02:38:50,897 Right now 2824 02:38:50,963 --> 02:38:53,433 Let it come true right now 2825 02:38:54,467 --> 02:38:58,438 Oh, yeah 2826 02:39:03,376 --> 02:39:04,777 -[audience applauding] -[Presley] Thank you. 2827 02:39:04,844 --> 02:39:06,646 You're fantastic. Thank you very much. 219840

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