1 00:00:03,874 --> 00:00:05,405 ["Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley playing faintly] 2 00:00:05,540 --> 00:00:09,083 Oh, let our love survive 3 00:00:10,647 --> 00:00:14,253 I'll dry the tears from your eyes 4 00:00:16,015 --> 00:00:20,292 Let's don't let a good thing die 5 00:00:36,244 --> 00:00:38,838 [woman singing] Snowman's coming 6 00:00:39,815 --> 00:00:42,706 Yes, he's coming 7 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:47,513 He'll take you by the hand 8 00:00:47,649 --> 00:00:50,250 He'll say one, two, three 9 00:00:50,385 --> 00:00:51,615 [panting rapidly] 10 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:53,820 And you will be... 11 00:00:54,864 --> 00:00:59,926 In cotton candy land 12 00:01:00,061 --> 00:01:02,032 [man] For those of you who are wondering, 13 00:01:02,168 --> 00:01:05,272 who this fella here is, 14 00:01:05,407 --> 00:01:10,903 I am the legendary Colonel Tom Parker. 15 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:25,624 [newscaster] Colonel Tom Parker, legendary manager 16 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,629 of Elvis Presley, has been rushed to Valley Hospital. 17 00:01:29,764 --> 00:01:34,227 [Parker] I am the man who gave the world Elvis Presley. 18 00:01:34,362 --> 00:01:36,469 [siren wailing] 19 00:01:36,604 --> 00:01:42,171 Without me, there would be no Elvis Presley. 20 00:01:42,307 --> 00:01:44,101 And yet, there are some 21 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:47,572 who'd make me out to be the villain 22 00:01:47,708 --> 00:01:49,348 of this here story. 23 00:01:57,249 --> 00:02:00,458 ["Suspicious Minds" by Presley playing faintly] 24 00:02:04,461 --> 00:02:09,029 [newscaster 1] Colonel Tom Parker was a liar, a cheat, a con man. 25 00:02:09,164 --> 00:02:12,503 A shocking new book accuses Colonel Tom Parker 26 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,132 of massive fraud and mis-management. 27 00:02:17,842 --> 00:02:21,674 Parker received as much as 50% of Elvis' income. 28 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:23,548 He worked Elvis like a mule, 29 00:02:23,683 --> 00:02:25,442 to support his own gambling addiction. 30 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:27,220 [newscaster 2] The court finds that the compensation received 31 00:02:27,355 --> 00:02:29,289 by Colonel Parker was excessive, 32 00:02:29,425 --> 00:02:31,118 and shocked the conscience of the court. 33 00:02:31,253 --> 00:02:32,888 [newscaster 1] Many believe that Colonel Tom Parker 34 00:02:33,024 --> 00:02:35,856 was responsible for the death of Elvis Presley. 35 00:02:37,627 --> 00:02:39,156 [Parker] Now, you listen to me. 36 00:02:39,292 --> 00:02:42,331 The only thing that matters is that that man 37 00:02:42,467 --> 00:02:44,832 gets up on that stage tonight. 38 00:02:44,967 --> 00:02:48,066 [band playing "Also Sprach Zarathustra"] 39 00:02:51,803 --> 00:02:54,842 [crowd applauding] 40 00:02:57,150 --> 00:03:00,177 [cheering, applause] 41 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:15,027 [crowd roaring] 42 00:03:22,010 --> 00:03:24,641 [band playing fanfare] 43 00:03:34,716 --> 00:03:41,625 Glory, glory, hallelujah 44 00:03:42,790 --> 00:03:49,732 His truth is marching on 45 00:03:53,867 --> 00:04:00,776 His truth is marching on 46 00:04:07,348 --> 00:04:10,252 [newscaster, voice echoing] Tom Parker killed him! 47 00:04:10,388 --> 00:04:13,452 No! That's not true. 48 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,593 [breath shaking] 49 00:04:20,297 --> 00:04:21,764 [grunting] 50 00:04:26,273 --> 00:04:30,608 No, no, I didn't kill him. 51 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,514 I made Elvis Presley. 52 00:04:38,151 --> 00:04:41,648 Nothing all those muckrakers said in their books was true. 53 00:04:41,784 --> 00:04:44,249 Me and Elvis, we was partners. 54 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:50,288 It was Elvis the Showman and the Colonel the Snowman. 55 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:52,192 [female reporter] This is the lying Dutchman. 56 00:04:52,328 --> 00:04:55,458 [Parker] I always knew I was destined for greatness. 57 00:04:55,594 --> 00:04:58,329 As an orphan, I ran away to the carnival, 58 00:04:58,464 --> 00:05:01,368 where I learned the art of the "snow job," 59 00:05:01,503 --> 00:05:04,576 of emptying a rube's wallet while leaving them with nothing 60 00:05:04,712 --> 00:05:07,205 -but a smile on their face. -[applause] 61 00:05:07,341 --> 00:05:09,048 But a carnival act that would get you 62 00:05:09,184 --> 00:05:11,749 the most money, the most snow, 63 00:05:11,884 --> 00:05:15,319 had great costumes and a unique trick, 64 00:05:15,454 --> 00:05:17,248 that gave the audience feelings 65 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:20,652 they weren't sure they should enjoy. 66 00:05:20,787 --> 00:05:22,727 But they do. 67 00:05:22,862 --> 00:05:27,924 And I knew if I could find such an act, 68 00:05:28,060 --> 00:05:31,903 I could create the greatest... 69 00:05:32,039 --> 00:05:33,367 show... 70 00:05:33,502 --> 00:05:34,507 on... 71 00:05:35,404 --> 00:05:38,042 earth. 72 00:05:38,177 --> 00:05:41,511 After the carnival, I moved into the music business... 73 00:05:41,646 --> 00:05:44,246 the country music business. 74 00:05:44,381 --> 00:05:48,718 I partnered with one of its biggest stars, Hank Snow. 75 00:05:48,853 --> 00:05:54,390 Pardon me if I'm sentimental 76 00:05:54,526 --> 00:05:56,828 When we say goodbye 77 00:05:56,964 --> 00:06:01,198 [Parker] And his hapless son, Jimmie Rodgers Snow. 78 00:06:01,334 --> 00:06:02,267 Hot-diggity-dog, Billy. 79 00:06:02,403 --> 00:06:04,504 -I got one. -Oh, yeah. 80 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:07,239 Can't believe it. Blow their socks off. 81 00:06:07,374 --> 00:06:09,600 Security. Security, Diskin! 82 00:06:09,735 --> 00:06:12,507 Tell the mayors of these towns that we need a police escort 83 00:06:12,643 --> 00:06:14,207 for Hank when he arrives. 84 00:06:14,342 --> 00:06:17,349 In Baton Rouge, we are going to have a carny wedding 85 00:06:17,484 --> 00:06:18,946 at the top of the Ferris Wheel, 86 00:06:19,081 --> 00:06:21,214 so, Zina, pick out your next husband. 87 00:06:21,349 --> 00:06:23,753 In New Orleans, we're gonna use the loudspeaker 88 00:06:23,889 --> 00:06:25,783 -to announce you, Hank. -[Hank] Oh, sure. 89 00:06:25,918 --> 00:06:28,288 [speaking Ciazarn] 90 00:06:28,424 --> 00:06:29,622 [in English] ...you are going to march in the parade. 91 00:06:29,758 --> 00:06:31,091 [both speaking Ciazarn] 92 00:06:31,226 --> 00:06:33,091 Am I gonna be riding on an elephant, too? 93 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:35,264 A man on an elephant looks important. 94 00:06:35,399 --> 00:06:36,600 And taller. 95 00:06:36,736 --> 00:06:38,065 We still need to get a novelty act 96 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:40,138 -to bring in the young folk. -Well, yes, yes, 97 00:06:40,273 --> 00:06:42,939 that's why you have a meeting with the Duke of Paducah tonight. 98 00:06:43,074 --> 00:06:45,270 If we can book "the Funniest Mouth in the South," 99 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:46,643 we'll have the greatest show of the season. 100 00:06:46,779 --> 00:06:47,871 Hey, Jimmie, turn that record off. 101 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:49,506 Y'all have to hear this. 102 00:06:49,641 --> 00:06:51,408 Kids all over town are playing it everywhere I go. 103 00:06:51,543 --> 00:06:55,247 ["That's All Right" by Presley playing] 104 00:06:59,227 --> 00:07:00,654 I hear Negro rhythms. 105 00:07:00,790 --> 00:07:02,463 But with a country flavor. 106 00:07:02,598 --> 00:07:04,923 Sun Records? That's Sam Phillips' label. 107 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:06,656 [Parker] Oh, yeah, Phillips. 108 00:07:06,792 --> 00:07:09,535 He makes all those race records with the colored singers. 109 00:07:09,671 --> 00:07:11,435 Well, this fella's on the Hayride tonight, 110 00:07:11,571 --> 00:07:13,005 after me in the newcomer spot. 111 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:14,664 In Shreveport? 112 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,309 No, they are not putting a colored boy on the Hayride. 113 00:07:17,445 --> 00:07:20,514 That's the thing. He's white. 114 00:07:21,147 --> 00:07:22,582 He's... 115 00:07:24,679 --> 00:07:26,147 He's white? 116 00:07:26,282 --> 00:07:27,653 [radio DJ] What do you think, Texarkana? 117 00:07:27,788 --> 00:07:29,514 Shall we play it for the 27th time? 118 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:31,257 [Elvis singing] Well, that's all right, mama 119 00:07:31,392 --> 00:07:32,957 That's all right for you 120 00:07:33,092 --> 00:07:34,761 [radio DJ] Shall we play it for the 27th time? 121 00:07:34,897 --> 00:07:37,629 Everybody's talkin' 'bout this new Presley kid 122 00:07:37,764 --> 00:07:39,965 [Elvis singing] That's all right... 123 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:44,395 [overlapping] That's all right That's all right... 124 00:07:47,636 --> 00:07:49,136 He's white? 125 00:07:54,808 --> 00:07:57,880 [Parker] But it don't matter if you do ten stupid things, 126 00:07:58,015 --> 00:08:00,917 as long as you do one smart one. 127 00:08:05,786 --> 00:08:08,487 [Hayride emcee] Welcome y'all to the Louisiana Hayride, 128 00:08:08,623 --> 00:08:12,693 broadcasting live to 26 of these United States. 129 00:08:12,829 --> 00:08:15,333 How do you think I feel 130 00:08:15,469 --> 00:08:16,435 [crowd clapping in rhythm] 131 00:08:16,570 --> 00:08:20,102 I know your love's not real 132 00:08:20,237 --> 00:08:23,209 [Hank] Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 133 00:08:23,344 --> 00:08:24,910 Where is the Colonel? 134 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:28,076 You have the fella that's singing the "All Right, Mama," 135 00:08:28,212 --> 00:08:30,682 that new record that's on the Sun label, eh? 136 00:08:30,818 --> 00:08:32,712 -The pop jocks keep playing him. -Yeah. 137 00:08:32,847 --> 00:08:34,347 Country DJs, too. 138 00:08:34,482 --> 00:08:36,889 Even the colored kids, they're buyin' his record. 139 00:08:37,025 --> 00:08:40,687 The colored ki-- Well, where would I find such an act? 140 00:08:40,822 --> 00:08:42,188 The dressing room. 141 00:08:45,701 --> 00:08:48,498 -[guitarist] Oh. Howdy. -Hey, Elvis Presley? 142 00:08:48,634 --> 00:08:49,599 -Blue Moon Boys? -Yeah. 143 00:08:49,735 --> 00:08:51,231 -You're up next. -Oh, sh-- 144 00:08:53,540 --> 00:08:54,999 Excuse me. Bill, go time! 145 00:08:55,134 --> 00:08:57,235 [Bill] I know, I know. 146 00:08:57,371 --> 00:08:58,807 -[girl] Hi! -How's his stomach? 147 00:08:58,942 --> 00:09:00,306 I thought I'd grab him a Pepsi, 148 00:09:00,441 --> 00:09:02,341 but poor thing's still shaking like a leaf. 149 00:09:02,477 --> 00:09:05,080 I'll get him on the stage. Come on. Let's go. 150 00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:08,881 -[Elvis groans] -Here. 151 00:09:09,017 --> 00:09:10,349 It'll settle your stomach. 152 00:09:10,484 --> 00:09:12,189 [Elvis] What if I forget the words on live radio? 153 00:09:12,324 --> 00:09:14,586 All we gotta do out there's just a bit of clownin' around. 154 00:09:14,722 --> 00:09:17,288 That's how we got this thing started in the first place. 155 00:09:17,424 --> 00:09:19,059 Scotty and Bill are right, Elvis. 156 00:09:19,195 --> 00:09:20,634 You're not out there on your own. 157 00:09:20,769 --> 00:09:22,429 -You boys are a band. -[Scotty] That's right. 158 00:09:22,565 --> 00:09:24,093 [Gladys] The Lord gave us music to bring people together. 159 00:09:24,229 --> 00:09:25,704 We're like a family, 160 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,601 and family is the most important thing of all. 161 00:09:27,737 --> 00:09:29,303 [Vernon] Amen. 162 00:09:29,438 --> 00:09:33,041 Come on now, Booby. Jesse's shining bright tonight. 163 00:09:33,176 --> 00:09:35,777 Shining down his strength upon you. 164 00:09:35,912 --> 00:09:38,575 [group humming soft melody] 165 00:09:40,788 --> 00:09:46,092 [all singing] Oh, I'll fly away 166 00:09:46,227 --> 00:09:50,964 [Parker] Jesse, Elvis's twin brother, who died at birth. 167 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:52,756 Tragic. 168 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:54,960 [doctor] Vernon, come quick! It's another child! 169 00:09:55,096 --> 00:09:58,467 [Gladys] My darling, you'll have the strength of two men. 170 00:09:58,602 --> 00:10:01,201 [Parker] But when my boy's daddy passed a bad check 171 00:10:01,337 --> 00:10:02,539 and got carted off to prison... 172 00:10:02,674 --> 00:10:04,473 [young Elvis shouting] 173 00:10:04,608 --> 00:10:06,142 ...the boy and his mama had to take one of the houses 174 00:10:06,278 --> 00:10:08,505 for white folks in a colored neighborhood. 175 00:10:08,641 --> 00:10:10,113 [neighbor kid] New boy! Come over! 176 00:10:10,248 --> 00:10:12,142 [Parker] But that boy had a big imagination. 177 00:10:12,277 --> 00:10:13,743 [young Elvis speaking] 178 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:15,515 [Parker] He really believed he was the hero 179 00:10:15,650 --> 00:10:17,519 -in one of them comic books. -[young Elvis speaking] 180 00:10:17,655 --> 00:10:20,254 [Parker] He was going to bust his daddy out of the hoosegow 181 00:10:20,390 --> 00:10:24,193 and fly him to the Rock of Eternity! 182 00:10:24,328 --> 00:10:26,856 [young Elvis] Then he buys his mama a pink Cadillac. 183 00:10:26,992 --> 00:10:29,169 [Tupelo boy] Pink Cadillac? What are you talking about? 184 00:10:29,304 --> 00:10:31,029 Hey, fools! Whoo! 185 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:35,940 [man singing] Ohh 186 00:10:36,075 --> 00:10:39,069 Black snake crawlin' in my room 187 00:10:39,205 --> 00:10:41,081 Come on, Doc, let's go. 188 00:10:41,216 --> 00:10:44,678 [Parker] Them comic book heroes all have them super powers. 189 00:10:44,814 --> 00:10:48,383 His was music. 190 00:10:48,518 --> 00:10:56,663 That's all right, Mama That's all right with you 191 00:10:56,798 --> 00:11:03,660 That's all right, Mama Anyway you do 192 00:11:05,469 --> 00:11:12,240 Ohh... Black snake crawlin' in my room 193 00:11:12,375 --> 00:11:14,847 [Tupelo boy 2] Move, man. Hey, it's my turn. 194 00:11:15,881 --> 00:11:18,213 [congregation singing nearby] 195 00:11:22,147 --> 00:11:24,214 [all vocalizing] 196 00:11:24,349 --> 00:11:27,387 That's all right, Mama 197 00:11:32,390 --> 00:11:35,098 That's all right, Mama 198 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,869 [playing up-tempo riff] 199 00:11:38,004 --> 00:11:40,598 [congregants clapping rhythmically] 200 00:11:46,646 --> 00:11:49,409 [all singing loudly] 201 00:11:51,249 --> 00:11:55,783 [all] Oh, I'll fly away Oh, Glory 202 00:11:55,918 --> 00:11:58,554 I'll fly away 203 00:11:58,690 --> 00:11:59,991 When I die 204 00:12:00,126 --> 00:12:04,024 When I die Hallelujah, by and by 205 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:05,227 [Tupelo boy 2] What you doin'? 206 00:12:07,699 --> 00:12:09,133 I'll fly away 207 00:12:09,268 --> 00:12:10,528 -No more preachin', no more -I'll fly away 208 00:12:10,663 --> 00:12:13,430 -No more pain, no more -I'll fly away 209 00:12:13,565 --> 00:12:14,973 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away 210 00:12:15,109 --> 00:12:16,134 [revival singer] No more preachin', I'll fly 211 00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,402 No more pain, I'll fly 212 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:18,876 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away 213 00:12:19,012 --> 00:12:20,605 [Tupelo boy] Hey, fool, come back. 214 00:12:21,616 --> 00:12:23,916 No. He's with the spirit! 215 00:12:24,847 --> 00:12:25,977 It's all right. 216 00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:28,514 [vocalizing] 217 00:12:30,886 --> 00:12:33,959 Ohh 218 00:12:34,094 --> 00:12:36,790 Black snake crawlin' in my room 219 00:12:36,926 --> 00:12:38,526 [woman] Whoo! 220 00:12:38,661 --> 00:12:42,569 That's all right, Mama That's all right with you 221 00:12:42,704 --> 00:12:44,470 [man] That's all right, Mama 222 00:12:44,605 --> 00:12:46,466 Anyway you choose 223 00:12:46,601 --> 00:12:50,409 [Elvis singing] I'll fly away, oh, Glory 224 00:12:50,544 --> 00:12:53,543 I'll fly away 225 00:12:53,678 --> 00:12:55,644 Oh, away 226 00:12:55,780 --> 00:12:58,279 -Black snake crawling in my room -Hallelujah, by and by 227 00:12:58,414 --> 00:13:01,611 -Ohhh -[Elvis] I'll fly away 228 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:04,022 Elvis. Come on, you gotta get on in. 229 00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:05,281 They've already announced you on the radio. 230 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:07,952 Folks are real excited. 231 00:13:08,087 --> 00:13:10,657 [Parker] At Sun Records, Sam Phillips was on a mission 232 00:13:10,792 --> 00:13:13,961 to save the world by recording Black music. 233 00:13:14,097 --> 00:13:16,161 But it didn't sell. 234 00:13:16,297 --> 00:13:17,829 So to pay his bills, 235 00:13:17,965 --> 00:13:21,501 he needed to find a new singer for his country act. 236 00:13:21,636 --> 00:13:24,401 I don't know what it is you see in this boy. 237 00:13:24,536 --> 00:13:26,979 I just think he's different. 238 00:13:27,813 --> 00:13:29,883 [feedback squealing] 239 00:13:31,314 --> 00:13:34,085 How do you know "Big Boy" Crudup? 240 00:13:36,587 --> 00:13:40,255 That's all right, Mama That's all right for you 241 00:13:40,390 --> 00:13:43,864 That's all right, Mama Anyway you do 242 00:13:43,999 --> 00:13:47,725 That's all right That's all right 243 00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:52,628 That's all right now, Mama Anyway you do 244 00:13:52,764 --> 00:13:54,765 [congregation continues singing] 245 00:13:56,671 --> 00:13:58,871 He's a young singer from Memphis, Tennessee. 246 00:13:59,007 --> 00:14:03,445 Got a song out on the Sun label. It's all over the radio. 247 00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:07,987 Give him a warm Hayride welcome to a Mr. Elvis Presley. 248 00:14:11,152 --> 00:14:13,516 [all singing] 249 00:14:13,651 --> 00:14:15,324 [revival singer vocalizing] 250 00:14:17,062 --> 00:14:18,965 [young Elvis panting rapidly] 251 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,137 [music crescendos, ceases] 252 00:14:27,272 --> 00:14:29,266 [emcee] Elvis, how are you this evening? 253 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:30,910 Just fine, how you, sir? 254 00:14:31,046 --> 00:14:35,608 [Parker] Greasy hair, girly makeup. 255 00:14:35,744 --> 00:14:38,910 I cannot overstate how strange he looked. 256 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:41,054 [emcee] Are you all geared up with your band there to... 257 00:14:41,189 --> 00:14:43,322 -I'm all geared up. -...let us hear your songs? 258 00:14:43,457 --> 00:14:46,056 Uh... well, I'd like to say how happy we are to be down here. 259 00:14:46,191 --> 00:14:48,027 It's a real honor for us to be... 260 00:14:48,163 --> 00:14:50,229 Get a chance to appear on the Louisiana Hayride. 261 00:14:50,365 --> 00:14:52,793 We're gonna do a song for you we got out on Sun Records. 262 00:14:52,928 --> 00:14:55,362 Uh... 263 00:14:55,498 --> 00:14:56,732 You got anything else to say, sir? 264 00:14:56,868 --> 00:14:59,005 No. I'm ready. 265 00:15:00,070 --> 00:15:01,568 [exhales nervously] 266 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:04,641 [breath shaking] 267 00:15:04,776 --> 00:15:06,646 It goes... 268 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:08,542 It goes something like this. 269 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:12,452 [feedback squealing] 270 00:15:12,587 --> 00:15:13,618 Oh, baby, baby, 271 00:15:13,754 --> 00:15:16,049 Baby, baby, baby 272 00:15:16,185 --> 00:15:18,084 Baby, baby, baby 273 00:15:18,220 --> 00:15:19,250 [hesitant strumming] 274 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,489 Baby, baby, baby 275 00:15:22,554 --> 00:15:23,826 Baby, baby, baby 276 00:15:23,962 --> 00:15:25,461 [feedback continues] 277 00:15:25,596 --> 00:15:28,529 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 278 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,063 Get a haircut, fairy! 279 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:33,270 [laughter] 280 00:15:36,608 --> 00:15:39,178 [Parker] In that moment, in a flash of lightning, 281 00:15:39,314 --> 00:15:41,979 I watched that skinny boy in the pink suit 282 00:15:42,114 --> 00:15:46,010 transform into a superhero. 283 00:15:46,146 --> 00:15:51,481 Well, you may go to college You may go to school 284 00:15:51,616 --> 00:15:55,094 You may have a pink Cadillac But don't you be nobody's fool 285 00:15:55,229 --> 00:15:57,927 Now, baby Come back, baby, come 286 00:15:58,063 --> 00:15:59,792 Come back, baby, come 287 00:15:59,927 --> 00:16:03,993 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 288 00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,034 Well, listen and I'll tell you, baby 289 00:16:06,169 --> 00:16:07,572 What I'm talking about 290 00:16:07,707 --> 00:16:09,840 [panting] 291 00:16:09,976 --> 00:16:12,302 Come on back to me, little girl So we can play some house 292 00:16:12,437 --> 00:16:13,439 [shrieks] 293 00:16:13,574 --> 00:16:15,010 Baby, come back, baby, come 294 00:16:15,146 --> 00:16:16,339 Come back, baby, come 295 00:16:16,474 --> 00:16:17,975 [shrieking] 296 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:19,619 Come back, baby I wanna play house with you 297 00:16:19,754 --> 00:16:21,879 Wanna play house! 298 00:16:22,014 --> 00:16:24,314 -What are they hollerin' at? -The wiggle! 299 00:16:24,449 --> 00:16:25,617 The what? 300 00:16:25,753 --> 00:16:26,822 Them girls wanna see you wiggle. 301 00:16:26,957 --> 00:16:27,991 Move, man! 302 00:16:28,127 --> 00:16:30,021 -Do more! -Much more! 303 00:16:30,157 --> 00:16:31,189 Man! 304 00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:32,664 Do it again. 305 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:34,499 [women screaming] 306 00:16:34,634 --> 00:16:38,864 Well, this is one thing, baby That I want you to know 307 00:16:38,999 --> 00:16:40,732 Come on back Let's play a little house 308 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,167 And we can do what we did before 309 00:16:42,303 --> 00:16:43,168 Now, baby 310 00:16:43,303 --> 00:16:44,171 Sit down! 311 00:16:44,307 --> 00:16:45,672 Come back, baby, come 312 00:16:45,807 --> 00:16:48,178 Come back, baby, come Come back, baby 313 00:16:48,314 --> 00:16:49,876 What in God's sweet name am I looking at? 314 00:16:50,012 --> 00:16:51,007 Hit it! 315 00:16:52,216 --> 00:16:54,520 [loud guitar riff playing] 316 00:16:54,655 --> 00:16:56,452 [screaming] 317 00:17:04,632 --> 00:17:05,989 [shrieking] 318 00:17:11,266 --> 00:17:13,865 [loud scream] 319 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,709 What were you thinking, Jimmie? 320 00:17:25,117 --> 00:17:26,317 I don't know what I'm thinking. 321 00:17:28,421 --> 00:17:31,551 Please, Lord, don't let 'em hurt my baby. 322 00:17:31,686 --> 00:17:33,753 Hurt him? Looks like they wanna-- 323 00:17:37,059 --> 00:17:41,257 [slow echoing] Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby 324 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:44,902 [Parker] Now, I don't know nothin' about music... 325 00:17:45,037 --> 00:17:46,668 [faint breathy gasps] 326 00:17:46,803 --> 00:17:50,074 ...but I could see in that girl's eyes, 327 00:17:50,209 --> 00:17:51,935 that she was having feelings 328 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,908 she wasn't sure she should enjoy. 329 00:17:55,043 --> 00:17:57,980 [Crudup singing faintly] Black snake crawlin' in my room 330 00:17:58,115 --> 00:17:59,647 [Parker] Yes. 331 00:18:02,719 --> 00:18:06,390 He was a taste of forbidden fruit. 332 00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:11,296 She could've eaten him alive. 333 00:18:14,933 --> 00:18:16,664 [all shrieking] 334 00:18:25,773 --> 00:18:29,140 Why are you trying to kill my son? 335 00:18:29,276 --> 00:18:31,210 [Parker] It was the greatest carnival attraction 336 00:18:31,346 --> 00:18:33,181 I'd ever seen. 337 00:18:33,316 --> 00:18:35,814 He was my destiny. 338 00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:40,622 Right under my nose... In Memphis. 339 00:18:43,091 --> 00:18:44,694 [Memphis DJ] Top of the morning to you, friends, 340 00:18:44,829 --> 00:18:46,993 from the home of colorful, old Beale Street. 341 00:18:47,129 --> 00:18:50,295 The place where the blues began in Memphis, Tennessee, 342 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:52,701 Where you see pretty browns dressed in beautiful gowns, 343 00:18:52,836 --> 00:18:55,441 along with tailor-mades and hand-me-downs. 344 00:18:55,577 --> 00:18:58,005 Where you see honest men and pickpockets skilled, 345 00:18:58,141 --> 00:19:00,747 and business never closes till somebody gets killed. 346 00:19:00,882 --> 00:19:02,647 Now, just kidding. 347 00:19:02,783 --> 00:19:05,076 But there's a lot goin' down on Beale Street tonight, 348 00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,343 and nowhere more-so than at the Club Handy. 349 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,219 Come around if you wanna see Big Mama Thornton, 350 00:19:09,354 --> 00:19:11,816 layin' down her newest hit. 351 00:19:11,952 --> 00:19:13,024 [Thornton singing] Get it, get it 352 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,023 [saxophonist] Get it! Come on! 353 00:19:14,158 --> 00:19:15,991 Oh, let's do it 354 00:19:16,126 --> 00:19:19,430 [Memphis DJ] Now, listen up, while Brown America speaks. 355 00:19:19,565 --> 00:19:23,960 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 356 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:25,568 Quit snoopin' 'round my door 357 00:19:27,701 --> 00:19:30,166 [Thornton continues singing] 358 00:19:34,376 --> 00:19:38,880 [Parker] Just why a truck driver from Memphis, Tennessee, 359 00:19:39,016 --> 00:19:42,646 liked to hang out on Beale Street, I do not know. 360 00:19:42,782 --> 00:19:46,455 You told me you was high class But I could see through that... 361 00:19:46,591 --> 00:19:48,856 [Parker] But it did him no favors, 362 00:19:48,991 --> 00:19:52,755 fitting into them white housing projects. 363 00:19:52,891 --> 00:19:55,668 Hey, squirrel. Nice shoes. 364 00:19:55,803 --> 00:20:02,308 And, Daddy, I know That you ain't no real cool cat 365 00:20:03,173 --> 00:20:04,702 Hey, Elvis! 366 00:20:04,838 --> 00:20:08,039 ["Vegas" by Doja Cat playing] 367 00:20:11,843 --> 00:20:13,620 [girl] Hey, Tommy. 368 00:20:13,755 --> 00:20:15,585 That's that boy whose record everybody's talkin' about. 369 00:20:22,397 --> 00:20:24,726 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 370 00:20:43,246 --> 00:20:47,619 [boy] Hey, sideburns. Where's the Negro suit today? 371 00:20:47,755 --> 00:20:52,188 [Parker] He was crazy for that Beale Street music. 372 00:20:52,324 --> 00:20:54,988 Beale Street style. 373 00:20:55,123 --> 00:20:58,393 He had Beale Street stars in his eyes. 374 00:20:58,529 --> 00:21:00,392 What do you think, Tony? Huh? 375 00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:02,161 B.B. King. 376 00:21:02,296 --> 00:21:06,801 No, I didn't take my boy away from nothin'. 377 00:21:06,937 --> 00:21:10,409 He was runnin' from the day he was born. 378 00:21:10,544 --> 00:21:14,978 I just opened the door to our destiny. 379 00:21:15,114 --> 00:21:17,976 [Gladys] So without so much as a word to your daddy and me, 380 00:21:18,112 --> 00:21:19,650 you quit your job to go traveling 381 00:21:19,786 --> 00:21:22,020 all the way to Florida with this Colonel fellow 382 00:21:22,156 --> 00:21:23,879 that we have never met. 383 00:21:24,015 --> 00:21:25,388 Mama, it's only four days. 384 00:21:25,523 --> 00:21:27,988 Yeah, four days. And then what? 385 00:21:28,123 --> 00:21:31,525 I knew a fella once, got his record on the radio. 386 00:21:31,660 --> 00:21:33,863 It was all over in a flash. 387 00:21:33,998 --> 00:21:36,995 Mama, I'm just trying to take care of you and Daddy. 388 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,000 That's all I have ever cared about. 389 00:21:39,135 --> 00:21:40,703 I ain't ever gonna let us get back to a place again 390 00:21:40,838 --> 00:21:42,098 where Daddy gets in trouble with the law 391 00:21:42,233 --> 00:21:43,772 -to put food on the table. -Elvis! 392 00:21:44,913 --> 00:21:46,137 How dare you? 393 00:21:47,115 --> 00:21:48,346 As the good Lord warns us, 394 00:21:48,482 --> 00:21:50,845 do not wear yourself out to get rich. 395 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:54,818 Do not trust your own goddamn cleverness! 396 00:21:54,954 --> 00:21:57,485 [sighs] 397 00:21:57,621 --> 00:22:00,558 Elvis, you've upset your mama. 398 00:22:11,004 --> 00:22:12,504 [shaky sigh] 399 00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:15,804 You know, Mama, I was thinkin', 400 00:22:15,940 --> 00:22:17,874 maybe I'll buy you one of them pink Cadillacs 401 00:22:18,010 --> 00:22:20,072 like you saw back when you was working at the hospital. 402 00:22:21,249 --> 00:22:23,108 I don't need no pink Cadillac. 403 00:22:24,681 --> 00:22:27,044 Satnin, I just gotta be making 404 00:22:27,180 --> 00:22:28,852 the most of this thing while I can. 405 00:22:28,988 --> 00:22:31,719 It's like Daddy says, this could all be over in a flash. 406 00:22:31,855 --> 00:22:34,556 I'm not fearful of it being over, Booby. 407 00:22:34,691 --> 00:22:37,560 I don't know how to explain it. 408 00:22:37,696 --> 00:22:41,458 But I saw it in that girl's eyes. 409 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:45,730 It's something beyond us, but I know that whatever it is, 410 00:22:45,865 --> 00:22:48,440 it's something that... 411 00:22:48,575 --> 00:22:51,168 It's something that can come between us. 412 00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:54,577 -[crying softly] -Oh, no, Mama, no. Hey. 413 00:22:54,713 --> 00:22:56,642 Ain't nothing ever gonna do that. 414 00:22:56,778 --> 00:22:59,845 You're my girl. My Satnin. 415 00:22:59,980 --> 00:23:02,248 You'll always be my bestest girl. 416 00:23:02,384 --> 00:23:04,121 Hey. 417 00:23:04,257 --> 00:23:07,120 -Yeah. -Yeah? 418 00:23:07,255 --> 00:23:10,320 -[trembling sigh] -I will call you every night. 419 00:23:13,399 --> 00:23:15,292 Will you promise me, Booby? 420 00:23:16,234 --> 00:23:18,227 I promise. 421 00:23:18,363 --> 00:23:20,768 I promise. I promise, I promise. 422 00:23:20,904 --> 00:23:22,901 -All right. I love you. -Bye, baby. 423 00:23:23,036 --> 00:23:24,569 [Elvis] Nothing but nothing... 424 00:23:24,704 --> 00:23:25,673 I love you. 425 00:23:25,808 --> 00:23:27,271 ...is gonna come between us. 426 00:23:27,406 --> 00:23:29,409 -[Scotty] Let's go! -[Gladys] Bye, Booby! 427 00:23:29,545 --> 00:23:30,945 See you soon! 428 00:23:31,779 --> 00:23:34,753 Wanna bet? [laughs] 429 00:23:34,888 --> 00:23:38,051 Well, it's one for the money Two for the show 430 00:23:38,186 --> 00:23:40,153 Three to get ready Now go, cat, go 431 00:23:40,289 --> 00:23:45,021 But don't you Step on my blue suede shoes 432 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:46,565 Well, you can do anything 433 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:49,998 But stay off of my Blue suede shoes 434 00:23:50,133 --> 00:23:52,835 Well, you can knock me down Step in my face 435 00:23:52,970 --> 00:23:54,634 [over loudspeaker] Your attention, please. 436 00:23:54,769 --> 00:23:56,267 I have some good news. 437 00:23:56,403 --> 00:23:59,502 Our next four nights are sold out... 438 00:23:59,637 --> 00:24:01,272 ...thanks to the dazzling performances 439 00:24:01,408 --> 00:24:05,410 of our tremendous showman, Hank Snow. 440 00:24:05,546 --> 00:24:12,515 Pardon me if I'm sentimental When we say goodbye 441 00:24:12,650 --> 00:24:14,218 [Parker] And I've noticed a mild interest 442 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,787 in our newest act, Elvis Presley. 443 00:24:16,923 --> 00:24:18,454 [playing up-tempo music] 444 00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:24,767 [groupie] Hi. 445 00:24:24,903 --> 00:24:26,468 Yeah, Dixie, I'll be back before prom. 446 00:24:26,603 --> 00:24:29,304 [rock music continues] 447 00:24:29,439 --> 00:24:31,039 [crowd cheering] 448 00:24:31,174 --> 00:24:33,942 Well you can burn my house Steal my car 449 00:24:34,077 --> 00:24:36,549 Drink my liquor From an old fruit jar 450 00:24:36,684 --> 00:24:38,607 Do anything that you want to do 451 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:41,014 [Hank] Colonel, what is that boy doing on our tour? 452 00:24:41,149 --> 00:24:42,654 [Parker] Well, I told you all about him. 453 00:24:42,789 --> 00:24:44,748 And he wants to record one of your songs. 454 00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,255 Oh? Which one? 455 00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:47,390 All of them. 456 00:24:47,526 --> 00:24:49,487 Well, you warn him plenty. 457 00:24:49,623 --> 00:24:53,790 None of those lewd gyrations or sudden, jerky movements. 458 00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:56,228 [Elvis yelling] 459 00:24:57,236 --> 00:24:58,538 Let's go! 460 00:24:59,634 --> 00:25:00,870 Let's rock! 461 00:25:04,442 --> 00:25:06,403 [women shrieking] 462 00:25:09,112 --> 00:25:10,974 Is that a pair of young ladies' intimates 463 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:12,350 I see upon the stage? 464 00:25:12,485 --> 00:25:14,543 Yes, I believe it is, Hank. 465 00:25:14,678 --> 00:25:17,518 Best not happen when he sings one of my songs. 466 00:25:17,653 --> 00:25:19,186 I'm sure it won't. 467 00:25:19,322 --> 00:25:20,592 [Gladys] Elvis, the papers say there are girls 468 00:25:20,728 --> 00:25:22,155 around your hotel all night long. 469 00:25:22,291 --> 00:25:23,890 I don't even go out, Mama. I stay in. 470 00:25:24,025 --> 00:25:25,998 You know, it gets lonesome. 471 00:25:26,133 --> 00:25:28,459 [radio DJ] I tell you, this new sensation, Elvis Presley, 472 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:30,436 he's breaking hearts all over the South. 473 00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:32,033 Quit knocking at my door, Scotty. 474 00:25:35,472 --> 00:25:37,272 [woman chuckles] 475 00:25:37,408 --> 00:25:43,583 [Elvis singing] Are you sorry We drifted apart? 476 00:25:45,445 --> 00:25:48,544 Never know How much I love you 477 00:25:49,721 --> 00:25:53,691 Never know how much I care 478 00:25:53,826 --> 00:25:56,919 When you put your arms around me 479 00:25:57,054 --> 00:25:58,488 [woman sighing] 480 00:26:00,765 --> 00:26:02,460 [Scotty] Oh, come on, E.P. 481 00:26:02,595 --> 00:26:05,061 Life on the road ain't the concern of folks back home. 482 00:26:05,197 --> 00:26:06,395 [Elvis singing] Fever 483 00:26:06,531 --> 00:26:08,231 [Bill] Why don't you try one of these? 484 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:10,533 Put the pep back into your step. 485 00:26:10,668 --> 00:26:13,206 [Elvis singing] What a lovely way to burn 486 00:26:15,081 --> 00:26:17,241 [Elvis singing] Well, shake, rattle and roll 487 00:26:17,377 --> 00:26:19,580 I said shake, rattle and roll 488 00:26:19,715 --> 00:26:22,486 I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake, rattle and roll 489 00:26:22,621 --> 00:26:23,747 Well, you won't do right 490 00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:24,818 Whoo! 491 00:26:24,954 --> 00:26:26,318 To save your doggone soul 492 00:26:26,453 --> 00:26:27,625 [Jimmie] You're really something else, man! 493 00:26:27,761 --> 00:26:29,090 I promise, I'll put my heart in-- 494 00:26:29,226 --> 00:26:30,461 -[Elvis chuckles] -I wanna be just like you! 495 00:26:30,597 --> 00:26:32,158 [Elvis] Okay. Yeah, thank you. 496 00:26:32,293 --> 00:26:33,925 I can no longer, in good conscience, 497 00:26:34,061 --> 00:26:35,290 go on stage with that boy. 498 00:26:35,426 --> 00:26:38,397 Yes, a conundrum. A conundrum. 499 00:26:38,532 --> 00:26:41,906 [announcer] Please welcome to the stage, Hank Snow! 500 00:26:42,041 --> 00:26:45,710 After I perform, I shall spend the night in prayer. 501 00:26:45,845 --> 00:26:48,505 And I will do what needs to be done. 502 00:26:50,276 --> 00:26:54,247 [downtempo country music playing] 503 00:26:57,554 --> 00:26:58,955 Come on, Jimmie! 504 00:27:01,322 --> 00:27:04,859 How do you think that I feel 505 00:27:04,994 --> 00:27:07,490 Oh, baby Oh, baby 506 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:10,703 How do you think that I feel 507 00:27:11,668 --> 00:27:13,629 [music fades] 508 00:27:22,279 --> 00:27:24,541 [Parker] That night, I happened to see him. 509 00:27:25,284 --> 00:27:26,686 Alone. 510 00:27:27,650 --> 00:27:28,688 Lost. 511 00:27:31,757 --> 00:27:36,152 A snowman is only as good... 512 00:27:36,287 --> 00:27:38,394 as his attraction. 513 00:27:38,530 --> 00:27:40,194 [Bill] Elvis! 514 00:27:40,329 --> 00:27:42,031 -Come on, man. -Elvis, come on! Hurry up! 515 00:27:46,764 --> 00:27:49,237 [Parker] It was all, or nothing. 516 00:27:49,372 --> 00:27:50,769 [Bill] Elvis, we're going to the hall of mirrors! 517 00:27:50,904 --> 00:27:52,438 [Elvis] Wait up! 518 00:27:52,573 --> 00:27:54,412 [Jimmie] Screw the hall of mirrors. That's boring. 519 00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:57,409 [all chattering, laughing] 520 00:27:58,676 --> 00:28:01,517 [Scotty] Right, hang on. Here we go. 521 00:28:01,652 --> 00:28:03,580 [speaking Ciazarn] 522 00:28:04,588 --> 00:28:05,417 [Elvis] Hold on. 523 00:28:07,154 --> 00:28:08,893 All right, fellas. Come on. 524 00:28:12,325 --> 00:28:14,690 -Oh. -[Parker] Lost, my boy? 525 00:28:16,536 --> 00:28:18,232 Colonel Parker, sir. 526 00:28:20,905 --> 00:28:23,707 -You look lost. -[chuckling] 527 00:28:23,842 --> 00:28:26,108 -I guess I am. -Ah, yes. 528 00:28:26,244 --> 00:28:29,914 The roar of the crowd. The life on the road. 529 00:28:30,049 --> 00:28:32,177 And then calling home to your loved ones, 530 00:28:32,312 --> 00:28:34,319 pretending nothing has changed, 531 00:28:34,455 --> 00:28:36,888 when everything has. 532 00:28:37,786 --> 00:28:40,122 Yeah. Lost. 533 00:28:41,921 --> 00:28:44,455 I'm sorry, sir. I... I meant I don't know the way out. 534 00:28:44,591 --> 00:28:49,130 Yeah, that is precisely what I am saying. 535 00:28:49,266 --> 00:28:54,096 I... I saw you. Apart from all the others. 536 00:28:54,231 --> 00:28:56,468 Burdened. 537 00:28:56,603 --> 00:28:59,273 Like you don't know how to get out of this. 538 00:29:00,347 --> 00:29:01,737 But I do. 539 00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,043 [Zina singing] Snowman's coming 540 00:29:05,178 --> 00:29:06,417 Allow me to show you. 541 00:29:06,553 --> 00:29:09,421 Yes, he's coming 542 00:29:09,557 --> 00:29:13,989 Take his magic hand 543 00:29:14,124 --> 00:29:15,960 [Parker] Creatures of the carnival. 544 00:29:16,095 --> 00:29:18,259 -And I am one myself. -[crowd exclaiming] 545 00:29:18,394 --> 00:29:21,524 It's where I learned the art of the snow job. 546 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:23,034 -[Elvis] Snow job? -[Parker] Yes. 547 00:29:23,169 --> 00:29:24,802 It's like the trick you do with the wiggling, 548 00:29:24,938 --> 00:29:26,496 getting all the girls hyped up, 549 00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:28,203 empty their wallets and leave them 550 00:29:28,338 --> 00:29:30,771 with nothing but the smiles on their faces. 551 00:29:30,906 --> 00:29:31,970 I'm no trickster. 552 00:29:32,105 --> 00:29:33,906 Oh, yes, you are. 553 00:29:34,042 --> 00:29:36,238 All showmen are snowmen. 554 00:29:36,374 --> 00:29:38,108 It's a wonderful place. 555 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:39,643 Nobody on the aerio. 556 00:29:40,619 --> 00:29:41,821 [speaking Ciazarn] 557 00:29:43,519 --> 00:29:47,454 Your future, Mr. Presley, blazing before you. 558 00:29:47,589 --> 00:29:50,830 Recording contracts, television, even Hollywood. 559 00:29:54,326 --> 00:29:56,001 You're great, Colonel. 560 00:29:56,136 --> 00:29:59,234 You are the best person I could ever hope to work with. 561 00:29:59,369 --> 00:30:00,867 You know, this is something I ain't never 562 00:30:01,003 --> 00:30:02,840 said to nobody before... 563 00:30:02,976 --> 00:30:04,804 But I believe I can be great, too. 564 00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:06,536 Oh, no doubt. 565 00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,643 But we could be even greater together. 566 00:30:09,778 --> 00:30:14,853 But to achieve this, I need to represent you exclusively. 567 00:30:14,989 --> 00:30:17,285 Exclusively? Sir, I... I don't follow. 568 00:30:18,823 --> 00:30:20,050 What about Hank Snow? 569 00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:21,989 Hank. Yes... 570 00:30:22,124 --> 00:30:24,061 He sent me here to fire you. 571 00:30:25,894 --> 00:30:27,698 [metal creaking] 572 00:30:27,833 --> 00:30:29,491 Hank wants you off the tour. 573 00:30:29,627 --> 00:30:33,070 So I will have to leave Hank. 574 00:30:34,370 --> 00:30:36,339 We will both have to make sacrifices. 575 00:30:36,475 --> 00:30:39,703 We will need a record label with national distribution. 576 00:30:41,546 --> 00:30:43,080 RCA? 577 00:30:44,912 --> 00:30:46,750 RCA. 578 00:30:46,886 --> 00:30:49,482 Sam Phillips... discovered me. 579 00:30:49,618 --> 00:30:52,882 I know, but we have a way to help Sam understand 580 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:56,054 that it would be foolish of him to hold you back. 581 00:30:56,190 --> 00:30:58,259 Every man has his price. 582 00:30:58,395 --> 00:31:00,295 [Sam] RCA does have the distribution. 583 00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:01,424 [Elvis] I just need to know that you'll 584 00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:02,825 still be with me as friends. 585 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:04,996 Don't doubt that, we're not going anywhere. 586 00:31:05,131 --> 00:31:08,664 Marion and I just don't want to stand in your way, that's all. 587 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:12,069 The world needs to hear you sing, Elvis. 588 00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:14,475 [newscaster] Elvis Presley's contract sold to RCA today 589 00:31:14,610 --> 00:31:16,575 for the highest price in music history. 590 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:19,180 Quite the payday for Sun Records. 591 00:31:19,315 --> 00:31:22,247 It's just business. Show business. 592 00:31:22,383 --> 00:31:23,679 To achieve truly great things, 593 00:31:23,815 --> 00:31:26,090 one must make truly great sacrifices. 594 00:31:26,225 --> 00:31:29,786 You will have to be free of any entanglements. 595 00:31:29,922 --> 00:31:33,596 You see, my boy, show business is snow business. 596 00:31:33,731 --> 00:31:37,598 And the fans need to believe that you are always available. 597 00:31:37,733 --> 00:31:39,295 [Elvis] The Colonel says that with all the publicity 598 00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:40,806 that's gonna be coming, 599 00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,966 he might have to put it out there that... 600 00:31:43,102 --> 00:31:44,432 That... 601 00:31:44,568 --> 00:31:46,609 I don't have a girl. 602 00:31:46,744 --> 00:31:49,973 [sobbing] 603 00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:53,547 [Parker] Then we will need your parents' legal commitment. 604 00:31:53,682 --> 00:31:57,155 They may need a bit of convincing themselves. 605 00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:59,157 [Gladys] Sam Phillips is a good man we can trust. 606 00:31:59,292 --> 00:32:02,489 We don't know this Colonel from a nail in a wall. 607 00:32:02,625 --> 00:32:04,453 [man] Is there a lawyer representing the family? 608 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:05,728 [Parker] Oh, unnecessary. 609 00:32:05,864 --> 00:32:07,462 I am of the firm opinion 610 00:32:07,598 --> 00:32:10,902 that family is the most important thing in the world. 611 00:32:11,038 --> 00:32:13,628 In mind of that, I have taken the liberty 612 00:32:13,764 --> 00:32:15,469 of making these contracts out 613 00:32:15,604 --> 00:32:18,675 in the name of Elvis Presley Enterprises. 614 00:32:18,810 --> 00:32:20,043 A family business. 615 00:32:20,179 --> 00:32:22,844 And I was thinking, Vernon Presley: 616 00:32:22,979 --> 00:32:24,445 Business Manager. 617 00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,720 [Elvis] What do you think, Daddy? 618 00:32:29,856 --> 00:32:32,123 [Vernon] Uh... Well, uh... 619 00:32:32,258 --> 00:32:33,986 -I like it very much, son. -[Parker] Ah! 620 00:32:34,121 --> 00:32:35,852 [laughing] 621 00:32:35,987 --> 00:32:39,293 Mrs. Presley, your son has a unique gift. 622 00:32:39,428 --> 00:32:40,863 It's as though he has the strength 623 00:32:40,999 --> 00:32:43,325 of two men inside of him. 624 00:32:43,460 --> 00:32:45,061 [pen clicks] 625 00:32:45,197 --> 00:32:46,700 [Elvis] You know, Colonel, I would do anything 626 00:32:46,835 --> 00:32:48,399 to make sure my mama and daddy never have to live 627 00:32:48,535 --> 00:32:50,371 in no poverty ever again. 628 00:32:50,507 --> 00:32:53,971 Mama, it's gonna turn out so, so good. 629 00:32:54,107 --> 00:32:55,311 Mm. 630 00:32:56,979 --> 00:32:58,514 [camera clicks] 631 00:32:58,650 --> 00:33:00,019 Colonel, I wasn't fooling when I told those other kids 632 00:33:00,154 --> 00:33:01,582 I was gonna buy 'em a Cadillac one day. 633 00:33:01,717 --> 00:33:04,146 My boy, with me, you will buy them two Cadillacs. 634 00:33:04,282 --> 00:33:05,552 Two? 635 00:33:06,956 --> 00:33:07,991 A hundred? 636 00:33:08,126 --> 00:33:09,223 -Two hundred. -[chuckles] 637 00:33:09,358 --> 00:33:11,188 -A thousand. -A million. 638 00:33:11,324 --> 00:33:12,559 An aeroplane. 639 00:33:12,694 --> 00:33:14,630 -How about a rocket ship? -[both laugh] 640 00:33:14,766 --> 00:33:19,038 Well, maybe not a rocket ship. My mama don't like me to fly. 641 00:33:19,173 --> 00:33:23,241 But me, I've always wanted to fly. Fast. 642 00:33:23,377 --> 00:33:27,009 Faster than the speed of light to the Rock of Eternity. 643 00:33:27,145 --> 00:33:29,240 What? To the Rock of Eternity? 644 00:33:29,376 --> 00:33:30,874 Captain Marvel, Jr. 645 00:33:32,051 --> 00:33:33,712 He's my favorite comic book hero. 646 00:33:34,852 --> 00:33:36,581 He flies. 647 00:33:36,717 --> 00:33:38,552 Well, what about you, Mr. Presley? 648 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:41,522 Are you ready to fly? 649 00:33:42,455 --> 00:33:44,822 Yes, sir. I'm ready. 650 00:33:45,699 --> 00:33:47,022 Ready to fly. 651 00:33:55,232 --> 00:33:56,836 [producer 1 over intercom] Uh, Mr. Presley, 652 00:33:56,971 --> 00:33:58,900 try not to move around so much during the takes. 653 00:33:59,036 --> 00:34:01,278 [Elvis] If I can't move, I can't sing. 654 00:34:01,413 --> 00:34:04,209 [singing] Well, since my baby left me 655 00:34:04,345 --> 00:34:05,876 [band plays two chords] 656 00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:09,210 Well, I found a new place To dwell 657 00:34:09,347 --> 00:34:10,947 [producer 2] What is he doing? We paid for this? 658 00:34:11,083 --> 00:34:12,849 It's down at the end of Lonely Street at... 659 00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:14,693 [producer 2] It's a suicide song. 660 00:34:14,829 --> 00:34:17,388 ...Heartbreak Hotel 661 00:34:17,523 --> 00:34:20,260 [Parker] Them know-it-alls said I'd backed the wrong horse. 662 00:34:20,396 --> 00:34:22,597 But my boy knew teenagers. 663 00:34:22,733 --> 00:34:26,934 And that first record changed everything. 664 00:34:27,069 --> 00:34:31,672 Well, it's so very hard to have To leave the one you love 665 00:34:31,808 --> 00:34:35,036 And you get more lonely With each passing day 666 00:34:36,781 --> 00:34:41,250 It's so lonely just sitting And dreaming of... 667 00:34:41,386 --> 00:34:42,782 [newscaster 1] In a few short months, 668 00:34:42,917 --> 00:34:44,618 Elvis Presley has popped out of nowhere. 669 00:34:44,754 --> 00:34:46,885 Everywhere he goes, he causes riots, 670 00:34:47,020 --> 00:34:49,625 mountains of press and rivers of money. 671 00:34:49,761 --> 00:34:52,121 [newscaster 2] It's another gold record for Elvis Presley. 672 00:34:52,255 --> 00:34:54,958 This one giving him his first worldwide hit. 673 00:34:56,462 --> 00:34:58,368 [crowd screaming] 674 00:34:59,401 --> 00:35:02,473 [maid] Mrs. Presley, look! 675 00:35:02,609 --> 00:35:05,803 Come on, Mrs. Presley, let me show you how to use this. 676 00:35:05,939 --> 00:35:08,112 Come on, hens! Come on, hens! Come on! 677 00:35:08,248 --> 00:35:11,808 Come on! Outside! Out of my house! 678 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:14,450 Come on, this way! Come on, babies! 679 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:16,619 Dodger! 680 00:35:16,755 --> 00:35:17,849 [grunts] 681 00:35:18,791 --> 00:35:20,982 [Elvis grunting] 682 00:35:21,118 --> 00:35:23,018 -[Elvis] Go, Billy boy! -Ya-hoo-hoo! 683 00:35:23,153 --> 00:35:24,962 [Parker] I took my boy's wiggling 684 00:35:25,098 --> 00:35:27,657 and put it in the movies. 685 00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,659 I took his name and face, 686 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:31,500 and put it on all sorts of toys 687 00:35:31,635 --> 00:35:33,671 and knick-knacks, and called it... 688 00:35:33,807 --> 00:35:35,096 "Merchandise." 689 00:35:35,232 --> 00:35:37,605 Your face on every conceivable object, 690 00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:41,142 including teddy bear, perfume, plaster busts... 691 00:35:41,278 --> 00:35:42,473 Of questionable likeness. 692 00:35:42,609 --> 00:35:44,139 "The Elvis Presley Game." 693 00:35:44,274 --> 00:35:47,384 Something so everyone can show their love. 694 00:35:47,519 --> 00:35:51,883 Grandma Dodger, what is that behind your ear? 695 00:35:53,025 --> 00:35:55,051 [Gladys] "I hate Elvis." 696 00:35:57,059 --> 00:35:58,389 Huh? 697 00:35:58,524 --> 00:36:00,054 Yes. I hate Elvis. 698 00:36:00,190 --> 00:36:01,733 In my way of thinking, "I love Elvis," 699 00:36:01,869 --> 00:36:03,068 that's an easy sell. 700 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:04,894 Those who hate your son will do so 701 00:36:05,029 --> 00:36:07,635 whether we profit from it or not. 702 00:36:07,771 --> 00:36:12,409 After all, what is hate worth if it's free? 703 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:15,379 Oh, yeah. I get it. 704 00:36:19,150 --> 00:36:20,652 Snowman strikes again. 705 00:36:20,788 --> 00:36:22,952 [all laughing] 706 00:36:23,087 --> 00:36:25,719 [Parker] Merchandise, promotion. Diskin, what else do we have? 707 00:36:25,854 --> 00:36:27,359 -[Diskin] Necklaces. -[Parker] Necklaces. 708 00:36:27,494 --> 00:36:30,427 -[Diskin] Scarves. -[Parker] Oh, scarves. Yes... 709 00:36:30,562 --> 00:36:33,095 [Lansky] Mr. Presley and Mr. King... 710 00:36:33,230 --> 00:36:34,429 regular peas in a pod, 711 00:36:34,565 --> 00:36:36,296 relieving me of my finest threads. 712 00:36:36,431 --> 00:36:37,529 Must be some occasion. 713 00:36:37,665 --> 00:36:38,895 Mr. Lansky, it's Milton Berle. 714 00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:40,828 The whole of America'll be watching. 715 00:36:40,964 --> 00:36:42,907 I don't watch television. 716 00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:44,241 So what's it gonna be? 717 00:36:44,377 --> 00:36:46,101 How you gonna blow their wigs off? 718 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:49,612 Well, the network wants me to do a ballad. 719 00:36:49,747 --> 00:36:51,616 But I'm thinking about cuttin' it up with "Hound Dog." 720 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:53,110 Whoo! 721 00:36:53,245 --> 00:36:59,113 Elvis Presley, "Hound Dog," and Uncle Miltie. 722 00:36:59,249 --> 00:37:01,152 Strange things are happening every day. 723 00:37:01,287 --> 00:37:04,060 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog, hound dog 724 00:37:04,196 --> 00:37:06,298 Cryin' all the time 725 00:37:06,433 --> 00:37:08,790 You ain't nothin' but a hound dog 726 00:37:08,926 --> 00:37:11,369 Cryin' all the time 727 00:37:11,504 --> 00:37:13,129 Well, you ain't never Caught a rabbit 728 00:37:13,264 --> 00:37:15,801 And you ain't no friend of mine 729 00:37:15,937 --> 00:37:18,537 When they said You was high classed 730 00:37:18,673 --> 00:37:20,906 Well, that was just a lie 731 00:37:21,041 --> 00:37:23,708 Yeah, they said You were high classed 732 00:37:23,844 --> 00:37:26,107 Behold, tomorrow, all of America 733 00:37:26,243 --> 00:37:28,413 will be talking about Elvis Presley. 734 00:37:28,549 --> 00:37:29,515 My wiggling boy. 735 00:37:29,650 --> 00:37:31,851 [Gladys and Vernon laughing] 736 00:37:31,986 --> 00:37:34,187 Even as a little one, he made me laugh so. 737 00:37:34,323 --> 00:37:36,123 He's so funny! 738 00:37:36,258 --> 00:37:38,297 You never caught a rabbit You ain't no friend of mine 739 00:37:40,361 --> 00:37:42,228 [laughter] 740 00:37:42,364 --> 00:37:44,831 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog, a hound dog 741 00:37:46,436 --> 00:37:47,766 Cryin' all the time 742 00:37:47,902 --> 00:37:49,238 [aide] And, Senator, for the next leg 743 00:37:49,374 --> 00:37:50,804 of your racial integrity tour, 744 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:53,935 we booked the Overton Park Shell in Memphis. 745 00:37:54,071 --> 00:37:55,803 What are they laughing about? 746 00:37:55,939 --> 00:37:58,615 [laughter continues] 747 00:37:58,751 --> 00:38:01,980 [Elvis] You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 748 00:38:03,321 --> 00:38:05,781 Cryin' all the time 749 00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:07,993 Who the hell is that? 750 00:38:08,128 --> 00:38:10,291 It's that boy from Memphis. 751 00:38:10,427 --> 00:38:12,590 [dreamily] Elvis Presley. 752 00:38:12,726 --> 00:38:14,829 Cryin' all the time 753 00:38:14,964 --> 00:38:19,329 A white boy from Memphis, moving like a goddamn-- 754 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:25,344 [Elvis singing] Is your heart filled with pain 755 00:38:26,806 --> 00:38:29,374 Shall I come back... 756 00:38:29,509 --> 00:38:34,345 The obscenity and vulgarity of this rock and roll music 757 00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:38,214 is obviously a means by which the white man and his children 758 00:38:38,350 --> 00:38:40,484 can be driven to the level of the Negro. 759 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:42,520 [Elvis] The colored folks have been singing and playing it 760 00:38:42,655 --> 00:38:45,021 just like I'm doing it now, man, more years than I know. 761 00:38:45,157 --> 00:38:46,528 Colonel Parker, we called you in here 762 00:38:46,664 --> 00:38:48,324 to talk about this act of yours. 763 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:49,962 [TV reporter] A petition has begun circulating 764 00:38:50,098 --> 00:38:52,535 to bar Elvis Presley from television. 765 00:38:52,671 --> 00:38:54,232 [Eastland] We've set up a committee 766 00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:56,905 to keep an eye on this vulgar, animalistic rock and roll bum. 767 00:38:57,041 --> 00:38:58,736 [TV host] Your style of gyrating while you sing 768 00:38:58,871 --> 00:39:00,168 has been bitterly criticized... 769 00:39:00,304 --> 00:39:02,010 I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong. 770 00:39:02,145 --> 00:39:04,075 [woman] We simply will not advertise on any station 771 00:39:04,211 --> 00:39:05,847 that puts this delinquent on television. 772 00:39:05,983 --> 00:39:08,678 Colonel, you put an end to your boy's animal behavior, 773 00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:10,679 or we will. 774 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:13,356 [Parker] Don't worry, Senator, my boy does what he's told. 775 00:39:13,491 --> 00:39:16,050 [Elvis singing] Tell me, dear 776 00:39:16,186 --> 00:39:21,697 Are you lonesome tonight? 777 00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:27,837 "Elvis the Pelvis." 778 00:39:27,973 --> 00:39:30,899 That's one of the most childish expressions I've ever heard 779 00:39:31,034 --> 00:39:33,038 coming from an adult. 780 00:39:33,173 --> 00:39:35,106 Is Mr. Allen gonna cancel me from the show? 781 00:39:35,849 --> 00:39:37,079 Yes. 782 00:39:37,214 --> 00:39:39,279 Yes, he is. 783 00:39:39,414 --> 00:39:43,422 He is replacing you with one of the country's greatest singers. 784 00:39:44,848 --> 00:39:46,253 Mario Lanza? 785 00:39:46,388 --> 00:39:47,619 Someone greater. 786 00:39:47,754 --> 00:39:50,561 The new Elvis Presley! 787 00:39:52,528 --> 00:39:54,697 Yeah, I snowed 'em! 788 00:39:54,833 --> 00:39:57,365 You just have to put on one of these tails here, 789 00:39:57,501 --> 00:39:58,966 can sing the "Hound Dog," 790 00:39:59,101 --> 00:40:02,239 and it's a light-hearted, sophisticated family show. 791 00:40:02,375 --> 00:40:03,602 I can't move in one of these. 792 00:40:03,737 --> 00:40:04,670 And that is the point. 793 00:40:04,806 --> 00:40:06,839 Mr. Allen agreed only as long 794 00:40:06,974 --> 00:40:09,308 as there is no wiggling of those hips. 795 00:40:09,444 --> 00:40:11,749 I can't figure it out. My own mother approves of what I do. 796 00:40:11,885 --> 00:40:13,483 Mmm. 797 00:40:13,618 --> 00:40:16,317 You have read the papers, my boy? 798 00:40:16,453 --> 00:40:18,118 Yeah, I read the papers. 799 00:40:18,254 --> 00:40:20,591 The papers say that I shot my mother and smoke marijuana. 800 00:40:20,726 --> 00:40:23,660 Your movement's in the style of a Black man, 801 00:40:23,795 --> 00:40:26,124 and you have broken the segregation laws. 802 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:28,258 So let's follow the plan. It's a good plan. 803 00:40:28,393 --> 00:40:30,425 You do the Allen Show, family style, 804 00:40:30,561 --> 00:40:33,002 and then tomorrow we go back to Memphis and 805 00:40:33,137 --> 00:40:36,807 we snow them on the July 4th Children's Charitable Concert. 806 00:40:36,942 --> 00:40:40,037 And we put this whole unfortunate misstep behind us. 807 00:40:40,173 --> 00:40:42,545 Now, do you want to go into politics? 808 00:40:42,681 --> 00:40:45,550 Or shall we stay in show business? 809 00:40:48,285 --> 00:40:49,753 [Steve Allen] We want to do a show the whole family 810 00:40:49,888 --> 00:40:51,781 can watch and enjoy, and we always do. 811 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:53,157 And at this time, it gives me extreme pleasure to introduce 812 00:40:53,292 --> 00:40:54,992 the new Elvis Presley! 813 00:40:55,127 --> 00:40:56,754 [dog barks] 814 00:40:56,889 --> 00:40:59,157 [faint crowd laughter] 815 00:40:59,292 --> 00:41:00,663 [female fan 1] He used to be so hip. 816 00:41:00,798 --> 00:41:02,526 [male fan 1] He looked so silly. 817 00:41:02,662 --> 00:41:04,529 [male fan 2] I mean, he looked like a butler. 818 00:41:04,665 --> 00:41:05,899 [female fan 2] I can't believe he agreed to sing to a dog. 819 00:41:06,034 --> 00:41:07,198 -[door bangs] -[Elvis] God damn it! 820 00:41:08,305 --> 00:41:09,506 [grunts angrily] 821 00:41:09,642 --> 00:41:11,005 He could've given us some warning. 822 00:41:11,141 --> 00:41:12,877 I know how to do a skit, I could've made it funny! 823 00:41:13,013 --> 00:41:16,505 The most stupid, embarrassing, humiliating thing I ever did. 824 00:41:16,641 --> 00:41:18,147 Well, what the hell do you want me to do about it? 825 00:41:18,282 --> 00:41:19,550 We're musicians! 826 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,014 [female fan 3] It's just embarrassing. 827 00:41:21,149 --> 00:41:22,310 [male fan 3] Who does he think he is? 828 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:24,455 [voices overlapping, echoing faintly] 829 00:41:24,591 --> 00:41:27,119 -[horn toots] -[fans screaming] 830 00:41:30,019 --> 00:41:33,323 [imperceptible] 831 00:41:40,699 --> 00:41:43,598 [Gladys] She just went on and on about the damn dog. 832 00:41:43,733 --> 00:41:45,901 And I said, "Neighbors shouldn't speak like that." 833 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,509 And then she said... 834 00:41:47,644 --> 00:41:49,408 I like the bit with the dog. 835 00:41:49,543 --> 00:41:51,713 It was the most embarrassing performance of my life, Daddy. 836 00:41:51,849 --> 00:41:53,913 She wasn't the only one who said it. 837 00:41:54,048 --> 00:41:55,717 -All the neighbors did. -Oh, God. 838 00:41:55,853 --> 00:41:57,355 Those New York people were using you 839 00:41:57,490 --> 00:41:59,054 to poke fun at the whole South. 840 00:41:59,190 --> 00:42:02,825 Getting a laugh out of putting a hillbilly in a tailcoat 841 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,291 -and singing to a dog. -[faint shouting] 842 00:42:05,427 --> 00:42:08,057 God damn it, Mama, it was either that or I get canceled. 843 00:42:08,193 --> 00:42:10,099 Then that's it for television. 844 00:42:10,234 --> 00:42:12,868 Colonel says I'm running out of states that I'm welcome in. 845 00:42:13,003 --> 00:42:15,532 And they don't pay unless I can perform. 846 00:42:15,668 --> 00:42:18,208 So Colonel says I play the charity concert tomorrow night, 847 00:42:18,344 --> 00:42:20,702 as the new family style, 848 00:42:20,837 --> 00:42:23,574 then everybody calms down and we get back on track. 849 00:42:23,709 --> 00:42:26,348 Someone's got to think about keeping a roof over our heads. 850 00:42:26,484 --> 00:42:28,183 Roof over our head? 851 00:42:28,318 --> 00:42:30,953 We've always managed to keep a roof over our head, Vernon. 852 00:42:31,089 --> 00:42:32,784 Mama, Daddy is business manager. It's his job. 853 00:42:32,919 --> 00:42:34,451 [Vernon] That's right. 854 00:42:34,586 --> 00:42:36,757 We was doing just fine before that man came along. 855 00:42:36,892 --> 00:42:38,254 Colonel has got us all of this. 856 00:42:38,390 --> 00:42:40,826 I don't want all this! You're unhappy! 857 00:42:40,962 --> 00:42:42,733 -I am not! -[grunts loudly] 858 00:42:43,965 --> 00:42:45,829 You're losing yourself, Booby! 859 00:42:45,965 --> 00:42:47,632 Oh, hell, Mama, I-- 860 00:42:47,768 --> 00:42:49,137 Satnin knows. 861 00:42:49,273 --> 00:42:50,272 [sighs] 862 00:42:50,407 --> 00:42:51,808 [heavy sigh] 863 00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,776 [Gladys] The way you sing and move... 864 00:42:59,911 --> 00:43:01,543 it's God-given. 865 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,146 So there can't be nothing wrong with it. 866 00:43:05,282 --> 00:43:07,692 [all chattering excitedly] 867 00:43:07,827 --> 00:43:09,753 Hey, I'm gonna ask cousin about the movie. 868 00:43:09,888 --> 00:43:11,254 Hey, E.P., E.P.! 869 00:43:11,389 --> 00:43:12,694 Can we close down the movie house 870 00:43:12,829 --> 00:43:14,092 and watch Godzilla tonight? 871 00:43:14,228 --> 00:43:16,526 Don't tramp mud in the house, Billy! 872 00:43:16,661 --> 00:43:17,932 [Billy] But you said we could watch the movie! 873 00:43:18,067 --> 00:43:19,763 Get out! Get out of my goddamn house! 874 00:43:19,898 --> 00:43:21,338 -[Billy] You said you'd take us! -Tramping mud in my house 875 00:43:21,474 --> 00:43:22,767 and doing my damn head in. 876 00:43:22,902 --> 00:43:24,133 [frustrated sigh] 877 00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:26,173 Mama, you ain't never happy. 878 00:43:26,309 --> 00:43:28,840 No matter what I do, no matter how much I give you, 879 00:43:28,975 --> 00:43:30,407 it ain't never enough. 880 00:43:30,543 --> 00:43:32,976 And, I wish you would not drink so goddamn much. 881 00:43:33,111 --> 00:43:34,579 It's not good for you. 882 00:43:34,714 --> 00:43:36,083 Baby! 883 00:43:36,218 --> 00:43:37,612 -Put that back in the shed! -Elvis, wait! 884 00:43:41,419 --> 00:43:45,158 Elvis! Elvis, come on! Elvis! 885 00:43:48,131 --> 00:43:49,459 [man on radio] Here's Elvis Presley. 886 00:43:51,428 --> 00:43:54,002 [Elvis' songs playing on radio] 887 00:43:55,566 --> 00:43:58,303 ["Tiger Man" by Rufus Thomas playing] 888 00:44:06,746 --> 00:44:09,216 [on radio] This is Rufus Thomas here from WDIA. 889 00:44:09,351 --> 00:44:11,984 You can catch B.B. King tonight at Club Handy, 890 00:44:12,119 --> 00:44:13,857 with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. 891 00:44:17,325 --> 00:44:20,391 ["Let It All Hang Out" by Denzel Curry playing] 892 00:44:38,715 --> 00:44:40,378 [excited chattering] 893 00:44:43,917 --> 00:44:45,218 [Elvis] Hello. 894 00:44:48,988 --> 00:44:50,729 [laughs] E.P.! 895 00:44:52,722 --> 00:44:54,733 -B.B.! Hey! -[King] Get over here! 896 00:44:56,895 --> 00:44:58,368 [laughs] 897 00:44:58,503 --> 00:44:59,738 Have a good night. 898 00:45:01,839 --> 00:45:03,841 [indistinct, excited chatter] 899 00:45:07,713 --> 00:45:09,275 Thank you. Have a good night. 900 00:45:14,187 --> 00:45:15,149 Hello. 901 00:45:22,118 --> 00:45:23,091 Hey! 902 00:45:30,002 --> 00:45:34,102 Get him! Get him in here! E.P.! E.P.! 903 00:45:36,337 --> 00:45:38,810 All right, all right. Thank you. 904 00:45:38,945 --> 00:45:41,274 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop Ba-lop, bom, bom 905 00:45:41,410 --> 00:45:46,082 Tutti frutti, oh rooty Tutti frutti, oh rooty 906 00:45:46,218 --> 00:45:48,479 [Elvis] Got my mama going on about the "Hound Dog," 907 00:45:48,614 --> 00:45:49,953 and the Colonel's got me wearing tails, 908 00:45:50,088 --> 00:45:50,750 and everybody wants something different. 909 00:45:50,885 --> 00:45:52,151 Hey, listen, man. 910 00:45:52,287 --> 00:45:53,347 If you're sad and you want to be sad, 911 00:45:53,483 --> 00:45:54,992 you're at the right place. 912 00:45:55,127 --> 00:45:56,790 If you're happy and you want to be happy, guess what? 913 00:45:56,926 --> 00:45:58,428 You're at the right place. 914 00:45:58,564 --> 00:46:00,793 So just do me a favor... 915 00:46:00,929 --> 00:46:01,960 Let it all hang out. 916 00:46:02,096 --> 00:46:04,230 Let it all hang out, E.P.! 917 00:46:04,366 --> 00:46:08,171 -Let it all hang out, baby. -[laughs] 918 00:46:08,306 --> 00:46:10,732 She rocks to the east She rocks to the west 919 00:46:10,867 --> 00:46:13,006 But she's the girl that I love best 920 00:46:13,141 --> 00:46:15,279 Tutti frutti, oh rooty, uh! 921 00:46:15,414 --> 00:46:16,604 Hey, man. 922 00:46:16,740 --> 00:46:18,146 Tutti frutti, oh rooty, whoo! 923 00:46:18,282 --> 00:46:22,644 Tutti frutti, oh rooty Tutti frutti, oh rooty 924 00:46:22,780 --> 00:46:24,851 [faint] Tutti frutti, oh rooty 925 00:46:24,987 --> 00:46:25,819 [indistinct radio chatter] 926 00:46:25,955 --> 00:46:27,489 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop-- 927 00:46:27,624 --> 00:46:28,625 [screams] 928 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:31,093 Whoo! Man, he's cuttin' it! 929 00:46:33,465 --> 00:46:36,692 Sister Rosetta found this kid in the backwaters of Georgia. 930 00:46:43,475 --> 00:46:44,799 [crowd cheering] 931 00:46:46,774 --> 00:46:48,913 They should get the Colonel to book him on Steve Allen. 932 00:46:51,713 --> 00:46:53,011 [yells] 933 00:46:53,147 --> 00:46:55,150 They would love his moves. 934 00:46:57,788 --> 00:47:00,316 Got a girl named Daisy 935 00:47:00,452 --> 00:47:02,526 She almost drives me crazy 936 00:47:02,661 --> 00:47:04,294 Got a girl named Daisy 937 00:47:04,429 --> 00:47:05,354 Whoo! 938 00:47:05,490 --> 00:47:07,855 She almost drives me crazy 939 00:47:07,991 --> 00:47:10,133 She knows how to love me Yes, indeed 940 00:47:10,268 --> 00:47:12,536 Boy, you don't know What she do to me 941 00:47:12,671 --> 00:47:14,664 Tutti frutti, oh rooty 942 00:47:14,799 --> 00:47:17,168 Man, he sings the hell out of that song! 943 00:47:17,303 --> 00:47:18,899 I would love to record that. 944 00:47:19,035 --> 00:47:21,207 If you do, you'll make a whole lot more money 945 00:47:21,343 --> 00:47:22,876 than that kid could ever dream of. 946 00:47:23,011 --> 00:47:25,411 Tutti frutti, oh rooty 947 00:47:25,547 --> 00:47:27,685 Wop, bop-a-loo-bop, Ba-lop, bom, bom 948 00:47:27,821 --> 00:47:29,584 -[screams] -[crowd cheering] 949 00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:33,187 [cheers fading] 950 00:47:33,322 --> 00:47:35,652 [electric guitar plays blues melody] 951 00:47:40,992 --> 00:47:44,693 [Tharpe singing] I'm a-workin' on the building 952 00:47:44,829 --> 00:47:48,464 [patrons] Workin' on the building 953 00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,600 [Tharpe] It's the new foundation 954 00:47:51,736 --> 00:47:54,976 [patrons] The new foundation 955 00:47:55,112 --> 00:47:57,414 [Tharpe] I'm goin' to heaven 956 00:47:57,549 --> 00:47:58,439 [patrons] Yeah! 957 00:47:58,575 --> 00:47:59,742 [Elvis] Goin' to heaven 958 00:48:00,851 --> 00:48:03,180 To get my reward 959 00:48:03,316 --> 00:48:07,017 [patrons] Get my reward 960 00:48:07,153 --> 00:48:08,359 [Elvis] Whoo! 961 00:48:08,494 --> 00:48:09,694 [applause] 962 00:48:09,829 --> 00:48:12,688 [King] Ha-ha! That's all right. 963 00:48:12,824 --> 00:48:15,461 That's a nice ride you rode up in tonight. 964 00:48:15,596 --> 00:48:18,193 It ain't like your ol' big B.B. King bus. 965 00:48:18,328 --> 00:48:19,665 [chuckles] 966 00:48:19,801 --> 00:48:22,073 Big Red. 967 00:48:22,208 --> 00:48:25,505 Yeah, well, I can go where I want, play what I want, 968 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:27,737 and if they don't like it, I can go someplace else. 969 00:48:28,947 --> 00:48:30,838 You've got to be in control, man. 970 00:48:30,973 --> 00:48:32,908 You should have your own label, like me. 971 00:48:33,043 --> 00:48:35,546 You don't do the business, the business will do you. 972 00:48:35,682 --> 00:48:37,912 Man, I just leave all that to the Colonel. 973 00:48:40,054 --> 00:48:42,220 So it's, um... 974 00:48:42,356 --> 00:48:44,424 It's his idea, this new Elvis? 975 00:48:45,523 --> 00:48:47,088 Listen, I don't get it, man. 976 00:48:47,223 --> 00:48:49,663 Cats buy your records because they like what you do, 977 00:48:49,799 --> 00:48:53,501 not because you're dressed up like some... like some butler. 978 00:48:53,637 --> 00:48:55,972 You really think those kids want to see Elvis the butler 979 00:48:56,108 --> 00:48:57,334 at the Russwood Park gig tomorrow? 980 00:48:57,470 --> 00:48:58,966 Man, I ain't wearing no tails. 981 00:48:59,101 --> 00:49:02,873 I just... gotta lay off the moves, is all. 982 00:49:03,009 --> 00:49:05,480 Colonel says if I don't, they're gonna put me in jail. 983 00:49:05,616 --> 00:49:09,310 [laughs] 984 00:49:09,446 --> 00:49:11,317 Come on, man. 985 00:49:11,453 --> 00:49:13,015 They're not gonna put you in jail. 986 00:49:13,151 --> 00:49:14,648 They might put me in jail for walking across the street, 987 00:49:14,784 --> 00:49:16,292 but you're a famous white boy. 988 00:49:16,427 --> 00:49:18,628 Too many people are making too much money off of you 989 00:49:18,764 --> 00:49:20,288 to put you in jail. 990 00:49:20,424 --> 00:49:21,190 You think so? 991 00:49:21,325 --> 00:49:23,498 I know so. 992 00:49:23,634 --> 00:49:28,700 Colonel's a smart man. There's gotta be another reason. 993 00:49:28,836 --> 00:49:30,899 [Tharpe playing "Strange Things Happening Every day"] 994 00:49:31,677 --> 00:49:34,575 Every day, yes 995 00:49:34,710 --> 00:49:38,641 There are strange things Happening every day 996 00:49:38,777 --> 00:49:41,481 Hey, Elvis, B.B.! Give us a smile. 997 00:49:44,316 --> 00:49:46,356 Every day 998 00:49:46,492 --> 00:49:48,852 [Eastland] You promised us a new Elvis, Colonel. 999 00:49:48,988 --> 00:49:52,889 Yet, here he is with this B.B. King at Club Handy, 1000 00:49:53,024 --> 00:49:56,056 jiggling and wiggling with Billy Ward, and here, 1001 00:49:56,192 --> 00:49:59,400 on Colored Night at the Memphis Fairgrounds. 1002 00:49:59,535 --> 00:50:01,101 We've been poking into your background, 1003 00:50:01,237 --> 00:50:02,772 and we've found your records. 1004 00:50:02,908 --> 00:50:05,072 "Unfit for military duty." 1005 00:50:05,207 --> 00:50:07,673 "Acute psychopathic state." 1006 00:50:07,808 --> 00:50:12,512 Well... I was pretending to be crazy. I wanted out. 1007 00:50:12,648 --> 00:50:15,044 I was just a boy from Huntington, West Virginia. 1008 00:50:15,179 --> 00:50:18,383 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 1009 00:50:18,519 --> 00:50:21,754 [Tharpe singing] Every day, yeah 1010 00:50:21,889 --> 00:50:26,955 There are strange things Happening every day 1011 00:50:28,529 --> 00:50:31,597 Every day Are so strange 1012 00:50:31,733 --> 00:50:34,469 Every day People are stealing the planes 1013 00:50:34,604 --> 00:50:37,903 Oh! There are strange Things happening 1014 00:50:38,038 --> 00:50:42,374 Every day Oh, ain't that strange, every day 1015 00:50:42,510 --> 00:50:44,178 [up-tempo music playing faintly] 1016 00:50:44,313 --> 00:50:47,285 [Tharpe singing] Every day, yes 1017 00:50:47,420 --> 00:50:51,947 There are strange things Happening every day 1018 00:50:53,888 --> 00:50:56,756 [Parker] While 10,000 screaming fans were cramming in 1019 00:50:56,891 --> 00:50:59,262 to see our show, Senator Eastland was holding 1020 00:50:59,398 --> 00:51:02,463 a segregationist rally just three miles away. 1021 00:51:04,198 --> 00:51:05,598 [crowd screaming] 1022 00:51:05,734 --> 00:51:08,333 The mayor loved you on the Steve Allen Show. 1023 00:51:08,469 --> 00:51:11,042 All the important people did. 1024 00:51:11,177 --> 00:51:13,243 What song are you going to sing tonight? 1025 00:51:14,110 --> 00:51:15,806 I've made no decision. 1026 00:51:18,443 --> 00:51:19,876 I'll feel it. 1027 00:51:26,787 --> 00:51:28,126 [Parker] Pay no mind to all the cameras. 1028 00:51:28,261 --> 00:51:31,019 Those are our friends in the vice squad. 1029 00:51:31,154 --> 00:51:34,188 They don't mean nothing. Ain't that right, chief? 1030 00:51:34,323 --> 00:51:36,794 As long as you don't so much as wiggle a finger. 1031 00:51:52,383 --> 00:51:54,185 [emcee] Oh, yes, sir, good people! 1032 00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,549 A big thank you to Shorty Morgan's Dixie Dolls! 1033 00:51:57,684 --> 00:51:59,716 But I know some of the young people 1034 00:51:59,852 --> 00:52:02,452 are very excited about this next act! 1035 00:52:02,588 --> 00:52:04,554 [loud cheering, applause] 1036 00:52:04,690 --> 00:52:06,787 Jesse's with us tonight, baby. 1037 00:52:06,923 --> 00:52:10,361 Play it smart out there, yeah? 1038 00:52:10,497 --> 00:52:13,761 Well, stop talking about it We're talking about everything 1039 00:52:13,897 --> 00:52:15,837 And do somethin' about it 1040 00:52:15,973 --> 00:52:17,703 Elvis Presley! 1041 00:52:17,838 --> 00:52:21,212 Strange things happening Every day 1042 00:52:23,646 --> 00:52:26,144 Just sing the nice song. Smile the nice smile. 1043 00:52:26,279 --> 00:52:27,647 No wiggling. 1044 00:52:27,782 --> 00:52:29,677 Then we can get back to our show business. 1045 00:52:29,813 --> 00:52:32,080 And have fun, my boy! Fun! 1046 00:52:35,361 --> 00:52:37,661 [Tharpe singing] Oh, we want peace! 1047 00:52:37,797 --> 00:52:39,763 We want peace! 1048 00:52:39,899 --> 00:52:42,058 We oughta stop talkin' about it And do somethin' about it 1049 00:52:42,193 --> 00:52:46,835 Oh, there are strange Things happening 1050 00:52:46,971 --> 00:52:52,903 Every day 1051 00:52:54,177 --> 00:52:56,973 [cheering, applause] 1052 00:53:03,020 --> 00:53:04,915 [cameras clicking] 1053 00:53:08,521 --> 00:53:11,362 [cheering subsides] 1054 00:53:11,497 --> 00:53:13,631 There's been a lot of talk about the new Elvis. 1055 00:53:13,766 --> 00:53:16,025 [crowd jeering] 1056 00:53:21,536 --> 00:53:23,604 And of course, that other guy. 1057 00:53:25,305 --> 00:53:27,677 [crowd cheering] 1058 00:53:27,812 --> 00:53:30,445 [Elvis singing] You ain't Nothin' but a hound dog 1059 00:53:30,580 --> 00:53:32,074 [chuckling] Cryin' all the time 1060 00:53:35,017 --> 00:53:37,248 [Eastland] ...at his command, both civil and other, 1061 00:53:37,383 --> 00:53:41,255 to maintain public order, and prevent crime and riots. 1062 00:53:41,391 --> 00:53:43,052 He can use those forces... 1063 00:53:43,187 --> 00:53:46,730 to prevent the racial integration of schools, 1064 00:53:46,865 --> 00:53:50,796 if this is necessary, under the police powers of that state... 1065 00:53:50,931 --> 00:53:53,403 There's a lot of people saying a lot of things. 1066 00:53:53,539 --> 00:53:55,132 [Eastland] ...in fact, it is his duty... 1067 00:53:55,268 --> 00:53:57,568 Of course you gotta listen to the people that you love. 1068 00:53:57,703 --> 00:54:00,608 [Eastland] ...and prevent turmoil and strife within the state. 1069 00:54:02,613 --> 00:54:04,407 But in the end, you gotta listen to yourself. 1070 00:54:04,542 --> 00:54:06,581 [crowd cheering] 1071 00:54:06,717 --> 00:54:08,678 So I want you to know, those New York people 1072 00:54:08,813 --> 00:54:10,414 ain't gonna change me none. 1073 00:54:10,550 --> 00:54:12,246 [cheering, applause] 1074 00:54:12,382 --> 00:54:14,084 [Eastland] ...the subversives who own... 1075 00:54:14,220 --> 00:54:17,958 ...control and dominate the entertainment industry... 1076 00:54:18,093 --> 00:54:19,592 -"Trouble." -[Eastland] ... are determined... 1077 00:54:19,728 --> 00:54:22,059 ...to spread Africanized culture... 1078 00:54:22,194 --> 00:54:26,403 I'm gonna show you what the real Elvis is like tonight! 1079 00:54:26,538 --> 00:54:28,400 [Eastland] ...influencing your children... 1080 00:54:28,535 --> 00:54:29,807 to accept the Negroes. 1081 00:54:29,942 --> 00:54:31,231 [band plays chord] 1082 00:54:31,367 --> 00:54:32,240 If you're looking for trouble 1083 00:54:32,376 --> 00:54:33,704 -No. -What's going on? 1084 00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:35,269 You came to the right place 1085 00:54:36,812 --> 00:54:38,547 If you're looking for trouble 1086 00:54:40,153 --> 00:54:41,352 Just look right in my face 1087 00:54:43,154 --> 00:54:44,784 I was born standing up 1088 00:54:46,421 --> 00:54:48,525 And talking back 1089 00:54:48,660 --> 00:54:54,590 My daddy was a green-eyed Mountain jack 1090 00:54:54,726 --> 00:54:58,926 Because I'm evil 1091 00:54:59,061 --> 00:55:03,000 My middle name is misery 1092 00:55:07,144 --> 00:55:10,205 Well, I'm evil 1093 00:55:11,846 --> 00:55:15,353 So don't you mess around with me 1094 00:55:21,857 --> 00:55:22,991 I've never looked for trouble 1095 00:55:23,126 --> 00:55:24,829 [all screaming] 1096 00:55:24,964 --> 00:55:26,496 But I never ran 1097 00:55:28,199 --> 00:55:29,664 I don't take no orders 1098 00:55:31,104 --> 00:55:32,403 From no kind of man 1099 00:55:34,601 --> 00:55:35,769 I'm only made out 1100 00:55:37,671 --> 00:55:38,936 Of flesh, blood and bone 1101 00:55:39,072 --> 00:55:42,607 But if you're gonna Start a rumble 1102 00:55:42,743 --> 00:55:45,872 Don't you try it on alone 1103 00:55:46,008 --> 00:55:49,244 Because I'm evil 1104 00:55:50,321 --> 00:55:53,549 My middle name is misery 1105 00:55:53,684 --> 00:55:55,184 [shrieking] 1106 00:55:57,324 --> 00:55:58,356 Elvis! 1107 00:55:58,492 --> 00:56:02,928 Well, I'm evil 1108 00:56:03,063 --> 00:56:05,668 So don't you mess around with me 1109 00:56:05,803 --> 00:56:08,362 -[band accelerates tempo] -[excited chattering] 1110 00:56:09,606 --> 00:56:12,201 I'm evil, evil evil as can be 1111 00:56:13,545 --> 00:56:16,144 I'm evil evil, evil as can be 1112 00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:17,245 [officers shouting] 1113 00:56:17,381 --> 00:56:18,610 So don't mess around 1114 00:56:18,746 --> 00:56:20,649 Don't mess around with me 1115 00:56:21,547 --> 00:56:23,118 I'm evil 1116 00:56:23,253 --> 00:56:24,052 [cameras whirring] 1117 00:56:24,187 --> 00:56:25,346 I'm evil 1118 00:56:26,490 --> 00:56:30,056 [faint singing] Evil, evil 1119 00:56:30,192 --> 00:56:33,897 Uh, now would be a good time to get back into the car. 1120 00:56:34,032 --> 00:56:36,129 I'm evil 1121 00:56:36,265 --> 00:56:37,501 Evil 1122 00:56:38,135 --> 00:56:39,965 Evil 1123 00:56:40,100 --> 00:56:42,830 -[sound fades] -[cameras clicking, whirring] 1124 00:56:42,965 --> 00:56:46,103 Our friends at RCA are not gonna be happy when they see this. 1125 00:56:47,213 --> 00:56:48,941 [up-tempo music continues] 1126 00:56:58,751 --> 00:57:01,314 [sounds fade, muffled] 1127 00:57:01,450 --> 00:57:03,494 [Parker] He didn't listen to me. 1128 00:57:04,891 --> 00:57:06,296 -Why? -[faint singing] 1129 00:57:06,431 --> 00:57:09,594 Why didn't he listen to me? 1130 00:57:09,730 --> 00:57:12,129 [faint singing] I'm evil 1131 00:57:13,965 --> 00:57:15,671 Get my boy off that stage! 1132 00:57:16,999 --> 00:57:18,040 ...with me 1133 00:57:18,175 --> 00:57:19,004 [yelling] 1134 00:57:21,811 --> 00:57:24,806 [Scotty] Get your hands off him. Hey! 1135 00:57:24,941 --> 00:57:26,946 [Bill] Hey, Elvis! 1136 00:57:41,266 --> 00:57:43,295 [women shrieking] Elvis! 1137 00:57:43,430 --> 00:57:45,959 Go look after the merchandise. Look after the merchandise! 1138 00:57:46,095 --> 00:57:48,402 [all shouting, yelling] 1139 00:57:48,537 --> 00:57:49,803 [man] Elvis, come on! 1140 00:57:49,938 --> 00:57:51,403 Get off of me! Mama, you get in the car! 1141 00:57:51,538 --> 00:57:53,207 Get in the car! 1142 00:57:53,342 --> 00:57:54,978 [screaming] 1143 00:57:55,113 --> 00:57:56,811 [panting] 1144 00:58:02,586 --> 00:58:04,313 You're gonna get us in trouble. 1145 00:58:05,488 --> 00:58:07,050 He's all right, come on. 1146 00:58:07,186 --> 00:58:09,190 -[Scotty] Elvis! -[Bill] Scotty, come on. 1147 00:58:09,325 --> 00:58:10,352 Let's go. 1148 00:58:11,855 --> 00:58:13,597 [panting] 1149 00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:17,766 [fans thumping on car] 1150 00:58:22,174 --> 00:58:23,497 [siren wails] 1151 00:58:23,632 --> 00:58:27,069 [Parker] My dear boy had chosen. 1152 00:58:27,204 --> 00:58:32,013 You, his audience, his fans. 1153 00:58:32,149 --> 00:58:36,585 He had no idea what he had done to both of us. 1154 00:58:36,721 --> 00:58:38,249 [Eastland] We warned you, Colonel. 1155 00:58:38,385 --> 00:58:40,014 You've lost control of this act of yours. 1156 00:58:40,150 --> 00:58:41,926 And he's dividing this nation. 1157 00:58:42,061 --> 00:58:46,355 There are a lot of people who want to see him in jail. 1158 00:58:46,490 --> 00:58:48,599 [Parker] I had to find a way out. 1159 00:58:49,730 --> 00:58:51,602 A way to save him. 1160 00:58:55,264 --> 00:58:59,709 [Elvis singing] Crawfish 1161 00:59:01,410 --> 00:59:04,714 Crawfish 1162 00:59:07,547 --> 00:59:12,212 No. There's no way my baby's going to Germany for two years. 1163 00:59:12,348 --> 00:59:16,154 It is either the army or jail. 1164 00:59:17,296 --> 00:59:19,223 There is something else. 1165 00:59:19,358 --> 00:59:23,062 Vernon, they are poking into your background. 1166 00:59:23,197 --> 00:59:24,796 We don't have nothin' to be ashamed of! 1167 00:59:24,931 --> 00:59:26,561 Now, my daddy is a good man. 1168 00:59:26,696 --> 00:59:29,804 [Parker] Yes, yes. But your papa did go to jail. 1169 00:59:29,940 --> 00:59:32,909 You know them, and their flashy headlines. 1170 00:59:33,044 --> 00:59:36,972 "Elvis, The Draft Dodger." "A Family of Delinquents." 1171 00:59:37,107 --> 00:59:40,206 There was no moon 1172 00:59:40,342 --> 00:59:44,044 [Parker] We may never book another date, or sell another record again. 1173 00:59:44,180 --> 00:59:45,779 And my way of thinking, 1174 00:59:45,915 --> 00:59:48,258 the army could be a brand new start for all of us. 1175 00:59:48,394 --> 00:59:50,159 Let them cut your hair. 1176 00:59:50,294 --> 00:59:53,426 Prove to the world that you are a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1177 00:59:53,561 --> 00:59:56,491 You do your two years, and when you come back, I promise you 1178 00:59:56,626 --> 00:59:58,131 I will have done everything I can 1179 00:59:58,266 --> 01:00:00,966 to make you the biggest actor in Hollywood. 1180 01:00:01,101 --> 01:00:02,739 You will choose your own pictures. 1181 01:00:04,776 --> 01:00:06,238 -It's gonna be okay, Mama. -[sobbing] 1182 01:00:06,373 --> 01:00:10,742 And I pulled Mr. Crawfish out of his hole 1183 01:00:10,877 --> 01:00:12,608 [TV reporter] Young Mr. Presley, a rock and roller no more. 1184 01:00:12,744 --> 01:00:15,979 He'll do six months' basic training at Fort Chaffee 1185 01:00:16,114 --> 01:00:18,048 before shipping off to Germany. 1186 01:00:18,183 --> 01:00:19,822 [Elvis continues singing faintly] 1187 01:00:19,957 --> 01:00:21,548 [Parker] Since the day he was born, 1188 01:00:21,683 --> 01:00:24,288 she had feared losing her second son. 1189 01:00:27,866 --> 01:00:30,030 While he was in basic training... 1190 01:00:31,096 --> 01:00:33,429 she worried and drank... 1191 01:00:34,933 --> 01:00:36,366 Worried... 1192 01:00:37,342 --> 01:00:39,004 and drank. 1193 01:00:39,140 --> 01:00:41,140 -[loud thump] -[glass clattering] 1194 01:00:47,110 --> 01:00:48,413 [faint] Hey... 1195 01:00:48,549 --> 01:00:49,753 Alberta! 1196 01:00:54,359 --> 01:00:56,320 [sobbing quietly] 1197 01:01:00,957 --> 01:01:03,129 [crying] 1198 01:01:13,511 --> 01:01:15,803 [Elvis crying] Oh, no... 1199 01:01:15,939 --> 01:01:17,407 No! 1200 01:01:21,252 --> 01:01:25,879 There are some fine folks from the press waiting outside. 1201 01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:30,857 A few questions, pictures, and they will leave us alone. 1202 01:01:30,992 --> 01:01:33,863 I can't get him to do anything. 1203 01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,098 He trusted her like nobody else, 1204 01:01:38,234 --> 01:01:41,838 and now she's gone and who does he have now? 1205 01:01:43,869 --> 01:01:44,742 [Vernon] Well... 1206 01:01:46,338 --> 01:01:48,102 He trusts you. [shaky exhale] 1207 01:01:48,238 --> 01:01:50,242 Can you talk to him? 1208 01:01:51,381 --> 01:01:53,212 Oh, no. 1209 01:01:54,376 --> 01:01:56,242 It's not my place... 1210 01:01:56,378 --> 01:01:58,080 Can you do it, Colonel? 1211 01:01:58,215 --> 01:02:00,054 We need your help now. 1212 01:02:03,627 --> 01:02:05,620 [Elvis sobbing quietly] 1213 01:02:10,496 --> 01:02:13,095 Your daddy is doing the best he knows how, 1214 01:02:13,230 --> 01:02:16,264 but he is overwhelmed. 1215 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:18,571 He needs your help out there. 1216 01:02:18,706 --> 01:02:22,402 [crying] I can't go out there. I just wanna stay here forever. 1217 01:02:22,538 --> 01:02:24,648 -Oh, my boy. -[sobbing] 1218 01:02:24,783 --> 01:02:27,846 No one could never replace her. 1219 01:02:27,981 --> 01:02:30,085 But you listen to me. 1220 01:02:30,220 --> 01:02:33,285 From this moment on, anything she would have done... 1221 01:02:34,319 --> 01:02:37,256 I will carry out, in her name. 1222 01:02:37,392 --> 01:02:42,622 When you are overseas, I will stay here at home. 1223 01:02:42,758 --> 01:02:46,100 And I will work, and I will worry. 1224 01:02:48,131 --> 01:02:49,763 Trust me. 1225 01:02:52,076 --> 01:02:56,169 Now, you go and you stand by your papa. 1226 01:02:56,304 --> 01:02:57,540 You comfort him. 1227 01:02:58,449 --> 01:03:00,343 You comfort him. 1228 01:03:00,479 --> 01:03:02,550 Comfort your friends and your family, 1229 01:03:02,686 --> 01:03:04,720 and even your fans. Hmm? 1230 01:03:04,855 --> 01:03:08,188 Because if you don't do that... 1231 01:03:08,323 --> 01:03:11,152 all that your mama has sacrificed for you 1232 01:03:11,288 --> 01:03:13,028 will be for nothing. 1233 01:03:14,794 --> 01:03:15,965 [crying] 1234 01:03:17,131 --> 01:03:18,496 [Elvis] No matter what happens, 1235 01:03:18,631 --> 01:03:21,166 you stay with me through thick and thin, okay? 1236 01:03:21,302 --> 01:03:24,470 You're like a... like a father to me. 1237 01:03:24,606 --> 01:03:26,569 [crying] 1238 01:03:28,644 --> 01:03:30,804 [faint chatter] 1239 01:03:33,613 --> 01:03:37,151 ["Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"] 1240 01:03:59,572 --> 01:04:02,440 [Parker] I needed to protect him. 1241 01:04:05,716 --> 01:04:07,577 Even from himself. 1242 01:04:12,948 --> 01:04:16,922 My plan, Elvis Presley would return 1243 01:04:17,058 --> 01:04:21,327 a clean-cut, all-American boy. 1244 01:04:22,829 --> 01:04:23,901 But... 1245 01:04:24,932 --> 01:04:26,261 [thunder rumbling] 1246 01:04:26,397 --> 01:04:27,696 ...I did not consider 1247 01:04:27,831 --> 01:04:30,237 the most dangerous thing of all. 1248 01:04:32,774 --> 01:04:34,704 Love. 1249 01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,777 ["Can't Help Falling In Love" by Presley playing] 1250 01:04:37,913 --> 01:04:40,082 [indistinct chatter] 1251 01:04:44,752 --> 01:04:47,188 [Parker] Priscilla, the pretty teenage daughter 1252 01:04:47,324 --> 01:04:50,719 of a United States Air Force officer. 1253 01:04:53,193 --> 01:04:55,123 And then he said to me... 1254 01:04:55,258 --> 01:04:56,725 [sucks, exhales] 1255 01:04:56,860 --> 01:04:58,295 [gruff voice] "You know what, Priscilla? 1256 01:04:58,431 --> 01:05:00,126 You gotta listen to me, sweetie, 1257 01:05:00,262 --> 01:05:02,731 because this guy, he's got girls all over the world, okay? 1258 01:05:02,866 --> 01:05:04,403 He's got girls waiting outside of his house 1259 01:05:04,538 --> 01:05:06,333 and girls writing him endless fan mail." 1260 01:05:06,468 --> 01:05:08,672 [in normal voice] And then Mommy decides to pitch in and go, 1261 01:05:08,807 --> 01:05:10,980 "Ooh, what could he possibly see in you, okay? 1262 01:05:11,116 --> 01:05:12,878 What do you two do up there all night?" 1263 01:05:13,013 --> 01:05:14,380 -And-- -[gasps] 1264 01:05:16,349 --> 01:05:19,045 And I just said, "Mom, Dad... 1265 01:05:19,181 --> 01:05:22,391 we talk and we listen to music, okay? That's all." 1266 01:05:22,526 --> 01:05:24,820 And then they were going on and on about that photo of you 1267 01:05:24,956 --> 01:05:27,424 and Natalie Wood riding around on that bike in Memphis, 1268 01:05:27,559 --> 01:05:29,925 and... [gasps] and then what I said... 1269 01:05:30,060 --> 01:05:33,301 And I said this really calmly, I said, "Listen, okay? 1270 01:05:33,436 --> 01:05:37,634 He's just really lonely. And quite frankly, so am I." 1271 01:05:39,774 --> 01:05:42,275 And then they didn't really know what to say after that, 1272 01:05:42,410 --> 01:05:45,747 so I went upstairs and I went to bed. 1273 01:05:45,883 --> 01:05:48,309 Never met anyone like you. 1274 01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:49,613 Well, I hope not. 1275 01:05:51,991 --> 01:05:54,992 So... what is Natalie Wood like? 1276 01:05:56,288 --> 01:05:57,785 She's nice, you know. 1277 01:05:57,920 --> 01:05:59,522 She's been writing me about acting. 1278 01:05:59,658 --> 01:06:01,830 I've been asking her stories about... 1279 01:06:01,966 --> 01:06:04,025 working with James Dean and... 1280 01:06:04,161 --> 01:06:06,302 God, I just hope to one day be as good as him, you know? 1281 01:06:06,438 --> 01:06:07,367 Mmm. 1282 01:06:12,969 --> 01:06:14,774 Colonel's promised me that when I get back 1283 01:06:14,909 --> 01:06:17,278 he's gonna set me up in Hollywood to be a serious actor. 1284 01:06:20,446 --> 01:06:23,879 That's really what I dream of. 1285 01:06:24,014 --> 01:06:27,219 Hey, E.P., E.P., now, you promised the captain 1286 01:06:27,355 --> 01:06:29,816 that you'd get her home by 7:00. 1287 01:06:29,952 --> 01:06:31,758 Hey, Charlie. What's that behind you? 1288 01:06:31,893 --> 01:06:33,393 What? No... 1289 01:06:34,623 --> 01:06:36,429 He don't boss me around. 1290 01:06:51,349 --> 01:06:53,743 You know, I think if you dream it, you'll do it. 1291 01:06:55,278 --> 01:06:56,383 You do? 1292 01:06:57,819 --> 01:07:00,357 Yeah. 1293 01:07:00,492 --> 01:07:02,086 ["Can't Help Falling in Love" by Kacey Musgraves playing] 1294 01:07:02,221 --> 01:07:06,360 Shall I stay? 1295 01:07:08,162 --> 01:07:13,532 Would it be a sin 1296 01:07:16,037 --> 01:07:21,701 If I can't help 1297 01:07:21,837 --> 01:07:28,118 Falling in love with you? 1298 01:07:32,580 --> 01:07:34,281 [interviewer] You no longer want to sing in your films, 1299 01:07:34,416 --> 01:07:36,491 is that right? You want to be a dramatic actor. 1300 01:07:36,627 --> 01:07:38,624 [Elvis] Well, sir, that's my big ambition now. 1301 01:07:38,759 --> 01:07:41,790 It takes a lot of time, a lot of experience. 1302 01:07:41,925 --> 01:07:45,797 [Parker] He was as good as Brando. 1303 01:07:45,933 --> 01:07:50,140 But you didn't want to see him in movies where he didn't sing. 1304 01:07:50,275 --> 01:07:51,774 [Elvis singing] A little less conversation 1305 01:07:51,910 --> 01:07:54,443 A little more action 1306 01:07:54,578 --> 01:07:58,581 All this aggravation Ain't satisfactioning me 1307 01:07:58,716 --> 01:08:04,781 [Parker] Thanks to me, his life became one big Hollywood movie! 1308 01:08:05,957 --> 01:08:07,588 Starring Priscilla... 1309 01:08:07,724 --> 01:08:09,826 [singing] Bright light city gonna set my soul 1310 01:08:09,962 --> 01:08:12,362 Gonna set my soul on fire 1311 01:08:12,498 --> 01:08:15,798 [Parker] And a cast of his "buddies" and "cousins." 1312 01:08:15,933 --> 01:08:17,792 His Memphis Mafia. 1313 01:08:17,929 --> 01:08:19,966 So get those stakes up higher 1314 01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:23,899 There's a thousand pretty women Waitin' out there 1315 01:08:24,035 --> 01:08:27,001 And they're all livin' The devil may care 1316 01:08:27,136 --> 01:08:30,404 And I'm just the devil With love to spare, so 1317 01:08:30,540 --> 01:08:33,149 Viva, Las Vegas 1318 01:08:34,782 --> 01:08:36,979 [Parker] There was that fairytale wedding. 1319 01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:39,848 And the honeymoon on Frank Sinatra's jet. 1320 01:08:39,983 --> 01:08:44,154 And introducing Baby Lisa Marie. 1321 01:08:44,288 --> 01:08:49,062 I made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood history. 1322 01:08:49,198 --> 01:08:50,662 We had a lot of fun! 1323 01:08:52,169 --> 01:08:54,368 But Elvis was a young man, 1324 01:08:54,502 --> 01:08:56,865 and of course, he got distracted. 1325 01:08:57,001 --> 01:09:02,002 So we made them faster and cheaper. 1326 01:09:02,139 --> 01:09:03,843 [radio reporter] Beatlemania sweeps America, 1327 01:09:03,978 --> 01:09:06,711 as teens turn their attention to the teenage rockers. 1328 01:09:08,783 --> 01:09:11,214 [Parker] Is it my fault the world changed? 1329 01:09:11,349 --> 01:09:12,816 [gunshot] 1330 01:09:14,988 --> 01:09:17,451 [Cronkite on TV] Good evening. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1331 01:09:17,587 --> 01:09:20,527 the apostle of non-violence in the Civil Rights movement, 1332 01:09:20,662 --> 01:09:22,957 has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee. 1333 01:09:23,093 --> 01:09:26,126 ["Edge Of Reality" by Presley playing] 1334 01:09:39,541 --> 01:09:42,274 [TV reporter] New Elvis stinker bombs, another flop. 1335 01:09:42,411 --> 01:09:45,783 There's no more appetite for Presley pictures. 1336 01:09:45,919 --> 01:09:48,423 [Parker] It don't matter how hard I worked, 1337 01:09:48,558 --> 01:09:51,290 how many snow jobs I came up with, 1338 01:09:51,426 --> 01:09:53,390 how much snow I made them. 1339 01:09:53,524 --> 01:09:55,761 My boy loved to spend. 1340 01:09:55,896 --> 01:09:58,396 And with them hillbillies around him, 1341 01:09:58,531 --> 01:10:01,600 the money would just melt away. 1342 01:10:01,736 --> 01:10:04,304 With the sale of the ranch and the horses, 1343 01:10:04,439 --> 01:10:05,801 that's gonna cover the payroll, 1344 01:10:05,937 --> 01:10:08,168 but as for the security at Graceland... 1345 01:10:08,304 --> 01:10:10,071 [Cronkite on TV] Officers also reportedly chased 1346 01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:11,838 and fired on a radio-equipped car 1347 01:10:11,974 --> 01:10:13,778 containing two white men. 1348 01:10:13,913 --> 01:10:16,078 Dr. King was standing on the balcony 1349 01:10:16,213 --> 01:10:18,383 of his second floor hotel room tonight, 1350 01:10:18,518 --> 01:10:20,356 when, according to a companion, 1351 01:10:20,492 --> 01:10:22,787 a shot was fired from across the street. 1352 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:24,721 Dr. King. 1353 01:10:24,857 --> 01:10:25,719 [Billy] Uncle Vernon, come quick! 1354 01:10:25,855 --> 01:10:27,060 He always spoke the truth. 1355 01:10:27,196 --> 01:10:29,028 [Vernon] What happened? 1356 01:10:29,163 --> 01:10:30,961 They rushed the 39-year-old Negro leader to a hospital, 1357 01:10:31,096 --> 01:10:33,632 where he died of a bullet wound in the neck. 1358 01:10:33,768 --> 01:10:35,195 [Parker singing] Jingle, jingles... 1359 01:10:35,331 --> 01:10:37,535 Here comes Santa Claus Here comes Santa Claus 1360 01:10:37,670 --> 01:10:39,937 Right down Santa Claus Lane 1361 01:10:40,072 --> 01:10:41,977 Vixen and Blitzen And all the reindeer 1362 01:10:42,113 --> 01:10:43,644 Pulling on the rein 1363 01:10:43,779 --> 01:10:45,848 Elvis Presley's Wonderful World of Christmas. 1364 01:10:45,983 --> 01:10:47,007 Brought to you by 1365 01:10:47,143 --> 01:10:48,943 the Singer Sewing Machine Company, 1366 01:10:49,079 --> 01:10:51,153 to every television set in America. 1367 01:10:51,288 --> 01:10:53,185 It only takes three days to tape, 1368 01:10:53,321 --> 01:10:54,287 and there's no audience. 1369 01:10:54,423 --> 01:10:56,153 Violence breeds violence, 1370 01:10:56,289 --> 01:10:57,921 -repression breeds retaliation. -[Parker] ...Christmas sweater. 1371 01:10:58,057 --> 01:11:01,256 Made on the new Singer, home knitting apparatus. 1372 01:11:01,391 --> 01:11:04,432 -Memphis is burning. -...and to fear his brother. 1373 01:11:04,568 --> 01:11:06,997 When you teach that he is a lesser man 1374 01:11:07,132 --> 01:11:09,669 because of his color or his beliefs... 1375 01:11:09,804 --> 01:11:11,572 [Parker] ...dreaming of a white Christmas, 1376 01:11:11,707 --> 01:11:14,801 because, oh, it's definitely going to snow. 1377 01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:16,609 [Elvis] Christmas special. 1378 01:11:16,744 --> 01:11:18,677 Is this the best we can do, Admiral? 1379 01:11:18,812 --> 01:11:20,774 Well, we took the Hollywood phonies 1380 01:11:20,910 --> 01:11:22,342 for every nickel they had 1381 01:11:22,477 --> 01:11:24,749 and now it is time for us to pack up our tents 1382 01:11:24,885 --> 01:11:26,781 and move on to even greener pastures. 1383 01:11:26,917 --> 01:11:28,455 We've seen "Elvis the Rebel," 1384 01:11:28,590 --> 01:11:30,327 we've seen "Elvis the Movie Star." 1385 01:11:30,462 --> 01:11:33,962 Now we will see "Elvis the Family Entertainer." 1386 01:11:34,098 --> 01:11:35,530 And appliance salesman? 1387 01:11:37,826 --> 01:11:39,764 What did you say? 1388 01:11:39,900 --> 01:11:42,298 Listen, Jerry, I don't need you to question me 1389 01:11:42,434 --> 01:11:45,501 about how I support my family and every goddamn person here. 1390 01:11:45,636 --> 01:11:47,169 You understand me? 1391 01:11:47,305 --> 01:11:49,038 If you don't like it, you can go back to Memphis. 1392 01:11:51,346 --> 01:11:52,910 Laugh it up, assholes. 1393 01:12:05,026 --> 01:12:07,221 [male voice singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" on tape] 1394 01:12:09,193 --> 01:12:10,665 [man] What a beautiful rendition 1395 01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:13,032 of "Here Comes Santa Claus" that was, 1396 01:12:13,167 --> 01:12:16,473 with all the sparkle and magic that the season brings. 1397 01:12:16,608 --> 01:12:18,508 And you'll be even warmer this season 1398 01:12:18,643 --> 01:12:21,075 in a 12 gauge cable-knit woolen sweater... 1399 01:12:21,210 --> 01:12:23,409 -Satnin? -Hi. 1400 01:12:23,545 --> 01:12:25,575 ...made right at home on the Singer Sewer SK155 home knitter. 1401 01:12:25,710 --> 01:12:28,213 And now, here's Elvis! 1402 01:12:28,348 --> 01:12:29,383 [stops tape] 1403 01:12:29,518 --> 01:12:32,145 [Mahalia Jackson singing on TV] 1404 01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:34,219 Can I watch the memorial with you? 1405 01:12:34,354 --> 01:12:35,689 Yeah, baby. 1406 01:12:43,126 --> 01:12:46,201 I'm so tired of playing Elvis Presley. 1407 01:12:46,336 --> 01:12:48,696 Too many people rely on me. 1408 01:12:48,831 --> 01:12:50,704 [Priscilla sighs] 1409 01:12:52,075 --> 01:12:53,703 I love you. 1410 01:12:53,838 --> 01:12:55,610 And your daughter loves you. 1411 01:12:58,276 --> 01:13:00,380 We don't care about the money or anything else. 1412 01:13:00,516 --> 01:13:02,209 We just want you to be happy. 1413 01:13:02,344 --> 01:13:04,053 [Jackson singing] Lord, hold my hand 1414 01:13:04,189 --> 01:13:05,887 And don't let me fall 1415 01:13:06,022 --> 01:13:09,453 You're only really happy when you sing the music you love. 1416 01:13:09,588 --> 01:13:13,490 [Jackson] Oh 1417 01:13:13,625 --> 01:13:16,889 Take my hand 1418 01:13:17,025 --> 01:13:19,798 [Elvis] Mahalia Jackson. 1419 01:13:19,934 --> 01:13:22,605 I used to hear her sing at East Street Church. 1420 01:13:22,740 --> 01:13:25,968 [Jackson singing] Got a feelin' in my body 1421 01:13:26,104 --> 01:13:28,100 That's the music that makes me happy. 1422 01:13:28,236 --> 01:13:33,714 This will be our lucky day 1423 01:13:33,850 --> 01:13:38,311 So when things are too dangerous to say... sing! 1424 01:13:38,447 --> 01:13:40,281 ["I Got A Feeling In My Body" playing] 1425 01:13:43,795 --> 01:13:48,832 When Moses walked the children out of Egypt land 1426 01:13:48,967 --> 01:13:53,334 He said "Now don't you worry we're in the lord's hands" 1427 01:13:53,470 --> 01:13:57,305 I got a feelin' in my body 1428 01:13:57,441 --> 01:14:00,510 This will be our lucky day 1429 01:14:04,012 --> 01:14:07,976 We'll be released from all our sorrow 1430 01:14:08,111 --> 01:14:11,213 Leave it layin' along the way 1431 01:14:19,492 --> 01:14:22,357 [Jerry] You gotta meet these Binder and Bones guys, E.P. 1432 01:14:22,492 --> 01:14:23,662 They're the ones that put James Brown, 1433 01:14:23,797 --> 01:14:26,295 the Rolling Stones onstage. 1434 01:14:26,430 --> 01:14:28,097 They're doing some cutting edge stuff. 1435 01:14:28,233 --> 01:14:32,366 Mr. Binder, Mr. Howe... thanks for coming. 1436 01:14:33,908 --> 01:14:35,875 [helicopter whirring in distance] 1437 01:14:48,685 --> 01:14:50,884 [Elvis] When I first came to Hollywood, I'd come up here 1438 01:14:51,019 --> 01:14:53,253 and sit for hours. 1439 01:14:53,389 --> 01:14:55,059 Right over there, the observatory... 1440 01:14:55,195 --> 01:14:57,900 that's where they shot Rebel Without a Cause. 1441 01:14:58,036 --> 01:15:02,997 Man, I used to dream of being a great actor like Jimmy Dean. 1442 01:15:03,133 --> 01:15:05,201 This sign was beautiful then. 1443 01:15:07,474 --> 01:15:09,339 And now... 1444 01:15:09,475 --> 01:15:12,345 Feels as though lots of things are like that these days. 1445 01:15:12,481 --> 01:15:15,409 Broke down, beat up. 1446 01:15:16,251 --> 01:15:17,246 Rotten. 1447 01:15:19,415 --> 01:15:21,349 I really like what you guys did, 1448 01:15:21,484 --> 01:15:23,921 putting James Brown and the Stones together. 1449 01:15:24,057 --> 01:15:27,488 We're, uh... big fans of yours, too. 1450 01:15:27,623 --> 01:15:30,032 It's just that, Mr. Presley, we don't usually-- 1451 01:15:30,167 --> 01:15:31,429 Oh, Elvis. 1452 01:15:31,564 --> 01:15:32,998 Elvis, uh... 1453 01:15:34,629 --> 01:15:37,268 Christmas specials aren't really our thing. 1454 01:15:37,404 --> 01:15:38,608 I know. 1455 01:15:40,509 --> 01:15:42,778 Tell me, honestly... 1456 01:15:42,913 --> 01:15:45,274 where do you boys think my career's at right now? 1457 01:15:47,218 --> 01:15:48,910 Well, it's... 1458 01:15:49,046 --> 01:15:51,753 It's in the toilet, Elvis. 1459 01:15:53,784 --> 01:15:56,285 [both laughing] 1460 01:15:57,394 --> 01:15:59,928 You hear that, Jerry? 1461 01:16:00,064 --> 01:16:03,259 Oh, Lord. I knew you were the right guys for this job. 1462 01:16:03,394 --> 01:16:05,733 You know, back when I was starting out, 1463 01:16:05,868 --> 01:16:08,264 some people wanted to put me in jail, 1464 01:16:08,399 --> 01:16:11,564 even kill me, 'cause of the way I was moving. 1465 01:16:13,773 --> 01:16:15,337 So they cut my hair, 1466 01:16:15,473 --> 01:16:18,340 they put me in uniform and they sent me away. 1467 01:16:21,319 --> 01:16:22,982 That killed my mother. 1468 01:16:26,181 --> 01:16:27,954 And ever since then... 1469 01:16:29,754 --> 01:16:30,990 I've been lost. 1470 01:16:33,425 --> 01:16:36,160 And when you're lost, people take advantage. 1471 01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:42,595 I need you fellas to help me get back to who I really am. 1472 01:16:43,869 --> 01:16:45,103 And who are you, Elvis? 1473 01:16:47,804 --> 01:16:49,840 I sure as hell ain't somebody who sings Christmas songs 1474 01:16:49,975 --> 01:16:52,780 by a fireplace for an hour. 1475 01:16:52,915 --> 01:16:55,377 [Steve] And what does the Colonel think? 1476 01:16:55,512 --> 01:16:57,786 I don't give a damn what the Colonel thinks. 1477 01:16:58,586 --> 01:16:59,887 [rock clattering] 1478 01:17:13,001 --> 01:17:14,662 [Parker] For this television special, 1479 01:17:14,798 --> 01:17:17,468 we've got this Bindle fella, number one hotshot director. 1480 01:17:17,603 --> 01:17:20,373 Elvis will be humoring him by doing a few of his fresh ideas. 1481 01:17:20,508 --> 01:17:22,072 Ah, the sweater! 1482 01:17:22,208 --> 01:17:24,804 To Mr. Presley's dressing room, please. 1483 01:17:24,940 --> 01:17:28,309 We are going to sing three spectacular Christmas songs 1484 01:17:28,445 --> 01:17:30,511 -in that very sweater. -[applause] 1485 01:17:32,450 --> 01:17:35,481 Now, when that sign lights up, what do you do? 1486 01:17:35,616 --> 01:17:37,056 -Applause. -[crowd applauding] 1487 01:17:40,965 --> 01:17:43,324 "Silent is the Night" and "Deck the Halls," 1488 01:17:43,460 --> 01:17:46,802 and, uh... "Whose Child Is This?" 1489 01:17:46,938 --> 01:17:48,836 [Elvis] You think we can do some gospel? 1490 01:17:48,971 --> 01:17:50,505 Well, if you want to find yourself, 1491 01:17:50,641 --> 01:17:52,238 first thing you do is go home. 1492 01:17:52,374 --> 01:17:55,773 Metaphorically, you know. Get back to who you really are. 1493 01:17:55,909 --> 01:17:57,873 And what is the boy that-- 1494 01:17:58,008 --> 01:17:59,546 -Oh, "The Little Drummer Boy"? -Yes, "The Little Drumming Boy." 1495 01:17:59,681 --> 01:18:01,246 Oh, the... with the... 1496 01:18:01,381 --> 01:18:03,282 [Bones] We get your old band back together. 1497 01:18:03,418 --> 01:18:07,181 But we are going to start with "Here Comes Santa Claus," 1498 01:18:07,317 --> 01:18:09,089 isn't that right, Mr. Bindle? 1499 01:18:09,224 --> 01:18:10,623 Uh, the Christmas specials come later in the show. 1500 01:18:10,758 --> 01:18:12,125 Can you bring up two? 1501 01:18:12,260 --> 01:18:14,196 [Steve] A leather jacket. Raw, dirty. 1502 01:18:14,331 --> 01:18:17,358 Remember, ladies and gentlemen, this is television, not radio, 1503 01:18:17,494 --> 01:18:18,964 so when that goes up and you clap, 1504 01:18:19,100 --> 01:18:20,225 let's see it on your faces as well. 1505 01:18:20,361 --> 01:18:21,694 [enthusiastic applause] 1506 01:18:21,829 --> 01:18:23,031 [Steve] But you need an audience. 1507 01:18:23,166 --> 01:18:24,731 [Elvis] Audience? 1508 01:18:24,866 --> 01:18:26,669 -Bring it over to one. -[Bones] At any second now, 1509 01:18:26,804 --> 01:18:28,672 Elvis is gonna walk onto this stage and perform just for you. 1510 01:18:28,807 --> 01:18:30,874 [Elvis] I ain't sang in front of an audience in a long time. 1511 01:18:31,010 --> 01:18:32,408 [Steve] That's my point. 1512 01:18:32,544 --> 01:18:35,548 Ladies and gentlemen, here's Elvis Presley! 1513 01:18:35,684 --> 01:18:37,248 [applause, cheering] 1514 01:19:13,581 --> 01:19:16,254 Well, since my baby left me 1515 01:19:16,389 --> 01:19:18,917 Well, I found a new place To dwell 1516 01:19:19,053 --> 01:19:20,957 Well, it's down at the end Of Lonely Street 1517 01:19:21,093 --> 01:19:23,426 At Heartbreak Hotel 1518 01:19:23,561 --> 01:19:27,029 Where I'll be I'll be so lonely, baby 1519 01:19:27,164 --> 01:19:29,464 I'll be so lonely 1520 01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:33,437 I'll be so lonely I could die 1521 01:19:33,572 --> 01:19:36,637 Well, the bellhop's tears Keep flowin' 1522 01:19:36,773 --> 01:19:39,311 And the desk clerk's Dressed in black 1523 01:19:39,447 --> 01:19:41,808 Well, they've been so long On Lonely Street 1524 01:19:41,943 --> 01:19:45,587 Well, they'll never They'll never look back 1525 01:19:45,723 --> 01:19:47,753 They'll be so lonely, baby 1526 01:19:47,889 --> 01:19:50,353 They'll be so lonely 1527 01:19:50,489 --> 01:19:52,758 They'll be so lonely They could die 1528 01:19:52,893 --> 01:19:54,963 [band picks up tempo] 1529 01:19:56,161 --> 01:19:59,528 Well, that was... energetic. 1530 01:20:01,698 --> 01:20:04,330 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 1531 01:20:04,466 --> 01:20:06,402 Snoopin' at my door 1532 01:20:06,538 --> 01:20:09,038 You ain't nothin' But a hound dog 1533 01:20:09,174 --> 01:20:11,705 Cryin' all the time 1534 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:13,473 Well, you ain't never Caught a rabbit 1535 01:20:13,608 --> 01:20:16,215 You ain't no friend of mine 1536 01:20:16,947 --> 01:20:17,920 Come on! 1537 01:20:19,357 --> 01:20:21,350 Colonel... 1538 01:20:21,486 --> 01:20:23,556 Is "Here Comes Santa Claus" next? 1539 01:20:23,691 --> 01:20:25,251 Absolutely. 1540 01:20:25,387 --> 01:20:27,888 I see no reason why not. 1541 01:20:28,024 --> 01:20:31,628 He's not in the swe-- he's not even wearing the sweater. 1542 01:20:31,763 --> 01:20:34,728 Well, it's one for the money Two for the show 1543 01:20:34,863 --> 01:20:36,830 Three to get ready Now go, cat, go 1544 01:20:36,966 --> 01:20:41,337 But don't you Step on my blue suede shoes 1545 01:20:41,473 --> 01:20:43,544 I do not know what is going on. 1546 01:20:43,680 --> 01:20:44,979 Singing "Hound Dog"? 1547 01:20:45,115 --> 01:20:46,916 What does that have to do with Christmas? 1548 01:20:47,051 --> 01:20:49,512 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Yeah 1549 01:20:49,647 --> 01:20:52,053 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Baby 1550 01:20:52,188 --> 01:20:54,020 Blue, blue, blue suede shoes Yeah 1551 01:20:54,156 --> 01:20:56,020 Blue, blue blue suede shoes 1552 01:20:56,156 --> 01:20:57,586 Well, you can do anything 1553 01:20:57,721 --> 01:21:00,028 But lay off of my Blue suede shoes 1554 01:21:01,292 --> 01:21:03,196 ["Jailhouse Rock" begins] 1555 01:21:04,393 --> 01:21:06,091 Young man, you tell them 1556 01:21:06,227 --> 01:21:07,933 it's time for "Here Comes Santa Claus." I said so. Now! 1557 01:21:08,068 --> 01:21:09,862 All right. First positions! 1558 01:21:12,671 --> 01:21:15,067 Warden threw a party In the county jail 1559 01:21:15,202 --> 01:21:17,575 The prison band was there And they began to wail 1560 01:21:17,711 --> 01:21:20,613 The band was jumping And the joint began to swing 1561 01:21:20,749 --> 01:21:22,714 You shoulda heard Those knocked out jailbirds sing 1562 01:21:22,849 --> 01:21:27,219 Let's rock All right, everybody, let's rock 1563 01:21:27,354 --> 01:21:30,156 Everybody in the whole Cell block 1564 01:21:30,291 --> 01:21:32,758 Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1565 01:21:32,893 --> 01:21:37,763 Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1566 01:21:37,898 --> 01:21:41,733 Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock 1567 01:21:41,868 --> 01:21:42,901 [wild cheering] 1568 01:21:43,036 --> 01:21:45,739 They were dancin' 1569 01:21:45,875 --> 01:21:47,972 Well, they were dancin' 1570 01:21:48,108 --> 01:21:50,938 To the Jailhouse Rock 1571 01:21:51,074 --> 01:21:52,575 Hah! 1572 01:21:53,275 --> 01:21:54,742 All right. 1573 01:22:00,857 --> 01:22:03,788 It's been a long time, baby. 1574 01:22:03,923 --> 01:22:05,489 A long time. 1575 01:22:10,964 --> 01:22:14,597 [Jazmine Sullivan's "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"] 1576 01:22:21,939 --> 01:22:23,475 [Elvis] Well, I like a lot of the new groups, 1577 01:22:23,611 --> 01:22:26,846 you know, the Beatles and the Byrds, but, 1578 01:22:26,982 --> 01:22:29,843 a lot of it is basically-- 1579 01:22:29,978 --> 01:22:31,984 rock and roll music is basically, uh... 1580 01:22:32,119 --> 01:22:34,289 gospel or rhythm and blues. 1581 01:22:34,425 --> 01:22:38,325 Well, that's one thing about this TV special that I'm doing, 1582 01:22:38,460 --> 01:22:41,159 they're gonna let me do what I want to do. 1583 01:22:41,294 --> 01:22:43,356 Sing the music that I want. 1584 01:22:43,491 --> 01:22:45,034 Music that I love. 1585 01:22:47,563 --> 01:22:49,533 Music that makes me happy. 1586 01:22:55,744 --> 01:23:00,149 [Parker] Those know-it-all hippies had brainwashed Elvis, 1587 01:23:00,284 --> 01:23:02,811 acting like he was one of them radicals, 1588 01:23:02,947 --> 01:23:05,677 throwing his career away to sing spirituals 1589 01:23:05,813 --> 01:23:07,320 with a bunch of longhairs. 1590 01:23:13,625 --> 01:23:15,222 ["Up Above My Head" begins playing] 1591 01:23:15,357 --> 01:23:17,057 Bindle... 1592 01:23:17,193 --> 01:23:18,600 -Cue the gospel number now. Go. -"Here Comes Santa Claus." 1593 01:23:18,736 --> 01:23:20,593 Up above my head 1594 01:23:20,729 --> 01:23:22,837 [chorus sings backing vocals] 1595 01:23:22,973 --> 01:23:25,604 There is music in the air 1596 01:23:25,740 --> 01:23:26,839 No. 1597 01:23:26,975 --> 01:23:28,737 Up above my head 1598 01:23:31,039 --> 01:23:33,380 All right, none of this will be in the special. 1599 01:23:33,516 --> 01:23:35,612 Can you make a note that that should be in the special? 1600 01:23:37,754 --> 01:23:41,380 Okay, now let's segue straight into the whorehouse dancers. Go! 1601 01:23:41,515 --> 01:23:43,686 Whorehouse? No. 1602 01:23:46,361 --> 01:23:48,597 Now bring in the kung fu spectacular. 1603 01:23:48,733 --> 01:23:51,928 [Parker] What? Kung fu? 1604 01:23:52,063 --> 01:23:54,036 [Elvis] If you ever take a trip Down to the ocean 1605 01:23:54,171 --> 01:23:56,931 Find yourself down around Mobile 1606 01:23:57,067 --> 01:23:59,404 [executive] This has nothing to do with Christmas! 1607 01:23:59,539 --> 01:24:01,671 You'll be hearing from our lawyers. 1608 01:24:01,807 --> 01:24:03,375 But, we still have "Here Comes Santa Claus"! 1609 01:24:03,511 --> 01:24:05,610 Santa Claus is bringing you a lawsuit! 1610 01:24:05,745 --> 01:24:06,938 Digging the finest Little five-piece group 1611 01:24:07,074 --> 01:24:09,042 Up and down the Gulf of Mexico 1612 01:24:09,177 --> 01:24:10,917 Guess who's leading That five-piece band 1613 01:24:11,053 --> 01:24:12,451 Well, wouldn't you know 1614 01:24:12,587 --> 01:24:14,313 It's that swinging little Guitar man 1615 01:24:14,449 --> 01:24:18,953 I got a feelin' in my body This will be our lucky day 1616 01:24:19,088 --> 01:24:22,660 Just put your arms around me Real tight 1617 01:24:22,795 --> 01:24:25,726 We'll be released From all our sorrow 1618 01:24:25,862 --> 01:24:27,967 Leave it layin' along the way 1619 01:24:28,102 --> 01:24:31,800 Well, I'm the king of the jungle They call me the Tiger Man 1620 01:24:31,936 --> 01:24:35,668 I got a-- I got a feelin' in my body 1621 01:24:35,804 --> 01:24:37,646 This will be our lucky day 1622 01:24:37,781 --> 01:24:39,407 [gunshot echoing] 1623 01:24:39,543 --> 01:24:40,807 [men and women screaming] 1624 01:24:40,943 --> 01:24:42,714 [stagehand 1] Bobby Kennedy been shot! 1625 01:24:42,849 --> 01:24:44,715 [stagehand 2] Bobby Kennedy's been shot, everybody! 1626 01:24:44,850 --> 01:24:47,146 [TV reporter] Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1627 01:24:47,281 --> 01:24:50,586 Oh, my God. Senator Kennedy has been shot. 1628 01:24:50,721 --> 01:24:52,557 [people screaming, shouting on TV] 1629 01:24:52,693 --> 01:24:54,628 [TV reporter] Get the gun. Get the gun. 1630 01:24:54,764 --> 01:24:57,094 Take a hold of his thumb and break it if you have to! 1631 01:24:57,229 --> 01:24:58,458 Get his gun! 1632 01:24:58,594 --> 01:24:59,960 We're ready on set. 1633 01:25:02,035 --> 01:25:03,233 Oh, my God. 1634 01:25:03,369 --> 01:25:05,768 [shouting continues on TV] 1635 01:25:11,044 --> 01:25:13,111 [panting] 1636 01:25:13,247 --> 01:25:16,809 [TV reporter] ...Senator Kennedy was involved in a shooting, 1637 01:25:16,944 --> 01:25:18,978 that a newsman was involved, 1638 01:25:19,113 --> 01:25:20,952 and that one other man was involved. 1639 01:25:21,087 --> 01:25:24,051 There are now three doctors back there caring for them. 1640 01:25:24,187 --> 01:25:26,056 [stage manager] Steve, we gotta get back to work. 1641 01:25:26,192 --> 01:25:28,192 [Steve] Work? 1642 01:25:28,328 --> 01:25:29,491 [TV reporter] ...amount of blood on the floor of this anteroom. 1643 01:25:29,626 --> 01:25:32,459 Ice is now being, uh, brought-- 1644 01:25:32,595 --> 01:25:34,302 [turns down volume] 1645 01:25:35,665 --> 01:25:38,240 [sighing] Listen, I, uh... 1646 01:25:39,768 --> 01:25:41,038 I just want to say that... 1647 01:25:41,173 --> 01:25:42,472 [pained chuckle] 1648 01:25:42,607 --> 01:25:44,846 ...that this nation is hurting. 1649 01:25:44,982 --> 01:25:47,314 It's lost. You know? It... 1650 01:25:47,450 --> 01:25:51,319 It needs a voice right now to help it heal. 1651 01:25:53,485 --> 01:25:55,114 We have to say something. 1652 01:25:56,253 --> 01:25:57,785 You... 1653 01:25:57,920 --> 01:26:00,788 have to make a statement, E.P. 1654 01:26:00,924 --> 01:26:04,494 Mr. Presley does not make statements. 1655 01:26:04,629 --> 01:26:08,462 He sings "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1656 01:26:08,598 --> 01:26:10,170 and wishes everyone, 1657 01:26:10,305 --> 01:26:12,835 "Merry Christmas and good night." 1658 01:26:15,039 --> 01:26:16,510 ...Senator Kennedy's press secretary 1659 01:26:16,645 --> 01:26:18,744 was made roughly an hour and a half ago. 1660 01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:21,745 Some five to ten minutes later, the operation began. 1661 01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:24,253 The six-man team of neurosurgeons 1662 01:26:24,388 --> 01:26:25,746 probing for the bullet that had lodged 1663 01:26:25,881 --> 01:26:27,554 in Senator Kennedy's brain. 1664 01:26:27,690 --> 01:26:29,925 No report yet as to how that operation... 1665 01:26:30,060 --> 01:26:32,085 [Parker] Poor Mrs. Kennedy. 1666 01:26:32,862 --> 01:26:33,889 This tragedy... 1667 01:26:34,864 --> 01:26:36,890 A tragedy. 1668 01:26:37,026 --> 01:26:39,360 But it has nothing to do with us. 1669 01:26:39,495 --> 01:26:42,961 [newscaster] The White House has reacted to the shooting... 1670 01:26:43,097 --> 01:26:45,235 It has everything to do with us. 1671 01:26:45,371 --> 01:26:48,774 No, I just do not think 1672 01:26:48,910 --> 01:26:52,039 we should be making speeches about politics and religion. 1673 01:26:52,175 --> 01:26:54,712 Dr. King was shot eight miles from Graceland 1674 01:26:54,847 --> 01:26:58,420 while I was out here singing to turtles. 1675 01:26:58,556 --> 01:27:00,681 And now this, and all you can think about is how many 1676 01:27:00,816 --> 01:27:02,883 goddamn sweaters I can sell? 1677 01:27:03,018 --> 01:27:04,854 I am a promoter. That is what I do. 1678 01:27:04,989 --> 01:27:07,286 And I'm Elvis Presley. That's what I do. 1679 01:27:07,421 --> 01:27:10,065 Well, Mr. Bindle has really gotten inside your head 1680 01:27:10,200 --> 01:27:12,060 with all of his hippie friends. 1681 01:27:12,195 --> 01:27:14,298 You actually think that you singing your old songs 1682 01:27:14,434 --> 01:27:16,096 dressed in black leather, 1683 01:27:16,231 --> 01:27:19,070 sweating, mumbling incoherently to the audience 1684 01:27:19,205 --> 01:27:20,640 was a good show? 1685 01:27:20,775 --> 01:27:22,672 Colonel, I know when I've excited an audience. 1686 01:27:22,808 --> 01:27:25,247 That was not a real audience, my boy. 1687 01:27:25,382 --> 01:27:27,281 There was a sign flashing "applaud," 1688 01:27:27,417 --> 01:27:29,076 telling them when to clap for you. 1689 01:27:29,211 --> 01:27:32,013 This entire jamboree is an embarrassment. 1690 01:27:33,423 --> 01:27:34,649 You have embarrassed the sponsors, 1691 01:27:34,785 --> 01:27:35,984 you have embarrassed yourself, 1692 01:27:36,119 --> 01:27:37,455 -you have embarrassed me. -[thumping cane] 1693 01:27:37,591 --> 01:27:40,119 Now, you can sing whatever songs 1694 01:27:40,255 --> 01:27:43,422 you and Mr. Bindle choose for 55 minutes, 1695 01:27:43,558 --> 01:27:46,863 but at the end of the show, there will be a Christmas song. 1696 01:27:48,269 --> 01:27:51,164 Or else we will be sued. 1697 01:27:51,299 --> 01:27:54,576 No, you will be sued for breach of contract, 1698 01:27:54,712 --> 01:27:58,012 because I will no longer be the promoter of your career. 1699 01:27:58,148 --> 01:27:59,777 I will have to leave you. 1700 01:28:01,917 --> 01:28:02,813 Hmm. 1701 01:28:05,481 --> 01:28:06,850 Mmm-hmm. 1702 01:28:13,327 --> 01:28:15,626 [taps cane on floor] 1703 01:28:15,762 --> 01:28:17,356 Now, I have convinced our friends 1704 01:28:17,491 --> 01:28:19,859 at Singer Sewing Machines to come back tomorrow 1705 01:28:19,995 --> 01:28:22,327 for "Here Comes Santa Claus." 1706 01:28:22,462 --> 01:28:25,797 I will see you in the morning, Mr. Presley. 1707 01:28:25,933 --> 01:28:27,473 Oh, and as I recall, 1708 01:28:27,609 --> 01:28:30,036 Dr. King said rock and roll music 1709 01:28:30,172 --> 01:28:32,843 contributed to juvenile delinquency. 1710 01:28:32,979 --> 01:28:34,214 [Lyndon Johnson on TV] It would be wrong, 1711 01:28:34,350 --> 01:28:35,710 it would be self-deceptive 1712 01:28:35,845 --> 01:28:37,518 to ignore the connection 1713 01:28:37,653 --> 01:28:39,846 between that lawlessness and hatred 1714 01:28:39,982 --> 01:28:42,090 and this act of violence. 1715 01:28:42,226 --> 01:28:43,989 It would be just as wrong 1716 01:28:44,125 --> 01:28:47,329 and just as self-deceptive to conclude from this act 1717 01:28:47,464 --> 01:28:49,824 that our country itself is sick, 1718 01:28:49,959 --> 01:28:51,565 that it's lost its balance, 1719 01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:54,168 that it's lost its sense of direction, 1720 01:28:54,303 --> 01:28:56,400 even its common decency. 1721 01:28:56,536 --> 01:28:58,167 200 million Americans 1722 01:28:58,303 --> 01:29:01,504 did not strike down Robert Kennedy last night, 1723 01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:03,005 any more than they struck down 1724 01:29:03,140 --> 01:29:07,143 President John F. Kennedy in 1963, 1725 01:29:07,278 --> 01:29:10,513 or Dr. Martin Luther King in April of this year. 1726 01:29:10,649 --> 01:29:13,048 My fellow citizens, we cannot, 1727 01:29:13,183 --> 01:29:15,651 we just must not tolerate the sway 1728 01:29:15,786 --> 01:29:17,890 of violent men among us. 1729 01:29:18,026 --> 01:29:21,859 We must not permit men that are filled with hate-- 1730 01:29:22,858 --> 01:29:25,429 [flicking switches] 1731 01:29:25,564 --> 01:29:28,228 [piano notes playing] 1732 01:29:30,903 --> 01:29:35,202 [Elvis singing] Here comes Santa Claus 1733 01:29:38,280 --> 01:29:42,979 Here comes Santa Claus 1734 01:29:44,354 --> 01:29:48,655 Right down Santa Claus... 1735 01:29:56,194 --> 01:29:59,467 We're pretty set for the number tomorrow, right, E.P.? 1736 01:29:59,603 --> 01:30:02,537 It's pretty familiar territory, right? 1737 01:30:04,934 --> 01:30:07,102 A reverend once told me... 1738 01:30:09,239 --> 01:30:12,107 "When things are too dangerous to say... 1739 01:30:14,775 --> 01:30:16,452 sing." 1740 01:30:33,636 --> 01:30:36,098 [piano playing "If I Can Dream" melody] 1741 01:30:39,638 --> 01:30:45,338 [singing] There must be lights Burning brighter somewhere 1742 01:30:46,847 --> 01:30:51,152 Got to be birds flying higher 1743 01:30:51,287 --> 01:30:54,749 In a sky more blue 1744 01:30:54,884 --> 01:30:56,857 [orchestra joining in] 1745 01:30:56,993 --> 01:30:59,327 [stage manager] Standing by. We're seconds away, folks. 1746 01:30:59,462 --> 01:31:00,959 We're just waiting on upstairs. 1747 01:31:01,094 --> 01:31:03,488 We're gonna get a rehearsal going very shortly. 1748 01:31:03,624 --> 01:31:06,266 Let's go, let's go, people! First positions! 1749 01:31:06,402 --> 01:31:07,933 Here we go, from the top. 1750 01:31:08,069 --> 01:31:11,197 Mrs. Presley is quite the homemaker, Priscilla is, 1751 01:31:11,333 --> 01:31:12,774 and I'm sure she would love to have 1752 01:31:12,909 --> 01:31:16,039 one of the SK551 machines so she can knit Elvis's-- 1753 01:31:16,174 --> 01:31:18,340 -They were in there all night. -Doing what? 1754 01:31:18,475 --> 01:31:20,378 He's working on a new song. He says he's singing it. 1755 01:31:20,514 --> 01:31:22,145 New song? Whoa, hey! 1756 01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:24,714 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Yes! 1757 01:31:24,849 --> 01:31:26,687 Gentlemen, take your seats. 1758 01:31:29,318 --> 01:31:32,059 Now, that's a winter wonderland. 1759 01:31:32,194 --> 01:31:33,727 Mr. Bindle. 1760 01:31:33,862 --> 01:31:38,895 You and I are on the same page at last. 1761 01:31:39,031 --> 01:31:40,762 Bring up the lights on the sign. 1762 01:31:40,897 --> 01:31:43,397 Okay, yeah. Let's go. 1763 01:31:43,533 --> 01:31:45,937 [stage manager] Dancers, stop. Dancers, stop. Stop! 1764 01:31:46,903 --> 01:31:49,668 Turn about. Turn about. 1765 01:31:49,804 --> 01:31:51,703 You've got to get some roll. I got action on the right side. 1766 01:31:51,838 --> 01:31:54,275 Turn around. Come on, through, through, through! 1767 01:31:57,684 --> 01:32:00,017 We're lost in a cloud 1768 01:32:01,390 --> 01:32:03,889 With too much rain 1769 01:32:05,285 --> 01:32:07,728 We're trapped in a world 1770 01:32:09,059 --> 01:32:12,834 That's troubled with pain 1771 01:32:12,970 --> 01:32:18,902 But as long as a man Has the strength to dream 1772 01:32:19,038 --> 01:32:25,911 He can redeem his soul and fly 1773 01:32:30,382 --> 01:32:37,923 Deep in my heart There's a trembling question 1774 01:32:38,058 --> 01:32:41,958 Still, I am sure That the answer's 1775 01:32:42,094 --> 01:32:45,497 Answer's gonna come somehow 1776 01:32:45,633 --> 01:32:49,165 Out there in the dark 1777 01:32:49,300 --> 01:32:53,434 There's a beckoning candle, yeah 1778 01:32:53,569 --> 01:32:57,173 And while I can think While I can talk 1779 01:32:57,308 --> 01:33:01,282 While I can stand While I can walk 1780 01:33:01,417 --> 01:33:04,912 While I can dream 1781 01:33:05,048 --> 01:33:09,080 Oh, please let my dream 1782 01:33:09,215 --> 01:33:12,793 Come true, oh 1783 01:33:16,563 --> 01:33:20,225 Right now 1784 01:33:20,361 --> 01:33:22,902 Let it come true right now 1785 01:33:29,212 --> 01:33:31,779 [song ends] 1786 01:33:34,140 --> 01:33:35,475 [faint applause] 1787 01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:37,512 [Elvis on monitor] Thank you. Good night. 1788 01:33:37,647 --> 01:33:40,013 [Parker] I was always said, when it came to music, 1789 01:33:40,148 --> 01:33:41,880 my boy knows best. 1790 01:33:42,016 --> 01:33:46,618 But the special was my idea. It was a tremendous hit. 1791 01:33:47,662 --> 01:33:49,326 We was back on top. 1792 01:33:49,462 --> 01:33:53,159 But some people were putting ideas into his head 1793 01:33:53,294 --> 01:33:56,967 that he didn't need me no more. 1794 01:33:57,102 --> 01:33:59,631 ["Any Day Now" by Presley playing] 1795 01:34:02,643 --> 01:34:03,811 [Priscilla] Whoo-hoo! 1796 01:34:05,271 --> 01:34:06,505 It's working. 1797 01:34:06,640 --> 01:34:07,979 [Jerry] London, Germany, Japan... 1798 01:34:08,114 --> 01:34:09,514 Hulett here has got it all lined up. 1799 01:34:09,650 --> 01:34:11,447 Air Presley's new wings. 1800 01:34:11,583 --> 01:34:13,513 [Hulett] You know, when you play stadiums, it's like... 1801 01:34:13,648 --> 01:34:15,449 you do a week of shows in just one night. 1802 01:34:15,584 --> 01:34:17,891 And when it's done, you get on the plane... 1803 01:34:18,026 --> 01:34:20,026 You go where you want, you play where you want, 1804 01:34:20,161 --> 01:34:22,554 and if they don't like it, you go someplace else. 1805 01:34:22,689 --> 01:34:24,565 You know who told me that? B.B. King. 1806 01:34:24,700 --> 01:34:26,497 [Hulett] Well, B.B. knows, man. 1807 01:34:26,632 --> 01:34:28,730 And the someplace else you should be going is overseas. 1808 01:34:28,865 --> 01:34:30,499 I like that. 1809 01:34:30,635 --> 01:34:32,570 You know, I heard last year alone, you had two offers. 1810 01:34:32,705 --> 01:34:34,103 Germany and Japan, 1811 01:34:34,238 --> 01:34:37,108 for a million bucks for one night. 1812 01:34:37,243 --> 01:34:39,379 I mean, why the Colonel would turn that down, 1813 01:34:39,515 --> 01:34:41,014 I have no idea, man. 1814 01:34:41,149 --> 01:34:43,447 Well, if you figure it out, can you let us know? 1815 01:34:43,582 --> 01:34:45,019 Yeah. 1816 01:34:45,154 --> 01:34:45,913 [Hulett] Well, screw him. You've got the plane now. 1817 01:34:46,048 --> 01:34:47,422 You should use it. 1818 01:34:47,557 --> 01:34:49,449 [Elvis] Yeah, come to Daddy. 1819 01:34:49,585 --> 01:34:51,559 Maybe we should call it the "Lisa Marie." 1820 01:34:51,694 --> 01:34:52,854 [Jerry] That's a beautiful name. 1821 01:34:52,989 --> 01:34:54,059 [Priscilla] Right? 1822 01:34:56,499 --> 01:34:59,724 [Parker] Hit me. Hit me. 1823 01:34:59,859 --> 01:35:04,228 Mr. Parker, Mr. Kohn would like to see you. 1824 01:35:04,364 --> 01:35:06,698 Colonel Parker. Hit me. 1825 01:35:08,841 --> 01:35:10,845 [dealer] I can't, sorry. 1826 01:35:13,908 --> 01:35:16,378 [Kohn] You've run up quite a tab, Colonel. 1827 01:35:16,513 --> 01:35:19,755 And we hear your boy's working with new people. 1828 01:35:20,855 --> 01:35:23,522 You've lost your meal ticket. 1829 01:35:23,658 --> 01:35:25,890 It's time to settle up, 1830 01:35:26,026 --> 01:35:28,427 before we have to make things... 1831 01:35:28,563 --> 01:35:30,592 Uncomfortable. 1832 01:35:30,727 --> 01:35:33,698 Well, before the army, we found no record of you at all. 1833 01:35:33,834 --> 01:35:36,496 No passport, no residency. 1834 01:35:36,632 --> 01:35:39,473 You were never a colonel. Never a Tom. 1835 01:35:39,609 --> 01:35:41,337 You weren't even a Parker. 1836 01:35:41,473 --> 01:35:46,980 Why did you flee Holland, Andreas van Kuijk? 1837 01:35:50,779 --> 01:35:52,514 -[brushing teeth] -[Priscilla] I don't know why 1838 01:35:52,649 --> 01:35:54,316 you can't just let the lawyers take care of it. 1839 01:35:54,451 --> 01:35:56,089 [Elvis] I have to see him in Vegas. 1840 01:35:56,225 --> 01:35:58,419 He's in the hospital. It's the right thing to do. 1841 01:35:58,554 --> 01:35:59,794 -Yeah, well... -He's frail right now. 1842 01:35:59,929 --> 01:36:01,123 -You know what he's like, baby. -[slaps] 1843 01:36:01,259 --> 01:36:03,262 -Hey! Watch it. -[chatter on TV] 1844 01:36:03,397 --> 01:36:05,133 You know what he's like. The second that you're near him, 1845 01:36:05,269 --> 01:36:07,562 you'll be under ten feet of snow before you know what's happened. 1846 01:36:07,697 --> 01:36:10,668 [spits] My mind's made up. Business is business. 1847 01:36:10,803 --> 01:36:12,137 He and I are done. 1848 01:36:12,272 --> 01:36:14,107 But I owe it to him to tell him to his face. 1849 01:36:14,242 --> 01:36:17,609 Well, just make sure he doesn't clip your wings, honey. 1850 01:36:17,744 --> 01:36:19,439 [spits] He won't! 1851 01:36:19,575 --> 01:36:22,182 I am gonna go see him in Vegas. 1852 01:36:22,318 --> 01:36:26,913 I'm gonna look him in the eyes, and I'm gonna tell him... 1853 01:36:27,048 --> 01:36:28,952 -[Priscilla] Watch my hair. -[Elvis] I'm gonna tell him... 1854 01:36:29,087 --> 01:36:30,423 -Mmm-hmm. -Mmm-hmm. 1855 01:36:30,559 --> 01:36:31,822 [both chuckle] 1856 01:36:31,957 --> 01:36:32,828 [Elvis] ...it's over. 1857 01:36:35,394 --> 01:36:38,126 ["Power Of My Love" by Jack White playing] 1858 01:36:38,262 --> 01:36:40,666 You break it, you burn it 1859 01:36:40,801 --> 01:36:43,536 Drag it all around 1860 01:36:43,672 --> 01:36:46,001 You twist it and turn it 1861 01:36:46,137 --> 01:36:48,538 You cannot tear it down 1862 01:36:48,674 --> 01:36:51,342 'Cause every minute, every hour you'll be shaken 1863 01:36:51,477 --> 01:36:53,979 By the strength and mighty power of my love 1864 01:36:54,115 --> 01:36:55,741 Colonel doesn't want you making a fuss. 1865 01:37:02,791 --> 01:37:03,852 -Colonel? -Mmm? 1866 01:37:03,988 --> 01:37:04,984 Elvis is here. 1867 01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:06,261 Oh... 1868 01:37:06,396 --> 01:37:09,354 Oh. My boy. 1869 01:37:09,489 --> 01:37:11,626 Admiral. How are you? 1870 01:37:11,761 --> 01:37:15,036 Oh, my boy, I should have come down to see you. 1871 01:37:15,171 --> 01:37:17,334 [groaning] But I'm a little laid up, you know. 1872 01:37:17,469 --> 01:37:18,564 [nurse] You've just had a heart attack. 1873 01:37:18,699 --> 01:37:20,139 You're not meant to get out of bed. 1874 01:37:20,275 --> 01:37:22,670 Heart attack? Colonel, you said your back-- 1875 01:37:22,805 --> 01:37:26,513 My heart just stopped is all, and I fell. It's-- 1876 01:37:26,648 --> 01:37:28,646 I put my back out. 1877 01:37:28,781 --> 01:37:30,716 [grunting] 1878 01:37:30,851 --> 01:37:32,683 [Diskin] There you go. 1879 01:37:32,818 --> 01:37:35,557 It was all the excitement about the Christmas special, you see. 1880 01:37:35,692 --> 01:37:37,024 I should never have worried, 1881 01:37:37,159 --> 01:37:40,852 because you came through like you always do. 1882 01:37:40,987 --> 01:37:45,356 Nobody can sell "show" to an audience like you. 1883 01:37:45,492 --> 01:37:47,727 I admit it. I was wrong. 1884 01:37:49,670 --> 01:37:51,038 Colonel, I-- 1885 01:37:52,237 --> 01:37:53,975 I wanted to tell you in person. 1886 01:37:54,773 --> 01:37:57,042 Um... 1887 01:37:57,177 --> 01:38:00,443 As far as business is concerned... 1888 01:38:00,578 --> 01:38:02,775 I think we need to go our separate ways. 1889 01:38:04,349 --> 01:38:06,779 [slot machines clattering faintly] 1890 01:38:07,921 --> 01:38:09,923 Well, you may be right. 1891 01:38:10,058 --> 01:38:12,586 Maybe it is time for me to retire. 1892 01:38:12,722 --> 01:38:14,627 Oh, come on, Colonel, quit snowin' me. 1893 01:38:14,763 --> 01:38:16,192 You ain't retiring. 1894 01:38:16,327 --> 01:38:20,430 I will miss the circus. I will. 1895 01:38:20,565 --> 01:38:22,801 But I cannot keep up with these young fellas, 1896 01:38:22,936 --> 01:38:24,532 like your Mr. Hulett, 1897 01:38:24,667 --> 01:38:27,432 who wants to put together a new show 1898 01:38:27,568 --> 01:38:30,138 for an international tour, 1899 01:38:30,274 --> 01:38:32,708 for you to play stadiums. 1900 01:38:32,843 --> 01:38:38,151 These international tours are very, very expensive. 1901 01:38:38,287 --> 01:38:41,756 And the costs cut into the artist's profits. 1902 01:38:41,891 --> 01:38:43,825 I worry that the financial risk 1903 01:38:43,961 --> 01:38:46,760 would put a strain on your daddy. 1904 01:38:46,895 --> 01:38:48,455 But I cannot help but think, 1905 01:38:48,591 --> 01:38:50,425 as your former technical advisor 1906 01:38:50,561 --> 01:38:53,663 and as an old friend, what if... 1907 01:38:53,799 --> 01:38:58,501 the next Elvis Presley show did not cost you a red cent? 1908 01:39:01,444 --> 01:39:06,509 I wonder if your daddy would not like the sound of that. 1909 01:39:08,018 --> 01:39:11,316 The brand-new International Hotel. 1910 01:39:30,974 --> 01:39:33,597 [whistles] It's a mighty big stage. 1911 01:39:33,733 --> 01:39:35,670 The biggest in Las Vegas. 1912 01:39:35,805 --> 01:39:37,870 You could get lost in a place like this. 1913 01:39:38,006 --> 01:39:40,772 My boy, you performed that comeback special 1914 01:39:40,908 --> 01:39:43,717 on a tiny square, inside a studio, 1915 01:39:43,852 --> 01:39:45,509 and the fans loved it. 1916 01:39:45,645 --> 01:39:47,155 In a room this size, 1917 01:39:47,290 --> 01:39:51,849 you could give them the greatest show on earth. 1918 01:39:51,985 --> 01:39:55,590 Nothing less than Elvis Presley. 1919 01:39:55,726 --> 01:39:58,665 I've been experimenting with a new, big sound. 1920 01:39:58,801 --> 01:40:00,067 Good. Good, my boy. 1921 01:40:00,203 --> 01:40:02,236 Because you can fill up this entire stage 1922 01:40:02,371 --> 01:40:04,996 with every musical idea that is inside that head. 1923 01:40:06,203 --> 01:40:07,570 No, it would cost. 1924 01:40:07,705 --> 01:40:10,078 [laughing] Yes, that's the beauty of it. 1925 01:40:10,213 --> 01:40:12,012 You see, this here International Hotel-- 1926 01:40:12,148 --> 01:40:14,412 -[voices chattering] -[door shuts] 1927 01:40:18,287 --> 01:40:19,883 [quietly] This International Hotel... 1928 01:40:20,018 --> 01:40:20,986 [Elvis] Mmm-hmm. 1929 01:40:21,122 --> 01:40:23,817 ...needs a major drawing card 1930 01:40:23,952 --> 01:40:27,654 to pull in all the rubes and put it on the map. 1931 01:40:27,789 --> 01:40:30,424 So they will cover all of the costs 1932 01:40:30,560 --> 01:40:32,594 of putting together your show. 1933 01:40:32,729 --> 01:40:34,393 And you just play here for six weeks, 1934 01:40:34,529 --> 01:40:36,329 and then off you go, 1935 01:40:36,465 --> 01:40:39,163 to tour around the world 1936 01:40:39,298 --> 01:40:43,103 with no financial risk to Elvis Presley Enterprises. 1937 01:40:43,238 --> 01:40:44,508 None. 1938 01:40:49,279 --> 01:40:51,284 Well, goddamn. 1939 01:40:54,283 --> 01:40:55,882 [both chuckling] 1940 01:40:57,953 --> 01:41:00,788 -Snowman strikes again. -[laughing] Oh, yeah. 1941 01:41:00,923 --> 01:41:05,062 We're going to make it snow. It will snow. 1942 01:41:05,198 --> 01:41:07,427 [Elvis] First of all, we're gonna need the Sweet Inspirations. 1943 01:41:07,563 --> 01:41:09,760 [singing] Yeah, yeah 1944 01:41:09,896 --> 01:41:11,804 [Elvis] And the Imperials. 1945 01:41:11,939 --> 01:41:14,107 [singing] We're caught in a trap I can't walk out 1946 01:41:14,243 --> 01:41:16,172 [Elvis] And a 30-piece orchestra. 1947 01:41:16,307 --> 01:41:19,774 [musicians warming up] 1948 01:41:23,919 --> 01:41:26,446 [Elvis] You know, the first thing that I ever recorded, 1949 01:41:26,582 --> 01:41:28,047 the very first thing, 1950 01:41:28,182 --> 01:41:31,050 was an old, uh, rhythm and blues-type song 1951 01:41:31,185 --> 01:41:33,285 called "That's All Right, Little Mama." 1952 01:41:33,420 --> 01:41:35,823 -[instruments continue playing] -And back then we only had 1953 01:41:35,959 --> 01:41:39,067 two or three instruments at the time. 1954 01:41:39,202 --> 01:41:41,092 But this ain't no nostalgia show. 1955 01:41:41,227 --> 01:41:43,100 We're gonna do something different. 1956 01:41:43,236 --> 01:41:44,799 [instruments stop playing] 1957 01:41:47,209 --> 01:41:51,477 I, uh... I wanna try something new. 1958 01:41:51,613 --> 01:41:55,177 All right, Glen, you're gonna start us off, okay? 1959 01:41:55,313 --> 01:41:56,547 Take the intro here. 1960 01:41:57,413 --> 01:42:00,679 [scatting softly] 1961 01:42:00,814 --> 01:42:03,323 [Glen playing lively rhythm] 1962 01:42:07,458 --> 01:42:09,560 [piano continues playing] 1963 01:42:13,830 --> 01:42:15,401 All right, bring that bass up, Jerry. 1964 01:42:15,536 --> 01:42:18,129 -[bass thrumming] -[drums accompanying] 1965 01:42:19,809 --> 01:42:20,967 Keep playing. 1966 01:42:23,341 --> 01:42:24,678 [band member] Whoo! 1967 01:42:24,813 --> 01:42:27,545 Oh! Oh! Oh! 1968 01:42:27,681 --> 01:42:29,206 -That's all right -That's all right 1969 01:42:29,342 --> 01:42:30,781 -That's all right -That's all right 1970 01:42:30,917 --> 01:42:32,153 Boys... 1971 01:42:32,288 --> 01:42:32,851 [The Imperials] That's all right 1972 01:42:32,986 --> 01:42:33,821 [Elvis] With me. 1973 01:42:33,957 --> 01:42:35,514 [all] Any way you do 1974 01:42:35,649 --> 01:42:36,488 [Elvis] All right. 1975 01:42:41,625 --> 01:42:43,163 [Elvis] James, you ready? 1976 01:42:43,299 --> 01:42:45,156 -[playing guitar riff] -[Elvis] Oh! 1977 01:42:51,807 --> 01:42:52,998 Flames, man! 1978 01:42:53,134 --> 01:42:55,072 Flames are coming out of that guitar. 1979 01:42:55,208 --> 01:42:57,878 I got that. Ronnie. 1980 01:42:58,013 --> 01:42:59,104 I'll get back to that. 1981 01:42:59,882 --> 01:43:02,674 Horns, you ready? 1982 01:43:02,810 --> 01:43:06,216 Ba-da-bom! Ba-da-bom! 1983 01:43:06,352 --> 01:43:08,888 [trumpets matching melody] 1984 01:43:09,024 --> 01:43:10,190 Let's up the octave! 1985 01:43:10,326 --> 01:43:11,620 [playing same melody in higher range] 1986 01:43:11,756 --> 01:43:14,459 -[musicians cheering] -Yeah! Goddamn! 1987 01:43:14,595 --> 01:43:17,791 All right, 'bones. On a one, three, four... 1988 01:43:17,926 --> 01:43:19,965 [trombones playing deep blasts] 1989 01:43:20,101 --> 01:43:22,435 [laughter, cheering] 1990 01:43:25,166 --> 01:43:27,604 [Elvis] Ronnie, you know what to do, man. 1991 01:43:27,739 --> 01:43:29,767 Do it to me, come on. Take us home. 1992 01:43:29,902 --> 01:43:31,673 [playing lively solo] 1993 01:43:31,809 --> 01:43:34,708 Huh, huh, huh, huh Hah! Hah! Hah! 1994 01:43:34,844 --> 01:43:36,850 Come on. Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1995 01:43:36,986 --> 01:43:38,543 Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! 1996 01:43:38,678 --> 01:43:41,421 [panting] 1997 01:43:42,985 --> 01:43:46,184 [band playing "That's All Right"] 1998 01:43:55,201 --> 01:43:57,728 -[Kohn] Colonel, nice to see you. -[Parker] Oh, here you are. 1999 01:43:57,863 --> 01:43:59,406 Yeah. Here you go. 2000 01:44:02,112 --> 01:44:03,409 -How 'bout a hound dog? -Cool. 2001 01:44:03,545 --> 01:44:04,569 I'll fix you with some food and drink. 2002 01:44:04,704 --> 01:44:05,769 Thank you. 2003 01:44:05,905 --> 01:44:08,774 [band continues playing] 2004 01:44:08,909 --> 01:44:10,443 [Elvis] All right, let's go. 2005 01:44:10,578 --> 01:44:12,749 [crowd cheering] 2006 01:44:22,064 --> 01:44:24,959 [cheering intensifies] 2007 01:44:32,732 --> 01:44:33,902 [whistling] 2008 01:44:45,954 --> 01:44:49,281 Well, that's all right, Mama That's all right with you 2009 01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:52,120 That's all right, Mama Just any way you do 2010 01:44:52,255 --> 01:44:53,825 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2011 01:44:53,960 --> 01:44:55,695 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2012 01:44:55,831 --> 01:45:02,198 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do, yeah 2013 01:45:02,333 --> 01:45:06,370 Well, my mama, she done told me Papa told me too 2014 01:45:06,505 --> 01:45:08,866 "The life you're livin, son Now, women be the death of you" 2015 01:45:09,002 --> 01:45:10,669 Now, that's all right 2016 01:45:10,805 --> 01:45:12,237 That's all right 2017 01:45:12,373 --> 01:45:17,044 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2018 01:45:26,492 --> 01:45:28,126 [chorus] That's all right 2019 01:45:28,262 --> 01:45:29,963 That's all right 2020 01:45:30,099 --> 01:45:31,656 That's all right 2021 01:45:31,792 --> 01:45:33,797 Any way you do 2022 01:45:35,771 --> 01:45:39,068 Da, da-da, dee, dee, dee Dee, dee, dee-dee 2023 01:45:39,204 --> 01:45:42,368 Dee, dee, dee-dee Dee-dee, dee-dee, dee-dee, do 2024 01:45:42,503 --> 01:45:44,073 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2025 01:45:44,208 --> 01:45:45,644 -That's all right -[chorus] That's all right 2026 01:45:45,780 --> 01:45:52,214 That's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2027 01:45:52,349 --> 01:45:57,524 Well, that's all right now, Mama Any way you do 2028 01:45:58,888 --> 01:46:03,722 [band plays finishing fanfare] 2029 01:46:03,858 --> 01:46:06,027 [cheering, applause] 2030 01:46:09,528 --> 01:46:12,368 Ain't nobody gonna do a better show than that. 2031 01:46:12,504 --> 01:46:13,901 I tell ya, if I was you, 2032 01:46:14,037 --> 01:46:16,202 I would book him for a hundred years. 2033 01:46:17,613 --> 01:46:20,581 Well, no better time than the present. 2034 01:46:20,716 --> 01:46:23,909 But we hear Hulett has him doing a world tour. 2035 01:46:24,045 --> 01:46:25,585 [Elvis speaking indistinctly] 2036 01:46:25,720 --> 01:46:28,722 Well, well, well, uh, I think Mr. Presley 2037 01:46:28,858 --> 01:46:32,425 could be persuaded to make the International his home, 2038 01:46:32,561 --> 01:46:36,063 provided he was paid pretty well. 2039 01:46:36,199 --> 01:46:37,863 What did you have in mind? 2040 01:46:37,999 --> 01:46:40,095 I'd like to introduce to you a couple of people tonight, 2041 01:46:40,230 --> 01:46:42,861 one of which being my beautiful wife, Priscilla. 2042 01:46:42,996 --> 01:46:44,632 [applause, whistling] 2043 01:46:44,768 --> 01:46:46,233 Would you stand up, honey? 2044 01:46:46,368 --> 01:46:49,942 For an attraction as tremendous as Mr. Presley... 2045 01:46:50,077 --> 01:46:53,747 -[woman] We love you, Priscilla! -[Elvis chuckles] 2046 01:46:53,883 --> 01:46:57,243 Also, this man over here, I wouldn't be here without, 2047 01:46:57,378 --> 01:47:00,551 my manager of many years, Colonel Sanders. 2048 01:47:00,686 --> 01:47:04,316 -Parker. Parker. -[laughter] 2049 01:47:04,452 --> 01:47:06,524 Well, we're gonna do a new song for you tonight. 2050 01:47:06,659 --> 01:47:08,787 It's called "Suspicious Minds." 2051 01:47:08,923 --> 01:47:10,130 "Suspicious Minds." 2052 01:47:10,265 --> 01:47:12,797 [guitar playing intro] 2053 01:47:14,599 --> 01:47:16,427 We're caught in a trap 2054 01:47:18,174 --> 01:47:20,266 I can't walk out 2055 01:47:21,808 --> 01:47:27,306 Because I love you Too much, baby 2056 01:47:29,581 --> 01:47:31,175 Why can't you see 2057 01:47:31,310 --> 01:47:35,349 Oh, what you're doin' to me 2058 01:47:35,484 --> 01:47:41,452 Oh, when you don't believe A word I'm sayin'? 2059 01:47:44,262 --> 01:47:50,667 We can't go on together With suspicious minds 2060 01:47:50,802 --> 01:47:53,800 And we can't build our dreams 2061 01:47:53,936 --> 01:47:57,702 On suspicious minds 2062 01:47:57,837 --> 01:48:01,379 So, if an old friend I know Shove it up your nose 2063 01:48:01,515 --> 01:48:03,578 Stops by to say hello 2064 01:48:03,714 --> 01:48:05,345 [laughter, applause] 2065 01:48:05,481 --> 01:48:12,591 Would I still see suspicion in your eyes? 2066 01:48:12,727 --> 01:48:16,025 That is what my boy would expect. 2067 01:48:18,023 --> 01:48:20,696 Now... [laughs] 2068 01:48:20,832 --> 01:48:23,267 What are you going to pay me? 2069 01:48:23,402 --> 01:48:26,035 [both laughing] 2070 01:48:28,476 --> 01:48:32,446 Oh, let our love survive 2071 01:48:32,582 --> 01:48:37,510 Colonel, your sideshow is the jackpot. 2072 01:48:37,646 --> 01:48:39,048 [laughs] 2073 01:48:39,183 --> 01:48:41,585 [Kohn] If you bring him back every year, 2074 01:48:41,721 --> 01:48:44,148 I'll make it worth your while. 2075 01:48:44,284 --> 01:48:46,561 [Elvis] Oh, I've never... 2076 01:48:49,022 --> 01:48:51,566 Lied to you 2077 01:48:52,796 --> 01:48:54,162 Caught in a trap 2078 01:48:55,865 --> 01:48:58,667 I can't walk out 2079 01:48:58,802 --> 01:49:00,399 ...good thing die 2080 01:49:03,240 --> 01:49:06,905 Yeah, yeah Now, don't you know 2081 01:49:07,041 --> 01:49:08,048 Caught in a trap 2082 01:49:08,183 --> 01:49:09,078 [cheering] 2083 01:49:10,253 --> 01:49:11,916 I can't walk out 2084 01:49:13,522 --> 01:49:16,591 Because I love you too much 2085 01:49:20,455 --> 01:49:25,061 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2086 01:49:26,535 --> 01:49:29,296 Because I love you too much 2087 01:49:33,402 --> 01:49:38,074 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2088 01:49:39,515 --> 01:49:42,276 Because I love you too much 2089 01:49:46,382 --> 01:49:50,581 Caught in a trap I can't walk out 2090 01:49:52,354 --> 01:49:57,489 Because I love you Too much, baby 2091 01:49:57,624 --> 01:50:00,591 Oh, don't you know Caught in a trap 2092 01:50:02,764 --> 01:50:06,063 Of course, I will reserve the right to sell calendars, 2093 01:50:06,198 --> 01:50:07,338 pictures and such? 2094 01:50:07,473 --> 01:50:10,469 [music subsides] 2095 01:50:10,604 --> 01:50:12,504 [Kohn] You do whatever you want, Colonel, 2096 01:50:12,639 --> 01:50:16,508 as long as that boy stays on that stage. 2097 01:50:19,419 --> 01:50:22,386 [song ends] 2098 01:50:22,521 --> 01:50:23,724 [cheering] 2099 01:50:28,594 --> 01:50:30,830 [audio fades] 2100 01:50:30,965 --> 01:50:33,158 [Parker] My boy's light burned brighter 2101 01:50:33,294 --> 01:50:36,027 than even 15 years before. 2102 01:50:36,163 --> 01:50:37,364 [Elvis] Hi, darlin'. 2103 01:50:39,836 --> 01:50:42,270 [women exclaiming] 2104 01:51:05,198 --> 01:51:08,193 [Parker] I saw in her face that night 2105 01:51:08,328 --> 01:51:11,169 what I had always known. 2106 01:51:11,305 --> 01:51:16,711 She could never compete with the love he felt from you. 2107 01:51:19,811 --> 01:51:22,343 [music slowly builds] 2108 01:51:24,810 --> 01:51:26,545 I'm sorry I couldn't make it up there, man. 2109 01:51:28,216 --> 01:51:32,516 Take my... take my hand 2110 01:51:32,652 --> 01:51:37,390 Take my whole... whole life too 2111 01:51:37,526 --> 01:51:39,862 For I... for I... I can't help 2112 01:51:39,997 --> 01:51:41,501 Hey, guys. Time to go back. 2113 01:51:41,636 --> 01:51:45,399 Falling in love with you 2114 01:51:45,534 --> 01:51:51,003 Oh, oh, for I... For I can't help 2115 01:51:51,138 --> 01:51:54,511 Falling in love 2116 01:51:54,646 --> 01:51:59,886 With you 2117 01:52:07,725 --> 01:52:09,687 [crowd roaring] 2118 01:52:15,429 --> 01:52:18,432 [band playing final flourish] 2119 01:52:20,036 --> 01:52:21,600 Thank you very much. 2120 01:52:25,745 --> 01:52:27,738 Thank you! Thank you. 2121 01:52:31,951 --> 01:52:34,789 [people chattering excitedly] 2122 01:52:37,392 --> 01:52:39,354 [panting] 2123 01:52:42,387 --> 01:52:44,223 Such a fine show. 2124 01:52:44,358 --> 01:52:46,559 [applause continues faintly] 2125 01:52:47,967 --> 01:52:49,667 [bandmates cheering, clapping] 2126 01:52:49,803 --> 01:52:51,633 [Elvis] Yeah, baby! Yeah. 2127 01:52:51,768 --> 01:52:54,105 -[bandmate 1] Wow, great show. -Thank you. Thank you, all. 2128 01:52:54,240 --> 01:52:56,600 [bandmate 2] Goddamn, Elvis. That was great. 2129 01:52:56,736 --> 01:52:57,807 [bandmate 3] That was fantastic. 2130 01:52:57,942 --> 01:52:58,936 [Elvis] There she is. 2131 01:52:59,072 --> 01:53:00,309 [laughs] 2132 01:53:04,243 --> 01:53:06,579 [crying softly] 2133 01:53:08,991 --> 01:53:11,325 Oh, God. I don't know who that was out there. 2134 01:53:11,460 --> 01:53:13,617 You were... You... 2135 01:53:13,753 --> 01:53:15,219 You were incredible. You were... 2136 01:53:15,355 --> 01:53:16,497 You were everything. 2137 01:53:16,632 --> 01:53:19,966 Thank you, baby. Thank you. 2138 01:53:21,866 --> 01:53:23,795 Mr. Elvis Presley, 2139 01:53:23,930 --> 01:53:26,539 I guess that's your new manager over there, hmm? 2140 01:53:26,675 --> 01:53:28,336 -Mmm. -Mmm-hmm. 2141 01:53:28,472 --> 01:53:30,667 Yeah. I'm gonna go talk to him, all right? 2142 01:53:30,803 --> 01:53:32,510 -Okay. -You okay to get upstairs? 2143 01:53:32,646 --> 01:53:33,705 Mmm-hmm. Yeah. 2144 01:53:35,482 --> 01:53:36,411 [sighs] 2145 01:53:49,030 --> 01:53:51,994 Tremendous... tremendous triumph. 2146 01:53:52,129 --> 01:53:54,892 The greatest show on earth. 2147 01:53:55,028 --> 01:53:59,703 My dear boy, this brainchild came from you and me, 2148 01:53:59,838 --> 01:54:03,470 but you alone rose above it all, and it worked with your talent, 2149 01:54:03,606 --> 01:54:06,909 and your dedication. [emotional laugh] 2150 01:54:07,044 --> 01:54:08,572 We did it. We did it! 2151 01:54:08,707 --> 01:54:10,478 -We did it. [chuckles] -We did. 2152 01:54:12,117 --> 01:54:14,882 Come on. [exhausted laugh] 2153 01:54:15,017 --> 01:54:16,750 [exhaling] 2154 01:54:16,885 --> 01:54:19,685 I can't wait to show the world what you and I can do. 2155 01:54:22,490 --> 01:54:24,765 The world will see this show. 2156 01:54:24,900 --> 01:54:26,896 Whatever it takes, I guarantee it. 2157 01:54:27,031 --> 01:54:28,364 Whatever I have to do. 2158 01:54:32,504 --> 01:54:33,798 [man] Ladies and gentlemen of the press, 2159 01:54:33,933 --> 01:54:36,708 the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley! 2160 01:54:36,843 --> 01:54:38,436 [reporters clamoring] 2161 01:54:38,572 --> 01:54:40,113 [Elvis] No, I'm not the king. 2162 01:54:40,249 --> 01:54:42,917 Hey, Fats. Mr. Fats Domino, ladies and gentlemen. 2163 01:54:43,052 --> 01:54:44,782 This is the real king of rock and roll. 2164 01:54:44,918 --> 01:54:46,383 Yeah, I'm somethin' else. 2165 01:54:46,518 --> 01:54:48,517 [reporter] Any plans to take this show on tour? 2166 01:54:48,652 --> 01:54:50,684 There's so many places I haven't been yet, you know. 2167 01:54:50,820 --> 01:54:54,619 I'd like to go to Europe. I'd like to go to Japan. 2168 01:54:54,755 --> 01:54:56,629 I've never been out of the country, 2169 01:54:56,764 --> 01:54:58,126 except in the service. 2170 01:54:58,261 --> 01:55:00,224 ["Polk Salad Annie" playing] 2171 01:55:00,359 --> 01:55:02,233 [crowd cheering] 2172 01:55:04,336 --> 01:55:05,863 What are you lookin' at back there? 2173 01:55:06,739 --> 01:55:07,764 Oh, Mr. Diskin. 2174 01:55:07,900 --> 01:55:09,436 Have we discussed with Mr. Hulett, 2175 01:55:09,572 --> 01:55:11,203 pertaining to the death threats? 2176 01:55:11,338 --> 01:55:13,239 The death threats? 2177 01:55:13,375 --> 01:55:15,976 Precisely. Death threats! 2178 01:55:16,111 --> 01:55:17,584 [cheering] 2179 01:55:17,719 --> 01:55:19,745 Down in Louisiana 2180 01:55:19,880 --> 01:55:23,684 Where the alligators Grow so mean 2181 01:55:23,819 --> 01:55:27,092 Lived a girl that I swear To the world 2182 01:55:27,228 --> 01:55:29,353 Made the alligators look tame 2183 01:55:29,489 --> 01:55:30,331 Polk salad Annie 2184 01:55:30,466 --> 01:55:31,592 [cheering] 2185 01:55:33,434 --> 01:55:34,959 [Jerry] Colonel, once we finish the season, 2186 01:55:35,094 --> 01:55:36,961 Elvis wants to take the tour overseas. 2187 01:55:37,096 --> 01:55:40,201 Overseas? Have you thought about security, Jerry? 2188 01:55:40,337 --> 01:55:42,270 [Jerry] Of course I have. 2189 01:55:42,405 --> 01:55:44,307 [Parker] This is Elvis Presley, 2190 01:55:44,443 --> 01:55:47,473 the most famous man on the planet. 2191 01:55:47,608 --> 01:55:50,044 Straight-razor totin' woman 2192 01:55:50,180 --> 01:55:51,745 Lord, have mercy 2193 01:55:51,881 --> 01:55:53,183 [Parker] The crazies in those countries... 2194 01:55:53,319 --> 01:55:55,517 They're a hundred times more dangerous. 2195 01:55:55,653 --> 01:55:58,351 Am I the only one who thinks about security? 2196 01:55:58,486 --> 01:56:01,419 Sock a little polk salad 2197 01:56:01,554 --> 01:56:02,854 You know I need it 2198 01:56:04,661 --> 01:56:07,698 There is nothing more important than security! 2199 01:56:07,833 --> 01:56:09,828 [song continues] 2200 01:56:16,403 --> 01:56:18,144 [men yelling] 2201 01:56:20,009 --> 01:56:21,677 [grunts] 2202 01:56:21,813 --> 01:56:25,910 Am I the only one who ever thinks about Elvis' security! 2203 01:56:27,381 --> 01:56:29,188 [yelling in Dutch] 2204 01:56:30,186 --> 01:56:31,817 [all shouting] 2205 01:56:32,794 --> 01:56:33,984 Get him out of here! 2206 01:56:35,058 --> 01:56:38,032 [song ends] 2207 01:56:40,631 --> 01:56:42,266 [Parker] Those guys turned out to be 2208 01:56:42,401 --> 01:56:44,698 some over-excited fans from Peru. 2209 01:56:44,833 --> 01:56:47,236 But the death threats were real. 2210 01:56:47,372 --> 01:56:49,769 I'm going back on. [panting] 2211 01:56:49,904 --> 01:56:52,068 I'll rip his goddamn tongue out by the roots. 2212 01:56:52,204 --> 01:56:55,974 [Parker] It started to take its toll. 2213 01:56:56,109 --> 01:56:59,078 Here at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Midtown Memphis, 2214 01:56:59,213 --> 01:57:02,216 Elvis Presley has apparently checked in to a private suite, 2215 01:57:02,352 --> 01:57:04,056 suffering from exhaustion. 2216 01:57:04,191 --> 01:57:06,318 A sign that Elvis is in fact here 2217 01:57:06,453 --> 01:57:10,329 is the aluminum foil that covers his windows to deflect the sun. 2218 01:57:10,464 --> 01:57:11,990 [TV reporter] Shock around the nation today 2219 01:57:12,126 --> 01:57:14,332 as a free rock concert at the Altamont Speedway 2220 01:57:14,467 --> 01:57:16,769 by English band The Rolling Stones, 2221 01:57:16,905 --> 01:57:18,701 ended with four deaths. 2222 01:57:18,836 --> 01:57:21,237 One resulting from a stabbing, allegedly committed... 2223 01:57:21,373 --> 01:57:23,506 [nurse] Elvis, Dr. Nick is here. 2224 01:57:25,511 --> 01:57:27,412 [Parker] Such a lovely girl, Ms. Tate. 2225 01:57:27,547 --> 01:57:30,079 What has happened to law and order in this country? 2226 01:57:30,214 --> 01:57:31,943 Hippies and radicals, 2227 01:57:32,078 --> 01:57:35,388 threatening and killing popular entertainers. 2228 01:57:35,524 --> 01:57:39,659 The IRA blowing up England? Planes exploding in mid-air? 2229 01:57:39,795 --> 01:57:41,151 Has the world gone mad? 2230 01:57:41,286 --> 01:57:44,058 Hulett's security is not what it needs to be. 2231 01:57:44,193 --> 01:57:45,628 And he knows it. 2232 01:57:45,763 --> 01:57:47,925 An international tour now is out of the question. 2233 01:57:48,060 --> 01:57:49,833 What are you talking about, Colonel? 2234 01:57:49,968 --> 01:57:51,835 I ain't gonna let these sons of bitches push me off the stage. 2235 01:57:51,970 --> 01:57:53,471 Precisely. 2236 01:57:53,606 --> 01:57:55,236 You are not one of Hulett's long-hair Zeppelins, 2237 01:57:55,371 --> 01:57:57,302 you are Elvis Presley. 2238 01:57:57,437 --> 01:57:59,246 You are beloved. 2239 01:57:59,381 --> 01:58:02,107 And I told him I have to look Priscilla in the eye, 2240 01:58:02,243 --> 01:58:06,977 and I have to promise her that little Lisa Marie's daddy 2241 01:58:07,113 --> 01:58:10,113 will be safe while he's away from home. 2242 01:58:10,249 --> 01:58:11,915 We're taking the show to the world, Colonel. 2243 01:58:12,051 --> 01:58:14,227 I ain't gonna disappoint those fans. 2244 01:58:18,600 --> 01:58:20,665 Well... 2245 01:58:20,800 --> 01:58:25,629 If you want to book more dates, we could do an American tour, 2246 01:58:25,764 --> 01:58:28,036 15 cities in 15 days, 2247 01:58:28,172 --> 01:58:31,604 while Mr. Hulett straightens out his security problems overseas. 2248 01:58:31,739 --> 01:58:33,804 I'd like that very much, son. 2249 01:58:33,939 --> 01:58:35,345 How is that gonna be any safer? 2250 01:58:35,481 --> 01:58:37,546 [Parker] Because staying in this country, 2251 01:58:37,682 --> 01:58:41,448 I can handle every aspect of security. 2252 01:58:41,584 --> 01:58:43,048 And then we go international? 2253 01:58:43,183 --> 01:58:46,125 Yeah, sure, around the world. Wherever you want. 2254 01:58:46,261 --> 01:58:47,551 But in the meantime, here in America, 2255 01:58:47,687 --> 01:58:50,193 we put on a great show. 2256 01:58:50,329 --> 01:58:51,622 And what will we do, Charlie? 2257 01:58:51,757 --> 01:58:53,398 And have a lot of fun. 2258 01:58:54,331 --> 01:58:56,797 Taking care of business. 2259 01:58:58,566 --> 01:59:00,997 Taking care of business. 2260 01:59:01,133 --> 01:59:04,673 ["Burning Love" by Presley playing] 2261 01:59:07,616 --> 01:59:10,943 [Parker] I'll get guarantees from every mayor. 2262 01:59:11,078 --> 01:59:13,145 We'll double the police presence. 2263 01:59:13,281 --> 01:59:15,981 You'll have more security than the President. 2264 01:59:16,956 --> 01:59:18,787 [crowd cheering] 2265 01:59:18,922 --> 01:59:22,790 Lord Almighty I feel my temperature rising 2266 01:59:24,799 --> 01:59:28,697 Higher, higher It's burning through to my soul 2267 01:59:30,869 --> 01:59:36,575 Girl, girl, girl You're gonna set me on fire 2268 01:59:36,711 --> 01:59:39,410 My brain is flaming I don't know which way to go 2269 01:59:39,546 --> 01:59:41,073 [Parker] And when the show is done, 2270 01:59:41,209 --> 01:59:44,082 the boys will hustle you to the motorcade. 2271 01:59:44,217 --> 01:59:46,442 Elvis has left the building. 2272 01:59:46,578 --> 01:59:50,290 Once you're in the air, Dr. Nick will ensure your rest. 2273 01:59:51,321 --> 01:59:53,087 Burnin' love 2274 01:59:53,222 --> 01:59:55,585 [Parker] Land in the next city, then we do it all again. 2275 01:59:55,721 --> 01:59:57,088 Fifteen times! 2276 01:59:57,223 --> 02:00:00,025 I'm just a hunk A hunk of burning love 2277 02:00:00,160 --> 02:00:02,164 I'm just a hunk A hunk of burning love 2278 02:00:02,300 --> 02:00:04,867 [Parker] It was life on the road, just like the old days. 2279 02:00:05,002 --> 02:00:09,034 We were making so much snow, we did it again. 2280 02:00:11,242 --> 02:00:12,675 And again. 2281 02:00:13,541 --> 02:00:15,512 And again. 2282 02:00:15,648 --> 02:00:18,846 All in the safety of the US of A. 2283 02:00:22,581 --> 02:00:25,890 Eventually, he lost interest in going overseas. 2284 02:00:26,026 --> 02:00:27,859 Why would you? 2285 02:00:27,994 --> 02:00:32,323 But I still kept my promise. I brought the world to him. 2286 02:00:32,459 --> 02:00:36,434 I invented the world's first ever satellite concert. 2287 02:00:36,570 --> 02:00:39,398 ["It's Only Love" by Presley playing] 2288 02:00:39,534 --> 02:00:44,741 [Parker] 1.5 billion people in one night, for a single artist. 2289 02:00:44,876 --> 02:00:48,073 Nothing like it before, nothing like it since. 2290 02:00:50,712 --> 02:00:54,783 [band playing final fanfare] 2291 02:00:57,786 --> 02:01:00,353 [Parker] But it wasn't enough. 2292 02:01:00,488 --> 02:01:06,398 He was addicted to the love he felt from you onstage. 2293 02:01:06,534 --> 02:01:09,798 Ordinary love just didn't compare. 2294 02:01:11,298 --> 02:01:15,976 So, in the lonely moments between shows, 2295 02:01:16,111 --> 02:01:19,435 he turned to them pills. 2296 02:01:19,571 --> 02:01:21,810 Priscilla, I want you to do something for me, will you? 2297 02:01:21,945 --> 02:01:25,352 You give my baby girl a big hug for me, okay? 2298 02:01:27,487 --> 02:01:29,318 [Parker] The roar of the crowd. 2299 02:01:29,454 --> 02:01:31,519 The life on the road. 2300 02:01:31,654 --> 02:01:34,851 Calling home to your loved ones, pretending nothing has changed, 2301 02:01:34,987 --> 02:01:36,853 when everything has. 2302 02:01:36,989 --> 02:01:38,893 -Lost. -[muffled slam] 2303 02:01:39,825 --> 02:01:41,192 What was that? 2304 02:01:45,098 --> 02:01:47,240 Ain't no one gonna walk around 2305 02:01:47,376 --> 02:01:48,736 sayin' they killed Elvis Presley. 2306 02:01:48,871 --> 02:01:51,011 -What did you say? -Nothing, baby. 2307 02:01:51,146 --> 02:01:54,075 [overlapping chatter on TV] 2308 02:01:54,211 --> 02:01:56,977 [Cronkite] Dr. Martin Luther King has been shot 2309 02:01:57,112 --> 02:01:58,348 in downtown Memphis, Tennessee... 2310 02:01:58,483 --> 02:02:01,688 [static, feedback building] 2311 02:02:01,824 --> 02:02:03,647 [newscaster] Sharon Tate was the last to die. 2312 02:02:03,782 --> 02:02:05,051 [gunshots] 2313 02:02:08,424 --> 02:02:09,792 [exhaling] 2314 02:02:12,858 --> 02:02:14,698 Is that you, doll? 2315 02:02:14,833 --> 02:02:18,396 I'm leaving you, and I'm taking Lisa with me. 2316 02:02:18,531 --> 02:02:21,302 Uh, 'Cilla, is this about what happens on the road? 2317 02:02:21,437 --> 02:02:22,705 About the what? 2318 02:02:22,841 --> 02:02:24,368 Is this about what happens on the road? 2319 02:02:24,504 --> 02:02:25,841 The girls? You think I give a shit about the girls 2320 02:02:25,976 --> 02:02:27,304 that you sneak in through the side door? 2321 02:02:27,439 --> 02:02:29,314 No. I couldn't care less about whoever it is 2322 02:02:29,450 --> 02:02:30,917 you sneak through the side door. 2323 02:02:31,053 --> 02:02:32,316 It's about this, Elvis. 2324 02:02:32,452 --> 02:02:33,913 -And this. -Hey. Whoa. 2325 02:02:34,049 --> 02:02:36,047 And these goddamn pills those leeches 2326 02:02:36,183 --> 02:02:37,516 and has-beens feed down your throat! 2327 02:02:37,651 --> 02:02:38,786 God damn it. 2328 02:02:38,922 --> 02:02:40,118 -Like you're strung out. -Strung out? 2329 02:02:40,254 --> 02:02:41,587 Goddamn, I'm in the best shape of my life. 2330 02:02:41,723 --> 02:02:43,388 Best shape of your life. 2331 02:02:43,524 --> 02:02:44,759 The only time you're happy is when you're on that stage. 2332 02:02:44,895 --> 02:02:46,356 And in between that, you're a ghost. 2333 02:02:46,491 --> 02:02:48,232 'Cilla, I give you everything you could want. 2334 02:02:48,368 --> 02:02:50,060 What I want is a husband. 2335 02:02:50,195 --> 02:02:52,803 I am your wife. I am your wife! 2336 02:02:52,938 --> 02:02:56,140 And Lisa is your daughter. She needs a father. 2337 02:02:56,276 --> 02:02:58,236 [Elvis] I am her father! 2338 02:02:59,948 --> 02:03:01,415 [exhales softly] 2339 02:03:04,883 --> 02:03:06,052 [voice shaking] Do you remember the last time 2340 02:03:06,188 --> 02:03:07,917 that we laughed together? 2341 02:03:08,053 --> 02:03:09,783 Do you remember the last time that the three of us 2342 02:03:09,918 --> 02:03:11,682 sat down and had dinner together? 2343 02:03:11,817 --> 02:03:13,018 [crying softly] 2344 02:03:13,154 --> 02:03:17,028 You won't even make love to me anymore. 2345 02:03:17,163 --> 02:03:21,127 I gift you my life, and I have nothing left in me to give you. 2346 02:03:25,833 --> 02:03:27,298 Do you still love me? 2347 02:03:44,487 --> 02:03:46,956 [exhales softly] 2348 02:03:47,091 --> 02:03:51,355 When you're 40 and I'm 50, we'll be back together. 2349 02:03:53,661 --> 02:03:55,095 You'll see. 2350 02:04:02,738 --> 02:04:05,039 [Elvis crying softly] 2351 02:04:06,840 --> 02:04:08,647 [sobbing quietly] 2352 02:04:12,153 --> 02:04:13,747 I have to go. 2353 02:04:13,883 --> 02:04:15,413 [Elvis] Will you please stay? 2354 02:04:15,548 --> 02:04:19,282 I have to go. Okay? If I stay, I'll never leave. 2355 02:04:19,417 --> 02:04:20,824 -Please... -You have to let me go. 2356 02:04:20,959 --> 02:04:22,760 -Please, Priscilla. -You have to let me go. 2357 02:04:34,000 --> 02:04:36,268 [car engine starts] 2358 02:04:36,836 --> 02:04:38,809 [sobbing] 2359 02:04:45,513 --> 02:04:47,182 [newscaster] Fifty thousand people gathered 2360 02:04:47,318 --> 02:04:49,182 in New Orleans earlier today to mourn the passing 2361 02:04:49,317 --> 02:04:51,856 of gospel legend, Mahalia Jackson. 2362 02:04:51,991 --> 02:04:53,159 [Jackson] Will you come to Mississippi 2363 02:04:53,295 --> 02:04:55,226 and sing with us, Mr. Presley? 2364 02:04:55,361 --> 02:04:59,431 Why, B.B. King will be there. Perhaps even the Rolling Stones. 2365 02:04:59,567 --> 02:05:01,425 [Elvis] I'm sorry, Ms. Jackson. 2366 02:05:01,561 --> 02:05:04,769 The Colonel, he... he won't allow it. 2367 02:05:04,904 --> 02:05:07,363 [Jackson] You are a man, Mr. Presley. 2368 02:05:07,499 --> 02:05:08,868 And a man don't make up his own mind 2369 02:05:09,003 --> 02:05:11,403 about matters of conscience. 2370 02:05:11,538 --> 02:05:13,641 [Jerry] Come on, Diskin. Elvis needs a challenge 2371 02:05:13,777 --> 02:05:15,142 to get back on track. 2372 02:05:15,277 --> 02:05:17,684 Why won't the Colonel let him go overseas? 2373 02:05:17,819 --> 02:05:19,579 -Security, Jerry. You know that. -Bullshit! 2374 02:05:19,715 --> 02:05:21,847 The Colonel's killing his greatest asset without a reason. 2375 02:05:21,982 --> 02:05:23,719 So what is the reason? 2376 02:05:23,854 --> 02:05:26,425 Colonel always has his reasons. 2377 02:05:26,560 --> 02:05:28,420 I'm not at liberty to divulge 2378 02:05:28,555 --> 02:05:30,256 personal information about Mr. Parker. 2379 02:05:30,391 --> 02:05:32,390 -[knocking on door] -[Jerry] He lied. 2380 02:05:32,526 --> 02:05:33,862 There wasn't gonna be an international tour 2381 02:05:33,998 --> 02:05:35,360 'cause he can't leave the country. 2382 02:05:35,495 --> 02:05:37,598 He's got no citizenship, no official identity. 2383 02:05:37,733 --> 02:05:39,032 He doesn't exist. 2384 02:05:39,168 --> 02:05:42,334 There never was a Colonel Tom Parker. 2385 02:05:42,469 --> 02:05:44,204 [slurring] What are you talking about, Jerry? 2386 02:05:45,604 --> 02:05:46,874 -Hey, whoa, whoa! -[indistinct shouting] 2387 02:05:47,010 --> 02:05:47,940 [Charlie] Get him an ice bucket! 2388 02:05:48,076 --> 02:05:50,584 [overlapping shouts, chatter] 2389 02:05:52,553 --> 02:05:53,882 [King] Colonel's a smart man. 2390 02:05:54,017 --> 02:05:55,320 There's got to be another reason. 2391 02:05:55,455 --> 02:05:56,654 [Jerry] Come on, man! 2392 02:05:56,789 --> 02:05:58,216 [Parker] I will stay here at home, 2393 02:05:58,351 --> 02:06:00,422 and I will work and I will worry. 2394 02:06:00,557 --> 02:06:02,887 [Hulett] I mean, why the Colonel kept turning them down, 2395 02:06:03,023 --> 02:06:03,894 I have no idea, man. 2396 02:06:05,631 --> 02:06:07,062 [Parker] Get out of the way! 2397 02:06:09,102 --> 02:06:12,903 Now, you listen to me. The only thing that matters... 2398 02:06:13,038 --> 02:06:16,066 is that that man gets up on that stage tonight. 2399 02:06:16,201 --> 02:06:17,600 [overlapping chatter] 2400 02:06:17,736 --> 02:06:20,647 If he was my son, I'd put him in a hospital. 2401 02:06:25,184 --> 02:06:28,281 Well, of course, this is a Presley Enterprises decision. 2402 02:06:29,222 --> 02:06:30,547 Vernon? 2403 02:06:31,952 --> 02:06:34,485 Well... um... 2404 02:06:35,528 --> 02:06:37,794 Well, what can you... 2405 02:06:37,929 --> 02:06:40,128 What can you do for him, Dr. Nick? 2406 02:06:42,430 --> 02:06:49,203 [Elvis singing] His truth is marching on 2407 02:06:53,172 --> 02:06:54,314 [applause, cheering] 2408 02:06:54,449 --> 02:07:00,049 His truth is marching on 2409 02:07:08,493 --> 02:07:09,856 [song ends] 2410 02:07:09,991 --> 02:07:11,995 [screaming, applause] 2411 02:07:14,534 --> 02:07:16,660 Thank you. Thank you. 2412 02:07:16,795 --> 02:07:18,802 Now he's gonna ask the house lights to be brought up, 2413 02:07:18,937 --> 02:07:20,299 'cause we've been looking at him. 2414 02:07:20,435 --> 02:07:22,267 He wants to look at us now. He loves this. 2415 02:07:22,403 --> 02:07:23,773 I'd like to turn the house lights up, 2416 02:07:23,908 --> 02:07:25,705 -ladies and gentlemen. -Eh? 2417 02:07:25,840 --> 02:07:28,643 'Cause now that you've seen me, I'd like to take a look at you. 2418 02:07:28,779 --> 02:07:31,276 [cheering, applause] 2419 02:07:31,412 --> 02:07:33,620 Oh, you're beautiful. Thank you. 2420 02:07:33,755 --> 02:07:35,348 He'll mention the VIPs that are here. 2421 02:07:35,484 --> 02:07:37,555 We've got some high-rollers in here tonight. 2422 02:07:37,690 --> 02:07:38,986 Get ready for the spotlight. 2423 02:07:39,122 --> 02:07:42,485 Mr. International Hotel himself. 2424 02:07:42,620 --> 02:07:44,858 -Thank you. -Ah, there you go. 2425 02:07:44,993 --> 02:07:47,426 And right next to him, 2426 02:07:47,561 --> 02:07:52,364 is my so-called manager, Colonel Tom Parker. 2427 02:07:52,499 --> 02:07:55,940 -There he is. -[chuckling] Come on. 2428 02:07:56,076 --> 02:08:01,279 But I hear rumors that Colonel is an alien. 2429 02:08:01,414 --> 02:08:04,043 [laughter] 2430 02:08:04,178 --> 02:08:05,779 Got here on my rocket ship. 2431 02:08:05,915 --> 02:08:08,251 [cheering, applause] 2432 02:08:08,387 --> 02:08:09,415 Oh. 2433 02:08:13,318 --> 02:08:15,387 Somebody call the FBI 2434 02:08:15,523 --> 02:08:17,962 and tell 'em that he has abducted me, 2435 02:08:18,097 --> 02:08:22,429 that he has locked me in this golden cage, 2436 02:08:22,564 --> 02:08:26,568 to keep me here forever with you, ladies and gentlemen. 2437 02:08:26,703 --> 02:08:29,666 [light applause] 2438 02:08:29,801 --> 02:08:32,410 [singing, slurred] So I'm caught in a trap 2439 02:08:32,545 --> 02:08:35,078 I can't get out 2440 02:08:36,577 --> 02:08:40,116 'Cause Colonel's got some big debts, baby. 2441 02:08:44,182 --> 02:08:46,288 Excuse me. 2442 02:08:46,423 --> 02:08:49,790 Well, this is the last show I'm ever playing here. 2443 02:08:49,925 --> 02:08:51,326 [scattered groans] 2444 02:08:51,461 --> 02:08:56,595 I'm gonna get on my jet plane, the Lisa Marie... 2445 02:08:56,730 --> 02:09:01,164 It's named after my, uh... my beautiful daughter. 2446 02:09:01,300 --> 02:09:03,304 And I'm gonna fly away. 2447 02:09:05,105 --> 02:09:07,172 No, no, no... 2448 02:09:07,308 --> 02:09:10,244 You know, I'm gonna fly away. 2449 02:09:10,380 --> 02:09:12,277 [whispers] Stop the show. Stop this show! 2450 02:09:12,412 --> 02:09:13,517 Come on, get this curtain down. 2451 02:09:13,653 --> 02:09:15,581 Fuck the International. 2452 02:09:15,716 --> 02:09:18,950 Mr. Schilling, what the devil is happening here? 2453 02:09:19,086 --> 02:09:20,485 And Las Vegas. 2454 02:09:20,621 --> 02:09:21,793 [Jerry] That's what he wants to know. 2455 02:09:21,929 --> 02:09:24,292 Ain't no one gonna stop me, man. 2456 02:09:25,961 --> 02:09:28,729 Oh! Security. 2457 02:09:28,864 --> 02:09:30,269 Security! 2458 02:09:30,404 --> 02:09:31,735 [babbling] 2459 02:09:31,871 --> 02:09:35,472 Security, security! Security! 2460 02:09:35,607 --> 02:09:37,770 800 shows! 2461 02:09:37,905 --> 02:09:40,770 You don't have a goddamn passport, you son of a bitch! 2462 02:09:41,548 --> 02:09:43,146 You are fired! 2463 02:09:43,946 --> 02:09:45,951 You are fired! 2464 02:09:46,817 --> 02:09:49,185 You're fired! 2465 02:09:55,858 --> 02:09:57,787 [all murmuring] 2466 02:09:59,027 --> 02:10:00,559 You're fired. 2467 02:10:03,466 --> 02:10:06,405 -[microphone thumps] -[feedback squeals] 2468 02:10:06,540 --> 02:10:08,006 [Charlie] E., I-- 2469 02:10:10,209 --> 02:10:12,637 Colonel, I gotta-- I'll talk him down. 2470 02:10:21,156 --> 02:10:23,285 This is Colonel Tom Parker. I wish it to be known 2471 02:10:23,421 --> 02:10:26,556 that Dr. Nick's services are no longer required. 2472 02:10:26,691 --> 02:10:28,026 Thank you. 2473 02:10:29,462 --> 02:10:31,022 Hmm. 2474 02:10:31,157 --> 02:10:32,965 Well, Diskin... 2475 02:10:33,100 --> 02:10:35,495 if the boy wants to set out on his own, 2476 02:10:35,630 --> 02:10:38,562 it's all right by me, but Presley Enterprises 2477 02:10:38,698 --> 02:10:41,034 is going to cough up what it owes. 2478 02:10:41,170 --> 02:10:43,141 -Are you ready? -Ready. 2479 02:10:43,276 --> 02:10:45,675 Gasoline for the first trip to the Hayride... 2480 02:10:45,811 --> 02:10:47,536 one dollar and 25 cents. 2481 02:10:47,672 --> 02:10:49,540 Un-recouped promotional costs 2482 02:10:49,676 --> 02:10:52,411 pertaining to souvenir calendars, $100. 2483 02:10:52,547 --> 02:10:54,920 Collectible trading cards, $100. 2484 02:10:55,055 --> 02:10:58,182 Posters, flyers and programs, $100. 2485 02:10:58,318 --> 02:11:00,349 Balloons, $50... 2486 02:11:00,485 --> 02:11:02,786 [jet engines thrumming] 2487 02:11:14,071 --> 02:11:15,269 [Elvis] What's the hold-up? 2488 02:11:15,405 --> 02:11:18,208 Sorry, E.P. Your daddy won't come down. 2489 02:11:21,042 --> 02:11:22,377 [door opens] 2490 02:11:23,076 --> 02:11:24,082 Daddy. 2491 02:11:42,329 --> 02:11:44,266 [Elvis] What is this? 2492 02:11:44,402 --> 02:11:48,073 Well, that is what we owe the Colonel. 2493 02:11:50,940 --> 02:11:52,572 We're broke. 2494 02:11:55,516 --> 02:11:58,243 Daddy, I've been playing this mausoleum for a hundred years. 2495 02:11:58,378 --> 02:11:59,852 How could we be broke? 2496 02:11:59,988 --> 02:12:01,649 [Vernon] You spend so much money. 2497 02:12:01,785 --> 02:12:05,319 You know, you got the cars and the girls and the clothes, 2498 02:12:05,454 --> 02:12:07,486 and all the... you know, new airplane. 2499 02:12:07,622 --> 02:12:09,094 Daddy, you are my business manager. 2500 02:12:09,229 --> 02:12:10,624 You're supposed to be taking care of business. 2501 02:12:10,759 --> 02:12:13,422 I don't know what to tell you, son, we're broke! 2502 02:12:13,557 --> 02:12:15,162 We're plain broke. 2503 02:12:15,297 --> 02:12:17,163 Gotta take the Colonel back. 2504 02:12:17,299 --> 02:12:19,463 I am not taking him back. 2505 02:12:19,598 --> 02:12:21,205 We're gonna lose Graceland. 2506 02:12:33,788 --> 02:12:35,681 I am not taking him back! 2507 02:12:36,315 --> 02:12:38,691 [yelling] 2508 02:12:38,826 --> 02:12:40,124 He takes everything from me. 2509 02:12:40,260 --> 02:12:42,520 He takes 50% of everything that I make! 2510 02:12:42,655 --> 02:12:43,925 And now he wants to take the home 2511 02:12:44,061 --> 02:12:45,526 that we bought for Mama! 2512 02:12:46,767 --> 02:12:47,933 Listen to me, Daddy. 2513 02:12:48,069 --> 02:12:50,933 That old bastard can sue if he wants, 2514 02:12:51,068 --> 02:12:52,863 but I am flying away. 2515 02:12:53,972 --> 02:12:55,503 With or without you. 2516 02:12:59,778 --> 02:13:01,476 [elevator dings] 2517 02:13:05,515 --> 02:13:08,888 Oh, you bloodsucking, old vampire. 2518 02:13:09,024 --> 02:13:12,254 You bled me dry and you still want more? 2519 02:13:12,390 --> 02:13:14,653 I'm not an uncaring man, Mr. Presley. 2520 02:13:14,789 --> 02:13:17,757 Don't you "Mr. Presley" me, you toad. 2521 02:13:17,892 --> 02:13:20,933 If you are so determined to get out of our contract-- 2522 02:13:21,069 --> 02:13:22,430 You're goddamn right I want out. 2523 02:13:22,566 --> 02:13:24,398 Well, I will personally loan you the money 2524 02:13:24,534 --> 02:13:26,434 that you owe to Jamboree Attractions. 2525 02:13:26,570 --> 02:13:28,237 Yeah, you'll still have your claws in me. 2526 02:13:28,373 --> 02:13:29,601 You'll still have me working here 2527 02:13:29,737 --> 02:13:31,570 like a goddamn slave in a salt mine, 2528 02:13:31,705 --> 02:13:34,036 you phony, no-good piece of trash! 2529 02:13:34,171 --> 02:13:37,743 I oughta shoot you in your fat, goddamn face! 2530 02:13:38,883 --> 02:13:40,147 Who are you? 2531 02:13:40,283 --> 02:13:42,346 I am you. And you are me. 2532 02:13:42,481 --> 02:13:43,981 Cut the horseshit! 2533 02:13:44,116 --> 02:13:46,154 Everything I've ever known about you has been a lie. 2534 02:13:46,289 --> 02:13:47,887 [Jerry] E.P., you all good? 2535 02:13:48,023 --> 02:13:52,488 [chuckles] My past is the least of your problems, my boy. 2536 02:13:52,623 --> 02:13:58,031 Everyone else you associate with lives from you, Mr. Presley. 2537 02:13:58,166 --> 02:14:00,071 Even Vernon. 2538 02:14:00,207 --> 02:14:03,199 That's right, even your own daddy 2539 02:14:03,335 --> 02:14:06,808 has looked after himself before he's looked after you. 2540 02:14:06,943 --> 02:14:09,881 Yes, I have lived from you, too, but the difference is 2541 02:14:10,016 --> 02:14:11,779 you have also lived from me. 2542 02:14:11,915 --> 02:14:16,613 We have supported each other. Because we shared a dream. 2543 02:14:16,748 --> 02:14:20,051 We are the same, you and I. 2544 02:14:20,187 --> 02:14:25,626 We are two odd, lonely children, reaching for eternity. 2545 02:14:28,300 --> 02:14:31,066 Maybe you should fly away, my boy. 2546 02:14:31,201 --> 02:14:35,040 Away from all of this. 2547 02:14:35,176 --> 02:14:39,035 But if you do choose to leave... 2548 02:14:40,742 --> 02:14:44,112 then I, for one, will be very lonely. 2549 02:14:44,247 --> 02:14:46,810 So would your father. 2550 02:14:46,946 --> 02:14:50,613 But I think you may be lonely, too. 2551 02:14:50,748 --> 02:14:52,455 [taps elevator button] 2552 02:14:53,521 --> 02:14:56,556 Oh, you see, my boy, the... 2553 02:14:56,692 --> 02:15:00,056 truth about the Rock of Eternity... 2554 02:15:03,369 --> 02:15:08,306 It is forever just beyond our reach. 2555 02:15:36,635 --> 02:15:41,339 [Elvis singing] Do the chairs in your parlor 2556 02:15:43,076 --> 02:15:46,773 Seem empty and bare? 2557 02:15:49,074 --> 02:15:53,384 Do you gaze at your doorstep 2558 02:15:55,186 --> 02:15:58,653 Picture me there? 2559 02:16:00,988 --> 02:16:05,396 Is your heart filled with pain? 2560 02:16:06,726 --> 02:16:10,995 Shall I come back again? 2561 02:16:12,840 --> 02:16:15,567 Tell me, dear 2562 02:16:15,703 --> 02:16:20,873 Are you lonesome tonight? 2563 02:16:22,878 --> 02:16:27,286 Is your heart filled with pain? 2564 02:16:28,583 --> 02:16:32,885 Shall I come back again? 2565 02:16:34,861 --> 02:16:37,358 Tell me, dear 2566 02:16:37,494 --> 02:16:43,433 Are you lonesome tonight? 2567 02:16:51,409 --> 02:16:54,511 Son, I know... I know, I... 2568 02:16:57,214 --> 02:16:59,208 I wanna try and... 2569 02:17:00,883 --> 02:17:04,213 I wanna try and fix this. You know... 2570 02:17:08,255 --> 02:17:09,459 Daddy... 2571 02:17:15,025 --> 02:17:17,259 Tell that son of a bitch... 2572 02:17:17,394 --> 02:17:19,767 I want things to go back to the way they were. 2573 02:17:28,278 --> 02:17:29,281 And, Daddy... 2574 02:17:31,978 --> 02:17:36,245 Tell the Colonel to send up Dr. Nick. 2575 02:17:50,064 --> 02:17:52,536 ["Suspicious Minds" by Paravi playing] 2576 02:17:54,465 --> 02:17:56,165 [radio DJ] It's a beautiful day in Las Vegas, 2577 02:17:56,299 --> 02:17:57,705 with lots going on this weekend. 2578 02:17:57,840 --> 02:18:00,111 Those teen sensations, The Jacksons, 2579 02:18:00,245 --> 02:18:01,809 are causing a lot of excitement 2580 02:18:01,945 --> 02:18:04,177 with their residency at the MGM Grand. 2581 02:18:04,313 --> 02:18:07,216 And for the older crowd, Elvis is back for a fifth year. 2582 02:18:07,351 --> 02:18:08,717 And don't we love him. 2583 02:18:08,852 --> 02:18:10,547 [reporter] In Entertainment News today, 2584 02:18:10,682 --> 02:18:12,951 Elvis Presley is in talks to play opposite Barbra Streisand 2585 02:18:13,087 --> 02:18:14,857 in a remake of A Star is Born. 2586 02:18:14,993 --> 02:18:16,424 [commentator] These days, when he's not slurring 2587 02:18:16,559 --> 02:18:18,156 on stage in Vegas or playing 2588 02:18:18,290 --> 02:18:20,456 the same old domestic concert circuit, 2589 02:18:20,592 --> 02:18:22,763 the singer spends weeks at a time in his bedroom, 2590 02:18:22,898 --> 02:18:24,800 tormented by his growing waistline. 2591 02:18:24,937 --> 02:18:26,867 Sounds like it won't be much of a stretch for him 2592 02:18:27,002 --> 02:18:29,165 to play the role of a washed-up singer. 2593 02:18:32,806 --> 02:18:34,875 Oh, look, here they come. 2594 02:18:37,308 --> 02:18:38,776 -[Vernon] Are you all right? -[Elvis] Yep. 2595 02:18:38,911 --> 02:18:40,516 All right, Daddy loves you. 2596 02:18:40,652 --> 02:18:43,012 -Bye, baby. -[Vernon] Come on, baby. 2597 02:18:43,147 --> 02:18:44,489 -Bye, Papa. -Good girl. 2598 02:18:44,624 --> 02:18:46,656 -Bye, baby. -[Vernon] Give me your hand. 2599 02:18:47,827 --> 02:18:49,218 Hi! 2600 02:18:49,355 --> 02:18:51,991 -[Vernon] Here she is. -Hi, baby. How you doing? 2601 02:18:54,829 --> 02:18:56,360 Want to say goodbye to Daddy? 2602 02:18:56,495 --> 02:18:59,504 -[Lisa Marie] Bye, Daddy. -[Priscilla] You're so good. 2603 02:19:01,198 --> 02:19:03,666 Hi. How are you? How you doing? 2604 02:19:03,803 --> 02:19:05,169 [Vernon] We're okay. 2605 02:19:07,213 --> 02:19:10,240 [jet engines whirring] 2606 02:19:24,523 --> 02:19:25,727 Hey. 2607 02:19:27,031 --> 02:19:28,191 Hi. 2608 02:19:30,762 --> 02:19:31,965 [Elvis] Hmm. 2609 02:19:37,539 --> 02:19:39,071 How are you doing? 2610 02:19:42,541 --> 02:19:44,043 [sighs] 2611 02:19:54,254 --> 02:19:57,424 Honey, there's this place in San Diego 2612 02:19:57,560 --> 02:19:59,157 that you can go to rest. 2613 02:20:00,230 --> 02:20:01,898 To heal. 2614 02:20:02,034 --> 02:20:03,892 After the show, you can fly directly and be in a clinic 2615 02:20:04,028 --> 02:20:05,069 before anyone knows. 2616 02:20:05,205 --> 02:20:06,395 It's all been arranged. 2617 02:20:08,804 --> 02:20:11,070 I'm gonna be 40 soon, 'Cilla. 2618 02:20:13,905 --> 02:20:16,105 [whispers] Forty. 2619 02:20:16,240 --> 02:20:18,583 And nobody's gonna remember me. 2620 02:20:21,113 --> 02:20:23,115 I never did anything lasting. 2621 02:20:25,618 --> 02:20:28,656 I never made that classic film that I could be proud of. 2622 02:20:28,791 --> 02:20:30,925 But what about A Star is Born? 2623 02:20:32,925 --> 02:20:35,226 Uh... [chuckles lightly] 2624 02:20:37,270 --> 02:20:40,396 Barbra... the Colonel... 2625 02:20:41,372 --> 02:20:43,333 [both chuckle] 2626 02:20:46,973 --> 02:20:49,981 [crying softly] Please go. 2627 02:20:50,116 --> 02:20:52,274 For Lisa? 2628 02:20:52,410 --> 02:20:54,817 If you dream it, you can do it, baby. 2629 02:20:57,048 --> 02:20:58,755 I'm all out of dreams. 2630 02:21:01,325 --> 02:21:02,990 Promise me. 2631 02:21:05,430 --> 02:21:06,829 [Priscilla sniffles] 2632 02:21:07,496 --> 02:21:08,930 [light knocking] 2633 02:21:10,433 --> 02:21:11,636 [exhales] 2634 02:21:37,027 --> 02:21:40,698 [whispering] I... will always... love you. 2635 02:21:58,880 --> 02:22:01,719 -Hi, baby. -[giggles] 2636 02:22:05,853 --> 02:22:07,956 [jet engines revving] 2637 02:22:33,252 --> 02:22:34,411 [imperceptible] 2638 02:22:47,164 --> 02:22:49,533 [Elvis] Did you know there's a kind of bird 2639 02:22:49,668 --> 02:22:51,865 that doesn't have any legs? 2640 02:22:52,000 --> 02:22:53,903 So it can't land on nothing. 2641 02:22:56,205 --> 02:22:58,303 It lives its whole life on the wing. 2642 02:23:00,881 --> 02:23:04,644 When it gets tired, it just spreads its wings 2643 02:23:04,780 --> 02:23:07,147 and sleeps on the wind. 2644 02:23:10,089 --> 02:23:13,450 If it ever does land, even but one time... 2645 02:23:16,186 --> 02:23:17,795 so it dies. 2646 02:23:21,260 --> 02:23:22,657 [reporter 1] Good evening. 2647 02:23:22,793 --> 02:23:25,934 Elvis Presley died today. He was 42. 2648 02:23:26,070 --> 02:23:27,838 Apparently, it was a heart attack. 2649 02:23:27,973 --> 02:23:29,833 He was found in his home in Memphis... 2650 02:23:29,968 --> 02:23:32,040 [reporter 2] President Carter has just made a statement... 2651 02:23:32,176 --> 02:23:33,669 [President Carter] Elvis Presley's death 2652 02:23:33,804 --> 02:23:36,109 deprives our country of a part of itself. 2653 02:23:36,244 --> 02:23:37,872 He was unique and irreplaceable. 2654 02:23:38,008 --> 02:23:39,475 [reporter 3] Thousands of mourners have gathered 2655 02:23:39,611 --> 02:23:41,017 outside the gates of Graceland... 2656 02:23:41,152 --> 02:23:42,685 [Carter] Using the styles of white country 2657 02:23:42,820 --> 02:23:44,650 and Black rhythm and blues, 2658 02:23:44,785 --> 02:23:47,391 permanently changed the face of American popular culture. 2659 02:23:47,527 --> 02:23:49,785 [reporter 4] The outpouring of grief can be seen everywhere. 2660 02:23:49,921 --> 02:23:52,621 [Carter] He was a symbol to people the world over, 2661 02:23:52,756 --> 02:23:55,665 of the vitality, rebelliousness... 2662 02:23:55,800 --> 02:23:58,836 [Parker] What killed my boy? 2663 02:23:58,971 --> 02:24:02,065 Them doctors say it was his heart. 2664 02:24:02,200 --> 02:24:04,540 Others, the pills. 2665 02:24:04,676 --> 02:24:08,076 Some say it was me. 2666 02:24:08,211 --> 02:24:11,849 No. I'll tell you what killed him. 2667 02:24:13,144 --> 02:24:16,178 It was love. 2668 02:24:16,313 --> 02:24:18,587 His love for you. 2669 02:24:18,723 --> 02:24:20,990 [faint applause, cheering] 2670 02:24:21,125 --> 02:24:23,662 You know, a few weeks before he died, 2671 02:24:23,798 --> 02:24:27,696 I saw him sing for the very last time. 2672 02:24:27,832 --> 02:24:29,999 He could barely stand up. 2673 02:24:31,295 --> 02:24:33,970 "Unchained Melody." 2674 02:24:34,105 --> 02:24:37,369 From an album called Unchained Melody. 2675 02:24:37,504 --> 02:24:41,375 Makes a lot of sense. Okay. [light chuckle] 2676 02:24:41,511 --> 02:24:45,979 [Parker] But that night, he sang as he always did. 2677 02:24:46,114 --> 02:24:48,319 With all his heart and soul. 2678 02:24:48,455 --> 02:24:49,913 How you like it so far? 2679 02:24:50,048 --> 02:24:52,889 [crowd cheering] 2680 02:24:53,024 --> 02:24:56,389 [Parker] That old voice rang out, 2681 02:24:56,524 --> 02:25:01,057 -and he sang with all his life. -[piano piano] 2682 02:25:01,192 --> 02:25:06,534 Oh, my love 2683 02:25:06,670 --> 02:25:08,870 My darling 2684 02:25:09,006 --> 02:25:13,169 I've hungered for your touch 2685 02:25:13,305 --> 02:25:19,015 A long, lonely time 2686 02:25:21,883 --> 02:25:27,390 Time goes by 2687 02:25:27,526 --> 02:25:30,054 So slowly 2688 02:25:30,190 --> 02:25:34,330 And time can do so much 2689 02:25:34,466 --> 02:25:36,730 Are you 2690 02:25:36,865 --> 02:25:41,230 Still mine? 2691 02:25:41,366 --> 02:25:48,275 I need your love, ooh 2692 02:25:49,549 --> 02:25:54,452 I need your love 2693 02:25:54,588 --> 02:26:00,016 God speed your love 2694 02:26:00,151 --> 02:26:04,588 To me 2695 02:26:06,297 --> 02:26:13,363 Lonely rivers flow to the sea To the sea 2696 02:26:13,498 --> 02:26:19,607 To the open arms of the sea 2697 02:26:19,742 --> 02:26:21,939 [crowd cheering] 2698 02:26:22,074 --> 02:26:28,986 Lonely rivers cry Wait for me Wait for me 2699 02:26:29,986 --> 02:26:33,292 I'll be coming home 2700 02:26:33,427 --> 02:26:38,496 Wait for me 2701 02:26:38,632 --> 02:26:43,965 My love, my darling 2702 02:26:44,100 --> 02:26:48,632 I've hungered for your kiss 2703 02:26:49,676 --> 02:26:55,875 A long, lonely time 2704 02:26:56,010 --> 02:26:57,443 [Presley] When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, 2705 02:26:57,578 --> 02:26:59,775 I was a dreamer. I read comic books 2706 02:26:59,911 --> 02:27:02,514 and I was the hero of the comic book. 2707 02:27:02,650 --> 02:27:05,956 I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. 2708 02:27:06,092 --> 02:27:08,055 So every dream that I ever dreamed 2709 02:27:08,190 --> 02:27:10,456 has come true a hundred times. 2710 02:27:12,127 --> 02:27:18,794 Are you still mine? 2711 02:27:20,366 --> 02:27:27,308 I need your love, ooh 2712 02:27:30,544 --> 02:27:32,916 I learned very early in life that... 2713 02:27:33,052 --> 02:27:36,019 "Without a song, the day would never end, 2714 02:27:36,155 --> 02:27:38,780 without a song, a man ain't got a friend, 2715 02:27:38,916 --> 02:27:42,019 without a song, the road would never bend, 2716 02:27:42,154 --> 02:27:43,187 without a song." 2717 02:27:43,323 --> 02:27:45,088 So I keep singing a song. 2718 02:27:45,223 --> 02:27:47,892 To... 2719 02:27:48,028 --> 02:27:51,093 Ooh-hoo 2720 02:27:51,229 --> 02:27:55,072 Ooh 2721 02:27:55,771 --> 02:27:57,100 Me 2722 02:27:57,235 --> 02:27:59,076 [exclaiming] 2723 02:28:02,209 --> 02:28:05,713 [song crescendos, ends] 2724 02:28:05,848 --> 02:28:09,614 [crowd roaring] 2725 02:28:16,630 --> 02:28:19,822 [crowd noise fades] 2726 02:28:25,964 --> 02:28:28,605 -[monitor beeping faintly] -[breath rasping] 2727 02:28:28,741 --> 02:28:31,141 [monitor flatlining] 2728 02:28:37,350 --> 02:28:40,084 [announcer, faint] Elvis has left the building. 2729 02:28:51,526 --> 02:28:54,395 ["In The Ghetto" by Presley playing] 2730 02:28:56,560 --> 02:29:00,335 As the snow flies 2731 02:29:02,274 --> 02:29:05,175 On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' 2732 02:29:05,310 --> 02:29:07,512 A poor little baby child is born 2733 02:29:07,647 --> 02:29:09,311 In the ghetto 2734 02:29:12,818 --> 02:29:16,285 And his mama cries 2735 02:29:18,425 --> 02:29:21,420 'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need 2736 02:29:21,556 --> 02:29:24,155 Is another hungry mouth to feed 2737 02:29:24,290 --> 02:29:26,361 In the ghetto 2738 02:29:29,232 --> 02:29:31,702 People, don't you understand 2739 02:29:31,838 --> 02:29:35,163 The child needs a helping hand 2740 02:29:35,299 --> 02:29:39,843 Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day 2741 02:29:39,979 --> 02:29:42,307 Take a look at you and me 2742 02:29:42,442 --> 02:29:45,877 Are we too blind to see? 2743 02:29:46,013 --> 02:29:51,815 Do we simply turn our heads And look the other way 2744 02:29:53,519 --> 02:29:57,557 Well, the world turns... 2745 02:30:06,804 --> 02:30:09,498 [Presley reciting] "You never stood in that man's shoes 2746 02:30:09,634 --> 02:30:12,034 Or saw things through his eyes 2747 02:30:12,169 --> 02:30:14,603 Or stood and watched with helpless hands 2748 02:30:14,738 --> 02:30:17,543 While the heart inside you dies 2749 02:30:17,679 --> 02:30:20,345 So help your brother along the way 2750 02:30:20,481 --> 02:30:23,220 No matter where he starts 2751 02:30:23,356 --> 02:30:28,717 For the same God that made you Made him, too 2752 02:30:28,852 --> 02:30:31,261 These men with broken hearts" 2753 02:30:32,865 --> 02:30:36,134 And his mama cries 2754 02:30:38,504 --> 02:30:41,272 And a hungry, little boy with a runny nose 2755 02:30:41,407 --> 02:30:43,773 Plays in the street as the cold wind blows 2756 02:30:43,908 --> 02:30:45,539 In the ghetto 2757 02:30:49,014 --> 02:30:52,711 And his hunger burns 2758 02:30:54,354 --> 02:30:57,378 So he starts to roam the streets at night 2759 02:30:57,514 --> 02:30:59,855 And he learns how to steal And he learns how to fight 2760 02:30:59,990 --> 02:31:01,918 In the ghetto 2761 02:31:05,731 --> 02:31:10,935 Then one night in desperation The young man breaks away 2762 02:31:11,070 --> 02:31:13,632 He buys a gun, steals a car 2763 02:31:13,768 --> 02:31:16,906 Tries to run, but he don't get far 2764 02:31:17,041 --> 02:31:20,772 And his mama cries 2765 02:31:23,448 --> 02:31:26,217 ["Product Of The Ghetto" by Nardo Wick playing] 2766 02:31:45,162 --> 02:31:48,029 On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' 2767 02:31:48,165 --> 02:31:51,676 Another little baby child is born 2768 02:31:51,811 --> 02:31:53,640 In the ghetto 2769 02:32:04,088 --> 02:32:07,192 And his mama cries 2770 02:32:17,361 --> 02:32:19,501 ["Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" by Presley playing] 2771 02:32:21,932 --> 02:32:25,870 Summer kisses, winter tears 2772 02:32:30,809 --> 02:32:35,184 Summer kisses, winter tears 2773 02:32:35,319 --> 02:32:39,685 That was what she gave to me 2774 02:32:39,821 --> 02:32:43,685 Never thought I'd travel all alone 2775 02:32:43,821 --> 02:32:49,993 The trail of memories 2776 02:32:54,805 --> 02:32:57,374 ["The King And I" by Eminem and CeeLo Green playing] 2777 02:35:23,817 --> 02:35:26,016 Don't tiptoe, stomp my ground 2778 02:35:26,152 --> 02:35:28,553 Gotta let 'em know we're comin' 2779 02:35:28,688 --> 02:35:30,456 Just stay there, woman 2780 02:35:30,592 --> 02:35:32,397 Engine still runnin' 2781 02:35:32,532 --> 02:35:36,466 Get dressed Like the whole world watchin' 2782 02:35:36,602 --> 02:35:39,829 God bless Gotta leave 'em shooken 2783 02:35:39,965 --> 02:35:42,039 Girls goin' wild, too cray 2784 02:35:42,175 --> 02:35:44,201 Look at what you made 2785 02:35:44,336 --> 02:35:47,979 Always come correct There's no turnin' back 2786 02:35:48,115 --> 02:35:50,080 Takin' bigger steps 2787 02:35:50,216 --> 02:35:52,047 That's all I can do 2788 02:35:52,182 --> 02:35:55,679 That's all for the moment If that's all right with you 2789 02:35:55,814 --> 02:35:57,880 That's all right, Mama 2790 02:35:58,016 --> 02:36:00,057 That's all right with you 2791 02:36:00,192 --> 02:36:01,884 That's all right, Mama 2792 02:36:02,019 --> 02:36:04,693 Anyway you do, that's all right 2793 02:36:05,527 --> 02:36:07,421 That's all right 2794 02:36:07,557 --> 02:36:12,762 That's all right now, Mama Anyway you do 2795 02:36:12,898 --> 02:36:16,535 We can't go on together 2796 02:36:16,671 --> 02:36:19,103 With suspicious minds 2797 02:36:21,105 --> 02:36:25,049 And we can't build our dreams 2798 02:36:25,185 --> 02:36:28,145 On suspicious minds 2799 02:36:46,397 --> 02:36:48,068 ["If I can Dream" by Maneskin playing] 2800 02:36:48,204 --> 02:36:54,402 There must be peace and understanding sometime 2801 02:36:55,875 --> 02:36:57,912 Strong winds of promise 2802 02:36:58,047 --> 02:37:03,483 That will blow away the doubt and fear 2803 02:37:03,619 --> 02:37:07,888 If I can dream of a warmer sun 2804 02:37:08,024 --> 02:37:11,458 Where hope keeps shining on everyone 2805 02:37:11,594 --> 02:37:15,090 Tell me why, oh, why, 2806 02:37:15,225 --> 02:37:22,067 Oh, why won't that sun appear 2807 02:37:28,105 --> 02:37:30,812 We're lost in a cloud 2808 02:37:31,910 --> 02:37:35,747 With too much rain 2809 02:37:35,882 --> 02:37:39,421 We're trapped in a world 2810 02:37:39,557 --> 02:37:43,288 That's troubled with pain 2811 02:37:43,424 --> 02:37:49,331 But as long as a man Has the strength to dream 2812 02:37:49,467 --> 02:37:56,365 He can redeem his soul and fly 2813 02:37:58,275 --> 02:38:01,141 Oh... 2814 02:38:01,277 --> 02:38:07,046 Deep in my heart, there's a trembling question 2815 02:38:08,720 --> 02:38:12,321 Still I am sure that the answers 2816 02:38:12,457 --> 02:38:15,826 The answers gonna come somehow 2817 02:38:15,961 --> 02:38:23,568 Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle 2818 02:38:23,703 --> 02:38:27,528 And while I can think, while I can talk 2819 02:38:27,663 --> 02:38:31,736 While I can stand, while I can walk 2820 02:38:31,871 --> 02:38:34,403 While I can dream 2821 02:38:35,414 --> 02:38:38,110 Please let my dream 2822 02:38:39,317 --> 02:38:43,687 Come true 2823 02:38:46,885 --> 02:38:50,723 Right now 2824 02:38:50,859 --> 02:38:53,191 Let it come true right now 2825 02:38:54,232 --> 02:38:58,196 Oh, yeah 2826 02:39:03,370 --> 02:39:04,841 -[audience applauding] -[Presley] Thank you. 2827 02:39:04,976 --> 02:39:06,435 You're fantastic. Thank you very much.