Speedway
A cool movie! - ENTERTAINING film with a GREAT looking cover! LETTER-BOXED and restored! I love reading all of the negative reviews here on AMAZON...shows it takes all kinds of people to make a world. These films were made for ELVIS fans and to be ENTERTAINING...I have no idea how someone could even compare ELVIS and NANCY SINATRA to BEN and JENNIFER LOPEZ?
Ok guys, This is a groovy, cool and sexy movie - If Austin powers were really in the groovy 60 s. he d be in this movie. with that said, yeah Elvis was embarrassed here and there but you can t get over how incredibly cool Elvis is in nearly every scene. Sinatra is a bit miscast cus Elvis blows her out of the water. but she adds a little somethin sweet here and there but Elvis is still the victor.Bill Bixby you guys!! he is great in this movie as Elvis s manager and he is funny from start to finish and his chemistry with Elvis is the best i ve seen from an Elvis movie (Ever) not overestimating.Your time hasen t come yet baby is great and let yourself go is very cool and Elvis is enjoying himself as if he knows he s making cool look good again since pappa sinatra.this is one of if not the best Elvis movie during the last 3 years of his films next to a dramatic and very surreal Change of Habbit.
Your Groovy Self - OK, people, we are talking 1968 here. Granted, this movie isn t War and Peace, but was never intended to be. Elvis, by the time this movie was filmed, knew there was no chance of being considered a serious actor, although that was his dream. The chemistry between Elvis and Nancy Sinatra is very evident...on and off the screne. Great friends and they had a blast making this movie. I recall Nancy saying they would ride around the MGM lot on a bicycle built for two when tour buses would come around and the heads would turn. That sounds like an enjoyable experience to me. The film is enjoyable, funny, and for its time, the racing scenes are action packed.It doesn t get any better than Nancy singing Your Groovy Self with the blonde hair, [lightened around her face more for the movie] and those smokey, almond eyes. WOW!BTW, Nancy was the only performer to have a solo song included on a Presley album. Impressive and enjoyable.SPEEDWAY, is a fast paced, fun loving, Elvis flick that just happens to tickle me. Sorry, couldn t resist.
A little classic - What makes these movies memorable is the innocence for there day, and the music that is still enjoyed worldwide today, Elvis always looked great in these films, although he never took himself seriously in this sort of flick, still managed to create some memorable momments for us as we where all growing up, Nancy sinatra isn t the most memorable of his co stars but still adds a little sparkle to the formular, and this movie has been nicely remastered on to dvd with good sound, so if your an Elvis fan or just an admirer of his, if you can overlook some of the corny seens, it s still worth a view, and if your a collecter then you should have this in your dvd collection. regards Deke Rivers (...)
The Pits! - No, not Brad and Jen but Elvis and Nancy living it large. God almightly, this really is the pits. Elvis may look good, not too large, but it s really awful. Nancy Sinatra would not get a sniff of a record or movie contract if she had not been the daughter of big Frank. She is truly awful. She can t sing worth a lick. Elvis just looks embarrassed by the whole mess. The songs are awful, some daft song about the IRS(!) but the worst is Your Groovy Self by the aforementioned Nancy, out of tune, looking terrible and, well, just awful.This would have disappeared into oblivion if it had not been for big E who just sleepwalks through this mess.Truly awful.