Royal Stompbox: JOHN CARPENTER'S ELVIS
The Royal Cinema
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Toronto
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Tuesday March 20, 2018
7:30pm - John, Kurt & Elvis Preshow | 8:00pm – John Carpenter’s ELVIS
It’s Kurt Russell’s birthday this month, so Stompbox is celebrating the first ever team-up between legendary super-pals Kurt “Snake Plissken” Russell and John Carpenter (later to team up for ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, and ESCAPE FROM L.A.). Carpenter’s biopic was made just 18 months after the death of The King, and probably due to this still-raw immediacy (and the fact that it was made for ‘70s prime time TV), it was decided to keep the story focused on the positives, stopping the narrative in 1969 before the barbiturates, weight gain, and general decline set in. Russell shines throughout, and deservedly was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for this made-for-TV special.
The great Season Hubley plays Priscilla Presley, and she and Kurt were to became linked in real life, married one month after the ELVIS broadcast, and had one kid together before breaking up in 1983. Season never went on to the fame she deserved, but she’s great here (and amazing in Gary Sherman’s VICE SQUAD a few years later!).
Kurt Russell’s connection to Elvis began way back during his days as a child actor, with an uncredited part in Elvis Presley’s IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD’S FAIR. In it, Elvis’ character pays 10-year-old Kurt to kick him in the shin. It’s awesome.
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Start:
2018-03-20T20:00:00-04:00
End:
2018-03-20T23:00:00-04:00
Category
Film
Tickets
ADVANCE TICKETS
13.19
CAD
388