Tom Petty wanted to learn more about Elvis Presley’s songs, but teen magazines weren’t giving him any help. He bought a book about the “All Shook Up” singer that changed his life. He also revealed the book impacted his relationship with The Beatles’ songs.
Tom Petty said receiving an Elvis Presley book was like getting a Christmas present
In the 2012 book Conversations With Tom Petty, the “Free Fallin'” star said he wanted to learn more about Elvis when he was young. He couldn’t find books about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Many teen magazines focused on Elvis, but they included little information.
“I sent a buck to England for this book, The Elvis Presley Handbook, much to the ridicule of my family for wasting a dollar,” he said. “And it took months to come, but the day it came was like Christmas.” That’s an apt comparison,...
Tom Petty said receiving an Elvis Presley book was like getting a Christmas present
In the 2012 book Conversations With Tom Petty, the “Free Fallin'” star said he wanted to learn more about Elvis when he was young. He couldn’t find books about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Many teen magazines focused on Elvis, but they included little information.
“I sent a buck to England for this book, The Elvis Presley Handbook, much to the ridicule of my family for wasting a dollar,” he said. “And it took months to come, but the day it came was like Christmas.” That’s an apt comparison,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
One of Elvis Presley’s songs became a top 5 hit for Roy Orbison. Tom Petty said a lyric from Elvis’ song “was pretty heavy stuff for a little kid like [him] to hear.” Petty recalled seeing the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll on the set of a musical.
An Elvis Presley song from one of his classic movies has a deceptive title. Roy Orbison covered the song as the B-side to his single “Blue Bayou.” Subsequently, Tom Petty said the King of Rock’ n’ Roll‘s version of the song inspired him musically.
1 of the songs from Elvis Presley’s film ‘Loving You’ became a hit for Roy Orbison
Despite its bluesy title, “Mean Woman Blues” is an uptempo rock number that featured on the soundtrack of Elvis’ film Loving You. The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits doesn’t mention “Mean Woman Blues” ever charting on the Billboard Top...
One of Elvis Presley’s songs became a top 5 hit for Roy Orbison. Tom Petty said a lyric from Elvis’ song “was pretty heavy stuff for a little kid like [him] to hear.” Petty recalled seeing the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll on the set of a musical.
An Elvis Presley song from one of his classic movies has a deceptive title. Roy Orbison covered the song as the B-side to his single “Blue Bayou.” Subsequently, Tom Petty said the King of Rock’ n’ Roll‘s version of the song inspired him musically.
1 of the songs from Elvis Presley’s film ‘Loving You’ became a hit for Roy Orbison
Despite its bluesy title, “Mean Woman Blues” is an uptempo rock number that featured on the soundtrack of Elvis’ film Loving You. The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits doesn’t mention “Mean Woman Blues” ever charting on the Billboard Top...
- 8/31/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
Tom Petty loved an Elvis Presley song that was a cover of a track by an obscure artist. Petty praised Elvis for knowing the song in the first place. Petty revealed what it was like being in the presence of the singer.
Tom Petty discussed one of Elvis Presley‘s songs that influenced him. In addition, he discussed a visit to a film set that got him interested in the singer in the first place. Notably, Petty said he tried to get his hands on every Elvis record he could when he was young.
Tom Petty discussed a song that was obscure before Elvis Presley decided to cover it
During a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Petty named “That’s All Right” as one of the Elvis songs that inspired him. “Elvis and his band were fooling around at the end of a session at Sun with this song,...
Tom Petty loved an Elvis Presley song that was a cover of a track by an obscure artist. Petty praised Elvis for knowing the song in the first place. Petty revealed what it was like being in the presence of the singer.
Tom Petty discussed one of Elvis Presley‘s songs that influenced him. In addition, he discussed a visit to a film set that got him interested in the singer in the first place. Notably, Petty said he tried to get his hands on every Elvis record he could when he was young.
Tom Petty discussed a song that was obscure before Elvis Presley decided to cover it
During a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Petty named “That’s All Right” as one of the Elvis songs that inspired him. “Elvis and his band were fooling around at the end of a session at Sun with this song,...
- 8/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tom Petty grew up during the 1950s and 1960s when Elvis Presley and The Beatles were the two dominant names of rock ‘n’ roll. Both musical acts influenced the future leader of the Heartbreakers, as the two changed the music industry in many ways. While Petty was American, he connected more to the four boys from Liverpool than the King from Memphis.
Tom Petty believed he was more similar to The Beatles than Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley took America and the world by storm in the 1950s. His soulful voice and influential rock music captured the attention of many, but his stage presence is what made him iconic. His shaking hips and flailing legs sent audiences into a tizzy, and his rebellious spirit made him attractive to young audiences.
Many artists owe their love of rock n’ roll to the Memphis singer, including The Beatles, who considered him one of their music idols.
Tom Petty believed he was more similar to The Beatles than Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley took America and the world by storm in the 1950s. His soulful voice and influential rock music captured the attention of many, but his stage presence is what made him iconic. His shaking hips and flailing legs sent audiences into a tizzy, and his rebellious spirit made him attractive to young audiences.
Many artists owe their love of rock n’ roll to the Memphis singer, including The Beatles, who considered him one of their music idols.
- 6/21/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Marco Bellocchio’s mafia movie The Traitor topped last night’s David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s national film awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film.
The movie also won Director for Bellocchio, Screenplay, Actor for Pierfrancesco Favino, Supporting Actor for Luigi Lo Cascio, and Best Editing. It premiered at Cannes last year before going on to gross a healthy $5.3M in Italy via local outfit 01 Distribution. Sony Pictures Classics released in the U.S., taking $294,783.
There was no physical ceremony this year due to the ongoing lockdown but host network Rai instead put on a virtual ceremony, with winners appearing via video link.
As reported by Republica, Italian president Sergio Mattarella sent in a message of support for the Italian film industry during the coronavirus crisis. “To my great regret, this year, for the well-known reason of health , it was not possible to organize the presentation ceremony of the David di Donatellos,...
The movie also won Director for Bellocchio, Screenplay, Actor for Pierfrancesco Favino, Supporting Actor for Luigi Lo Cascio, and Best Editing. It premiered at Cannes last year before going on to gross a healthy $5.3M in Italy via local outfit 01 Distribution. Sony Pictures Classics released in the U.S., taking $294,783.
There was no physical ceremony this year due to the ongoing lockdown but host network Rai instead put on a virtual ceremony, with winners appearing via video link.
As reported by Republica, Italian president Sergio Mattarella sent in a message of support for the Italian film industry during the coronavirus crisis. “To my great regret, this year, for the well-known reason of health , it was not possible to organize the presentation ceremony of the David di Donatellos,...
- 5/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
He sings, he fixes cars, and he takes punches better than De Niro’s Raging Bull. Elvis Presley excels in one of his few ’60s pictures that shows an interest in being a ‘real movie,’ a remake of a boxing saga with entertaining characters and fine direction from noir specialist Phil Karlson. Plus Charles Bronson, Lola Albright and Joan Blackman in standout roles.
Kid Galahad
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1962 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / Street Date August 14, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, Robert Emhardt, Liam Redmond, Judson Pratt, Ned Glass, George Mitchell, Roy Roberts, Michael Dante, Richard Devon, Jeff Morris, Edward Asner, Frank Gerstle, Seamon Glass, Bert Remsen.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Film Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Original Music: Jeff Alexander
Written by William Fay, Francis Wallace
Produced by David Weisbart
Directed by Phil Karlson
What, a good Elvis Presley picture?...
Kid Galahad
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1962 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 95 min. / Street Date August 14, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright, Joan Blackman, Charles Bronson, Robert Emhardt, Liam Redmond, Judson Pratt, Ned Glass, George Mitchell, Roy Roberts, Michael Dante, Richard Devon, Jeff Morris, Edward Asner, Frank Gerstle, Seamon Glass, Bert Remsen.
Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Film Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Original Music: Jeff Alexander
Written by William Fay, Francis Wallace
Produced by David Weisbart
Directed by Phil Karlson
What, a good Elvis Presley picture?...
- 8/29/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Twilight Time is celebrating its 4th anniversary with a major promotion that sees some of their limited edition titles reduced in price through April 3. These are the titles on sale.
Group 1
Retail price point: $24.95
Picnic
Pal Joey
Bite The Bullet
Bell, Book, And Candle
Bye Bye Birdie
In Like Flint
Major Dundee
The Blue Max
Crimes And Misdemeanors
Used Cars
Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6
Group 2
Retail price point: $19.95
Rapture
Roots Of Heaven
Swamp Water
Demetrius And The Gladiators
Desiree
The Wayward Bus
Cover Girl
High Time
The Sound And The Fury
The Rains Of Ranchipur
Bonjour Tristesse
Beloved Infidel
Lost Horizon
The Blue Lagoon
Experiment In Terror
Nicholas And Alexandra
Pony Soldier
The Song Of Bernadette
Philadelphia
The Only Game In Town
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Sleepless In Seattle
The Disappearance
Sexy Beast
Drums Along The Mohawk
Alamo Bay
The Other
Mindwarp
Jane Eyre
Oliver
The Way We Were...
Group 1
Retail price point: $24.95
Picnic
Pal Joey
Bite The Bullet
Bell, Book, And Candle
Bye Bye Birdie
In Like Flint
Major Dundee
The Blue Max
Crimes And Misdemeanors
Used Cars
Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6
Group 2
Retail price point: $19.95
Rapture
Roots Of Heaven
Swamp Water
Demetrius And The Gladiators
Desiree
The Wayward Bus
Cover Girl
High Time
The Sound And The Fury
The Rains Of Ranchipur
Bonjour Tristesse
Beloved Infidel
Lost Horizon
The Blue Lagoon
Experiment In Terror
Nicholas And Alexandra
Pony Soldier
The Song Of Bernadette
Philadelphia
The Only Game In Town
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Sleepless In Seattle
The Disappearance
Sexy Beast
Drums Along The Mohawk
Alamo Bay
The Other
Mindwarp
Jane Eyre
Oliver
The Way We Were...
- 3/31/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Blu-ray Release Date: Aug. 12, 2014
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time
The light-hearted 1962 comedy musical Follow That Dream, one of Elvis Presley’s more engaging and charming films, makes its Blu-ray debut courtesy of Twilight Time.
The movie stars Elvis as a member of a vagabond family who become unlikely homesteaders in serene, idyllic 1950s Florida. Pop Kwimper (Arthur O’Connell), his son Toby (Presley), and a brood of more-or-less adopted children run out of gas on a perfect little beach that just happens to be unincorporated land. No sooner do the Kwimpers stake their claim than government officials, child welfare workers, and a pair of gangsters descend to make trouble—but Toby’s native wits and beguiling innocence may well be a match for them all.
The film was written by Charles Lederer and directed by Gordon Douglas.
As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, the time...
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time
The light-hearted 1962 comedy musical Follow That Dream, one of Elvis Presley’s more engaging and charming films, makes its Blu-ray debut courtesy of Twilight Time.
The movie stars Elvis as a member of a vagabond family who become unlikely homesteaders in serene, idyllic 1950s Florida. Pop Kwimper (Arthur O’Connell), his son Toby (Presley), and a brood of more-or-less adopted children run out of gas on a perfect little beach that just happens to be unincorporated land. No sooner do the Kwimpers stake their claim than government officials, child welfare workers, and a pair of gangsters descend to make trouble—but Toby’s native wits and beguiling innocence may well be a match for them all.
The film was written by Charles Lederer and directed by Gordon Douglas.
As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, the time...
- 7/14/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
DVD Playhouse—June 2010
By
Allen Gardner
The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...
By
Allen Gardner
The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...
- 6/23/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Chicago – Attention Elvis Presley fans. Coming out a few months after what would have been his actual birthday on January 8th is the “Elvis 75th Birthday Collection” from 20th Century Fox, which includes seven of the King’s films in one set. With a few hits and a few more unheralded gems, the “75th Birthday Collection” has a very low price point (under $6 a movie) that might make it the perfect Father’s Day gift choice for the patriarch in your family.
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
With no special features and standard video/audio quality, the only notable thing about the “75th Birthday Collection” is the chance to have seven films from Presley’s career in one affordable set. With only the films that Elvis made under the MGM banner available, instantly recognizable hits like “Jailhouse Rock,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Girl Happy” are not included (but will be in a massive,...
DVD Rating: 3.5/5.0
With no special features and standard video/audio quality, the only notable thing about the “75th Birthday Collection” is the chance to have seven films from Presley’s career in one affordable set. With only the films that Elvis made under the MGM banner available, instantly recognizable hits like “Jailhouse Rock,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Girl Happy” are not included (but will be in a massive,...
- 6/14/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Elvis Presley holds the throne as “The King” of rock n’ roll. Music was his forte, but he did dabble in film for awhile and the results were a mixed bag. In honor of his 75th birthday which he won’t be able to celebrate for himself (unless you’re an Elvis Lives conspiracy theorist), Fox has released the Elvis 75th Birthday Collection. Presented in 2.35:1 Widescreen (save for Kid Galahad in 1.85:1 and Frankie and Johnny in 1.66:1), the collection shows its age in a few places as Fox seems to have done little to remaster these classics, but overall it’s a nice look at the musician who would be an actor, even if the selection of films leaves a lot to be desired. If the set is good for anything it’s for showing his progress as an actor from his first film ever, Love Me Tender,...
- 6/12/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Milwaukee - Henry Winkler is not the Fonz.
He played the coolest guy on Happy Days for eleven seasons. But he doesn’t wear a leather jacket, ride a motorcycle or fix things by bumping them with his elbow. He’s not even Italian. He’s got a life that has gone beyond the Fonz. There’s probably a generation that knows him better for Adam Sandler movies and Arrested Development. On a May evening at the Quail Ridge bookstore in Raleigh, there is a group of kids under 12 years old that know him as the author of the Hank Zipzer books (along with co-writer Lin Oliver).
Many stars of the ’70s sell their tawdry memoirs of behind the scenes perversions. Winkler created a young adult book series that taps into grade school life instead of the action in Arnold’s bathroom. We’ll have to wait for lurid tales of the Hooper triplets.
He played the coolest guy on Happy Days for eleven seasons. But he doesn’t wear a leather jacket, ride a motorcycle or fix things by bumping them with his elbow. He’s not even Italian. He’s got a life that has gone beyond the Fonz. There’s probably a generation that knows him better for Adam Sandler movies and Arrested Development. On a May evening at the Quail Ridge bookstore in Raleigh, there is a group of kids under 12 years old that know him as the author of the Hank Zipzer books (along with co-writer Lin Oliver).
Many stars of the ’70s sell their tawdry memoirs of behind the scenes perversions. Winkler created a young adult book series that taps into grade school life instead of the action in Arnold’s bathroom. We’ll have to wait for lurid tales of the Hooper triplets.
- 5/28/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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