Bring
home this essential collection of 8 Paramount Pictures classics
starring the one and only KING OF ROCK & ROLL, Elvis Presley.
INCLUDING BLUE HAWAII; KING CREOLE; ROUSTABOUT; G.I. BLUES; GIRLS!
GIRLS! GIRLS!; PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE; FUN IN ACAPULCO; EASY COME,
EASY GO.
Blue Hawaii
The year was 1961. Fallout shelters
dot suburban backyards. Ken joins Barbie. Roger Maris slugs 61 home
runs. And Elvis Presley is in paradise, playing an ex-G.I. who comes
home to Blue Hawaii. His mother (Angela Lansbury) expects him to climb
the corporate ladder. But Elvis would rather wear an aloha shirt than a
white collar, so he goes to work as a tour guide. Lucky Elvis: his first
customers are a careful of cuties. Elvis, lovely scenery, lovelier
girls and rock-a-hula songs - now that's paradise!
Fun in Acapulco
The year was 1963. The hot line links the White House and the Kremlin.
The first major pop art exhibition stirs up a major buzz. The
Whisky-A-Go-Go opens. And in Fun In Acapulco, Elvis heads south of the
border, where he’s fired as a boat hand, hired as a lifeguard and
singer, admired by local beauties (including Ursula Andress) and
inspired to jump off a 136-foot cliff. Put another way: he overcomes a
fear of heights in spectacular fashion. Spectacular, too, are the scenic
vistas and Latin-beat tunes. Dive in!
King Creole
The year
was 1958. Everybody’s datin’ at the drive-in. America launches its
first satellite. The novel Lolita stirs up controversy. And Elvis
Presley gives Bourbon Street a new beat in King Creole. He plays a
troubled youth whose singing sets the French Quarter rockin’. With a
sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it looks like Elvis
will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster (Walter
Matthau) and his man-trap moll (Carolyn Jones) snare him in a life of
crime?
Roustabout
The year was 1964. The miniskirt is in.
If you can’t Watusi, you can’t dance. Cassius Clay (soon to be Muhammad
Ali) claims the heavyweight crown. And Elvis is a karatechopping biker
who’s hired as a carnival Roustabout. At first he just provides muscle
and a diversion for the beautiful carny girls. Then he picks up a guitar
and gets the midway rockin’. Looks like this talented tough guy may be
what the good-hearted owner (Barbara Stanwyck) needs to save her
travelling show from bankruptcy.
Easy Come, Easy Go
The
year was 1967. It's Packers vs. Chiefs in the first Super Bowl. Twiggy
is a supermodel sensation. America's 100,000,000th telephone is
installed. And Elvis dives for dollars in Easy Come, Easy Go. On his
last day in the Navy, frogman Elvis discovers a sunken treasure ship. On
his first day as a civilian, Elvis starts his new job-self-employed
treasure hunter! Fans will dig these treasures, too: Rockin' tunes,
romance with a go-go dancer, underwater action, and The King twisted
like a human pretzel at a groovy 60's yogafest Costarring Elsa
Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein).
GI Blues
The year was
1960. A payola scandal shocks the music world. Movie fans are introduced
to glorious Smell-O-Vision. The 50-star flag is adopted. And in G.I.
Blues, Elvis adopts an on-screen persona he knows well in real life–a
singin’ G.I. in West Germany. Eager to open a stateside nightclub after
his hitch in khakis, he takes part in a wager to raise the dough he
needs. The bet: he can melt the iceberg heart of a willowy dancer
(Juliet Prowse). But all bets may be off when real love intervenes…
Girls! Girls! Girls!
The year was 1962. Teens twist at the Peppermint Lounge. John Glenn
orbits Earth. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game. And
Elvis digs the possibilities of Girls! Girls! Girls! This time he’s a
charter-boat skipper who helps tourists land the big ones. Of course,
plenty of beautiful girls (including Stella Stevens) want to land Elvis.
But there’s something Elvis likes almost as much as romance–a boat! He
yearns for a sleek sailboat with a $10,000 price tag. Let’s see, that
makes him about $9,999 short.
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
The
year was 1966. A little-known series called Star Trek™ beams up. Valley
of the Dolls is the hot book. Half of all TVs sold are color sets. And
in Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Elvis takes to the skies over the island
paradise of Kauai. He’s a partner in a helicopter charter service.
Romance, naturally, is in the air for the King…but his business may be
grounded. A threatened suspension of his pilot’s license means he may
have to kiss his assets goodbye.