 | |
List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 71676
Released: August 3, 2004 |
| Our Price: $2.79 |
| Used Price: $0.98 |
|
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
|
Editorial Review:
Elvis looks sleek and cool in Speedway, a decided improvement over the pasty indifference he displayed in his middle-era range of pictures. The movie itself is standard Presley formula, with the King again playing a race-car driver, this time in trouble with an IRS agent (Nancy Sinatra) over his taxes. (There's even a production number about taxes. Argggh.) On the plus side, a bunch of scenes are set in the Hangout, a Pulp Fiction-esque diner with booths shaped like cars and lots of dancers doing the frug. Nancy sings a cool-weird Lee Hazlewood tune, "Your Groovy Self," which should have been picked up by the Austin Powers folks. The plot reflects Elvis's real-life penchant for giving money and cars away, although it's mostly predatory manager Bill Bixby who causes the financial problems. As ho-hum as this outing is, you'll probably want one of Elvis's racing-stripe windbreakers after you see it. --Robert Horton
Speedway Reviews:
Quit with the ads on the clips already! 
2009-12-19 - WANTED to watch the behind the scenes Jailhouse Rock clip but unfortunately Amazon feels the need to ruin it by peddling Elvis product with the damn pop ups thru the whole thing. Maybe if I could actually enjoy the clip I might buy the dvd. Just because of the annoyance factor I am not. You suck Amazon
Very good 
2009-07-10 - This is not one of Elvis's best movies but it very entertaining and he is still the best, bar none!!!!!! Best looking too.
Another Great Elvis Movie!!!!!!!!! 
2009-04-27 - I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Nancy Sinatra does a great job and this movie is just so great and entertaining. It has a great message! The best thing of all is ELVIS! Anyone who loves Elvis, Nascar, or just a good classica musical move, would love this!
Speedway
2008-07-24 - Again, I'm writing this review for my husband. He loves all things Elvis. He enjoyed the movie very much.
Racers other than Elvis
2008-02-05 - I give Elvis a thumbs up on this one. "Speedway" is entertaining, perhaps not his best film, but definitely worth watching. Elvis was in his prime (physically) for this entry.
But mainly, I dropped in here to let folks know that there's a movie (a pretty awful one) about Tiny Lund, who co-starred in "Speedway," and who was a REAL racecar driver. Tiny, a huge and endearing fellow, won the Daytona 500 in 1963. It's called "Tiny Lund: Hard Charger!" If you're a drooling NASCAR fan you might want to see it, although it's hard to find.
In any case, that's my two-cent's worth.
