Finding Graceland (1998)

Director:

David Winkler

Writers (WGA):

Jason Horwitch (story) and
David Winkler (story) ...

Release Date:

28 July 1999 (France)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Life isn't about believing in dreams... it's about living them.

Plot:

An eccentric drifter claiming to be Elvis Presley hitches a ride with a young man and they find themselves on an adventurous road trip to Memphis.

Plot Keywords:

Graceland | Road | Marilyn Monroe | Elvis Presley | Impersonator

Cast

Harvey Keitel	...	Elvis
Johnathon Schaech	...	Byron Gruman
Bridget Fonda	...	Ashley
Gretchen Mol	...	Beatrice Gruman
John Aylward	...	Sheriff Haynes
Susan Traylor	...	Maggie
Tammy Isbell	...	Heather
Peggy Gormley	...	Fran
Trae Thomas	...	Mechanic
David Stewart	...	Purvis
Ken Schatz	...	Hotel Clerk
Gene Kirkwood	...	Gene
George Klein	...	Crapshooter
Joe Stronski	...	Pit Boss
Peter DeMaio	...	Bogie Impersonator

Also Known As:

The Road to Graceland (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for a sexual situation.

Runtime:

97 min | Canada:105 min | Japan:108 min | USA:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | France:U | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Mississippi, USA

Company:

Largo Entertainment

Trivia:

Bridget Fonda sings "You'd be surprised" in character as Marilyn Monroe.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Marilyn's lips don't match the singing in her song.

Quotes:

Elvis: Sometimes you have to give what you have the dearest to find peace

Soundtrack:

Walking In Memphis

Great movie whether or not your old enough to see 3,000 Miles To Graceland.

If you are not old enough to see 3,000 Miles To Graceland, it or you did see it and disappointed by only hearing 3 of Elvis Presley's songs, or you don't like violence in movies or any other reason this is a good movie for you. You see a review that comedy-drama as the genre for this movie, this is not a comedy there is nothing funny about this movie. But more of a young man that picks up a hitchhiker that thinks he is the late king of rock 'n' roll. As the movie opens, Byron Gruman (Jonathon Schaech) who is haunted by his past because his wife died in a car crash. And he takes a little triip in his beat up car, and on his way to who know where he's going, he picks a hitchhiker that cliams to be the late Elvis Presley (Harvey Keitel) who wants to go home to Graceland. Byron smart as he is doesn't belive this stranger he picked up is Elvis. And why should he belive he is the late king of rock 'n' roll? Byron soon as car trouble when he lets Elvis take the wheel. Byron meets a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Bridget Fonda) in a casino, who doesn't look like Marilyn Monroe without makeup and her wig. Note to parents this movie is rated PG-13.

10/10