Elvis Meets Nixon
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Allan Arkush
Rob Stefaniuk
Jennifer Irwin
Rick Wharton
Jake Simons
Colin Fox
Film Details
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Synopsis
Telefilm based on the true story of the weekend in December 1970 when Elvis Presley decided to leave Graceland and meet with President Nixon. For superstar performer Elvis Presley, the all-consuming need-of-the-moment is a change of pace, so he sneaks away from his bodyguards and heads for Washington, D.C. to meet with the Justice Department about becoming a federal marshal in drug enforcement. This is the first time in his adult life that he has gone anywhere alone, and it is a sobering sojourn.
Arriving a few days early for his meeting, bored and lonely, Elvis takes a quick trip to Los Angeles. After a walk down the Sunset Strip, where he is confronted by anti-war protestors and the age of psychedelic rock, Elvis becomes disillusioned, confused about his own place in life and depressed about the state of the nation. On the flight back to Washington, he is inspired to write a letter to President Nixon. The result is what has become known as the bizarre historical moment when Elvis met Nixon in the Oval Office on December 21, 1970.
Director
Allan Arkush
Cast
Rob Stefaniuk
Jennifer Irwin
Rick Wharton
Jake Simons
Colin Fox
Robyn Stevan
Stewart Arnott
Edwin Newman
Richard Mcmillan
Laura Catalano
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Bob Gunton
Curtis Armstrong
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Dick Cavett
Jackie Burroughs
David Crean
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Tony Curtis
Tammy Isbell
Angela Vint
Arnold Pinnock
James Loxley
Hamish Mcewan
Gabriel Hogan
Robbi Jay Thuet
Glenn Hall
Wayne Ward
Richard Yearwood
Alexander Butterfield
Alyson Court
Peter Keleghan
Graham Nash
Scott Wickware
Ephraim Hylton
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Richard Beymer
Desmond Campbell
Hadley Sandiford
Philip Akin
A.j. Cook
Rick Peters
Martin Roach
Dan Redican
Chris Kennedy
Julia Paton
Denny Doherty
Vernon Chapman
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Michael Anderson Jr.
Thom Sears
Gordon Michael Woolvett
Joe Dinikol
Marilyn Boyle
Keith Jones
Alana Fletcher
Jeff Jones
Maria Syrgiannis
Wayne Newton
John Liddle
Roxanne Mackenzie
Patrick Mckenna
Crew
Blondel Aidoo
David Aulicino
David Bailey
Jill Bedford
Darryl Beebe
Daisy Bijac
David M. Blum
Jack Boem
Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Billy Buttery
Virginia Campbell
Thomas Care
Laura Charlebois
Dorian Cheah
Michael Curran
Catherine Currie
Bryan Day
Alan Doucette
Christian Drennan
Donna Dupere-taylor
Emma England
Nicholas Fasullo
Rex Fields
Jenny Fifield-arbour
Susan Forrest
Gina Fowler
Alan Freedman
Monika Glanert
Roger Glidden
Ethel Glinert
Kurt Godel
Kathleen Graham
Rich Green
Marni Grossman
Lee Guenette
Vicky Herman
Dean Hovey
Dean Hovey
Robert C Jackson
Mindy Jenkins
Tim King
Beth Klein
William Koon
Michelle Lang
Ron Lightfoot
Bruce Lyne
Murray Mainprize
Neil Mandelberg
David Mann
Diane Marshall
Judd Maslansky
Terry Mcgauran
Paul Mcglashan
Doug Mckitterick
Bruce Mclean
Laird Mcmurray
Mario Mercuri
Bill Mochon
Chris Moriana
Pasquale Neglia
Cynthia Nicolella
Regan Noble
Robert E. O'connor
Patrick O'gorman
Wendy Ord
Peter Pastorelli
Susan Pilcher
Kim Porter
Catherine Pretty
Spencer Proffer
Spencer Proffer
Sheila Radovancevic
Anna Rane
Derek Rappaport
Anne Richardson
Fred Rivas
Robert C Rodriguez
Alan Rosen
Alan Rosen
Steve Rundell
Morgan Sainsbury
Thomas E Sams
Jason Schmid
Joshua E Schneider
Pasia Schonberg
Steve Scoville
B E Sharp
Dwayne L. Shattuck
Dwayne L. Shattuck
Susan Shin
Susan Shin
Norman Smith
Michael Storey
Edgar Struble
Lucy Sustar
Harold Thrasher
Jerri Thrasher
William Thrasher
Chad Tomasoski
Cheryl Toy
Daniel W Victor
Tom Volckmann
Steve Wakefield
Glenn Warner
James A Williams
Kei Yano
Film Details
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Aired in United States August 10, 1997
Released in United States on Video August 11, 1998