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Love me tender
RendezőRobert. D. Webb
ProducerDavid Weisbart
ForgatókönyvíróRobert Buckner
FőszerepbenElvis Presley
Debra Paget
Richard Egan
ZeneLionel Newman
OperatőrLeo Tover
Gyártás
Nyelvangol
Játékidő89 perc
Forgalmazás
Forgalmazó20th Century Fox
BemutatóUSA 1956. november 15.
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A Love Me Tender egy amerikai fekete-fehér film, amelyet Robert D. Webb rendezett és a 20th Century Fox mutatott be 1956. november 15-én.[1] A film címe az azonos című Love Me Tender dal után született, szereplői: Richard Egan, Debra Paget és Elvis Presley. Ez egy western-musical, Elvis Presley debütáló filmje és színészi karrierjének ez volt az egyetlen olyan szerepe, amikor nem kapott kiemelkedő gázsit. A film eredeti címe The Reno Brothers lett volna, de amikor Presley's Love Me Tender című kislemezéből egyre több fogyott (összesen 1 millió példány) - először a kislemezek történetében -, megváltoztatták a címét.

Cselekmény[szerkesztés]

Elvis Presley Clint Reno szerepét játssza, aki egyike a Reno-fivéreknek, aki otthon marad, amíg három bátyja harcolni megy az Amerikai polgárháborúba. A családot tévedésből arról értesítik, hogy az egyik testvér, Vance meghalt a csatatéren. Amikor bátyja, Vance, visszatér a háborúból, megtudja, hogy szerelme, Cathy, hozzáment Clint-hez feleségül. Bár Vance elfogadja az őszinteséget ("Mindig is azt szerettük volna, ha Cathy családtag lesz."), a családnak harcolnia kell, hogy ezek után megtartsa stabilitását. Konföderációs katonaként, Vance belekeveredik egy vonatrablásba, ahol ellopja a kormány pénzét. A conflict of interest ensues when Vance tries to return the money against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates.

The film reaches its tragic conclusion with a gunfight between the two Reno brothers, ironically ending with Clint's murder.

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Háttér[szerkesztés]

Before success as a singer Presley had shown interest in becoming an actor.[2] He had worked as a cinema usher in his youth and would often watch his screen idols James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Tony Curtis[2] during shifts, studying their acting and learning lines from their movies.[2] When he first met his future manager, Colonel Tom Parker, he expressed an interest in the movies and his desire to be an actor.

In interviews during his rise to fame, Presley would often talk about his hopes of attending somewhere like the Actors Studio.[2] He also insisted that he would not like to sing in any of his movies because he wished to be taken seriously as a film star.[2] However, Parker had a plan to cross-promote Presley's films with his music and this led to soundtracks being as important, if not more important, as the scripts.[2]

Presley screen-tested for Hal Wallis on March 26, 1956 at Paramount Studios.[3] The test lasted three days[3] and included Presley performing two scenes from The Rainmaker,[3] and lip-syncing to Blue Suede Shoes.[3] Wallis' partner, Joe Hazen, commented: "As a straight actor, the guy has great potentialities."[2]

On April 2, Wallis offered Presley a contract for one motion picture, with options on six more.[3] The contract was finalized on April 25, and also stipulated that Presley was free to make at least one picture a year for other studios.[3] On April 10, Presley confidently announced during a radio interview that his debut feature would be The Rainmaker with Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn.[4] However, despite this belief, and due to Wallis being unable to find a project "good enough for the debut of Elvis Presley", he was loaned out to 20th Century Fox on August 13 and began work on Love Me Tender on August 22.[5]

Presley's role had originally been turned down by both Jeffrey Hunter and Robert Wagner[2] because the part was too small, but when Presley signed up to the picture the role was expanded to take advantage of his current popularity.[2] A somewhat more realistic film telling the story of the Reno Brothers, Rage at Dawn starring Randolph Scott, had been released by RKO Radio Pictures only the year before.[2] According to Presley's then girlfriend, June Juanico, he was reluctant to take the role after realizing that his character died at the end,[2] but he was persuaded to do it after she told him that the characters audiences were most likely to remember were the ones who had a tragic fate.[2]

Presley arrived for filming with all of his lines learned, as well as the lines for all the other parts.[2] He found filming quite tasking, once commenting to a friend that he had spent a whole day "behind a team of mules".[6] In little more than a month Presley had recorded all the songs for the film and had finished filming his scenes.[7]

When Presley appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show during a break in filming the movie, on September 9, he performed Love Me Tender for the first time.[6] Two weeks later RCA confirmed that advanced sales of the single had resulted in it going Gold before even being released—an industry first.[7]

Test screenings of the film resulted in people being upset at the death of Presley's character. Attempting to reach a compromise between the death and pleasing his fans, Presley filmed an extra scene and recorded an extra verse to the title track to be played over the end credits.[7]

Love Me Tender had its premiere on November 15, and was released nationally on November 21, 1956.[1] 20th Century Fox released 575 prints, a record for its studios at the time.[1] Presley attended a private screening of the film on November 20 at Loew's State Theater in Memphis prior to its national release.[1] During this private screening Presley's mother, Gladys, cried at the death of her sons character at the end,[1] leading Presley to insist that his characters would never die on screen again.[2]

In its first week of release the film grossed $540,000, beaten only by James Dean's posthumous release Giant.[2] Despite being released in November, the film finished 1956 as the 23rd highest grossing film of the year.[2] Despite many critics giving it a lukewarm reception, a number of critics viewed it in a positive light. The Los Angeles Times wrote: ""Elvis can act. S'help me the boy's real good, even when he isn't singing."[8] Presley would later express regret at making the film, and was disappointed that the additions of songs had setup the future of his Hollywood career.[2]

In his book, "Me And A Guy Named Elvis", Jerry Schilling recounts the atmosphere inside Loew's State Theater in Memphis during the premiere screening: "The screams of the girls around me made it just about impossible to follow the story—this was the first time I'd seen an audience treat a film like it was a live concert, loudly responding to every move made and word uttered by their favorite star."[9] Presley would later tell his friend Cliff Gleaves that he found this type of reaction from his cinema-going fans embarrassing, and that it had prevented him from being accepted as a serious actor.[9]

Filmzene[szerkesztés]

Elvis Presley
Love Me Tender
Dal
Megjelent1956. november
Felvételek1956. augusztus-szeptember
Hossz9p 31mp
KiadóRCA Records
ProducerLionel Newman
A(z) ' album dalai
Elvis Vol. 1
(1956)		Love Me Tender
(1956)		Elvis Vol. 2
(1956)
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The film was originally intended to be a straight acting role for Presley,[2] but due to the popularity of the single Love Me Tender and Colonel Tom Parker's desire to promote Presley's films with a soundtrack and vice versa,[2] four songs were added to the film.

Instead of a full long-playing album soundtrack, for Love Me Tender the four songs appearing in the film were released as an extended-play, seven-inch 45 RPM record on RCA Records, Love Me Tender, catalog EPA 4006, during November 1956.[2] It peaked at #9 on Top Pop Albums chart with sales of over 600,000,[2] as well as making it to #35 on the singles chart. The four EP soundtrack songs were recorded at Fox's Stage One in Hollywood, at three sessions in August 24, September 4, and October 1, 1956.

The title song had already been released as a single on September 28, 1956, and went to #1 on the singles chart. The music was based on the Civil War ballad "Aura Lee," with new lyrics by Ken Darby.[2] Darby, in fact, wrote all of the soundtrack songs, but credited them to his wife, Vera Matson, while Parker cut his publishing company, Hill and Range, in on the royalties by further crediting the writing to Presley as well.[2] A reprise of "Love Me Tender" was recorded on October 1 and is heard at the end of the film; this short track was not released until after Presley's death.[2] The sessions for these songs were the only time in the decade that Presley recorded with musicians outside his regular coterie.[2]

Közreműködők[szerkesztés]

Dallista[szerkesztés]

A oldal[szerkesztés]

Dal Felvétel ideje Dal címe Szerző(k) Hossz
1. 1956. augusztus 24. Love Me Tender Vera Matson, Elvis Presley 2:41
2. 1956. szeptember 4. Let Me Vera Matson, Elvis Presley 2:08

B oldal[szerkesztés]

Dal Felvétel ideje Dal címe Szerző(k) Hossz
1. 1956. augusztus 24. Poor Boy Vera Matson and Elvis Presley 2:13
2. 1956. augusztus 24. We're Gonna Move Vera Matson and Elvis Presley 2:30

Érdekességek[szerkesztés]

  • A film a legjobb 10 film között volt 1956-ban, a 8. helyen szerepelt.
  • Egy kicsit realisztikusabb film is készült a Reno-fivérek történetéből, a Rage at Dawn. Főszereplője Randolph Scott, a film előző évben jelent meg az RKO Pictures kiadásában.
  • A filmben Elvis egy Gibson L-5 gitáron játszik, amely csak 1922 óta létezik, bár a film az Amerikai polgárháború idejében játszódik.
  • Elvis édesanyját, Gladyst felzaklatta, hogy fia karaktere meghalt a filmben, ezért Elvis azt mondta Colonal Parkernek, hogy soha többé nem akarja, hogy filmben meg kelljen halnia.
  • Elvis legelső dublőre egy feltörekvő színész volt Los Angeles-ből, akit Marco Lopez-nek hívnak [10] és aki a Jack Webb producer által alkotott, az NBC/Universal-nál megjelent Emergency! című sorozatban szerepelt később.[11]

Lásd még[szerkesztés]

Források[szerkesztés]

  1. ↑ a b c d e Guralnick/Jorgensen, Elvis:Day by Day, p. 91
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Forráshivatkozás-hiba: Érvénytelen <ref> címke; nincs megadva szöveg a(z) Elvis Enc nevű lábjegyzeteknek
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Guralnick/Jorgensen, Elvis:Day by Day, p.67
  4. ↑ Guralnick/Jorgensen, Elvis:Day by Day, p.68
  5. ↑ Guralnick/Jorgensen, Elvis:Day by Day, p.82
  6. ↑ a b Guralnick/Jorgensen, p.83
  7. ↑ a b c Guralnick/Jorgensen, p.84
  8. ↑ Early Elvis, www.americanmusicpreservation.com, Retrieved 2010-02-18
  9. ↑ a b Elvis: The Official Collectors Editions part 88, p.2092/2093
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530241/
  11. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068067/

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