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VHS : Spinout


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starring: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Dodie Marshall, Deborah Walley
directed by: Norman Taurog







Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304479803
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, Soundtrack, NTSC
ISBN: 6304479808
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: July 08, 1997
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 22355
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: November 23, 1966



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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Elvis is harried by three, count 'em, three marriage-minded dames in Spinout, in which he plays a race car driver/rock & roll singer. He's offered big bucks to compromise his lifestyle by playing a party for a rich girl (frequent co-star Shelley Fabares) and drive a millionaire's prototype car, but Elvis isn't tempted by material gain. (Sort of an inverse plot to EP's real showbiz career.) Most of the picture has the flat, studio-bound look that director Norman Taurog perfected in his many Presley vehicles, with only the big race scene in the last 10 minutes perking things up. However, the songs are rockin'-er than usual for a mid-Elvis movie, with 'Stop, Look and Listen,' 'I'll Be Back,' and 'Adam and Evil' all fun in a dragstrip kind of way. (Let us ignore 'Smorgasbord.') Elvis is in his chunky pre-comeback form here, and looks understandably bored by the plot. --Robert Horton



Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Spinout
My husband and I love auto racing of all kinds. My husband loved this movie. I'm writing this review for him, as I'm not much of an Elvis Presley fan.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Spinout
Back in '66 when I was 16 I saw this film numerous times. Loved it!! Still enjoy it today. Funny. Great supporting cast. Pretty girls. Enjoyable soundtrack. Hilarious racing finale. What's not to like?

To the reviewer(s) who consider this Elvis' worst film, I ask: Have you seen Harum Scarum? Now that one IS bad!!



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Presley's Worst Film
"Spinout" (1966) represents the nadir of Elvis Cinema -- a bad sitcom without the laugh track. The only redeeming features are a few memorable songs, such as "I'll Be Back" and "Stop, Look and Listen." Buy the soundtrack and skip the movie.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Musical Comedy
This is an excellent musical comedy from the swinging 60s. Elvis Presley is at his very musical best and the color is nice, the songs are excellent and the whole movie is just fun, fun and great fun. I love this DVD. Highly recomanded!



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - The Road To Love Is Full Of Danger Signs...
Three lovely young ladies all want Elvis' gearstick in this craptastic musical comedy that's so bad it ROCKS! I just love the title song sequence where Les and the guys 'provide' Elvis with "...lots and lots of girls." And who was that chick, the blonde with the short cropped hair who literally shoves all the other chikadees aside to get up and spinout with the King? She looks like she's out to prove she can really score, and I never saw parts move like that before! Elvis looks embarrassed. Anyway, ... Read More




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