DVD : Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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starring: Elvis Presley, James Burton (II), Glen D. Hardin, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheffdirected by: Denis Sanders
List Price: $20.98Amazon.com's Price: $15.99 You Save: $4.99 (24%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569798618
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Live, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 07, 2007
Running Time: 192 minutes
Sales Rank: 5790
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1970
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Product Description:
When Elvis stopped making movies in Hollywood and returned to making music following his triumphant 1968 comeback he gathered together a group of hot Nashville cats to back him up. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS follows Elvis as he prepares to return to the stage and follows him up to his opening nights. This is a compelling fascinating and highly amusing musical documentary where Elvis' overall talent and musicality come through while watching him rehearse jam and arrange his list of songs. Simultaneously celebrating and poking good-natured fun at the Las Vegas era of Elvis's career director Denis Sanders often just sits back and lets the performances speak for themselves. The film includes the King preparing offstage for his 1970 tour and culminates in his opening night performance in Las Vegas. The film includes more than 30 of the King's fabulous songs.System Requirements:Running Time: 108 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 012569798618 Manufacturer No: 79861
Amazon.com:
This 1970 concert documentary captures Elvis Presley midway through a fateful transition, seeking to reclaim his musical primacy after a decade of self-imposed exile from concert stages. Sidelined by his big-screen career, eclipsed by rock's mid-'60s transformations, the King had begun his return two years earlier with the relatively lean attack of his fabled network television appearance, '68 Comeback Special. Now the Memphis legend was poised to reposition his performing profile by pursuing the top rungs of headliner status in Las Vegas, a career choice that seems even more ephemeral in hindsight than it already did at the time.
Elvis: That's the Way It Is follows the show's genesis from rehearsal to stage, with the performance footage that provides its inevitable climax shot over six nights. The rehearsal footage, expanded for this special edition, offers further proof that Presley's band was simply superb: stripped of the orchestrations and lush choral arrangements that would be grafted onto the stage show, the sextet sounds both tough and nimble. In performance, we're treated to a mostly riveting glimpse of Presley in top vocal form, poised at the brink of bombast. This is Elvis before the onset of portentous Richard Strauss overtures, karate kicks, and tossed scarves, kicking off the show with the classic 'That's All Right.' If he risks undercutting the punch of his early songs with self-deprecating clowning, he attacks two Ray Charles classics with gusto. The special edition also boasts digitally remastered visuals, crisply remixed Dolby audio, alternate versions that replace the original performances of several tracks (including the extended vamp of 'Suspicious Minds'), a theatrical trailer, and a new documentary on the restoration of the film. --Sam Sutherland
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Rating:  - Elvis - That's the Way It Is (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Disc No 2 - Very disappointing - Not Dolby Digital - Concert and complete disc only 1 speaker sound.
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Regina
Rating:  - Wonderful
DVD is excellent. Elvis performing and interacting with the audience is a lot of fun to watch. Also, it's interesting to watch the process as he and the band/backup singers prepare for the Vegas show. Highly recommend.
Rating: - Elvis - That's the Way It Is
Elvis' concert film of his Las Vegas act. Elvis had a way of owning the songs he sang. His movies made money but hurt his career. As the movies phased out, the era of the white jumpsuit began. Elvis dug in at the International Hotel in August, 1969. "Suspicious Minds" climbed to #1. He was back, giving The Beatles all they could handle. He performed at the International (now the Las Vegas Hilton) and did shows around the country for the next 8 years.
Rating: - love it
love this dvd, my parents love it we watch it at least once a month
Rating: - always the king
i ve the special edition dvd what i would like to know is what have they added in the 2nd dvd.Now that it has a two dvd pack.
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