"Elvis is not Jesus Christ!"

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5. 200 Cadillacs!

A fairly interesting documentary about Elvis' Cadillac-gifting habits. Gave it to my Mom for Xmas.

It was a little too hagiographic for my tastes. I agree with the Amazon review - there could be a great weird/funny documentary about this topic, but unfortunately this one is not it. And some asshat singing his crappy "original songs" about Presley doesn't help:

"200 Cadillacs" is an hour-long documentary on the subject of the Elvis Presley's habit of giving away cars to friends--and sometimes complete strangers. Interview subjects (most of them recipients of automotive largesse) include some names familiar to die-hard Presley-watchers: posse member Sonny West, girlfriend Linda Thompson, drummer D.J. Fontana, and many others.

There are some good anecdotes offered in the memories, especially stories involving The King handing out Cadillacs to people he happened to see on a dealership lot. But the repetitive observations (Elvis really, really liked giving gifts) and the flat approach make the film feel longer than it is, and a collection of new rock songs--no Elvis music--amounts to padding on the soundtrack. This isn't the worst cash-in on Elvis mythology, but the bummer is that there might be a funny/weird film to make on this subject. And this isn't it. --Robert Horton

http://www.amazon.com/200-Cadillacs-Elvis-Presley/dp/B0000YED1I

A really great and hilarious fictional treatment of Presley is in the 1997 Showtime movie "Elvis Meets Nixon." About the weird 1970 incident when Elvis dropped in on the President, heavily medicated and demanding to be named a "Special Drug Agent at Large:"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122474/