Protecting the King

Beyond Lame
I should have checked to see who wrote and directed this amateurish pseudo-biopic before we rented it. D. Edward Stanley--otherwise known as David, Elvis' stepbrother, is the one who wrote and directed this turkey.

I hope he also ponied up the money to make it, because damn--I hate to think of anyone else losing cash on it. This film is self-aggrandizing in the extreme, and ridiculous. I mean, I knew it would be bad, but I was hoping it would be bad enough to be campy, but when I, a woman, can do a better Elvis impersonation than the actor playing Elvis--I knew we were in for trouble.

The writing was wretched. Apparently David Stanley doesn't know that personal pronouns exist, nor did he want anyone to forget that the movie was about HIM, not Elvis, because every time another character spoke to the main character, it was "David, blah, blah, blah...." to be followed by "But, David, blah, blah blabbity blah."

We took to counting the times that his name...

Unlike any other Elvis movie
Here is a Elvis bio movie unlike any others so far that I have seen.
I have been an Elvis fan for more than 30 years and grew up in a household with a brother who was a fan since the very early 60's. I have been fasinated with with this mans life for a very long time, collecting his music, movies and approx 100 biographies. What really made me a fan was to see him in concert towards the end of his life, (Oct 1976). At the time I was an 18 year old Kiss fan but at this concert he proved to me he was the King of Rock N Roll.
Ok enough about me, this film produced, written and directed by Elvis'step-brother is not as bad as I thought it would be, yes it appears cheaply done and the directing is a little over the top, but the actors for the most part have done a pretty good job.
The characters have almost all been renamed so it makes it a little game for the true Elvis fan to try to figure out who they really are suppose to be. Even Elvis' name is never mentioned...

This alleged "movie" is about David Stanley and it STINKS!!!
As a fan of Elvis Presley's for more than 20 years I have seen and heard a lot about Elvis Presley from people who knew him, claimed to know him, etc. Yes, David Stanley (using the name D. Edward Stanley to direct this garbage, probably doesn't want anyone to know it's garbage) was his step-brother, until Vernon divorced his mother in the early or mid-1970s, why didn't he mention Elvis by name? He also did no justice to Elvis, his memory or his legacy. Upon watching this "movie", and I use the term "movie" loosely I noticed, and at first, and wondered who "Frank", "Jeff" and, I believe, "Darrell" are that worked for Elvis. Then I realized it was Red West, his cousin Sonny West and Joe Esposito. Must have been some reason, legal or otherwise, that the names were changed. He (D. Edward Stanley) had Elvis portrayed improperly. The hair was too short, the sideburns weren't correct either, what about the weight gain Elvis went through during the last 5 years of his life. Also, his eyes...

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