Speedway (film)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Speedway_(film)".

content
Speedway
Directed by Norman Taurog
Robert Goodstein (Ass't)
Produced by Douglas Laurence
Written by Phillip Shuke
Starring Elvis Presley
Nancy Sinatra
Bill Bixby
Music by Jeff Alexander
Cinematography Joseph Ruttenberg
Editing by Richard W. Farrell
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) April 15, 1968
Running time 94 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Speedway is a 1968 action film musical film starring Elvis Presley as a racecar driver. Parts of the film were shot at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina and features the guest appearances of several of the top NASCAR drivers of the day. This would be the final "formula" musical film of his career. His last films were less musical and more adult in tone. Although the film was completed in the early Summer of 1967, it was not released in theatres until the Spring of 1968. No special reason was given for this delay but Elvis's films release schedule was so busy (three of his movies hit the theatres in 1967) that maybe that is the reason why this film was only released almost a year after it was completed. It did not harm the film as it was Elvis's last real box-office hit.

Contents

The Cast

Soundtrack

Speedway (May 1, 1968)
Soundtrack by Elvis Presley
Released May 1, 1968
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (1968) Speedway (1968) NBC-TV Special (1968)

The soundtrack songs were recorded at MGM Studios in Culver City, California in June of 1967. Included is Nancy Sinatra's rendition of "Your Groovy Self" and her duet with Presley, "There Ain't Nothing Like A Song", the only time a non-Elvis track was allowed on one of his soundtrack albums (see Viva Las Vegas). The music album was released in June of 1968 to coincide with the motion picture. This was the last Presley film to have a full soundtrack album (not counting the later Elvis: That's the Way it Is concert film), and in fact is the only one of Presley's last six acting films to be given that honor. The soundtrack LP was also the last Presley album to be released in both stereo and mono editions, as mono musical releases were finally phased out by RCA. The extremely rare mono album (LPM-3989) can fetch four figures in excellent condition and has become a sought-after item among die-hard Elvis collectors.

The soundtrack album is also noted as being the final Presley album release prior to NBC-TV Special, which is acknowledged as the start of his so-called 1968 Comeback, which marked a modernizing of arrangements and song choice for him.

Recording musicians

Tracks (songwriter)

Side 1:

  1. Speedway - (Mel Glazer & Stephen Schlaks)
  2. There Ain't Nothing Like A Song - (Joy Byers & William Johnston)
  3. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - (Bobby Hirschorn & Tom Kasha)
  4. Who Are You (Who Am I) - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
  5. He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
  6. Let Yourself Go - (Joy Byers)

Side 2:

  1. Your Groovy Self - (Lee Hazlewood)
  2. Five Sleepy Heads - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
  3. Western Union - (Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett)
  4. Mine - (Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett)
  5. Going Home - (Joy Byers)
  6. Suppose - (Sylvia Dee & George Goehring)

See also

External links

DVD Reviews
© jGames.co.uk 2007 (some content from Wikipedia under GDL ) !-- ValueClick Media 468x60 and 728x90 Banner CODE for jgames.co.uk -->
Your Ad Here