Elvis Presley - Elvis - The Ultimate Collection

Starring: Elvis Presley Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 12th August, 2002 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Elvis Aron Presley, also known as The King of Rock & Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. He started his career under the name the Hillbilly Cat & was soon nicknamed Elvis the Pelvis because of his physically exuberant performance style. Presley was born poor in Tupelo, Mississippi, the son of Vernon Elvis Presley & Gladys Love Smith Presley. He was raised both in Tupelo & later in Memphis, Tennessee, where his family moved when he was 13. He had a twin brother who died at birth. The young Elvis took up guitar at 11 and, after high school, worked at Precision Tool Company & then drove a truck for the Crown Electric Company. Scottish author Allan Morrison claims that Elvis was of Scottish descent. In an as-yet-unpublished book, Morrison claims to have found that his ancestors lived in Lonmay, Aberdeenshire in the 1700s. According to Morrison, records show that Andrew Presley married Elspeth Leg in Lonmay in 1713. Their son, also called Andrew, went to the English colonies in 1745. Posters Of Elvis Presley

DVD Extras: Elvis: The Ultimate Collection comes on two discs with a clear, sharp picture & a Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack. The first disc includes a short photo gallery of Elvis, with additional DVD-Rom features on Disc 2. These include PDF documents of a poorly written eight-page biography of the star, & a confusing ten-page discography, along with an Ultimate Collection screensaver.

Released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Presleys death in August 2002, Elvis: The Ultimate Collection is a comprehensive five-hour collection of the US television series of the same name. The series divides Elvis career into six distinct but not watertight eras . Theres a great deal of overlap between the episodes, with many of the key events being re-explored in subsequent parts .

As with all Elvis documentaries the usual band of biographers & friends are interviewed, & standard television news & movie footage is used. The Memphis Mafia part is the most critical section of the collection, highlighting the destructive power of Presleys inner circle. However, the overall uncritical style of the series will undoubtedly appeal to Elvis enthusiasts; due to its sheer length & repetitiveness it is not recommended for those just wanting a concise audio-visual account of this modern-day icon.

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