Elvis & Nixon (2016)

86 min · Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, comedy drama

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Directors

Liza Johnson

Cast

Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters

The story

On the morning of December 21, 1970, actor-singer Elvis Presley arrives at the White House and requests an urgent meeting with President Richard Nixon. Presley opposes the drug culture, the hippie movement, SDS, and the Black Panther Party; he wants Nixon to swear him in as an undercover agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Two of Nixon's senior aides, Dwight Chapin and Egil Krogh, set up a meeting between the two men.

Catalogue themes and tags

Drug Scene, Drug Smuggle, Drugs, Elvis, Popstar, PotUS, Recognition of Celebrity, Richard Nixon, Rockstar, Star, White House

Genres

Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, comedy drama

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