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Follow That Dream | Year: 1962 Classification: Musical Directed: - Gordon Douglas Actors/Actresses: - Elvis Presley Elvis delivers a great comedy performance! One of his best ! Elvis is in great form in "Follow That Dream",and this film shows just how wonderful his acting can be when given a good script to work with! The songs: "What A Wonderful Life", "I'm Not The Marrying Kind", "Sound Advice", "Follow That Dream" and "Angel" are among some of Elvis' best movie songs! Another song called "A Whistling Tune" was recorded for this movie, but was dropped before the film's release. It was re-recorded and included in Elvis' next film "Kid Galahad".I was very pleased to see "Follow That Dream" coming out on DVD...however, you guys at Amazon need to correct the technical details above concerning the DVD release! You have it listed as being available in Full-Frame only, when it is actually both Full-Frame AND Widescreen! I was very dissapointed when I first read this information here, and didn't realize that it was ALSO in widescreen until I saw a copy at the store! A great film with wonderful performances by the entire cast, which includes Arthur O'Connell, Ann Helm and Simon Oakland! Elvis in a homesteading, laid-back image. "Follow That Dream", believe it or not, was the first Elvis movie I saw. I first saw it about 10 years ago and own it. I watch it occasionally from time to time. This isn't a real top-notch Elvis film for me since because Elvis constantly looks tired and looks disinterested. It might have been the heat since it was done in the summer in Florida and temperatures went above 100. Elvis had to change his shirt constantly in one day. My mama loves this one. She's the one who started me off with my admiration of Elvis and everything about him. Now I'm a bigger Evis fan at the age of 15. This is something Elvis fans have to see at least once. You won't regret it. It gives you a down-home laid back country feeling as a rural Southern family settles on a "public-settled" beach, run a fishing equipment rental business, and try to keep gangsters from taking over. Great Fun There are only three Elvis films that I enjoy: King Creole, Jailhouse Rock, and Follow That Dream. While the first two are great musical dramas from when Elvis still had the air of rebellion about him, Follow That Dream is a piece of comedic fluff like most of his later films, but one which avoids being as formulaic or sickly sweet or filled with terrible music as are most of those later films. In this one Elvis plays a true innocent who is somehow still ignorant about the ways of the world despite being a vet. He and his family (including some orphans they are looking after) build a homestead on government land which happens to be prime real estate and find themselves in the position to legally obtain ownership of this land. As a result they become the targets of organized crime and feds (who can tell them apart?) who want the land. Elvis also finds himself the target of a crackpot social worker looking into the welfare of the orphans who seeks revenge after he innocently spurns her advances. Elvis gives a really fun performance as a naive character who is so positive in his outlook that when somebody shoots at him he automatically assumes it was an error. The film pokes great fun at bureaucracy and greed, but it maintains the optimistic outlook that good guys will win in the end. Such an innocent perspective tends to turn off many fans of social satire who find such things too escapist, but what most cynical viewers miss is that much of the innocence is tongue in cheek, and I personally see nothing wrong with optimism so long as it doesn't interfere with realism. If you enjoy, e.g., the film Harvey, then this might be your cup of tea. Buy Follow That Dream at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Follow That Dream Search with the Priority Search Engine on Follow That Dream This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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