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| Speedway
Year: 1968
Classification: Musical
Directed:
- Norman Taurog
Actors/Actresses:
- Elvis Presley
- Nancy Sinatra
Elvis' Formula One
The best thing that can be said about Elvis Presley's "Speedway" is that it's better than the dreadful "Spinout." Pairing Elvis with Nancy Sinatra may have sounded good on paper, but there is no chemistry on celluloid. In all fairness, not even Ann-Ma
ntic origins, failing marriage and dissatisfaction with his work come to a head in a small hotel in an obscure town in a war torn African country. The only other guest is the enigmatic business man Mr Robertson who confesses to having no family or friends only a list of appointments. The mid-life crisis fantasy turns into reality for Locke when Robertson dies from a heart attack. Locke switches passport photos, assumes the other man's identity and heads off to keep the apointm
she does so with wit. One learns of her fascination with words, her past history as a student and academic, how she has preferred research to humanity, and her tough style of teaching, which she got from her mentor, Professor E.M. Rumford. There's a fascinating discussion between Bearing and Rumford, wh
ael Straczynski (series creator) but by outside help. Result: Lousy B-movie scripts. Only 5-6 episodes are truly good.<BR>
But then Seasons 2-5 arrive, and the series truly shines. This is the CORE of the Babyl
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scene is incredible, and again very strange. There
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