Elvis & Nixon
Elvis & Nixon is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Liza Johnson and written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, and Cary Elwes. The film stars Michael Shannon as singer Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as President Richard Nixon, and focuses on the December 21, 1970, meeting between the two men at the White House. The film also stars Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, and Evan Peters. The film was released on April 22, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street.
Plot
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.
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| author | Cary Elwes Hanala Sagal Joey Sagal |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Washington, D.C. |
| director | Liza Johnson |
| editor | Michael Taylor Sabine Hoffman |
| genre | comedy-drama saga |
| keywords | american culture begin black panther party bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs drug culture dwight chapin egil krogh elvis presley hippie movement meet morning of pr stunt richard nixon sd set up students for a democratic society the white house undercover agent |
| musicBy | Edward Shearmur |
| producer | Cary Elwes Cassian Elwes Holly Wiersma |
| productionCompany | Autumn Productions Benaroya Pictures Elevated Films Holly Wiersma Productions Johnny Mac & David Hansen Productions |
| publisher | Amazon Studios Bleecker Street |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | biographical |