Elvis and Me (miniseries)
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| genre = Biographical drama
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| based_on = {{based on|Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley, with Sandra Harmon}}
| writer = Joyce Eliason
| director = Larry Peerce
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_episodes = 2
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| network = ABC
| first_aired = {{start date|1988|02|07}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1988|02|08}}
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Elvis and Me is a 1988 American two-part television miniseries directed by Larry Peerce, and adapted by Joyce Eliason from the 1985 memoir of the same name by Priscilla Presley. It stars Susan Walters as Priscilla, and Dale Midkiff as Elvis Presley.{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|date=2009|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA440|publisher=Scarecrow Press|volume=1|page=440|isbn=978-0-8108-6138-1}}
Elvis and Me aired on ABC on February 7–8, 1988.{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Nancy|date=February 7, 1988|title=Priscilla's perspective on life with the King|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|location=Kansas City, Missouri|page=4J}}{{cite news|last=Flander|first=Judy|date=February 8, 1988|title=NBC thriller 'Moving Target' competes with ABC's 'Elvis and Me'|newspaper=Hartford Courant|location=Hartford, Connecticut|page=D2}} The first part of the miniseries was ranked the week's fifth most-watched program, as well as ABC's highest-rated television film of the season.{{cite news|last=Jicha|first=Tom|date=February 10, 1988|title=Americans still can't help falling in love with Elvis|newspaper=The Miami News|location=Miami, Florida|page=4C}} Following the airing of the second part, Elvis and Me was ranked as ABC's second highest-rated miniseries ever broadcast, behind Lace (1984).
Production
Filming took place in 1987 in Quebec City, Canada, which doubled for Germany;{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Jerry|date=February 6, 1988|title=A closer look at Elvis...|newspaper=Vineland Times Journal/Millville Daily|location=Millville, New Jersey|page=9}} other filming locations included Tennessee; Las Vegas and Beverly Hills, California.
Post-production was complicated by a hurried editing process, born out of a desire to get the miniseries to air before the 1988 Winter Olympics.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0095089|Elvis and Me}}
{{Larry Peerce}}
{{Elvis Presley}}
Category:1980s American television miniseries
Category:1988 American television series debuts
Category:1988 American television series endings
Category:American Broadcasting Company television dramas
Category:Films shot in Tennessee
Category:Films shot in Beverly Hills, California
Category:Films directed by Larry Peerce