Product Details

• Actors: Robert Washington, Quentin Flagg, Doug Church, John Paget
• Directors: Irv Cass
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tapeworm Video Dist
• VHS Release Date: October 24, 2000
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000053V3S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,390 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Elvis - Lots of Fun - Very Interesting, September 12, 2003

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This review is from: Almost Elvis - Elvis Impersonators and Their Quest for the Crown (DVD)

This is one fantastic DVD ,loaded to the max with high energy fun and very enjoy able to watch.My wife and I really had a nice evening watching this sweet gem of a movie.
The main reason I gave this movie a 4 star rating is only because the really Elvis deserves 5 stars.SEveral of the Elvis impersonators where very good.And a few of the others were not....would I dare say as good.....but it was very interesting and fun to see how far someone would go to become Elvis.
And for my money the man who won was the best.
I would like to say though that there is a Gospel singer and guitar player named Greg Williams in Fresno Calif ,at The Open Door Ministries ,who has never competed....but has far more talent than these gentlemen.So I guess you'll never really hear the best.....but the film was fun

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CAN 50,000,000 ELVISES BE WRONG?, June 1, 2006

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Michael L. White "impossiblefunky" (Westland, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Almost Elvis - Elvis Impersonators and Their Quest for the Crown (DVD)

Like TRIBUTARY and SIMULATION, John Paget's ALMOST ELVIS suffers from wanting to include a cavalcade of Elvises rather than focusing on why these folks pay tribute to The King or how it feels to make a living off the memory of Elvis. More important, Paget ignores the folks who pay to see Elvis impersonators and barely touches on the cultural phenomenon of Elvis and the legions of people who choose to emulate him.

ALMOST ELVIS starts off strong, following the path to the 1999 Images of Elvis competition in Memphis, Tennessee. The main character of the documentary is Irv Cass of Niles, Michigan. Cass does one hell of a tribute to The King; his sideburns real, his voice strong, and his jumpsuit snug. While the cynosure of the film is the night of a hundred Elvises (which ends up looking rather shabby), ALMOST ELVIS indulges in a few vignettes, which feature other Elvis impersonators or trappings of the trade.

Too late in the game, the audience meets Robert Washington, a battleship painter who seems destined to never take the grand prize at the impending contest due to the color of his skin. The introduction of Washington and his racial "dilemma" opens a can of worms that no one in ALMOST ELVIS, including the filmmaker, seems comfortable in exploring. Even in this potentially objective arena, Washington gets short shrift.

If Washington is a serious Elvis impersonator being treated as something like a joke, another documentary takes a "joke" and shows the serious side of it, EL VEZ: EL REI DE ROCK `N' ROLL. This work examines El Vez, a "Latino novelty act." Director Marjorie Chodorov manages to go behind the perfectly coiffed façade of El Vez to present Robert Lopez, the brown bombshell's alter ego.

1.0 out of 5 stars ALMOST ELVIS, March 7, 2009

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Nanci C. Brown (CLINTON, IOWA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Video Dist Almost Elvis [dvd] (DVD)

It was alright. but had i've seen it first i wouldn't have bought it. it's just not the kind of video you.d put on your favorites list to watch again. If your an Elvis impersonator you might like to see your competition, or just learn some new moves from other impersonators. if not "Save your money!"