Product Details

• Actors: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez
• Directors: Peter Tewksbury
• Writers: Burt Kennedy, Dan Cushman, Michael A. Hoey
• Producers: Douglas Laurence
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: June 24, 1992
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001U0G3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,836 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cigar smokin', beer drinkin', womanizing Elvis, May 18, 2004

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Daniel Halifko (orlando, florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis / Stay Away Joe [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Stay Away, Joe was filmed in the beautiful Sedona, Az area circa
1968. The aesthetic value of enjoying this unspoiled scenery is
worth the price of admission or price of the video.
A departure from the previous Elvis formula movie...Elvis drinks
beer, smokes cigars, puts the moves on every women he sees, regardless if she is spoken for or not. Oddly enough, Elvis
does not "get the girl." in the end.
Stay Away, Joe is totally slapstick, silly, outrageously camp.
The indian stereotypes are politcially incorrect by today's standards. But both whiteman and indians are portrayed as boozing, brawling buffoons.
This is perhaps the worst editing I ever saw in a film. Fight
scenes and dance scenes and at time the music soundtrack is
uneven and incongruous. Burgess Meredith portrays Elvis' indian
father and is without a doubt the worst makeup job ever fimed.
His makeup looks like it was applied with a putty knife.
Surprisingly Elvis sings only 4 songs. "Stay Away" set to the tune of "Greenselves" starts with the opening credits with an
aerial view of Sedona and beautiful redrock formations. Another
is "All I Needed Was This Rain" a slow tempo blusey number positions Elvis out in a rainstorm with four canine companions.
And "Dominique" a silly little ditty set to a suggestive seductive romp up the canyon, where two women wear Elvis out.
All in all a pretty silly, low budget and poorly edited film.
The humor is arcane, inane and most certainly dated. But dated to a much simpler time in America when humor was less sophisticated, uncomplicated and unchallenged by the ethical and moral morass of today. Buy it if you are an Elvis fan.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars DANCES WITH WOLVES of 1968, September 8, 2004

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The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elvis / Stay Away Joe [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Before people lose their minds about the title of my review, just think about this: I genuinely wonder how the Native American community viewed this film when it was released. Sure, the stereotypes we see in STAY AWAY, JOE are now considered highly offensive--that Native Americans are irresponsible and alcoholic and such--but were they thrilled to be shown in a movie where they weren't getting shot off a horse by John Wayne?

As politically-incorrect as these images are, I gotta say that there was something...hip...about this nonstop party. I'd be really curious to find out how Native Americans felt about this movie when it came out.

Elvis chasing two beautiful Indian girls in Sedona's spectacular red rock country plays like a dream. Although most of the humor dropped with a thud for me, I did get a chuckle out of Elvis running off to the same liquor store with a carload of girls every time his character got a hold of a couple bucks.

I'm not saying this is a great movie.
But I think I'd enjoy it again before signing up for the guilt-heapin' pretensions of the Billy Jack films.
Maybe if Elvis had been Billy Jack....

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's a Weird Scene, Man!, August 17, 2010

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Ldean (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stay Away, Joe (DVD)

Apart from the unfortunate Native American stereotypes, "Stay Away, Joe" (1968) features one of Elvis' most engaging performances in this party-hardy farce. Nice Sedona photography and remarkably few songs. A strange film to be sure, but the King certainly made worse.