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Live a Little Love a Little [VHS]

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I've been an Elvis fan for 10 years now, and I've seen most of his 60's movies. For some reason I didn't rent this one till recently- I think it's because I had it confused with "The Trouble With Girls", which I have no desire to see. Anyway, we rented this because we saw it had "A Little Less Conversation" in it and liked it so much we ended up buying it.

Elvis plays Greg Nolan, a photographer who..ok, there's not much of a plot to describe here. The storyline consists of a girl he meets who keeps changing her name (Bernice/Betty/Suzie/Alice) and personality, spending most of the movie alternately messing with Elvis' mind and coming on to him. Meanwhile, Elvis gets two jobs for girlie-type magazines in the same building- one of them is called "Classic Cat Magazine" (or maybe it's Classy Cat) being a photographer and pretends at both that he only works for that magazine, while he literally runs back and forth between the two jobs, changing clothes and trying not to have one boss find out about the other. Red West makes his usual cameo as a guy in a fight scene who Elvis ends up [fighting] (always fun to watch).

This is a pretty fun Elvis movie, and since it was filmed in '68, right around the time Elvis did the comeback special, the King was in great shape, looking pretty sharp with his sideburns and tan. He also looks like he's having fun, and doesn't feel too stupid. "Spinout" is entertaining, but half the time Elvis looks pretty unhappy. One of my Elvis trivia-type books said this movie has the distinction of being the only one he ever has sex in (offscreen, of course) but I think the only way you could tell this is by him waking up in a girl's bed. His co-star, who looks like a cross between Sharon Tate and how Liz Taylor looked in the 60's, was kind of annoying (though not as bad as some of the actresses he's worked with, and at least she has a great wardrobe.) It was mainly the fact that she had this kind of whispery voice like Taylor. The clothes and hair are all really cool.

There are only 4 songs in the movie, but two of them are especially good. I loved "The Edge of Reality"-Elvis has this trippy dream because Bernice/Betty/Suzie/Alice has been messing with his mind so much. The song is great, and Elvis wears this tailored set of pajamas that look more like a blue sharkskin suit. I think whoever designed and choreographed the dream sequence might have paid a little visit to Dr. Nick's, if you know what I mean, but it's pretty cool. The highlight of the movie for me was definitely "A Little Less Conversation", which Elvis sings to a hot babe at a swinging cocktail party as he's getting her to leave with him. Watch for the male red-haired go-go dancer that they pass who dances so furiously and wildly that his gyrations actually make him upstage Elvis for a few seconds, which is no small feat. As he and the chick are leaving, they pass other go-go dancers, saunter out the door of the cool 60's pad, and hop in Elvis' Cadillac that the valets just happened to have pulled up in front at that second, while Elvis smoothly never misses a beat and manages to make the whole thing look like he does it every night. Now THAT'S how you leave a party!

One of Elvis' better flicks from the 60's, and definitely my favorite movie of his to watch from the late 60's.

Please put this wonderful Elvis classic on DVD so that humble people such as myself can afford it.Spread the word,Thanks!!!!!!!!

Didn't care at all for the premise of the movie, the girl chasing the guy - and she was so cheesy. And the fact that he ended up liking her after all the ridiculous trickery was not believable to me.
The sequences when Elvis had two job I did enjoy but overall this is an Elvis movie I did not care for. Elvis also seemed to have a scowl on his face through many parts of the movie.

This movie has it all -- Michelle Carey, Elvis, changing times, psychedelic sequences (check out the "Edge of Reality" bit -- the girls "morph" *years* before the technology was invented!), taboo subjects (sex, etc.), and the original version of "A Little Less Conversation." It is a true romantic comedy; had it never been made with Elvis, and had been shot this year with Ben Afleck and Cameraon Diaz, it would be a smash hit! Actually, it was a pretty big hit in its own time, even though it was one of Elvis's last three or four movies. This film needs to be released on DVD soon! Especially wonderful is the widescreen version that airs on TNT every now and then. Michelle Carey was incredible -- I wish she was still around. The songs are great (all 4 of them), and this movie, written by the same dude that wrote "Private Lessons" (1981), rises above the rest of the awful schlock that Elvis concerned himself with for the majority of the sixties. Relax, check it out, and have a good time.

Its a good mucical comedy and fun watching Elvis trying to get the girl. She doesn't make it easy for him. If you love Elvis, you will also love Greg. Plus a few great songs came from this movie, "A Little Less Conversation" just to name one. I love all of Elvis' movies and the entire family can watch any one of them with out any worries. Lots of clean fun with a few great songs!!!

I was very surprised and somewhat pleased with this tasty morsel from 1968. I'm not a great Elvis fan as some of the movies that the poor man was subjected to, lets just hope that he is still not embarrassed by them.
The plot of the schizophrenic woman that picks him up and take him on a wild mind game would take anyone to 'The Edge of Reality' The song is a masterpiece from the words to the dancing and the costumes...all pure 60's. The rushing about from one photo shoot to the other was fun to watch, not sloppy and boring like most of his movies. 'A Little Less Conversation'is a terrific song real sharp and sexy, but to me he should of sung it to the Amazon he met at the party and took away for a little Rumpy-Pumpy. How times have changed with woman's figures- not a skinny looking one amongst them. And the Sex, well all we see is Elvis on the morning after tastefully draped with a sheet, did they or didn't they?

Elvis looking and acting his best in one of the few "adult" movies he made. This is my favorite Elvis movie, and it really does look better in this new widescreen DVD version. Definitely worth the money. Buy it and you won't be sorry.

"Live A Little, Love A Little" is as close to '60s themed as it can get. This picture finds Elvis juggling between two magzine photographer jobs, and it looks sort of compliacted. He takes his leisure time out especially later for girls and Michele Cary. This film is a little cautionary to younger viewers. "Live A Little, Love A Little" focuses more on sex and tries to keep up with the ever-changing times. "Live A Little, Love A Little" features the low "Edge Of Reality" sequence which is very psychadelic in a sense, and "A Little Less Conversation" which became a hit this summer. By the way, pick up "ELV1S 30 #1 Hits", too. Suprising, this film can be enjoyable in some ways.

This film is very in tune with the 1960's and even has an acid-influenced Elvis-dream sequence! Elvis is very relaxed in the role and seems to actually enjoy it. He gets to be a cool photographer with a cool dune buggy and a great big dog for a pet. This is fast-paced, not slow, like some other reviewers have said...Elvis fans will be surprisingly pleased by this very-late-stage film. I think he made only 1 or 2 others after this one. I bought it for the psychedelic acid-dream sequence and ended up really enjoying the whole movie and I'm wasn't even a hardcore Elvis fan. (But now I am!)

Hilariously unenlightened product is a glossy time capsule concerning free love, upper class, conservative style. I enjoyed the locations and the late 1960's fashions. It's a tad more sexually explicit than Elvis' previous romps, this was supposed to pass as sophisticated break from his G-rated adventures.