The film portrays the meeting of Lennon with Elvis in 1965 (27th August). Based on the original story: "Our Night with Elvis".
Elvis and Lennon are seen driving down a highway at night with Elvis at the wheel and 'Trouble' (performed by Henrik Aberg) playing over the opening credits. We have to wait until 1:37 before we see the lead characters which in a 12 minute film is too long.
I wanted to like this but unfortunately what spoiled it for me was the laughable attempt at a Liverpool accent by Max Hughes. It really was awful. Plus I don't think I've ever heard John Lennon say 'man' which is used repeatedly in this film short.
The mood of the film is mainly downbeat apart from the ending. Lennon is pretty one-dimensional, showing little of his charm or Goon-style wit. He mainly berates and torments Elvis for the duration and comes across as wholly unpleasant. Alex Pappas does a better job with his role as Elvis showing a degree of humility and boisterousness.
The make-up and costumes were acceptable for the era and the addition of the classic American car adds authenticity and atmosphere. This is diluted by the inconsistent sound quality of the unequalised audio between Elvis and Lennon as we here them speak to each other inside the car.
What does come across is Elvis' awareness of his fading popularity and his feelings of intimidation and resentment of Lennon and the Beatles. This is balanced by the pair reflecting on the death of their respective Mothers and we observe a connection between them at this point.
The film ends after we witness the reaction of a waking stowaway female fan from the back seat of the car who feints from over excitement leading to Elvis and Lennon sharing an all-too-brief and the only light-hearted moment in this film short.
Elvis and Lennon are seen driving down a highway at night with Elvis at the wheel and 'Trouble' (performed by Henrik Aberg) playing over the opening credits. We have to wait until 1:37 before we see the lead characters which in a 12 minute film is too long.
I wanted to like this but unfortunately what spoiled it for me was the laughable attempt at a Liverpool accent by Max Hughes. It really was awful. Plus I don't think I've ever heard John Lennon say 'man' which is used repeatedly in this film short.
The mood of the film is mainly downbeat apart from the ending. Lennon is pretty one-dimensional, showing little of his charm or Goon-style wit. He mainly berates and torments Elvis for the duration and comes across as wholly unpleasant. Alex Pappas does a better job with his role as Elvis showing a degree of humility and boisterousness.
The make-up and costumes were acceptable for the era and the addition of the classic American car adds authenticity and atmosphere. This is diluted by the inconsistent sound quality of the unequalised audio between Elvis and Lennon as we here them speak to each other inside the car.
What does come across is Elvis' awareness of his fading popularity and his feelings of intimidation and resentment of Lennon and the Beatles. This is balanced by the pair reflecting on the death of their respective Mothers and we observe a connection between them at this point.
The film ends after we witness the reaction of a waking stowaway female fan from the back seat of the car who feints from over excitement leading to Elvis and Lennon sharing an all-too-brief and the only light-hearted moment in this film short.
