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Flaming Star |  | Director: Don Siegel
Actors: Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden, Steve Forrest, Dolores del Rio, John McIntire
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
New (9) from $8.39
Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 57322
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: FOXD2004810D
UPC: 024543048107
EAN: 0024543048107
ASIN: B000068TQ5
Theatrical Release Date: December 20, 1960
Release Date: August 13, 2002
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Product Description
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Genre: Musicals
Rating: NR
Release Date: 1-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
Definitely a contender for the underwhelming title of Best Elvis Movie, this handsomely shot Western actually makes Elvis act, rather than coast on his personality. (As though to underscore the point, the two obligatory songs are dispensed with under the opening credits and in the first scene.) Don Siegel was probably the best director the King ever worked with, and he draws a quietly smoldering performance from Elvis, who was still undeniably raw. Even better, Siegel captures an existential starkness to homestead and town, and calmly makes a pro-Native American case without preaching (Elvis plays a half-breed caught between sides in an Indian vs. settlers dustup). Yes, this was 30 years before Dances with Wolves--there were actually quite a few such movies during this era. All in all, a decent picture, and an indication of where Elvis's career might have gone if he hadn't given himself over to fluff. --Robert Horton
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 not the item pictured May 1, 2010
Frank Melton (St. Louis)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
this is not a review of the movie - the movie is great, A+ - but the dvd i was sent is not the one pictured - i was expecting to get the cinema classics edition (white cover with elvis and barbara eden) - i was sent the version from an old box set (brown cover with "ELVIS" across the top) - there is a difference (besides the cover art) - the cinema classics version comes with a lobby card and extras on the dvd - if amazon no longer sells certain items they should take down those adverts - misleading - i bought this twice in an effort to get the version i wanted (the version amazon advertised on their site) - the first purchase i gave to my brother, he liked it - i bought it again explaining that i was sent the wrong version - i was sent the wrong version again - so i assume amazon doesnt sell the cinema classics version - but just uses a picture of it - misleading - for the record, amazon advertises both versions for the same price - which to me indicated that they sold both versions - perhaps the warehouse guys dont care enough to notice a difference when shipping an order
 Elvis when life was innocent. February 19, 2010
River Mama (Honolulu)
Totally loved this. I'd never really "gotten into" Elvis before, glad I chose this as a starting place. Apparently working on his acting talents at this point (v. singing talents, already honed). Disappointed in the ending, but I wasn't watching it for script value.
BEST of ELvis honestly! March 25, 2009
Linda Early Kearney (Roanoke, Va)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie was the first in a long line of Elvis movies. I especially enjoyed the fact he wasn't ELVIS but an Indian playing a part of an inter racial marriage and the settling of the old west. I cried at the end. Too bad he never got to develop a true acting career instead of the singing, hip hopping movies he was famous for. If you want to see ELvis in a great movie, watch this one. It's wonderful!
With only one song , this movie is a disappointment? March 21, 2009
R. Bagula (Lakeside, Ca United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie is an early one where Elvis actually does some real acting and it is a Cowboy and Indian and half-breed movie.
Texas has an Indian uprising in 1878 of his mother's people:
his white older half brother and his father make his family half native American and they are caught between.
Tragedy results with loss of friends and family.
As I love Elvis's singing I miss there not being more
music, but the script is a grim tale of a lot of death and sorrow.
Elvis' best performance August 29, 2008
Bill Haynes (MO, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In a rare dramatic role, Elvis Presley showed what he was capable of doing as an actor. This was a western that explores prejudice and injustice as a family is torn apart by mixed feelings between the locals and the indians. Flaming Star is a powerful film that deals with racial issues in the old west. It's a shame that Elvis wasn't given more decent roles like that of Pacer.
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