Fun in Acapulco

Starring:Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa CÃ¡rdenas, Paul Lukas, Larry Domasin, Alejandro Rey, Robert Carricart, Teri Hope, Rachel Parra, Gene Simmons (II), Adele Palacios, John Indrisano, David Renard, Robert Alderette, Red West, Charles Evans (IV), Ronald Veto, Loren Brown, Salvador Baguez, Howard McNear
Director: Richard Thorpe
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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In 1963 Elvis could still be energized by the music in his movies, and the production values hadn't yet descended to budget-crunching level. Thus the breezy pleasure of Fun in Acapulco, which sees the pelvis-swinger coming to life for a rousing "Bossa Nova Baby" and a clutch of faux-Mexican tunes. Nice scenery of the fabled resort, but the movie has a strange disconnect (which becomes weirdly fascinating if you keep track of it): Elvis himself is limited to standing and singing in front of rear-projection Mexican vistas, while his hard-working double bicycles down streets, strides across beaches, etc. The newly hot Ursula Andress keeps Elvis and his double company. Elvis's jobs are among his craziest movie gigs: he begins as a deckhand, is hired as a nightclub entertainer/lifeguard, but is revealed to be a trapeze artist in his former life. By the end, of course, he is also a cliff diver. --Robert Horton

Description

Rocking and rolling south of the border, "Fun in Acapulco" finds Elvis starring as Mike Windgren, a recently unemployed boat hand who finds work as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashing with a rival lifeguard who resents Mike's competition of who can impress the women the most. Tempted by a lady bullfighter (Cardenas) and a beautiful temptress (Andress), Windgren must rely on his ability to croon Latin love songs including "You Can't Say No in Acapulco" and "Bossa Nova Baby" to prove his romantic prowess.

Customer Reviews:

Not Really Good...But Definitely Not the Worst.......2007-04-09

I recently watched this movie with my young niece and nephew. They like Elvis but most of his movies are pretty hard to take. To keep them occupied, I told them that Elvis never left Hollywood to make this movie so they needed to spot the real Elvis shots and the other location shots that featured a double. It worked. Between songs, they had fun picking out the real locations from the bad rear-projection shots of Elvis.

"Bossa Nova Baby" is the only real song worth anything (like "Return to Sender" was the only real song in GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!). The rest all sound like bad Mexican tunes about bulls or bullfighters. Ursula Andress is hot but she's a long way away from Honey Rider in DR. NO.

The best of Elvis's post-Army movies was VIVA LAS VEGAS and the worst--and there are a lot of them--would be HARUM SCARUM. FUN IN ACAPULCO would fall directly in the middle.

Makes you go on a beach holiday.......2007-01-12

Great Elvis movie, my favorite after Roustabout ( Story wise ). Makes you feel like going on a beach holiday, the scenery is lovely

Another Formulaic Plot For Talentless Presley.......2006-12-16

I've come to the conclusion that Elvis fans are simpletons. Here's another in a long, line of Presley vehicles that combines a juvenile plot, silly acting, and endless three chord songs with inane lyrics. This guy's acting was worse than his singing---and that's saying something. The most conspicuous thing about the movie is the amount of grease is Presley's hair and the repetitiveness of his monosyllabic dialogue. He was a real cornball with a gnat's IQ and no talent. Truly, do his idol-worshipping fans realize that Presley's IQ was under 80? If it wasn't for Colonel Parker, Presley would have spent the rest of his days driving trucks and eating fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Uh huh, uh huh.

Elvis DVD's.......2005-07-19

Received products in perfect condition and quickly.
It doesn't get any better than that!

Bossa Nova Baby.......2003-02-01

Great songs and Elvis is looking wonderful! A fun movie for the whole family.

Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection (Blue Hawaii/Easy Come, Easy Go/Fun in Acapulco/G.I. Blues/Girls! Girls! Girls!/King Creole/Roustabout/Paradise Hawaiian Style)

Average customer rating:

Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection (Blue Hawaii/Easy Come, Easy Go/Fun in Acapulco/G.I. Blues/Girls! Girls! Girls!/King Creole/Roustabout/Paradise Hawaiian Style)
Starring: Elvis Presley
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Release Date: 2007-08-07

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Not Really Good...But Definitely Not the Worst
Makes you go on a beach holiday
Another Formulaic Plot For Talentless Presley
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Fun in Acapulco [Region 2]
Starring: Elvis Presley , Ursula Andress , Elsa Cárdenas , Paul Lukas , and Larry Domasin
Director: Richard Thorpe
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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