I feel he steals the show from Shannon, who looks and acts nothing like Elvis, but tries to say something with his dead eyes. And for the meeting to end! Spacey is hilarious, playing the role a bit downbeat, but has all the Nixon mannerisms down pat. Nixon wanted an autographed picture for his daughter. Both men, of importance, boasting and bragging on the other to get what they wanted. It is a tongue in cheek look at an actual meeting that had comic and heartwarming qualities. This movie, similar to the meeting itself, borders entertaining and sheer oddity. The Commander-in-Chief reluctantly decides to meet Elvis after urging from White House staffer Bud Krough (Colin Hanks) and his associate Dwight Chapin (Evan Peters). It is December 21, 1970, just four years before Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey) would be forced to resign from office. Elvis, with best intentions, goes to The White House, with a hand-written letter asking for a DEA agent-at-large badge. This is the bizarre account of Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) flying commercial to the nation's capital for a secret meeting with the president. Elvis and Nixon!īelieve it when they say 'truth is stranger than fiction". Reviewed by michaelRokeefe 6 / 10 Tricky Dick plays host to the King.
Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives. On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock 'n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon.
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