Roustabout (1964)
- Directed by
- John Rich
- Genre
- drama film, musical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wandering singer takes a job with a struggling carnival. He gets involved with the carnival's owner and her daughter.
upbeatlightheartedromanticmusicalnostalgicfeel-goodenergetic
What happens
Roustabout is a 1964 American musical feature film starring Elvis Presley as a singer who takes a job working with a struggling carnival. The film was produced by Hal Wallis and directed by John Rich from a screenplay by Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss. The screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award for best written American musical. The New York Times noted that Elvis was "perfectly cast" although Roustabout received a lukewarm review in Variety. The film's soundtrack album was one of Elvis Presley's most successful, reaching no. 1 on the Billboard Album Chart. Quentin Tarantino called Roustabout one of Presley's most entertaining films and said that it had the best soundtrack of all of Presley's color films. It was filmed in Techniscope at Paramount Studios, with carnival and road rage sequences shot in Thousand Oaks, California. Filming began in March 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Looking for Love (1964)
Canta mi corazón (1964)
The Young Lovers (1964)
In ginocchio da te (1964)
Something is Burning (1964)
Tears on Your Face (1964)
Wonderful Life (1964)
La historia de Bienvenido (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.