i have seen this movie 100s of times, studied it, worshipped it. Ask me any question about it I will almost guarantee I know the answer. Any hate-posts will be ignored. Don't waste your time.
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Who is the waitress who serves Kurt in the restaurant, Kurt is watching her, and Courtney gets jealous, what is the actres her name?
shareWut kind of cigarettes were they, Kurt and Jesse, smoking when Jesse throws up?
shareSt. James cigarettes... possibly custom made though.
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Why did Mike destroy his beloved '59 Caddy just to hide it? Only Murphy was looking for it and it would be just as well hidden in a garage somewhere until the whole thing blew over.
shareWhen quigley is talking to the Boise Police Chief, the chief says that, "The information on what was in the car isn't in yet."
...knowing that Murph was in the car, they would probably try to track it down... even if they knew that Mike reclaimed it they knew that Murph stole it, so Mike interacted with Murph somehow. They would still look for it. I'm sure Mike didn't want that.
Additionally, Mike's plan was to go back to his boat and never come back. If he left his car in a garage (which wouldn't be easy to come by/pay for as he could be traced through his paying for the garage space rental)he'd have to come back to the Nevada/Idaho area.
Additionally, a 1959 cadillac coupe deville is horrible on gas. lol.
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A small bit of information used to be listed in the trivia section which implies that Michael and Murphy might be brothers. Throughout the movie Murphy claims to be the son of Elvis. The cops say that he, along with assorted others, claimed to be the illegitimate sons of Elvis. Out of all the tests, two were found to be inconclusive, one of which was Murphy's. The name of the other one was never given. However, towards the end of the film, Michael is on a boat talking to Cybill. He says "my father left me this boat and I never even knew him." While saying that, he pulls out a gold or platinum record which resembles a work of Elvis, and I may be mistaken because I haven't seen the movie in quite some time, that the name of the boat is Graceland. So, are Michael and Murphy really brothers? One additional question, what reason would a cop have for pulling Murphy over then challenging him to a duel? Did the cop even know who he really was? This plot twist doesn't seem to make much sense.
shareYes Murphy and Michael were brothers, and the illegitimate sons of Elvis. This is proven in the 2nd part of the Road to Graceland movie @ the site.
As for your other question... the only expolanation I can figure is that either
A. the cop pulled murphy over for not wearing a seatbelt (which he wasn't) and then by surprise and then saw that it was murphy, whom's picture he reviewed.
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b. He pulled him over because it was a red cadillac that matched a escription by a witness, and then it happened to be murphy...
either way you are right, it's not likely to have happened like that...
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"That's the only thing expected of man... his good is knowing that he is bad..."
Yer but shorly, if he was a son of Elvis and as in the film he states that His Father Had Left Him The Boat A Long Time Ago. Then that wouldnt make sense because nothing was left to the illegitimate children only Lisa Marie.
shareIf you're still taking questions: what make of rifle was Paul Anka carrying when he and his casino security men reached the roof?
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What were we supposed to think about the "bubblegum girl" in the gas station? I first thought that the fat guy was taking advantage of her and that she was abused but the next thing you know, she's working Costner's stick shift while he's driving, then he gives her away to his biker buddy..
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Murph wears a pretty cool leather jacket....any idea of the maker or where I could get one?
shareIt's funny you mention Jesse, since nobody else has. I LOVE this movie, i don't really know why, it's just satisfying on a small level, which is good enough to me and i own it on DVD. However, the kid in the movie annoyed the hell out of me. I can't f*#^ing stand it when they put the character of a young child in a movie and give them a personality that is not only unbelievable, but pure irritating. The kid tried SO hard to act like a tough guy and he sure as hell wasn't, and that just urks me when kids who aren't even in their teens or highly intelligent think they're so cool and grown up. I wanted to beat his ass from his first appearance, right up until the shootout in the end. He just kept trying to act like he was cool as Kurt Russell's character and he just came across as a little dork. I don't know, maybe i'm just reading too much into it. Then there was Courteney Cox, who i wanted to beat the hell out of, too. She was hot, and her acting was above par, but her character was just too much of a two-timing bimbo, who after a while, i didn't care if got killed. If i were Kurt Russell's character, i would've gotten as far away from her and her kid as i could. They both were just so untrustworthy. Kurt Russell was his usual cool, "I'm a good-hearted bad guy" self, who pulled off a suave demeanor that made his admirable. Hell, he kinda looks like Elvis more than any of the robbers. Of course i don't have to admit that Kevin Costner was the pure backbone of this movie. If he wasn't in it, it would not have been as appealing as it luckily became. He just played a stone cold psycho so well and he made you laugh more than tremble. I felt bad because Christian Slater, Bokeem Woodbine, David Arquette, and Ice-T didn't have bigger roles. Kevin Pollak, Thomas Haden Church, Howie Long, and Jon Lovitz were given a little more satisfaction, but didn't have much screen time either. The movie was good, but i felt like if the story were a TAD bit different, it might have been a classic. I felt like if Slater and Arquette had bulletproof vests on like Russell, and survived, then it would've been cool if they all seperated and individually went after Costner and the money, trying to out do one another for the loot. Bokeem Woodbine should've survived his gunshot wound and he could've been the most angry of all of them, due to his experience. Ice-T and Howie Long should've hooked up with Costner sooner and then they needed to have a badass showdown between each other and the cops, now that would've been cool. THEN, Slater, Arquette, Woodbine, Ice-T, Long, and Costner could've all kicked the bucket, leaving Russell, Cox, and the annoying kid to make off with the casino money. If i were director, that would've been my movie.
"Imagination is the Figment"
I have sene htis movie a lot too, but how did they figure out who the people was that donned the Elvis Presley wig, jumpsuits and hit the casino in the movie. How this for a question, how many times is the F word used in the movie, in any form? Let' see you answer this question, then maybe I can beleive that you are realyl a trivia buff on this movie, not like I dont' believe you, if you could I bet you go written every word said in this movie, evne through you would get banned for swearing.
shareWhat type of sunglasses was Kurt Russell wearing?
shareThe glasses were custom made for the movie...
I'll answer the other question when I have time to think about it lol.
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how many f-words are there in the movie? Well I went through the movie in my head and tallied them down on paper. HEre's what i got:
Murph: 34... maybe 35 if he completes his sentence when he realizes the bag is filled with nothing but newspaper
Mike: 2
Hanson: 4
Franklyn: 1
Cybil: 1
jesse: 1
Jay peterson: 1
Marshal Quiqley: 1
There was also an F-word in the elevator when they're all in there, but I can't tell who said it. Either Franklyn or Hanson.
So that makes about 47 total, give or take 1.
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you're a freak.
i liked this film though. seen it a few times. can't understand why it got such bad reviews.
There seems to be a thing for scopions in this movie. The scorpion fight at the beginning, Murphey's scorpion belt buckle and ring, and his scorpion tattoo on his wrist which is the spot where the scorpion bites him in the end. What is with the scorpions? Did I miss something?
shareWho is the actress who plays the bubble gum chick Costner picks up at the gas station?
shareYes, scorpions included the two in the beginning, the belt buckle, the ring, the tattoo, the bite in the end, the pen in Jay's office where he does the office, even in Kevin Costner's movements (watch the scene where he breaks into the car that Jesse is in after the chase. Think scorpion).
If you look at Murph's life, ever since he comes back from Vietnam he stays in the desert areas of the country. Scorpions are desert animals, as is Murph, apparently. Additionally, no matter how cornered a scorpion is in a fight, it won't back down until i is dead. This is exactly what Murph did. In a way, Murph was more like a scorpion than a human.
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How many green cables were shown at the casino elevator?
shareOkay Razor...the Riviera doubled for which real life Vegas casino?
I don't know the answer to this so whatever you say it is I'll be impressed.
im guessing the elvis costumes were custom made, but what became of them after the movie?
shareFrom emmory, I think there weret three greens... but Im probably wrong.
The Riveria Hotel and Casino is actually a real place. See here: http://www.rivierahotel.com/mainpage.html
I dunno about the costumes... try contacting Mary mcleod
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what song is being played when murph is in the van chasing sybil and jesse
"until the free man walks, the free man walks away"
or something like that
The name of the song is Angel Dust, by Bender. The easiest place to get it on CD is on the 3000 miles to graceland soundtrack, because the album that it's on (Bender, Jehovah's Hitlist) is pretty hard to find.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fvUMBybFLM
"When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep... and you're never really awake."
What is the name of this song?
http://media.putfile.com/Thomas-J-Murphy
I was wondering when this question would come up. And, lol, it's the song in the movie that I don't know. I've been looking, and couldn't find it. I'll do some more research, though. I'll update this within an hour.
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