3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

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Directed by Demien Lichtenstein.

Starring Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Kurt Russell, Christian Slater.

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After squaring off in 1995 with competing movie biographies of frontier lawman Wyatt Earp, actors Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner co-star in this action crime caper as former cronies engaged in a series of double-crosses over some stolen loot. Michael Zane (Russell) and Thomas Murphy (Costner) are the leaders of a gang of ex-convict thieves using an Elvis Presley impersonator convention to pull off a daring heist in a Las Vegas casino. The gang also includes Gus (David Arquette), Hanson (Bokeem Woodbine), and Franklin (Christian Slater). Although they manage to retrieve the money, the crooks turn on each other in bloody fashion and Murphy (who believes he's actually the illegitimate son of Elvis) makes off with the illegal funds. In hot pursuit are the police and Michael, who's encumbered by his girlfriend Cybil (Courtney Cox-Arquette) and her young son Jesse James. Written and directed by music video creator Demian Lichtenstein, 3000 Miles to Graceland also stars Kevin Pollak, Ice-T, and Howie Long. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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Worst of 2001
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"Did you hear about the blond couple who froze to death at the drive-in? They went to see Closed for Winter. What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall? "Dam." The above jokes -- which make me laugh every time -- are an appropriate introduction to the year's worst cinematic disasters for the following reasons: (1) The first is my favorite movie-related joke, (2) both indicate that I'm easily amused, and (3) the punch line of the second has typically been my reaction when I learn of the films I've been assigned to review. It's been a dismal year at the movies, from disappointing summer fare (how do you make Pearl Harbor boring?) to so-so independents and foreign films that have been successful simply because people are tired of feeling so bad (Amelie? Cute, but about 20 minutes too long). Then there are the no-name, no-plot groaners that I get stuck with, this year's unusually high number of which is attributable to either frantic green-lighting during ... " [More]

3000 Miles to Graceland
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"With the release of 3000 Miles to Graceland, it's official: Anything that Kevin Costner touches turns to trash. Costner plays Murphy, an Elvis impersonator planning to rob a Las Vegas casino during International Elvis Week. Joining him are Michael (Kurt Russell), who's fresh out of jail and has already unwittingly secured his very own ball and chain, Cybil (Courteney Cox), via a one-afternoon stand, and a backup gang of thieves (David Arquette, Christian Slater, and Bokeem Woodbine). The heist itself is the film's shining moment: It's slick, it's stylish, and it takes the tongue-in-cheek bawdiness of Vegas one step farther into the world of appealing badness by throwing cooler-than-thou criminals into the mix. With the best of Elvis roaring in the background, the scene jumps thrillingly between the holdup at the vault and a parade of impersonators and showgirls onstage just steps away. But then the shoot-out begins, and the fun ends. After both the crooks and ca ... " [More]

Tags: chase , robbery , Stupid , elvis , VEGAS-BABY-VEGAS
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