Directed by peter tewksbury and robert goodstein, the film features a cast that includes. The recording session took place at rca studio b in nashville, tennessee, on october 1, 1967. He decides to return to the reservation so that he can help his father burgess meredith raise cows but soon he gets into trouble with various women and some government men. Peter tewksbury march 21, 1923 february 20, 2003 was an american film and television director who directed sunday in new york with jane fonda in 1963, the father knows best tv series 1 episodes, 19541960, and a pair of elvis presley movies. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Elvis presley scene from stay away, joe mgm 1968 youtube. On october 1, 1967, elvis recorded the songs stay away, joe, all i needed. Stay away, joe 1968 is a comedy, music movie starring elvis presley and burgess meredith. Elvis movies are a scattershot bunch but this has to be one of the worst. Stay away, joe is a song first recorded by elvis presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture stay away, joe. Stay away, joe is a 1968 westerncomedy film, with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring elvis presley, burgess meredith, katy jurado and joan blondell. With elvis presley, burgess meredith, joan blondell, katy jurado. Stay away, joe is a 1968 westerncomedy film, with musical interludes, set in modern times. Elvis and his big ideas meet with resistance at first, but eventually he wins out in the end and, of course, finds himself a pretty girl.
Mgms stay away, joe on location sedona, arizona compliments of elvis and the colonel rca victor unrm9408. Starting with 1965s girl happy and ending with speedway in 1968, elviss movies were all songfilled, light musical comedies. A1a4 from the mgm motion picture stay away, joe recorded october 1, 1967 and january 1516,1968 at rcas studio in nashville made in the eu. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Yet not included in the movie, this album was recorded during the time of the production of the 1968 movie that elvis presley filmed in cottonwood and. Stay away, joe 1968 having made a name for himself as a rodeo star, joe lightcloud elvis presley returns to his navajo reservation with a scheme to start a cattle business that could support. The aesthetic value of enjoying this unspoiled scenery is worth the price of admission or price of the video.
Mgms stay away joe on location sedona, arizona compliments of elvis and the colonel. Elvis presley recorded stay away during a nonmovie recording session on monday january 15, 1968. In this tuneful western, elvis presley plays a partnavajo rodeo rider who returns to live with his father on the reservation and raise cattle. Maybe they can make a dollar or two by wagering that no one at the rodeo can stay atop him either. A decade later he would carve out a hugely successful acting part as david banner in the incredible hulk movie and television series. Stay away, joe is an amusing and beguiling read from the mid years of another century. Elvis twentysixth film was the rollicking 1968 comedy stay away, joe. Stay away, joe was filmed in the beautiful sedona, az area circa 1968. The song was released on a single as a flip side to u. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for stay away, joe 1968. Stay away joe movie locations of the great southwest.
Includes a 16 pages booklet with liner notes, recording dates, movie synopsis. Place your bets as filmmaker burt kennedy matches the warmth of his two stars with an unadorned ease that makes this modern western as welcome as. In 1968 stay away, joe mercifully brought to an end a threeyearlong stretch of ten formulaic presley pictures that had gradually diminished the stars box office pull and his reputation in hollywood. The film was released to theaters in 1968 by metrogoldwynmayer. Joe lightcloud persuades his congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, charlie, can prove that the navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation.
A plain paper inner sleeve has track titles typewritten, along with the following statement. Genres drama, western director peter tewksbury starring elvis presley, burgess meredith, joan blondell. Directed by peter tewksbury, the film was based on the 1953 novel by dan cushman, a satirical farce. Stay away, joe 1968 posters the movie database tmdb. Metrogoldwynmayer mgm, warner home video, color, aspect ratio 2. This word title is sometimes more simply referred to the stay away, joe album. If their experiment is successful, then the government will help all the navajo people. There was no pretense of dramatic intrigue and gone were the. A mixed race american indian rodeo champ returns to the reservation to help his people out. Get away from reality and escape into seatles fair with 27 year old elvis just for.
Stay away peaked at number 67 on the billboard hot 100, while u. As one of the advertisements brandished, elvis goes west. Halfbreed rodeo champ returns to the reservation to help his people prove they can be responsible. He directed the entire first season of the television situation comedy my three sons and also frequently served as a producer and writer for. Stay away, joe is a comedic western film which stars elvis presley. Joe lightcloud persuades his congressman to give him.
Elvis presley goes west in stay away, joe 1968, playing broncoriding, halfnavajo joe lightcloud who has returned home to raise cattle and eyebrows. This is a special collector edition cd, housed in a 7 17,5 cm triplefoldout cover. The film, starring elvis presley, joan blondell and burgess meredith, currently has a total of one poster available. Published in 1981 originally in 1953 by viking by stay away joe publishers in great falls, montana, this is a hardcover in dust jacket. But joes friend, bronc hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and. Stay away, joe 1968 out of 4 incredibly bad film has elvis playing an indian who also just happens to be a rodeo champion. Here, louis champlain, of cree and french ancestry, lives with his gros ventre wife, annie, their three children pete, little joe, mary. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of stay away, joe with exclusive news, pictures. Stay away, joe 1968 stream and watch online moviefone. If his cowherd is a success, the government will help lightclouds family and the rest of the indian reservation. Stay away, joe 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Elvis presley video4 songs from loving you 1957 in stereo made by glen duration. Released 1968, stay away, joe stars elvispresley, burgessmeredith, joanblondell, katyjurado the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
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