Alejandro Rey, Dabo Che, Elsa Cardenas, Elvis Presley, Larry Domasin ...( see more  see more... ) , Paul Lukas , Robert Garricart , Rod Gails , Teri Hope , Ursula Andress

In 1963 Elvis could still be energized by the music in his movies, and the production values hadn't yet descended to budget-crunching level. Thus the breezy pleasure of Fun in Acapulco, which sees the...( read more  read more... ) pelvis-swinger coming to life for a rousing "Bossa Nova Baby" and a clutch of faux-Mexican tunes. Nice scenery of the fabled resort, but the movie has a strange disconnect (which becomes weirdly fascinating if you keep track of it): Elvis himself is limited to standing and singing in front of rear-projection Mexican vistas, while his hard-working double bicycles down streets, strides across beaches, etc. The newly hot Ursula Andress keeps Elvis and his double company. Elvis's jobs are among his craziest movie gigs: he begins as a deckhand, is hired as a nightclub entertainer/lifeguard, but is revealed to be a trapeze artist in his former life. By the end, of course, he is also a cliff diver. --Robert Horton

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PG, 97 min.

Directed by: Richard Thorpe

Release Date: June 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003

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  • January 3, 2007
    Elvis was an average actor at best.
  • November 12, 2009
    the elvis formula is back ..lotsa girls, songs and this time it takes place in Acapulco..
  • October 14, 2009
    I like Elvis P. i like him then he is yonger in this movie
  • August 16, 2009
    Well, if you're an Elvis fan- you'll probably enjoy this to some extent. I liked the friendship between Elvis and Raoul. But where there's more grandiose in an Elvis film, there's less interest from me. I didn't find the love interests very captivating, either. Not bad, though.
  • September 8, 2008
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING
  • July 26, 2008
    great movie..beautiful scenery too
  • May 7, 2008
    Elvis Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • April 21, 2008
    Eek! An Elvis Presley movie that I must never watch!!!
  • February 17, 2008
    It's Elvis...he's great in everything.
  • January 13, 2008
    an elvis fan, i am not

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