Joe in us theaters april 11, 2014 starring nicolas cage, tye sheridan, sue rock, heather kafka. The first feature film to be shot at the ranch was stay away, joe in 1967. The gorgeous, worldfamous red rock scenery of sedona, arizona, can be seen in the background behind the handsome elvis presley, in a candid shot from the 1968 movie stay away joe. Stay away, joe was filmed in the arizona town of sedona and it was one of the rare times that elvis wife priscilla and the wives of his entourage. All 31 elvis movies in chronological order watched non. Cage plays joe ransom, a man who we can see has had a dark and brutal past even before we learn any of the details. Released 1968, stay away, joe stars elvis presley, burgess meredith, joan blondell, katy jurado the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. If you like stay away, joe you are looking for humorous, feel good and realistic movies about with rock, friends, contests and competitions, ambition, against the odds, blues and buddies themes of comedy, musical and romance genre shot in usa. The aesthetic value of enjoying this unspoiled scenery is worth the price of admission or price of the video. The last sedona, arizona western movie set i sedona. All evidence indicates rca needed only one copy of this lp available at 2010 august memphis, tn. Directed by peter tewksbury, the film was based on the 1953 novel by dan cushman, a satirical farce. He drinks and gambles, keeps an exceptionally nasty bulldog as his only real companion and has a longrunning feud with a local tough guy ronnie gene blevins that grows more violent with each exchange. It stars nicolas cage and tye sheridan, revolving around a tormented man who hires a 15yearold boy and protects him from.
The film was released to theaters in 1968 by metrogoldwynmayer. Its pretty obvious whats going on between joan blondell and elvis. In stay away, presley portrays joe lightcloud, a native american rodeo rider who main goal is to raise cattle on his navajo reservation. Stay away, joe 1968 peter tewksbury, peter tewkesbury. Elvis with car elvis presley, burgess meredith, and katy jurado on the set of stay away, joe. Together they investigate her mothers murder, and uncover the supernatural force that proves to be a threat to her family. All evidence indicates rca needed only one copy of this lp and made only one copy. Joe and charlie lightcloud are two wacky american indians just trying to cope in the farout 1960s. Merrygoround rock, schnebly hill road, sedona, arizona, usa where elvis sings dominic 2 of 2 found this interesting interesting. Burgess meredith, joan blondell, katy jurado costar. The release of elvis the hollywood collection is a milestone of sorts.
Elvis twentysixth film was the rollicking 1968 comedy stay away, joe. There was a 7 year break before the movie industry came back to sedona, perhaps because a thunderstorm washed out some roads during filming of call of the canyon making it difficult to complete the project. This is a movie not generally known about or seen even by elvis fans. Stay away, joe was filmed in the beautiful sedona, az area circa 1968. The film reached number 65 on the variety weekly national box office chart in 1968. Directed by peter tewksbury and robert goodstein, the film features a cast that includes elvis presley, joan blondell and burgess meredith. Arizona movies filming locations cottonwoodsedona shared a link.
The biggest shame is the casting of two great actresses. A controversial social factor in stay away, joe is the films portrayal of reservation indians in the late 1960s. They come across a variety of unique characters including a ditsy blonde, a fasttalking car salesman, and of course, their stuckinthepast family. Stay away, joe is a 1968 westerncomedy film, with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring elvis presley. Abysmal waste of talent on stupid script that has no point and insulting stereotypes. Joe starring elvis presley was also filmed in parts of uptown sedona. Elvis gave small roles in stay away joe to his friends del sonny west, joe esposito and charlie hodge members of what came to be.
But they just cant get elvis off of gilligans island. Taos unlimited movie locations of the great southwest. Although, stay away, joe goes a step further than flaming star and amps up the racism by minstrelling it up. Filming locations 11 filming dates 1 filming locations. A good portion of the movie took place on the bradshaw ranch. Elvis plays joe lightcloud, a navajo who convinces his congressman to allow him to prove that navajos. Stay away, joe dvd, 2007, widescreen for sale online ebay. Filming began in sedona and cottonwood, arizona, on october 9, 1967. It is the outtakes that make this release, they are fun, more so than normal with elvis in high spirits, clearly at a high point in his personal life and he brings this to the studio. Quite possible the worst movie elvis presley ever made and to some people, that is saying a lot, stay away, joe has so little to recommend it that even dedicated elvis fans should do themselves and the memory of the king a favor by skipping this one. Elvis gives one of the performances of his life as joe lightcloud in stay away, joe. Elvis presleys follow that dream filming locations. Koenkamp worked on the movie and showed off the brilliant beauty of the area in the movie, and it remains a favorite location for the movie industry.
Description stay away joe special location radio program lp 1967. The cliff scenes in shutter island were filmed here, although the movie was set off the coast of massachusetts. If you grew up in the 1980s, youll probably remember this movie being on. He is the unlikeliest of role models to everyone except 15 ye. Produced at a time when native american activists were fighting for rights and respect for their people, the movie offered an unfortunate stereotype of indians. Meanwhile, back home, elvis interest in horse ranching was losing its luster and there was. Elvis movie stay away joe always elvis, nothing more. Joe is a rodeo rider come home with some good news. Follow that dream collectors label release of stay away joe ftd 7 classic album presentation. Stay away joe movie locations of the great southwest. Elvis presley signed 1968 snapshot signed while filming stay away, joe. Filmed in sedona in wim wenders while filming wings of desire italy washing clothes amazes me still today that this is how they did things. The film was shot in the general sedona area, taking advantage of the beautiful red rocks secenery for which the area is so well known.
Stay away, joe is a 1968 western comedy based on the satirical farce novel by dan cushman. Stay away, joe is defeated by a number of things, ranging from the decision to let elvis sing diagetically i. Location shooting in the arizona desert gave the film a colorful backdrop, and, as the prodigal son of an american indian family, elvis stepped out of his standard. Elvis presley scene from stay away, joe mgm 1968 youtube. Its a movie so tone deaf that even critics in the sixties called it insensitive. Merrygoround rock, schnebly hill road, sedona, arizona, usa where elvis sings dominic. Elvis presley signed 1968 snapshot signed while filming. Stay away, joe trailer directed by peter tewksbury and starring elvis presley, burgess meredith, joan blondell, katy jurado, thomas gomez. Stay away, joe 1968 stream and watch online moviefone. With karen fukuhara, christine woods, miyavi, ross partridge. 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.
I have had all 31 of elvis movies on dvd for over 20 years, but some were still in the wrapper. Indian stereotype issue still a cloud over stay away, joe. Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for stay away, joe 1968. Filmed in sedona, in stay away, joe elvis on the highway between cottonwood and sedona az with rancher bradshaw who had many films made at his place. Big joe returns from the korean war with a purple heart and an asian scalp and proceeds to almost innocently be the ruin of his family. The ftd follow that dream, sony musics official elvis presley collectors label. Elvis presley played a native american for the second time in his career in the musical comedy stay away, joe, based on a bestselling book by dan. Notes about stay away, joe, 1968, directed by peter tewksbury, with elvis presley, burgess meredith, joan blondell, available from turner classic movies. Elvis between take on the set of his movie stay away joe, fall stay away, joe on the set see more. Back in the spring of 1967 elvis presley came to sedona and the verde valley to film a movie.
Joe is a 20 independent crime drama film directed and coproduced by david gordon green, coproduced by lisa muskat, derrick tseng and christopher woodrow and written by gary hawkins, adaptation from larry browns 1991 novel of the same name. Released on the same day as special edition dvds of previously released titles, this boxed set of six longdelayed movies kissin cousins, girl happy, tickle me, stay away, joe, live a little, love a little, and charro. But, hey, if you ever wanted to see burgess meredith in really, really upsetting makeup, heres your chance. Arizona movies filming locations cottonwoodsedona posts. The remaining movies flaming star, harum scarum, double trouble and stay away joe i wouldnt miss if i never saw them again. The movie was filmed in october and november 1967, and it wrapped on november 27 with a lunch elvis had catered for the cast and crew. Stay away joe special location radio program lp 1967. Puts elvis in a new setting as a reservation indian in arizona. One of the beautiful red rock formations that can been seen in the elvis presley turkey stay away joe. Photos from sedona and cottonwood arizona where elvis filmed stay away joe. Stay away, joe 1968 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. February 5, 2012 movie of the 1967 stay away, joe had a good cast, with veteran actors burgess meredith, thomas gomez and katy jurado. Staring elvis presley, thomas gomez, katy jurado and joan blondell.
An orphaned teenager forms an unlikely friendship with a detective. A western town location, known as bitter creek, was built on the property in 1972, including complete buildings such as a sheriffs office, a barber shop, a saloon and a general store. Stay away, joe is tragic but leaves the reader smirking. Stay away, joe was filmed in the arizona town of sedona and it was one of the rare times that elvis wife priscilla and the wives of his entourage attended a location shoot. The first movie filmed in sedona was zane greys, call of the canyon in 1923. 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.
Bob bradshaw, one of the most renowned photographers of sedona and throughout arizona, and elvis presley on the set of stay away, joe. Stay away, joe on dvd 012569797550 from warner bros directed by peter tewksbury. Elvis drinks beer, smokes cigars, puts the moves on every women he sees, regardless if she is spoken for or not. There were like 144 movies filmed on bradshaw ranch. Excon, joe ransom, drinks heavily, outruns police and gambles away his money. Stay away, joe is a comedic western film which stars elvis presley.
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