Elvis and Me (miniseries)

*Elvis and Me*
Elvis and Me
Genre	Biographical drama
Based on	Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley, with Sandra Harmon
Written by	Joyce Eliason
Directed by	Larry Peerce
Starring	Susan Walters; Dale Midkiff;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 7 –; February 8, 1988

Elvis and Me is a 1988 American two-part television miniseries directed by Larry Peerce, and adapted by Joyce Eliason from the 1985 memoir of the same name by Priscilla Presley. It stars Susan Walters as Priscilla, and Dale Midkiff as Elvis Presley.^[1]

Elvis and Me aired on ABC on February 7–8, 1988.^[2]^[3] The first part of the miniseries was ranked the week's fifth most-watched program, as well as ABC's highest-rated television film of the season.^[4] Following the airing of the second part, Elvis and Me was ranked as ABC's second highest-rated miniseries ever broadcast, behind Lace (1984).^[4]

Production

Filming took place in 1987 in Quebec City, Canada, which doubled for Germany;^[2]^[5] other filming locations included Tennessee;^[2] Las Vegas^[5] and Beverly Hills, California.^[2]

Post-production was complicated by a hurried editing process, born out of a desire to get the miniseries to air before the 1988 Winter Olympics.^[4]

References

^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Vol. 1. Scarecrow Press. p. 440. ISBN 978-0-8108-6138-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Mills, Nancy (February 7, 1988). "Priscilla's perspective on life with the King". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. p. 4J.
^ Flander, Judy (February 8, 1988). "NBC thriller 'Moving Target' competes with ABC's 'Elvis and Me'". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. D2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jicha, Tom (February 10, 1988). "Americans still can't help falling in love with Elvis". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. p. 4C.
^ ^a ^b Buck, Jerry (February 6, 1988). "A closer look at Elvis...". Vineland Times Journal/Millville Daily. Millville, New Jersey. p. 9.