Movie "Loving You" question

[cutiepie]

Hello!

I watched "Loving You." This was the first Elvis movie I've seen. I really liked it, and I'm taken aback by how very, very young Elvis was back then. He grew up a lot by the 1968 special!

Was the movie made before, or after Gladys died? The story seems to emphasize that (Elvis' character) Deke Rivers' parents were dead.

There was a scene with Glinda and Deke after he crashes the car, where she's yelling at him about waiting for his "mama" to come back, which I found a bit chilling (actually, a little creepy) -- if Gladys had died before that. Another scene was in the beginning, where Deke answers Glinda's question about his mom by saying "she's dead" quite emphatically.

That was also kinda disturbing, in light of how Elvis practically mourned his entire life over his mother. The Elvis books I've read pretty much say that he was a bit on the superstitious side...how did he feel about saying those lines?

And finally, is it me, or did Elvis, in the movie, remind you of a little puppy???

[cutiepie]

Sorry for not putting this into one email... but I have another question--

Was Deke Rivers supposed to be extremely nervous all throughout the movie? Elvis (the actor) seems quite... twitchy... all through. I haven't seen other movies, yet... I'm curious to know whether this was part of the story. If so, it was very convincing!

If not -- well, some of the books I've read point to the fact that Elvis had some kind of uncontrollable tic...due to the long-term damage of the medications he was taking, or something to that effect. Since he was so young when he did "Loving You," if the "twitching" is real, I would question why no one referred him to a neurologist or some other specialist, at the time.

I also noticed that he had his hands in his pockets or behind/under something in many scenes. This reminds me of an interview I saw of Michael J. Fox, discussing Parkinson's disease, where he said that he would often hide his hands behind his back so no one would see them shaking.

Thanks!!

[RS277]

The movie was made and in Theaters before Gladys passed away. Actually if you look close at the audience during the song "Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do" you'll see Mr. & Mrs. Preslay as extra's.

[RS277]

I think the "twitching" was Elvis just being Elvis full of nervous energy.