The Elvis Project Footage Released
By Ed 'Hack' Wheely
Posted on August 19, 1999 9:20 am, in News Byproducts
Memphis (NBp) - Six months ago, three University of Tennessee film students went to Memphis to document the area legend called "Elvis Presley", or simply "The King". Rumors of Elvis sightings have been rampant over the years, and these students were determined to get The King on film. Now, just as thousands have been streaming into Memphis this week, the footage is being released.
The Elvis Legend
The table below shows a selection of the events from the Elvis legend
| 1956 | Appears on TV for the first time |
| 1957 | Tours Canada |
| 1957 | Appears in Jailhouse Rock |
| 1960 | Scandal breaks when Elvis is caught gyrating his hips counter-clockwise |
| 1967 | His album Blue Suede Koala Bear fails to catch on |
| 1977 | Elvis allegedly found dead |
| 1983 | Spotted in Burger King |
| 1988 | Spotted at a Taco Bell |
| 1992 | Appears as a Flying Elvis in Honeymoon in Vegas |
| 1995 | Seen in Ed's Bowling Palace |
| 1999 | Three student filmmakers attempt to track Elvis down in The Elvis Project |
The film starts with the students' arrival in Memphis. They immediately went to "Graceland", which is where Elvis is believed to have lived. When the opportunity struck, they snuck away from the normal tour and onto the Graceland grounds.
After three days, the students started appearing bored, grouchy and hungry. On the fourth day, the footage shows one student yelling, "It's Elvis! Point the camera over there! Not at me, you fool!". As the camera swung around, the shot below was captured.
The students claimed that they were thrown out of Graceland at that point, leaving Elvisologists to ponder if Elvis has, finally, been rediscovered.