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Clambake

Starring: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares Director: Arthur N. Nadel, Vladimír Sís
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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Elvis's outfits are impressive in 1967's Clambake, especially a groovy, belted sport coat and a cream-colored suit covered with cowhide-style stitching. The costumes are more creative than the soundtrack, which is heavy with the mindlessness of late-period Elvis movies. As he sings "Confidence" (an obvious rip-off of the Oscar-winning "High Hopes"), you can almost see Elvis batting out "Just shoot me" in Morse code with his eyelids. The only decent tune has the star crooning a nice, lonesome version of the standard "You Don't Know Me." This one's set in Florida, but with none of the scenic fun of his Hawaii pictures. He plays a rich oilman's son pretending to be a water-skiing instructor, with Shelley Fabares (a three-time Presley costar) as the girl. The camp highlight is an ensemble number with go-go girls helping Elvis fix a speedboat, which is just about as far from Sun Studios as you can get. --Robert Horton

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2.0 out of 5 stars Floridians beware, Jun 17 2004
By seattlepe "seattlepe5" (Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Clambake (Widescreen) (DVD)
I've enjoyed some of Elvis' movies like Viva Las Vegas, Blue Hawaii, and Fun in Acapulco. I received Clambake as a gift to add to my collection, and I thought I'd like it especially because it took place in Miami, where I'm from.

Sadly, this was not a very good movie. The late-60s styles were comical, and the young days of "Christine" from "Coach" and Bill Bixby from "The Hulk" were amusing. However, the obvious closed sets, corny acting and oddball music interludes kept me asking why was this movie even produced.

The final insult to injury... Elvis and his girl drive into the Florida sunset... with mountains in the background!?? The only mountains in Miami are trash dumps so this was obviously shot in California and poorly passed off as Miami Beach.

So I give it 2 stars: one for Elvis and one for the real Florida.

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4.0 out of 5 stars If you like EP, you'll love this one, May 19 2004
By A Customer
Like every 1966-67 Elvis movie, you have pretty girls in slight outfits, EP loves a girl that another wants (and usually has for a while anyway), EP has to fight someone, EP sings with children, EP has to win something (ie: auto race, boat race, high diving, etc., EP sings really dumb songs but usually has at least one really good one (You Don't Know Me and The Girl I Never Loved), lots of Memphis Mafia in the background (Red West, Ice Cream Man, Charlie Hodge the Barber, Joe and Richard in bit parts at the Clambake - note no clams shown) and EP gets the girl. Las Vegas, Hawaii, Mexico, Florida, anywhere they are all the same and that includes spending 2 hours just looking at this wonderfully handsome man. If you love just seeing him this one is for you.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Underated Elvis Flick, May 11 2004
By GEM "JerryNoDak" (Minot, ND United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Clambake (Widescreen) (DVD)
The Prince And The Pauper--Elvis style. Love it! You go ahead and watch King Creole and/or Jailhouse Rock. I prefer this.
More fun AND it's in Color.
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2.0 out of 5 stars another stupid elvis formula movie
This movie sucks along with most other elvis movies.The only good Elvis movies are "love me tender" and "jailhouse rock. Read more
Published on Mar 14 2004 by Benjamin Wilkerson

3.0 out of 5 stars OK - So it's not one of Elvis's best films...
...and I thought the quality was on the poor side for DVD format...it DOES feature ELVIS in about every scene... Read more
Published on Jan 15 2004 by Suzanne M. Colter

5.0 out of 5 stars Clambake features the Song-GIRL I NEVER LOVED
Elvis fans should get this movie just for the song -GIRL I NEVER LOVED- It's a song you do not hear elsewhere!
Published on Feb 18 2003 by Nancy O. Skidmore

4.0 out of 5 stars Mountains of Florida
A fun lighthearted movie with a nice supporting cast. The songs are ok by Elvis but a few not worthy of his time and talent. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2003 by Deborah F. Brown

2.0 out of 5 stars Shame!
Being a low price DVD, you do not really expect much, unfortunately though this really goes too far resulting in the VHS version being far better quality. Read more
Published on Oct 25 2002 by Paul Jones

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality rip-off!
While "Clambake" was certainly not at the top of the heap of Elvis fun-in-the-sun movies, the least they could have done was do a competent job with the mastering of this disk... Read more
Published on April 1 2002 by R. Riis

3.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality source and/or transfer to DVD
Clambake starring Elvis Presley,Shelley Fabares,Will Hutchins,Bill Bixby,Gary Merrill,and James Gregory was an entertaining film with a very good cast. Read more
Published on Mar 20 2002 by Dr Robert Apuzzio

2.0 out of 5 stars Purely for Elvis fans...
Not one of Elvis's best movies, but it has some good songs in it and parts of the storyline are not too bad. Read more
Published on Jan 10 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars A VHS tape could offer more than this DVD
When you're buying a DVD for a film you already have on tape, it is with the expectation of getting something better in terms of sound or picture quality. Read more
Published on Nov 27 2001 by J.-M. Juilland

1.0 out of 5 stars I pity those expecting a good DVD
Thios is probably the worst DVD that was ever released by a major company. Not since that infamous withdrawn 'CHARRO'-DVD was one of the King's movies mistreated like this. Read more
Published on Oct 8 2001 by gadler

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