>> Stephen: HEY, WE'RE BACK WITH TOM HANKS, EVERYBODY.
>> MR. TOM HANKS, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HIT ME, AND THIS NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT AUSTIN BUTT LETTER, THIS
PERFORMANCE.
>> EXTRAORDINARY.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.
>> CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: NOT ONLY DOES HE CAPTURE THE VOICE, THE SPEAKING
VOICE, THE SINGING VOICE FOR MUCH OF THE MOVIE AS WELL, THE
MANNERISMS, THE DANCING, DEEPLY FELT, DEEPLY EXPRESSED,
EMOTIONAL SCENES BUT THE MAGNETISM OF THE MAN AND HIS
CONNECTION WITH AN AUDIENCE.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IF IS AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT MOVIE IS I
KIND OF FELT LIKE I GOT AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE REAL ELVIS
IN THE TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
AND IT REMINDED ME, THE PERFORMANCE WAS SO GOOD THAT IT
REMINDED ME THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT I HAVE A LITTLE
CANDLE LIT IN MY HEART FOR ELVIS PRESSLEY AND THERE A REASON WHY
THERE IS ALL THIS KITCH T BUT IT IS NOT THAT, ST ABSOLUTELY
MAGNETIC, BEAUTIFUL, GIFTED ONCE IN A LIFETIME PERFORMER.
>> I AM SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN YOU, BUT I DID NOT SEE THE 1968
SPECIAL WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS THE COMEBACK SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T EITHER BUT I DID ASK MY MOM IF I COULD
STAY UP LATE IN FEBRUARY OF 1974 AND DRAG MY BED INTO MY BROTHER
PETER'S ROOM AND PUT THEIR BLACK AND WHITE TV ON BOXES TO WATCH
THE ALOHA CONCERT, WHICH WAS 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE, WATCHED THAT.
>> BY THE WAY DREAMED UP BY COLONEL TOM PARKER.
WHY WOULD YOU GO TRAVEL AND THE WORLD WHEN THE WORLD WILL TUNE
IN TO SEE YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> Stephen: BUT THE BACK STORY WAS HE COULDN'T TRAVEL AROUND
THE WORLD BECAUSE.
>> BECAUSE HE HAD NO PASSPORT POTTER.
HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY.
SHHH.
SPOILER ALERT, THANK, GUYS NOW WHO IS GOING TO SEE THE MOVIE
NOW.
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
YOU CANNOT.
>> Stephen: I'M SO SORRY.
>> CAN YOU NOT DO THAT.
>> Stephen: SOR SORRY, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
>> BECAUSE OF AUSTIN'S POWER AND THE FROM THE 68Y COMEBACK
SPECIAL, YOU GET A REAL DIFFERENT SORT OF VISION OF WHAT
ELVIS MEANT TO THE ZEITGEIST BECAUSE HE TURNED LAS VEGAS INTO
A PLACE WORTHY OF SUPERSTARS TO GO AND IN IS PLENTY OF GOOD
ENTERTAINMENT BUT ELVIS BEING THERE, I USED TO WORK FOR THE
HILTON HOTEL'S CORPORATION AS A BELMAN AND IF YOU CALL ME A BELL
BOY I'M GOING TO CRACK YOU RIGHT IN YOUR SMART MOUTH.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD WERE YOU AS A BELL PERSON.
>> I WAS 19, I WASN'T A BELL BOY AT ALL, I WAS A BELMAN AND FOR
THE OAKLAND HILTON HOTEL, NATURALLY OAKLAND HILTON MOTOR
LODGE I THINK IT WAS CALLED, BUT WE HAD A THING OF WHO WAS
PLAYING AT THE VEGAS INTERNATIONAL AND WHEN ELVIS WAS
UP THERE, EVERYBODY SAYS OH WOW, ELVIS IS IN LAS VEGAS WE WERE
TOLD, THAT'S RIGHT, SIR, HELP MAKING RESERVATIONS, YOU CAN
CERTAINLY TALK TO SO AND SO AT THE FRONT DESK SO I WOULD LIKE
TO THINK I HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE
PROMOTION OF ELVIS'-- ALWAYS THINKING.
DIABOLICAL GENIUS.
>> Stephen: WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT THE REASON WHY THERE
WAS A COMEBACK IS THAT THE ORIGINAL SORT OF WHAT WE THINK
OF AS CLASSIC ELVIS ONLY LASTED A FEW YEARS.
>> IT ONLY LASTED FROM 56 TO 58, THEN WHEN HE CAME BACK HE WAS
MAKING MOVIE Z.
>> Stephen: WENT INTO THE ARMY.
>> YEAH, WENT INTO THE RECALL'S FOR WELL OVER TWO YEARS, CAME
BACK HAD A FABULOUS SPECIAL HOSTED BY FRANK SINATRA,
WELCOMING ELVIS BACK FROM-- ELVIS IS BACK FROM THE
ARMY SHOW AND THAT WAS A BIG THING.
THAT WAS THE LAST TIME HE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF A LIVE
TELEVISION AUDIENCE, HE DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN UNTIL 1968 AND
ELEVATOR VISES WAS PETRIFIED OF THE IDEA OF PERFORMING AGAIN IN
FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE.
SRS AND ALL THOSE MOVIES.
>> HE MADE THOSE MOVIES, LOOK, I ACTUALLY THINK IF WE CAN GET
SERIOUS ABOUT THE MOVIE BUSINESS, THE FIRST MOVIE CAME
BACK TO WAS CALLED GI BLUE.
JULY YET PROWS, HE SANG TO A WOODEN PUPPET, I DON'T HAVE A
WOODERN HEAD IT WAS A HUGE POPULAR HIT BECAUSE ELVIS WAS
ELVIS.
HE SANG, HE WAS IN A UNIFORM.
AND IT WAS MASSIVELY HUGE, THEN ELVIS MADE THREE VERY, VERY GOOD
DRAMATIC ROLES FOR 20th CENTURY FOX, FLAMING STAR, WILD
IN THE COUNTRY, AND SOME OTHER, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
AND ALAS THEY DIDN'T DO WELL.
AND THAT BROKE SORT OF LIKE A MAGIC M O.J. O BECAUSE THE
FOREIGN MOVIES HE MADE BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE ARMY WERE GREAT
MOVIE, KING CREOLE, JAIL HOUSE ROCK, THEY LIVED UP TO THE
PROMISE OF WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
BUT THOSE THREE DRAMATIC ROLES WHERE HE DIDN'T SING, WHERE HE
WASN'T KIND OF LIKE A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY THING, THAT MADE
THE AUDIENCE AND THE MOVIE BUSINESS GO LIKE, I THINK ELVIS
NEEDS TO SING IN ALL OF THESE.
AND LOOK, I LOVE VIVA LAS VEGAS AS MUCH AS NIBBLES AND GIRLS,
GIRLS, GIRLS BUT THREE MOVIES A YEAR HE MADE FOR FIVE YEARS,
THAT IS A BACK BREAKING.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE MOST YOU EVER MADE.
>> I MADE SIX MOVIES IN A YEAR, NO, HAVE I NO IDEA. PLEASE, NO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HANK SAYS, I BEAT ELVIS.
>> BUT THAT WAS AT A TIME WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO EVERY
OTHER OCTOPLEX SCREEN IN THE COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: TOM, LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
>> LOVELY,.
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
"ELVIS" IS IN THEATER NEXT FRIDAY.
TOM HANKS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY REGINA SPEKTOR.