Clambake
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| Clambake | |
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| Directed by | Arthur H. Nadel |
| Produced by | Arthur Gardner & Arnold Laven & Jules Levy |
| Written by | Arthur Browne Jr. |
| Starring | Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares |
| Music by | Jeff Alexander |
| Cinematography | William Margulies |
| Editing by | Tom Rolf |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Language | English |
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Clambake is a 1967 musical film starring Elvis Presley.
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[edit] Plot
Scott Hayward is the son of a rich oilman. He decides to leave so he can discover life for himself. He runs into Tom Wilson, a ski instructor, who has no luck with the women. Tom offers to switch places with Scott so they can have of taste of what life is like in each other's shoes. Scott works as a ski instructor for a Miami hotel, while Tom has fun pretending he is rich. Scott is taken by Dianne, who is searching for a rich guy to snag. She decides to make a play for James J. Jamison III, owner of a pyjama company and boat racing champion. Scott agrees to help her get Jamison, but in the process falls for her.
[edit] Primary cast
- Elvis Presley : Scott Heyward/'Tom Wilson'
- Shelley Fabares : Dianne Carter
- Will Hutchins : Tom Wilson/'Scott Heyward'
- Bill Bixby : James J. Jamison III
- Gary Merrill : Sam Burton
- James Gregory : Duster Heyward
- Teri Garr : dancer
[edit] Soundtrack
| Clambake (October 10, 1967) | ||
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| Soundtrack by Elvis Presley | ||
| Released | October 10, 1967 | |
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| Double Trouble (1967) | Clambake (1967) | Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 (1968)
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The soundtrack songs along with three others were released as a music album in November 1967 to coincide with the film.
[edit] Recording musicians
- Elvis Presley (vocals)
- Jordanaires (background vocals)
- Millie Kirkham (background vocals)
- Scotty Moore, Chip Young, Harold Bradley (guitar)
- Charlie McCoy (guitar & harmonica)
- Pete Drake (steel guitar)
- Bob Moore (bass)
- Floyd Cramer, Hoyt Hawkins (piano)
- D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman (drums)
- Norman Ray (sax)
[edit] Tracks (songwriter)
Side 1:
- Guitar Man - (Jerry Reed)
- Clambake - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
- Who Needs Money - (Randy Starr)
- House That Has Everything - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
- Confidence - (Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett)
- Hey Hey Hey - (Joe Byers)
Side 2:
- You Don't Know Me - (Cindy Walker - Eddy Arnold)
- The Girl I Never Loved - (Randy Starr)
- How Can You Lose What You Never Had - (Ben Weisman & Sid Wayne)
- Big Boss Man - (Al Smith - Luther Dixon)
- Singing Tree - (A. Owens - A. Solberg)
- Just Call Me Lonesome - (Rex Griffin)
[edit] Trivia
- In her 1985 book, Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley writes that by the time filming was to begin on Clambake, Elvis's growing distress with the quality of his films led to a despondency accompanied by overeating that saw his weight balloon from his normal 170 lb (77 kg) to 200 lb (91 kg). A movie studio executive ordered him to lose the weight in a hurry, marking the introduction of diet pills to his already excessive regimen of medications.
- In his song "Back to Tupelo", Mark Knopfler references Clambake as a turning point in Presley's career.
