- Eddie Presley
Infobox actor
name = "Eddie Presley"
caption = Duane Whitaker as "Eddie"
Director = Jeff Burr
"Eddie Presley" is a
1992 dramedy film directed byJeff Burr and featuringDuane Whitaker in the title role. It is based on aone man show Whitaker had written and performed inLos Angeles .Whitaker plays Eddie Presley, a former successful owner of a chain of pizza restaurants who, against the wishes of his father (
Joe Estevez ) and mother (Whitaker's real-life mother Barbara), decides to sell his business in the pursuit of living his dream of becoming anElvis Presley impersonator, going so far as to legally change his last name to "Presley." After several years, he's living in his van and desperate for work. After his boss (Lawrence Tierney ) fires Presley from his night security job for sleeping (with the Polaroids to back it up), he finally lands a gig in a seedy Hollywood bar. After a technical malfunction, he proceeds to bare his soul to the audience in an improvisationalone man show , where he admits to spending time in apsychiatric hospital after suffering amental breakdown (Bruce Campbell andQuentin Tarantino make cameos as orderlies at the hospital). Meanwhile, in his personal life, Presley has to deal with a cheating girlfriend who ends up working inpornography , while remaining oblivious to a co-worker who truly loves him.DVD Release
Tempe Video released a two-disc special edition of "Eddie Presley" in
2004 , including a director's cut, commentary with director Burr, cast and crew, and many short subjects about the film, including a tribute to the lateLawrence Tierney .External links
*imdb title|0106793|Eddie Presley
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