Wild in the Country

Infobox Film
name = Wild in the Country
caption = deletable image-caption
imdb_id = 0055623
producer = Jerry Wald
director = Philip Dunne
writer = J.R. Salamanca (novel)
Clifford Odets (screenwriter)
starring = Elvis Presley
Hope Lange
Tuesday Weld
Millie Perkins
music = Kenyon Hopkins
cinematography = William C. Mellor
editing = Dorothy Spencer
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = June 15, 1961
runtime = 114 min.
language = English
preceded by = "Flaming Star"
followed by = "Blue Hawaii"

"Wild in the Country" is a 1961 film drama starring Elvis Presley in which he portrays a troubled young man from a dysfunctional family who pursues a literary career.

Plot

The movie starts off with Glenn Tyler (Elvis Presley) getting into a fight with, and badly injuring, his drunken brother. A court releases him on probation into the care of his uncle in a small town, appointing Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) to give him psychological counselling. Marked as a trouble-maker, he is falsely suspected of various misdemeanours including an affair with Irene. Eventually shown to be innocent, he leaves to go to college and become a writer.

Primary cast

*Elvis Presley : Glenn Tyler
*Hope Lange : Irene Sperry
*Tuesday Weld : Mrs. Noreen Martin
*Millie Perkins : Betty Lee Parsons
*Rafer Johnson : Davis
*John Ireland : Phil Macy
*Gary Lockwood : Cliff Macy
*William Mims : Uncle Rolfe Braxton

Presley began an off-screen romance with Hollywood "bad girl" Tuesday Weld but the relationship was short-lived after Colonel Tom Parker warned Presley against his involvement, fearful it would harm his image.

oundtrack

The soundtrack was completed in November 1960 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California. Six songs were recorded but "Lonely Man" and "Forget Me Never" were not used in the film. RCA Records chose not, therefore, to release either a full soundtrack album or an EP. Despite being cut from the film, "Lonely Man" was actually the first song from the score to be released, appearing in February 1961 as the b-side of Presley's hit single, "Surrender" (47-7850). The theme song, "Wild in the Country", was released as a single in May 1961 (47-7880), backed by "I Feel So Bad", while "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" appeared on the June 1961 album, "Something for Everybody."Forget Me Never" and "In My Way" appeared on the 1965 compilation "Elvis for Everyone". "Husky Dusky Day" remained unreleased until the 1990s.

Recording musicians

*Elvis Presley (vocals)
*The Jordanaires (background vocals)
*Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell (guitars)
*Myer Rubin (bass)
*Dudley Brooks (piano)
*Bernie Mattinson (drums)

Tracks (songwriter)

#"Wild in the County" (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss)
#"I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" (Fred Wise & Ben Weisman)
#"In My Way" (Fred Wise & Ben Weisman)
#"Husky Dusky Day" (a cappella duet with Hope Lange)

ources

www.amctv.com

ee also

*List of Elvis Presley films
*Elvis Presley discography

External links

Movie reviews

* [http://www.elvispresley.com.au/elvis/presley/wild_in_the_country.shtml Review] by [http://www.elvispresley.com.au/ For Elvis Fans Only] .
* [http://apolloguide.com/mov_fullrev.asp?CID=4425&Specific=5209 Review] by Ryan Cracknell at [http://apolloguide.com/index.shtml Apollo Movie Guide] .

DVD reviews

* [http://www.dvdjournal.com/quickreviews/w/wildinthecountry.q.shtml Review] by Kim Morgan at [http://www.dvdjournal.com/index.html The DVD Journal] .