Fun In Acapulco

[John]

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See the Pepsi sign in front of the XX sign.

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Past Angelos with all the guys standing there. The Pepsi sign has moved back

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Close up of Angelos with one guy sitting there

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Then past a few cars

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back to the long shot...no cars...but at least the guys are standing outside Angelo's again

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round the corner by the restaurant...cars keep changing...blind on the restaurant goes up and down and the customers have disappeared....

It's Fun in Acapulco.

[Luuk]

And all that in the studio!
To my knowledge Elvis never filmed in Acapulco.

[Colin B]

And all that in the studio!
To my knowledge Elvis never filmed in Acapulco.

You beat me to it, Luuk !

I was going to say that a film director's job it isn't easy when you're on location & filming in a different country from where your star is !

It means the use of stand-in actors & back-projections is the order of the day !

And still we bought our cinema tickets...

[Luuk]

And all that in the studio!
To my knowledge Elvis never filmed in Acapulco.

You beat me to it, Luuk !

I was going to say that a film director's job it isn't easy when you're on location & filming in a different country from where your star is !

It means the use of stand-in actors & back-projections is the order of the day !

And still we bought our cinema tickets...

Back in the days,we did not notice.
You had to pay to see a movie, stand in line, wait for the movie to start, buy food and/or drinks during the intermission and then finally the excitement of seeing a new Elvis movie on the big screen.
Since VHS and even more with DVD we can see any continuity-errors. Or notice it is filmed in front of a back-projection.
I think the younger fans missed out on a lot of good things!

[Steve Grayson '67]

A great blooper from a good film - you could see the rolling filmsif you look closely in this movie when he acts as Mike Windgren . A good latin feel to this movie and one that i enjoy very much _ thanks for sharing this with us all_John and Luuk and all who have conntributed to this gr8 thread _ Wow
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[Stevenson]

Here's something obvious: just after the dive, his hair is... well, wet. Just a couple of seconds later - they're perfectly styled:

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[John]

Here's something obvious: just after the dive, his hair is... well, wet. Just a couple of seconds later - they're perfectly styled:

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Yes, we had this on a previous board. There's also the fact that his brown shoes turn black just after this as they're carrying him back on their shoulders. Also there are several scenes where the stand in is clearly visible, particularly the Rhumba scene.

[Stevenson]

Previous board... none that I know of... I'm missing so much things that happened here...
Thanks John!

[John]

Previous board... none that I know of... I'm missing so much things that happened here...
Thanks John!

Oh that previous board is now almost non existent (long story) and all the photos I put up there have gone. I will eventually get round to updating everything on here in a couple of months, I hope.

[Private Presley]

The shawl or serape or whatever that piece of cloth on his right shoulder disappears on close up shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awxPa99oNog

[John]

The shawl or serape or whatever that piece of cloth on his right shoulder disappears on close up shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awxPa99oNog

I think it's still there, just in a different position. I'll have a look at the footage without the text over it.

[elvislady]

The shawl or serape or whatever that piece of cloth on his right shoulder disappears on close up shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awxPa99oNog

I think it's still there, just in a different position. I'll have a look at the footage without the text over it.

It stays on his shoulder the whole time.

[Private Presley]

The shawl or serape or whatever that piece of cloth on his right shoulder disappears on close up shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awxPa99oNog

I think it's still there, just in a different position. I'll have a look at the footage without the text over it.

I need some new specs.

[Mountain Mist]

Here's something obvious: just after the dive, his hair is... well, wet. Just a couple of seconds later - they're perfectly styled:

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Good one - the definition of "wind swept".