Wuchak
Low-key road trip with Elvis about grief, wonder, healing and love
RELEASED IN 1998 and directed by David Winkler, "Finding Graceland is a drama about a peculiar drifter claiming to be Elvis (Harvey Keitel) who catches a ride with a grief-stricken young man (Johnathon Schaech) and travel from the Southwest to Memphis to make the anniversary of the real Elvis death, August 16th. Along the way they run into a Marilyn Monroe impersonator (Bridget Fonda).
The best thing about this film is the intriguing eccentricity of the Elvis character. It takes Burn (Schaech) a long time to catch a grip with him, as it does the viewer: Does Elvis REALLY believe hes Elvis or is he a con? If hes a con, why does he throw money on the floor like its wo...