Elvis and Nixon Movie 7-30-16

(2016) Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters Rated R; 87 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired. The movie is presented at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

This comedy depicts the real-life 1970 meeting between rock star Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) and then-president Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey) at the White House, which led to an iconic photo of the two men shaking hands.

During the meeting, Elvis offers his services as an undercover agent in the war on drugs.

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an announcement from Darien Library

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Some Background

Official websiteMetaCriticIMDb.comRotten TomatoesWikipedia

“When Elvis Met Nixon” — Smithsonian magazine

“The Nixon-Presley Meeting” — National Security Archive

“When Nixon Met Elvis” — U.S. Archives

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