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Schmelvis / produced by Evan Beloff and Max Wallace ; written and directed by Max Wallace ; production, Diversus.
LIBRA DVD 023 398
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977--Religion.
- Presley, Elvis.
- Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977--Humor.
- Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977.
- Graceland Mansion (Memphis, Tenn.).
- Rock musicians--United States--Biography.
- Rock musicians.
- Religion.
- United States.
- Elvis Presley impersonators.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ont. : Video Service Corp., 2007.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- It's a little-known fact that Elvis Presley-the most Christian icon of American pop culture-was the direct descendant of Jews. This video provides a behind-the-scenes account of the search, from Graceland to Israel, to find the true Jewish roots of the King. With the help of a Hasidic Jewish Elvis impersonator, Dan Hartel, who performs at senior citizens' homes under the stage name "Schmelvis," and an eccentric Orthodox rabbi named Reuben Poupko, Elvis's Jewish roots are traced all the way to Israel.
- Participant:
- Dan Hartel, Reuben Poupko.
- Credits:
- Editor/co-editor, Lewis Cohen ; cameraman, Mila Aung-Thwin ; music, Kinky Friedman, Brave Old World, Mahalia Jackson, Pete Sokolow, Solomon Gisser
- OCLC:
- 226301922
- Publisher Number:
- 778854163898
- SCH1638 Video Service Corp.
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