Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.
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Marshall quotes from Pennies from Heaven, too (Gere�s striptease in "All I Really Need Is Love" is a nod to Christopher Walken as the tap-dancing pimp), and Gold Diggers of 1933 and Jailhouse Rock (together, in the knockout "Cell Block Tango" sextet, where Roxie�s jailmates sing the stories of the homicides that landed them in the clink).
And “Cell Block Tango,” a larger-than-life tune showcasing the various women inmates, pumps and grinds with a spot-on intensity that actually manages to out-do the title dance number in “Jailhouse Rock.”
The film is so brutal it sometimes makes HBO's "Oz" seem like "Jailhouse Rock."
Besides that fantastic scene where Lange begs for mercy from the Lava Flow producers, Lange has a great, throwaway moment where she has to describe the "plot" of "Jailhouse Rock" for Jack Fate, who's been assigned to perform the song during the telecast.
Sailor's snakeskin jacket is straight out of Tennessee Williams, and Cage's performance is pure "Jailhouse Rock."
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Every time I pop the movie in, it feels like I'm slipping into an great old pair of slippers -- and woe is the poor fool who tries to get me on the phone or drag me out of the house before the "Jailhouse Rock" finale pipes through my speakers.
The picture opens with Clarence (twice) delivering a monologue about Jailhouse Rock, which serves as an excuse to have a spectral Elvis (as played by a barely glimpsed Val Kilmer) appear to Clarence as...what?