Sun Records

The movie is good. I like it. Probably It would be much better if we speak mainly about Elvis' life not Sam Philips. Elvis' life is a real story of a boy growing up in that windy time in Tennessee. But I am happy about that movie. For me that's how real life should looks. Imagine the world that way. We would live more real and happier life. And I didn't know that sky*e was existed through 50's. I wanna everybody hearing the voice of sky*e. The time is - 4th episode, 21:41m.

The TV series was cancelled after only one season of 8 episodes. They wasted way too much time telling the back stories of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Never got close to the "Million Dollar Quartet" gathering of those four early rock stars that was the basis for the series and would have been the big finale of the show. Instead it ends with just the "warm up" for the main event. Disappointing! Also strays from some of the facts. For example, Marion Keisker was older and not as attractive as the actress in the seires and she never had an affair with Sam Phillips. Could have been a great series if they had moved the story along much faster and got to the Million Dollar Quartet by the 8th and final episode, but instead they tried to "milk it" for 2 or 3 seasons. BIG MISTAKE!

So what if it's not 100% correct on ages and time lines of events? (Hank Snow was older than those emerging singers in real life... does it bother me that he is portrayed younger? No.)

Billy Gardell (from the CBS sitcom "Mike and Molly") shows an impressive range of acting with his portrayal of Col. Tom Parker. The maniacal "Dewey Phillips" character as an out of control disc jockey is hilarious. There is too much good about this series to let it be outweighed by nit-picking as they call it in the south.

Pretty good show. Well acted and very well written. A little too much on the time spent separating black and white. Yes it was a serious issue back then as well as a serious influence on our artist. But they didn't play the race issues natural enough. Another problem with this that did get irritating was the syncing of the voice over recordings. With Elvis and Cash, voice over got too obvious. As for set decorating and cinematography...very pleasing! I'm 50's born and raised do I enjoyed it.

If the show is gonna portray people from the deep South, then it should put actors in place who don't have to fake the accents. I was born and raised during this time in the Mississippi Delta, watched these guys when I was young, and was really looking forward to this show, but I am so put off by the fake Southern drawls that I am having a hard time with it.