ELVIS & NIXON (2016)

This is a somewhat fictionalized account of the famous meeting between The King (Michael Shannon) and The President (Kevin Spacey). Since no record of the meeting was made (except for the iconic photo of the pair), the dialog twixt the two was embellished. But that's all to the good because Spacey is an absolute howl as Nixon. Shannon does his best to imitate Elvis, and gets some snappy comic lines and situations where his fame opens doors and shuts threats. But, apart from the hairdo and sideburns, he doesn't even look like The King. All in all, a mildly amusing film.