Shinedown - Begin Again

The producer of the film, David Weisbart, saw the future of Presley in a completely different light: he seemed to him the new James Dean, only less gloomy and more accommodating. Weisbart knew what he was talking about, since he was the one who produced the film Rebel Without a Cause. He was about to create a biographical film about Dean and would willingly give Elvis the role of the rebellious actor. Tom Parker immediately dismissed all artistic considerations contrary to his intended purpose: to sell millions of records with the support of cinema. Not content with the fact that Elvis was supposed to perform four songs in the plot of his first film, Parker even managed to replace the original name with “Love Me Tenderly” - the name of the singer’s last hit, which he performed live during his second performance in “The Show” Ed Sullivan. "