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Contents.Background A follow-up to the 1970 release, another musical documentary, this film followed Presley as he embarked on a 15-city tour of the that featured 19 concerts between April 5th and April 19th, 1972. Elvis on Tour also contains vintage footage of Presley's famous 1956 appearances on and pre-tour footage. It also includes footage of enthusiastic fan reactions scattered throughout the film.Also included are portions of a forty-minute interview that Presley gave about his life and career before filming began.
Presley's manager, was unhappy with the inclusion of a scene which mocked Presley's acting career by showing screen kisses taken from a number of his previous films. According to the producers, it was a tongue-in-cheek dig at the repetitiveness of these films by changing the background 'but the plot stays the same'.Among those working on this film were, who supervised sequences, and David Draper a former.
The film was directed by Pierre Adidge. Reception The concert film reached #13 on the National Box Office Survey. In general, documentaries were very rarely box office successes.