Bubba Ho-Tep Director: Don Coscarelli Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Bob Ivy
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- DVD Release Date: 05/25/2004
- Original Release: 2002
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- Sales Rank: 14,101
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Closed Caption; Audio commentary by director Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell; Audio commentary by "The King"; Joe R. Lansdale reads from Bubba Ho-tep; Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Don Coscarelli and Bruce Campbell; 'The Making of Bubba Ho-tep" featurette; "To Make a Mummy" (makeup and effects featurette); "Fit for a King" (Elvis costuming featurette); "Rock Like an Egyptian" (featurette about the music of Bubba Ho-tep); Music video; Photo gallery; Original theatrical trailer; TV spot
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Side #1 --
1. Main Title [:57]
2. Egyptian Mummies [:37]
3. In a Bad Way [4:22]
4. Killer Cockroach [4:56]
5. A Flutter [4:19]
6. "Ain't Dead... Yet" [1:47]
7. Sebastian Haff [5:18]
8. Jack [:42]
9. Livin' Simple [2:11]
10. Major Bug Problem [4:13]
11. Sand for Brains [2:58]
12. Patronization [:55]
13. Healing Cream [3:01]
14. Connection [4:09]
15. Hieroglyphics [2:41]
16. Electrical Problem [2:04]
17. Soul-Sucker [4:09]
18. Face to Face [3:21]
19. Blaze of Glory [2:02]
20. Life Is Fleeting [:42]
21. Reclaiming Dignity [1:22]
22. Searching for Bubba [2:41]
23. Acknowledging Truths [3:08]
24. Cracked Open [2:38]
25. A Hero Emerges [1:54]
26. Preparations [1:59]
27. No Regrets [3:17]
28. Mummy-Slaying [6:14]
29. TCB [2:26]
30. Battle Rages On [3:16]
31. Going Out With Soul [1:57]
32. End Credits [5:45]
Editorial Reviews
It's a familiar question, usually asked at supermarket checkout counters: Suppose Elvis Presley is still alive? The producers of the horror-comedy Bubba Ho-Tep take it several steps further. Suppose he's in a dilapidated rest home in the middle of Texas? Suppose the residents start dying off at a mysteriously accelerated pace? And suppose Elvis endeavors to get to the bottom of things, with the help of a fellow codger who claims to be John Fitzgerald Kennedy? A cult concept like this one calls for a King beyond compare, and Bruce Campbell's just the ham for the job; portraying Elvis as a virtual invalid who gets a new lease on life when he and JFK (Ossie Davis) begin their paranormal investigation. Fun from start to finish, Bubba maintains its charm by never looking down upon its heroes, or even the other residents of the rest home. A great deal of the film's success relies on Campbell's performance. No stranger to cult movies -- he is, after all, Ash of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series -- Campbell knows comedy; but he also deftly balances the shtick of playing Elvis with a genuine sympathy for the aged, tapping into a believable bitterness that works almost in spite of the story's goofy concept. Davis also plays it straight, making no attempt to mimic JFK, and while his role is played mostly as one long-running sight gag, he make a curiously natural sidekick for Elvis. The material could easily slip painfully into the realm of the overstretched film school joke, yet Don Coscarelli, director of such '80s genre touchstones as Phantasm and The Beastmaster, avoids the collegiate pitfalls. Ultimately, Bubba Ho-Tep is a showboat for the vastly underappreciated (in the mainstream, anyway) Campbell, and will no doubt rank high on any genre fan's list of movies that are just plain fun. Tony Nigro, Barnes & Noble
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