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3000 Miles to Graceland movie storyline. Outside of Las Vegas, Michael Zane, a recent parolee, stops at a run-down desert motel. There, he finds a boy, Jesse Waingrow, stealing the air valve caps off his car’s wheels and chases him, meeting his mother, Cybil, whom he later beds. Later that night he is picked up by four men, all dressed in Elvis costumes, Murphy, Hanson, Gus, and Franklin, and they set off the next day headed into a casino holding an Elvis convention intent on robbing it. Michael rigs the elevator while the others rob the cages and counting room, and after a grotesquely violent firefight, Franklin dies during their escape.
Back at the motel, the group gets into an argument about who gets Franklin’s share and Murphy shoots and kills Hanson. Michael hides the money in the crawl space, unaware that Jesse is observing him from the next room. The three thieves drive out to the middle of the desert to bury Hanson. While there, Murphy shoots Gus and Michael as well. It is later revealed that Michael was wearing a bulletproof vest and played dead. He starts running back to the motel hoping to get there before Murphy does. Escaping from the scene, Murphy gets knocked unconscious after accidentally running over a coyote and crashing his car.
Michael gets back to the motel and, discovering that the money is missing, storms into Cybil’s place and finds the money. Michael decides to give her $100,000 in exchange for her silence, however Michael is manipulated into taking Cybil and Jesse along with him. Michael explains to Cybil that the money is marked, but that Murphy has found a money launderer in Idaho to help them.
Murphy, who has since returned to the motel and discovered that the money is missing, has decided to go to Idaho to wait for them. Cybil sneaks away from Michael and her son at a restaurant, stealing Michael’s wallet and car. Cybil calls the money launderer, using the password that she has extracted from Michael’s wallet. Murphy suddenly appears at the money launderer, Peterson, (Jon Lovitz), using the same password. Peterson explains that Cybil called first, so they wait for her.
3000 Miles to Graceland is a 2001 American action adventure crime film directed, co-produced by Damien Lichtenstein. The script was written by Richard Recco and Damien Lichtenstein. It stars Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner with supporting roles Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine, Christian Slater, and Kevin Pollak. It is a story of theft and betrayal, revolving around a plot to rob the Riviera Casino during a convention of Elvis impersonators.
Prior to the film’s opening, Warner Bros. released a series of animated prequels voiced by stars Costner, Slater, Long, and Woodbine. “The Road to Graceland” prequels marked the first time a major film’s cast members contributed their talents to the creation of original Internet content for a film website.
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Directed by: Demian Lichtenstein
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox Arquette, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Thomas Haden Church, Bokeem Woodbine, Ice-T
Screenplay by: Richard Recco, Demian Lichtenstein
Production Design by: Robert de Vico
Cinematography by: David Franco
Film Editing by: Michael J. Duthie, Miklos Wright
Costume Design by: Mary E. McLeod
Art Direction by: William Heslup
Music by: George S. Clinton, Richard Meijer
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, sexuality and language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: February 23, 2001
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