Clambake

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Clambake

1967

1h 39m

Musical

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A wealthy young man, Scott Heyward (Elvis Presley) wants to experience life outside of his privileged upbringing. When he meets Tom Wilson (Will Hutchins), an earnest water-skiing instructor, Scott offers to trade places with him. As Tom warms up to the good life, Scott gets used to a less luxurious existence and falls for Dianne Carter (Shelley Fabares), who, ironically, is hoping to meet a rich man. Sticking to his humble guise, Scott tries to woo Dianne without the benefit of his true status.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

The production numbers are more elaborate than usual, but Elvis' songs are as forgettable as ever, and the whole picture has a garish, cluttered look.

Apr 22, 2019

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Pat Padua

Spectrum Culture

The magic comes through, intermittently emerging from the shadows of failure.

Aug 11, 2020

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Tony Mastroianni

Cleveland Press

Clambake in story, dialog and songs is derivative; a stringing together of cliches that must have been cut out and pasted together from a number of other scripts.

Nov 16, 2018

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James Plath

Family Home Theater

The premise is a fun riff on Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.... but there's enough here to make the formula different and entertaining enough, even for contemporary families.

Rated: B-

Jan 16, 2018

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Clambake is indeed awful, but it's amusing and Presley's star power is hard to refute.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 24, 2017

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It’s very rare that I give one a perfect score, but this is one of them I believe this to be Warrenville versus best movies, Shelley Fabares. It was amazing at it. Yes I highly recommend it James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas October 28, 2023.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Matt

Elvis Presley was on his way out as I was growing up. I knew of him, because my friend's moms loved Elvis, but I didn't know his music or movies. I've had a hard life. Lots of bad things have happened healthwise. Watching this movie made me happy to know that there was a kind of goodness back then, even if it was only pretend. There was something about this movie that made me happy. Just thinking about it makes me feel good. I can't say that it was a great movie, but watching it was a nice experience for me. I enjoyed my time and consider it well spent.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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steve d

You know where it is going but will have fun anyway.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Even from its weak title, you can tell this is not intended to be a great movie. Elvis plays a millionaire's son who is tired of women who want his wealth rather than him as a person, and he runs away from home, meeting a poor water-ski instructor at a gas station who wishes he did have money. So they agree to trade vehicles and identities and proceed to a hotel in Miami, Florida, and both meet a bunch of girls. Elvis also happens to meet a boat engineer who has a damaged racing boat and who had originally hoped to win an upcoming boat race. Can Elvis save this man's dreams? Performances are okay, but dancing and musical numbers are nothing special. It's okay, but Elvis has done better than this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Actually I liked this movie. I generally liked the music and I like the fact that Elvis doesn't make women swoon but others do and he's trying to compete. I think there's a great deal of chemistry between he and the leading woman whereas there was none in other movies where they appeared together. He's quite intense in this movie when it's just killing him to watch her go off with another man.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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ashley h

Clambake is an okay film. It is about heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor. Elvis Presley and Will Hutchins give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Arthur H. Nadel did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the music and humor.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

A wealthy young man, Scott Heyward (Elvis Presley) wants to experience life outside of his privileged upbringing. When he meets Tom Wilson (Will Hutchins), an earnest water-skiing instructor, Scott offers to trade places with him. As Tom warms up to the good life, Scott gets used to a less luxurious existence and falls for Dianne Carter (Shelley Fabares), who, ironically, is hoping to meet a rich man. Sticking to his humble guise, Scott tries to woo Dianne without the benefit of his true status.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel
Producer: Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven
Screenwriter: Arthur Browne Jr.
Production Co: Levy-Gardner-Laven
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 39m

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