Tonight was the opening night of the movie Elvis & Nixon.  The prologue clearly stated that there is no documentation of the events between Elvis’s decision to become a Federal Agent-at-Large and Nixon’s giving him a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) badge.  This allowed the filmmakers (Amazon) a lot of leeway in developing the plot, and provided some good laugh lines for the audience.

Kevin Spacey did a good job of portraying Nixon’s voice and his hunchbacked posture, but for a true Elvis fan (me), it was a challenge to believe that Michael Shannon was Elvis.  Still, it was an entertaining night at the movies–and educational as well.  We learned that the photo of Elvis and Nixon in the Oval Office is the most requested photo from the National Archives.  No surprise to fans of the King.