Double Elvis.

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Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

This episode tells the story of a long-standing Hollywood myth, one that Martin Scorsese

eventually acknowledged in an interview with Stephen Spielberg in 2015.

Now, Spielberg and director Brian De Palma have both recounted the story on the record in other

places as well, Spielberg, most notably in the excellent Peter Biscan book,

Easy Riders and Raging Bulls. I, of course, have no idea what specific words were spoken during

the Faithful Night in question. However, just as the directors in this story, who are the main

characters in this story, Stephen Spielberg, Brian De Palma, John Milius, Paul Schrader, and Martin Scorsese,

just as they have done in the numerous films they've directed depicting real-life events,

films like Schindler's List, The Untouchables, Dillinger, Raging Bowl, and the Irishman, to name a few.

I followed their lead and relied not only on research of the event in question, but also

on research of the characters in this story to inform the dialogue herein.

Mellow John!

Hello John! This is a story of one of the greatest movies of all time, a movie that was fictional, with real-life murder coursing through the filmmaking.

And this is a story about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

Actually, it's a story about a couple of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

And it's about life and death and art and all the things that make us suckers for great drama.

It's a story about one night in particular, one time in Hollywood in particular, and

revenge. It's a story about Martin Scorsese and his film Taxi Driver, a film whose composer died only

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