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The Flaming Stars

The Flaming Stars

Formed:
1994 in Los Angeles

  • Genre: Rock
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Major Members: Joe Whitney, Huck Whitney, Mark Hosking, Paul Dempsey, Max Decharne

Biography

The garage band the Flaming Stars came together in 1994 under the guidance of ex-Gallon Drunk drummer Max Decharne (vocals/keyboards). Joining him are Paul Dempsey (bass), Joe Whitney (drums), Mark Hosking (guitar), and Huck Whitney (guitar). The Flaming Stars, who spark a haunting swagger similar to Nick Cave and the Tindersticks, spent the next year wowing European audiences while honing a dark, guitar-driven sound. In March 1995, the Flaming Stars issued their debut EP, Hospital, Heaven or Hell. U.K. radio personalities John Peel and Steve Lamacq were instant fans of the first single, "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye," and praised the song on their respective radio shows. Several John Peel session releases would be issued throughout the remainder of the '90s. In spring 1997, the Flaming Stars recorded and released Bring Me the Rest of Alfredo Garcia while Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars appeared three months later. Tours of the U.K. were massively successful, gaining the Flaming Stars momentous airplay in England. They weren't exactly superstars, but fans quickly absorbed the band's sinister rock appeal. The band issued the dramatic, epic A Walk on the Wired Side in winter 2001. It was an angry, cynical record, but equally passionate and sultry. "Some Things You Don't Forget" was a moderate hit in Europe, but the Flaming Stars remained practically unknown in America. Still, the band trudged on; they inked a deal with Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label, giving the Flaming Stars an outlet to introduce themselves to America. The theatrical performance of Ginmill Perfume appeared in October 200, tantalizing tales of exotic travels were found on the Sunset & Void album in fall 2002, and the down-and-dirty saga of Named and Shamed arrived in 2004. Soon after, the group's longtime label in the U.K., Vinyl Japan, folded and they moved over to the Big Beat label, which wasted no time in releasing the excellent career retrospective London After Midnight: Singles, Rarities and Bar Room Floor-Fillers 1995-2005. The band's eighth studio album, Born Under a Bad Neon Sign, followed in fall 2006. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"Bring Me the Rest of Alfredo Garcia," "The Face on the Bar Room Floor," "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

Representative Albums:

London After Midnight: Singles, Rarities and Bar Room Floor-Fillers 1995-2005, Sunset & Void, Sell Your Soul to the Flaming Stars

Similar Artists:

Heavy Trash, Nic Armstrong, The Earls of Suave, The Nomads, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mick Harvey, Tindersticks, The Bad Seeds

Influences:

Gun Club

Performed Songs By:

Max Decharne
 
 
Movies:

Flaming Star

Flaming Star
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DVD Release

  • Release Date: 2002
  • All-new anamorphic widescreen transfer (aspect ratio 2.35:1)
  • Audio: English Dolby Surround, Spanish Mono
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
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  • Interactive menus
  • Scene selection
  • Original English and Portugese theatrical trailers

  • Rating: StarStar
  • Genre: Western
  • Movie Type: Indian Western
  • Themes: Race Relations, Culture Clash, White People Among Indians
  • Director: Don Siegel
  • Main Cast: Elvis Presley, Steve Forrest, Barbara Eden, Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta, Dolores Del Rio, John McIntire, Karl Swenson
  • Release Year: 1960
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 101 minutes

Plot

Tensely directed by Don Siegel, Flaming Star is the grittiest of Elvis Presley's post-Army films. Elvis plays Pacer Burton, a half-breed youth in the old West, torn between loyalty to the whites, as represented by his father (John McIntyre), and the Indians, represented by his mother (Dolores Del Rio). A series of brutal Kiowa raids, and the subsequent reprisals by the white settlers, sorely test Pacer's fortitude. Though offered moral support by his parents and by his girlfriend (Barbara Eden), Pacer is forced to work things out himself. The film was based on a novel by Clair Huffaker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Review

Flaming Star is a surprisingly ambitious, if ultimately unsatisfying, Western flick. Nunnally Johnson and Clair Huffaker's screenplay attempts to take a serious look at the conflict between white settlers and Native Americans, and it deserves points for not branding either side as entirely right or wrong, all good or all evil. At the same time, it isn't able to rise above certain melodramatic clichés (or mechanical plot turns) in its dissection of this difficult issue, and lacks the breadth and scope that could imbue the issue with a greater context and deeper meaning. Part of this is due to the casting. Elvis Presley's performance is adequate, but what is called for is something that is elemental and commanding; the character must embody the conflict that is the central core of the movie, and Presley can only indicate this quality, not live or express it. Similarly, Steve Forrest is also good, but lacking in size. Not having to carry such a burden, the supporting cast comes across better, especially Dolores Del Rio, whose turn as the mother is affecting and nuanced. Don Siegel's direction only occasionally achieves the poetry for which the film aims, but it's taut and effective. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

Cast


Richard Jaeckel - Angus Pierce; Ford Rainey - Doc Phillips; Anne Benton - Dorothy Howard; L.Q. Jones - Tom Howard; Douglas Dick - Will Howard; Tom Reese - Jute; Marian Goldina - Ph' Sha Knay; Monte Burkhart - Ben Ford; Ted Jacques - Hornsby; Perry Lopez - Two Moons; Henry Amargo - Brave (uncredited); Barbara Beaird - Dottie Phillips; Virginia Christine - Mrs. Phillips; Rodd Redwing - Indian Brave; Joseph Brooks; The Jordanaires - Vocal Accompaniment; Ray Beltram - Indian; Guy Way; Tom Allen

Credit

Adele Balkan - Costume Designer; G.W. Berntsen - Set Designer; Charles G. Clarke - Cinematographer; Duncan Cramer - Art Director; Josephine Earl - Choreography; Hugh S. Fowler - Editor; Nunnally Johnson - Screenwriter; Cyril Mockridge - Composer (Music Score); Walter Scott - Set Designer; Don Siegel - Director; Walter M. Simonds - Art Director; David Weisbart - Producer; Clair Huffaker - Screenwriter; Clair Huffaker - Book Author

Similar Movies

Black Robe; Charro!; Dances with Wolves; Hombre; Rebel Without a Cause; The Searchers; Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
 
Wikipedia: Flaming Star
Flaming Star
FlamingstarElvis.jpg
Directed by Don Siegel
Michael D. Moore
Produced by David Weisbart
Written by Clair Huffaker (novel)
Clair Huffaker
Nunnally Johnson
Starring Elvis Presley
Barbara Eden
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Editing by Hugh S. Fowler
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) December 20, 1960
Running time 101 min.
Country U.S.A.
Language English
Preceded by G.I. Blues
Followed by Wild in the Country
IMDb profile

Flaming Star is a 1960 Western film starring Elvis Presley, based on the book Flaming Lance (1958) by Clair Huffaker. A dramatic role, it is said that Elvis Presley gave one of his best acting performances as the half-breed "Pacer Burton." The film's working title was Black Star. It was directed by Don Siegel.

Plot

Elvis Presley plays Pacer Burton, the son of a Kiowa mother and a Texas rancher father. Along with his half-brother, Clint, the four of them live a typical life on the Texas frontier. Life soon becomes anything but typical when a nearby tribe of Kiowa begin raiding neighboring homesteads. Pacer soon finds himself caught between the two worlds, part of both but belonging to neither.

Primary cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was not released as an album as the film contains only two songs; only "Flaming Star" was released on an EP entitled Elvis By Request - Flaming Star to coincide with the film's release. Two other songs, "Britches" and "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears", were originally scheduled to be part of the movie but in the end were not included. "Summer Kisses" was released on the Elvis by Request EP and would later appear on the compilation album Elvis for Everyone five years later. "Britches" and "Cane and a High Starched Collar" (the second song to actually be included in the film) would not be released until after Presley's death as part of RCA Records' A Legendary Performer series. An early version of "Flaming Star", using the film's working title, "Black Star", was also recorded and not released until the 1990s.

Flaming Star was the first Presley film not to have a full soundtrack release in either LP or EP form (although the Elvis by Request release come close). This would happen again in 1961 with Wild in the Country, and become standard procedure for Presley's later films, beginning with Stay Away Joe.

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Tracks (songwriter)

Trivia

  • This was Elvis' first non-musical film role. It did not perform as well at the box office as his musicals, leading Colonel Tom Parker to decree that Presley would perform only in musicals from here on. Elvis wouldn't release another non-musical film until 1969's Charro! -- another western.
  • The role of Pacer was originally written for Marlon Brando, whilst Frank Sinatra was suggested for the role of the elder brother.
  • The original female lead was English actress Barbara Steele who was replaced with Barbara Eden during filming

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Films directed by Don Siegel

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U.S. Album Discography Elvis Presley (album) • Elvis (1956 album) • Loving You • Elvis' Christmas Album • King Creole • For LP Fans Only • A Date with Elvis • Elvis Is Back! • G.I. Blues • His Hand in Mine • Something for Everybody • Blue Hawaii • Pot Luck • Girls! Girls! Girls! • It Happened at the World's Fair • Fun in Acapulco • Kissin' Cousins • Roustabout • Girl Happy • Elvis for Everyone • Harum Scarum • Frankie and Johnny • Paradise, Hawaiian Style • Spinout • How Great Thou Art • Double Trouble • Clambake • Speedway • NBC-TV Special • From Elvis in Memphis • On Stage: February 1970 • From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis • That's the Way It Is • Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) • Love Letters from Elvis • Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas • Elvis Now • He Touched Me • Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden • Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite • Elvis (1973 album) • Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake • Good Times (Elvis Presley album) • Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis • Promised Land • Today • From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee • Moody Blue • Elvis in Concert
Filmography Love Me Tender • Loving You • Jailhouse Rock • King Creole • G.I. Blues • Flaming Star • Wild in the Country • Blue Hawaii • Follow That Dream • Kid Galahad • Girls! Girls! Girls! • It Happened at the World's Fair • Fun in Acapulco • Kissin' Cousins • Viva Las Vegas • Roustabout • Girl Happy • Tickle Me • Harum Scarum • Frankie and Johnny • Paradise, Hawaiian Style • Spinout • Easy Come, Easy Go • Double Trouble • Clambake • Stay Away, Joe • Speedway • Live a Little, Love a Little • Charro! • The Trouble with Girls • Change of Habit
Documentaries The Pied Piper of Cleveland • Elvis: That's the Way It Is • Elvis on Tour • This Is Elvis
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Additional TV Appearances The Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show • The Milton Berle Show • The Steve Allen Show • The Ed Sullivan Show
Top 10 U.S. Singles Heartbreak Hotel • I Want You, I Need You, I Love You • Don't Be Cruel • Hound Dog (song) • Love Me Tender (song) • Love Me • Too Much • All Shook Up • (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear • Jailhouse Rock • Don't • Wear My Ring Around Your Neck • Hard Headed Woman • One Night • I Got Stung • A Fool Such As I • I Need Your Love Tonight • A Big Hunk O' Love • Stuck on You • It's Now Or Never • Are You Lonesome Tonight? • Surrender • I Feel So Bad • (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame • Little Sister • Can't Help Falling in Love • Good Luck Charm • She's Not You • Return to Sender • (You're the) Devil In Disguise • Bossa Nova Baby • Crying in the Chapel • In the Ghetto • Suspicious Minds • Don't Cry Daddy • The Wonder of You • Burning Love
Christian/Gospel Recordings Amazing Grace • Reach Out To Jesus • He Touched Me • He Knows Just What I Need • Lead Me, Guide Me • How Great Thou Art • His Hand In Mine • I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs • In My Father's House • Milky White Way • Known Only To Him • I Believe In The Man In The Sky • Joshua Fit The Battle • Swing Down, Sweet Chariot • Mansion Over The Hilltop • If We Never Meet Again • Working On The Building • Crying In The Chapel • In The Garden • Somebody Bigger Than You Or I • Farther Along • Without Him • So High • Where Could I Go But To The Lord • By And By • If The Lord Wasn't Walking By My Side • Run On • Where No One Stands Alone • We Call On Him • Who Am I? • Life • Only Believe • I've Got Confidence • Seeing Is Believing • He Is My Everything • Bosom Of Abraham • An Evening Prayer • There Is No God But God • A Thing Called Love • I, John • Miracle Of The Rosary • Put Your Hand In The Hand • I Got A Feelin' In My Body • Help Me • If That Isn't Love • Why Me Lord • Farther Along • Oh Happy Day • Bosom Of Abraham • You Better Run • Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus • Nearer My God To Thee • When The Saints Go Marchin' In • Just A Little Talk With Jesus • Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley • I Shall Not Be Moved • Peace In The Valley • Down By The Riverside • Farther Along • Blessed Jesus • On The Jericho Road • I Just Can't Make It By Myself • I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling • Softly And Tenderly • It Is No Secret • I Believe • Take My Hand, Precious Lord • I Asked The Lord • He • Oh How I Love Jesus • O Lord, Show Me Thy Ways • Hide Thou Me • Sing You Children • ''Let Us Pray • Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child • Where Could I Go But To The Lord • Up Above My Head • Saved • The Lord's Prayer •
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