Protecting the King

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Protecting the King ★★ 2007

When he was four, David Stanley's mother married widower Vernon Presley and the boy became Elvis's (Dobson) stepbrother. In 1972, David (Barr) began working as the singer's bodyguard until Presley's death five years later. In this biographical take, David witnesses the King's everincreasing drug use and watches hopelessly as the singer's life spirals downward. 90m/C DVD . Peter Dobson, John Bennett Perry, Tom Sizemore, Brian Krause, Matt Barr, Max Perlich, Mark Rolston, Dey Young; D: David Edward Stanley; W: David Edward Stanley; C: Philip Lee; M: Joe Cruz.

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