10,000 Miles to Graceland

It felt as if a crime had happened:.suddenly Elvis had been taken away from this world.

– Passionate Kiwi fan Clyde Johnson recalls Elvis Presley's death in 1977, at the start of this documentary

...I tend to get laughed at a little bit so I'm now coming out of the closet — "I'm an Elvis fan!"

– Marg Scoullar from Gore opens up about her love for Elvis Presley, early in this documentary

I will never step on your blue suede shoes...or treat you like a hound dog...and you will always be my lovin' teddy bear...

– Kiwi couples Frank and Janeane and Dave and Robina renew their vows in Elvis style, at an Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas

It's cool. It's good to be King.

– Elvis Presley Wedding Officiator Brendan Paul enjoys his job

We're very proud of being the birthplace of Elvis because this is where he grew up as a child. This is where he bought his first guitar. This is where he performed for the first time in a talent show.

– Tupelo Mayor Larry Otis on the city's most famous export

...Elvis's pool, man! How many Kiwis can say they've been in Elvis's pool!

– Kiwi Elvis fan Ken McCallum can't believe his luck

We've endured thunder and lightening and torrential rain but it's been worth every minute.

– Kiwi fan Marg Scoullar on the 25th Anniversary candlelight vigil outside Graceland in Memphis

It's kinda neat: I'm impersonating Elvis and I think they're impersonating the fans that were around Elvis then, and so they're doing their own little show and so I play along with it. Some of them get a bit overzealous.

– Elvis impersonator Mike Albert on interacting with Elvis Presley fans

Some of the furniture is um, sorry Elvis, but slightly tacky....

– Kiwi fan Marg Scoullar is brutally honest about the interior design at Elvis Presley's old home of Graceland

I don't particulary care for Elvis imitators. If you ever heard Elvis, you wouldn't care for the imitators. Nobody even comes close. He had that — whatever it was, if you could bottle it I'd get rich, rich, rich...

– Singer Sonny Burgess who knew Elvis at Sun Studios on the proliferation of Elvis imitators

I cried all my make-up off in the first two songs, it was just amazing...like the real thing.

– Marg Scoullar rates the 25th Anniversary Elvis concert in Memphis