Heartbreak Hotel

Year: 1988

Runtime: 97 mins

Language: English

Director: Chris Columbus

ComedyMusic

In 1972 a teenager’s mother, a die‑hard Elvis fan, is hospitalized after a crash in her pink Cadillac. To give his school band a break and help his family, he and his friends hatch a wild plan: steal Elvis Presley and bring the king home to his mother. The kidnapping sets off a chaotic chain of events that reshapes their lives and the town’s fate.

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