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The article seems to give off the impression that in the film, Campbell's character really is Elvis Presley, but that the identity that Davis' character claims is questionable. In the audio commentary between Campbell and the director, it is implied that it could go either way with both characters, that both of them could really be who they claim to be, or both could just be a couple of crazy old men, that it really all depends on an individual's interpretation of the film. And I agree with that. To imply that one story is true and one is false, or that both stories are true or both stories are false may border on POV. (Sugar Bear03:09, 10 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]
The only thing that I do not recall about this movie is the 20-year coma - it seemed to me that Elvis was in the nursing home just because he had grown old, not as part of any coma-care initiative. I recall him discussing life in the home, and friends he has had and seen pass on. I'll rewatch the movie to provide a further update, but if someone has seen it lately they could comment. Schwagmyre 09:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Having just watched the movie, I think I can clear some of this up. The supposed Elvis impersonator(who was/wasn't really Elvis) was on stage at one point and fell off the stage, breaking his hip. The movie does indeed at one point suggest he was in a coma(at the very beginning) but that'd be odd since he DOES discuss what's happened since and the friend who shared a room with him in the nursing home. I do recall that at one point they started fastforwarding it quickly. Could that indicate days or just mere hours? If it indeed were days, then the coma could be very much possible. I'd go with the character not being in coma though since there is more 'proof' in the movie going towards that. Sorry if I answered to this wrong, my first such discussion. :P Essesense18:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I seem to remember his nurse stating that he was in a coma for a long time, though it's been a while since I've seen the film. Geoff B19:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, yes. After the nurse tells Campbell's character about his accident on the stage some 20 years ago and his hip getting broken and infected, she says "you were in a coma for quite a while." Essesense23:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article begins with "Bubba Ho-tep is the title of a novella by Joe R. Lansdale" but then goes on to almost exclusively discuss the movie. Seems to me there should be much more info about the written work or - even better - a separate article about both movie and novella. Being only familiar with the film, I'm not the one to do this, but if no one else does it soon I will at least edit this article's opening to make it more consistent with the rest.--ChasFink (talk) 14:20, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I moved the part of the sentence about the title to the end of the first paragraph so the lead sentence opens with a description of the article's topic, the film. Thanks for bringing it up! Erik (talk | contribs | wt:film) 15:07, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Support in principle, but shouldn't it be Bubba Ho-Tep (not "Ho-tep")? Either way, both capitalizations should point to the film article, with a hat note to the novella's article.--Cúchullaint/c16:29, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To the closing admin: if moved over the redirect Bubba Ho-Tep, please restore and merge the old history from the redirect, as there was a stub article for the film there before this one was created. -- JHunterJ (talk) 21:15, 22 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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