full, virile build-up, he plays the half-breed with a brooding presence that is surprisingly effective." Johnson eventually saw the film and said he "liked it very much." He thought Siegel "did a first-rate job and also Presley did." Quentin Tarantino later called the film "a truly great fifties western, and maybe the most brutally violent American western of its era." Effect on some African countries and territories According to an Associated Press report from Johannesburg dated May 31, 1961, South Africans were initially not permitted to see the film. The government, which had strict laws to keep the races separate, banned the picture that same day because Presley "played the son of an American Indian woman and a white man." A day later, 20th Century Fox appealed, convincing the South Africa Board of Censors to lift the ban as long as it would not be shown to the country's indigenous population. The film then opened to segregated theaters, starting in Durban in early June. However, it was permanently banned in cinemas in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, as colonial government officials in those British territories were concerned that the movie could reignite racial tensions in the aftermath of the recent Mau Mau uprising. Artistic legacy/Andy Warhol silkscreens A publicity still from the film was used by Andy Warhol to create several silkscreens, among them numerous versions of "Single Elvis", "Double Elvis" "Elvis x 2" and "Elvis I and I" as well as an "Eight Elvises", and at least four "Triple Elvis" paintings, an "Elvis 4 Times" and the largest, "Elvis Times Eleven", which is currently housed at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Sales generated by at least eleven of these silkscreens through auction houses or in private sales are, as of May 13, 2021, in excess of $380 million. Home media The film was released on videocassette by Key Video in February 1985 as part of the release of 11 videos to mark the 50th anniversary of Presley's birth. It has also been released internationally on DVD and Blu-ray disc. See also List of American films of 1960 Elvis Presley on film and television Elvis Presley discography List of most expensive paintings Eight Elvises Triple Elvis References External links 'Flaming Star' co-star, Barbara Eden, remembers Elvis Presley at ElvisPresleyBiography.com. Movie reviews Movie review by For Elvis Fans Only Review by Rachel Sanders at Apollo Movie Guide. DVD reviews Review by