First released to theaters in April 1980,[2] the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression.

She encourages the teen-ager to write to her favorite singer, Elvis Presley.

The movie was based on the book To Elvis, With Love by the real-life therapist, Lena Canada, in which she presented the correspondence as true.

The film also received a second Razzie nomination for Hesper Anderson's screenplay.

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