The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker... Read allThe life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
- Nominated for 8 Oscars
- 92 wins & 230 nominations total
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- TriviaFor his audition tape, Austin Butler originally recorded himself singing "Love Me Tender." When he watched it, he felt like it was an Elvis impersonation, and refused to submit it. A few days later, he had a nightmare that his deceased mother was dying again. Overwhelmed with grief and with the Elvis audition still on his mind, he decided to pour his emotion into music. Thinking of the lyrics to "Unchained Melody," he remembered, "I always take it for granted that that's to a romantic partner, [but] what if I sing that to my mom?" He sat down at the piano in his bathrobe and filmed it. "And that way of channeling those emotions just felt true," the actor said. The video immediately caught director Baz Luhrmann's attention, as he was both confused and intrigued. Luhrmann stated, "Was it an audition? Or was he having a breakdown?" The director expressed that the audition felt like a spycam. Luhrmann asked to meet with Butler and eventually gave him the part.
- GoofsElvis sings Trouble in 1956. Leiber and Stoller wrote the song in 1958.
- Quotes
Gladys Presley: The way you sing is God-given, so there can't be nothin' wrong with it.
- Crazy creditsAt the very end of the movie, the voice of Elvis Presley can be heard greeting the audience.
- ConnectionsEdited from Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
- SoundtracksSuspicious Minds
Written by Francis Zambon (as Mark James)
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Featured review
Big bright shiny vapidness...
What a mess.... nearly incoherent storyline. Over 2.5 hours of film, yet after watching you know Elvis no better. It's simply a bunch scenes strung together, accompanied by music, but little to no plot and a complete lack of interesting dialog. The film feels almost like a bad fever dream, arbitrarily switching from scene to scene with little to no connection. Too much attention is put in Parker/Hanks, when he's not narrating he's the focus of every scene he's in. Thankfully Austin Butler and Olivia DeJonge do everything they can to save the train wreck, they still can only do so much, but both are fantastic with what they were given. The music varies, at times it's fantastic, others it's inappropriate and awkward.
Absolute waste of Austin Butlers performance.
Absolute waste of Austin Butlers performance.
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- slak96u
- Aug 7, 2022
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- Also known as
- Kat King
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- Budget
- $85,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $151,040,048
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,211,579
- Jun 26, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $288,670,284
- Runtime2 hours 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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