Elvis
90%RT Audience Score: 94%
Awards & Nominations: NA
The standard rock biopic formula gets all shook up in Elvis, with Baz Luhrmann’s dazzling energy and style perfectly complemented by Austin Butler’s outstanding lead performance.
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Elvis’s life is seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker. The story delves into the complex dynamic between the two spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley.
Tagline
The Man. The Legend. The King of Rock & Roll.
Production Company(ies)
DUST,HBO Max,Roadshow Films,Screen Queensland,The Jackal Group,Warner Bros.,Warner Bros. Pictures,Whalerock Industries
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
(Originating Distributor)
Release Date:
06-24-2022
Release Type
THEATRICAL, THEATRICAL (WIDE)
Filming Location(s)
Queensland, Australia
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital, Dolby, Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2 h 39 m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Jun 24, 2022
Genre(s)
Animation,Biographical,Cult,Drama,Music,Period Piece,Sport,War
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $286,040,048
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $286,040,048
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 523
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 31,193,026
US/Canada gross: $151,040,048
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $151,040,048
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 509
US/Canada opening weekend: $31,211,579
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $31,211,579
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 432
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $85,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $85,000,000
Production budget ranking: 477
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $45,772,500
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $155,267,548
ROI to date (est.): 119%
ROI ranking: 861
Elvis Presley
Tom Hanks
Colonel Tom Parker
Helen Thomson
Gladys
Richard Roxburgh
Vernon Presley
Olivia DeJonge
Priscilla Presley
Luke Bracey
Jerry Schilling
Director(s)
Baz Luhrmann
Writer(s)
Baz Luhrmann,Craig Pearce
Executive(s)
Warner Bros. Pictures:
Kevin McCormick
(Studio Exec)
Warner Bros. Pictures:
Courtenay Valenti
(Studio Exec)
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
In the early days, Elvis had battled a poverty-ridden childhood with his parents Vernon and Gladys. He finds music to be a salvation, even though he is ridiculed by his peers because of his fascination with the African American music of Memphis’ Beale Street. Parker is a carnival “huckster” who fancies himself a modern-day PT Barnum, playing upon the gullible nature of his audience.
Although Parker is already managing country singer Hank Snow, as soon as he hears Presley on the radio, he seems to be impressed with what he hears and has aspirations of becoming his manager. Parker eventually meets and persuades Elvis to let him take control of his career, which begins a meteoric ascent. However, not all of the public is impressed with the young entertainer. Many parents fear that his music is corrupting their children, and racist politicians also attack him for his involvement with black musicians. After a violent incident at a concert, Elvis finds himself facing a possible jail term. However, it is implied that Parker persuades the government to draft Elvis into the US Army as a way of avoiding any further legal entanglements. During his time in the service, Elvis discovers that Gladys has died of alcoholism.
While stationed in Germany, Elvis meets Priscilla Beaulieu, and upon his discharge, he resumes his career-making concert tours and films while Parker’s control of his life becomes even stronger. As the Sixties pass him by, Elvis is heartbroken by the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, wishing to become more politically outspoken in his music while Parker merely wants him to sing frivolous tunes that will be best sellers. After Parker refuses his request for a world tour and locks him into a long contract to entertain at a Las Vegas hotel, Elvis discovers that Parker had denied his world tour due to him being an illegal Dutch immigrant with no passport, and attempts to fire him, only to be sued by the latter for a huge amount that will leave him broke and destitute. A vicious argument ensues, while afterwards Elvis has to admit that he has no choice but to maintain his management from Parker, although they grow apart and rarely see each other afterwards.
Eventually, Elvis’s life spirals downward as Priscilla takes their daughter Lisa Marie and leaves him over his prescription drug addiction, which grows even stronger after she is gone. This results in his death from a heart attack on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. Before his passing, Elvis had also expressed to Priscilla that no one will remember him after he is gone. At one of Elvis’s final shows, he is bloated and pale, singing “Unchained Melody”. Parker dies old and alone.
Trivia
Goofs
When Elvis goes to Club Handy and the streets are filled with vehicles of the era, there’s a 58 Chevy parked by the curb. It doesn’t exist (yet) at the time the scene is set..
Quotes
Gladys Presley: The way you sing is God-given, so there can’t be nothin’ wrong with it.
Credits
Alternate Versions
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Soundtracks
If I Can Dream
Written by Walter Earl Brown
Performed by Måneskin
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