Elvis [DVD] [2022]

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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Rufus Sewell were cast as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020 (though they were replaced in the film by Helen Thomson and Richard Roxburgh, respectively), with Yola cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The film's incredible cast includes The Visit's Olivia DeJonge as Elvis's wife Priscilla Presley, Top of the Lake's Helen Thomson as the singer's mum Gladys and The Crown's Richard Roxburgh as Elvis' father Vernon. It's also an unsubtle reminder, not that much is subtle in a Luhrmann movie, that part of the man's appeal was his raw sexual magnetism.

By March 25, 2023, the film had been streamed on HBO Max in 9 million households in the United States according to Samba TV, including 3. Parker, at the time a carnival " huckster", manages country singer Hank Snow but realizes Elvis' crossover potential when he hears " That's All Right", initially assuming that the artist is black. The second trailer premiered online on May 23, 2022, two days before the film's world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. On March 12, 2020, production was halted when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic. To prove it, he released on social media an early 2019 pre-production test shoot of Butler as young Presley performing " That's All Right" live on set, which went viral and received an overwhelmingly positive response from viewers.The film became eligible to be made available on HBO Max and/or premium video on demand (PVOD) on August 8, 2022, 45 days after its theatrical release, under a plan announced by WarnerMedia in 2021. Elvis' Review: Baz Luhrmann's Biopic, Starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, is a Stylishly On-the-Surface Life-of-Elvis Impersonation Until It Takes off in Vegas".

There are some who make me out to be the villain of this here story," Parker says in the opening of the trailer, before we see various key moments from throughout Elvis' career – including his first big performance and his reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King.Joshua Rothkopf wrote for Entertainment Weekly that it "delivers the icon like never before" and that Luhrmann recaptured "his Moulin Rouge! It wouldn't be a Luhrmann movie without a narrator, and this time we get the story's main antagonist as our prism to view Elvis, marking him chiefly as victim. Italian band Måneskin and Kacey Musgraves are also part of the soundtrack with their respective cover versions of " If I Can Dream" and " Can't Help Falling in Love".

In a review for IndieWire, David Ehrlich wrote that it "finds so little reason for Presley's life to be the stuff of a Baz Luhrmann movie that the equation ultimately inverts itself, leaving us with an Elvis Presley movie about Baz Luhrmann.Elvis Presley remains the greatest-selling solo artist in history, beloved by millions worldwide even decades after his death, while Parker dies impoverished and alone on a hospital bed, having gambled the rest of his ill-gotten fortune away. the 'voice over' is gone, and instead, you get FULL versions of all tracks, lots of rare footage is included as well as some additional bonus tracks. million debt accumulated over the years and convinces Elvis of their symbiotic relationship; though the pair rarely see each other afterward, Parker continues as his manager. Oscar Halo Effect: 'Top Gun: Maverick' Most Viewed In Streaming Post-Noms, 'Elvis' Most Watched Overall, 'Avatar 2' Biggest At Box Office". Starring: Austin Butler , Tom Hanks , Olivia DeJonge , Helen Thomson , Richard Roxburgh , Kelvin Harrison Jr.

In an interview with Today on August 16, 2022, Priscilla defended parts of the film's portrayal of Elvis and Parker's tense relationship, stating, "I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn't want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things.She added that watching the film reminded her of her own son, Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020, saying he would have loved it as well.