Although he wants to become more politically outspoken in his music, Parker only allows him to release frivolous feel-good songs for a Christmas special television. After his discharge, he resumes his film career and marries Priscilla years later.Īs the popular culture of the 1960s passes Presley by, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. He finds solace when he meets Priscilla Beaulieu, the teenage daughter of a United States Air Force pilot. During his military service in West Germany, Presley is devastated by his mother's alcoholism-induced death. Parker persuades the government to draft Presley into the US Army instead. Feeling that Presley's music will corrupt white children and stoke racial hostility, the segregationist Southern Democrat Mississippi Senator James Eastland calls Parker to an informal hearing, during which he questions Parker about his mysterious past.Īfter Presley's charged dance moves at a concert, he faces legal trouble. The regional public is divided in their view of the singer. Parker meets with Presley at the carnival and persuades him to let him take control of his career, beginning a meteoric ascent that sees the Presley family lifted out of poverty. Although partnered with country singer Hank Snow, Parker realizes Presley's crossover potential when he hears him "sounding black" on " That's All Right." That night, he sees Presley at a " Louisiana Hayride" performance, discovering a talented musician with intense sex appeal. At this time, Parker is a carnival " huckster" who fancies himself a modern-day P. However, upon moving with his parents to Memphis, he is ridiculed by his peers due to his fascination with the African-American music of Memphis's Beale Street. Raised mostly by his doting mother Gladys, Presley spends his childhood in the poorest parts of Mississippi, finding an escape in the comic book adventures of Captain Marvel Jr. Nursing a gambling addiction that has left him destitute, he recounts how he first met Presley. On January 20, 1997, Elvis Presley's former manager, Colonel Tom Parker, is on his deathbed, having suffered a stroke. Butler received numerous accolades, including nominations for Best Actor from the London and US/Canada Critics' Choice Awards, as well as winning the Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America Awards.
It was nominated amongst the five best edited feature films (Drama, Theatrical) by the Eddie Awards, as well as in nine categories by the British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, Leading Actor and Cinematography, and nominated for the Darryl F. It also received three nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and received seven nominations at the 28th Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Picture, and winning the Best Makeup Award. The film thus becomes the second-most nominated music biopic in the history of the Academy Awards, a distinction shared with the 1942 Michael Curtiz directed Yankee Doodle Dandy, both of which fall only behind Miloš Forman's Amadeus which garnered 11. At the 95th Academy Awards, it received eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Butler. The American Film Institute named Elvis one of the ten best films of 2022. Luhrmann's direction, the cinematography, editing, sound design, costume design, production design, and musical sequences also received praise, though the script, Hanks' performance, and the runtime drew polarized responses. It received generally positive reviews, with Butler's performance garnering widespread acclaim. The film was a commercial success, grossing $287.3 million worldwide on an $85 million budget, and it is the second-highest-grossing music biopic of all time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and the fourth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. It stars Austin Butler as Presley with Tom Hanks as Parker, while Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Luke Bracey co-star.Įlvis premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2022, and was released in Australia on June 23, 2022, and in the United States on June 24, 2022, by Warner Bros. It follows the life of the American rock and roll singer and actor Elvis Presley, told from the perspective of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Elvis is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner.
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