6: 2020 - movies grossed more worldwide than Elvis 15: 2021 - movies grossed more w/w 10: 2022 - movies grossed more w/w than Elvis so far add (Black Adam - Black Panther - Avatar II) will easily go over $286 million Currently ranked 562nd worldwide (unadjusted for inflation) right behind Elysium and Oblivion.
I watched this last night and definitely liked it overall. I've not watched any Elvis bio-pics, aside from this one, and found it tragic how his life unfolded and how it appears his handlers didn't have his best interests in mind. I always knew the stories, and his arc, etc. but to see it dramatized was very effective in reaching a new level of 'understanding' of what his world was like. Very sad...it seems he had absolutely everything...but nothing.
Pierce Brosnan says he wanted to play Elvis in a music biopic He then went on to open up about who he might have played if he did get the chance to appear in one: “I don’t have any desire to play anyone in particular. I mean Elvis, but he’s been taken [by Austin Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis], beautifully so.”
A couple of observations that never hit me before. They refer to The Beatles as the teenage rockers. I even used closed caption to make sure I heard it correctly. The Beatles were certainly far from teenagers when they hit America in 1964. Also, when they have Parker say "You wanna bet? I knew that he meant that he was going to come between Elvis and his mother, after you hear Elvis say that nothing would come between them, but right after he says "You wanna bet?" he bets on the roulette wheel. I just never caught the pun. Beyond that, I think Baz wasn't just showing The Colonel as having a gambling problem, but that Parker handled Elvis' career carelessly, as like someone gambling
The Elvis estate has earned a record amount of money this year, over $110 million, and most of that figure is directly from Graceland operating at pre-pandemic levels. The Elvis movie directly hauled in five million for the estate. The movie must have had something to do with those increased numbers at Graceland. How Elvis, Bowie and Tolkien Made Billions In 2022 - Forbes The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2022—A Writer Earns ...
Austin Butler, Ke Huy Quan and More Receive Virtuosos Award Austin Butler (“Elvis”), Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”), Nina Hoss (“Tár”), Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”), Jeremy Pope (“The Inspection”), Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”) and Jeremy Strong (“Armageddon Time”) are among the recipients of Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award. The award recognizes a select group of talent whose noteworthy performances in films which have elevated them into the national cinematic dialogue. Each will discuss their work and receive their awards in-person on Feb. 15 during the 38th SBIFF. The evening will be moderated for the 13th year by Dave Karger, Turner Classic Movies host and Entertainment Weekly awards correspondent.
Since 2001, it's amazing how near the top or at the top Elvis is. You can only imagine how often he was up there back in the late 70s, 80s and 90s. He's only been out of the top 5 once, but was still top 5 that year for music artists. Unfortunately that was just last year, 2022, but this is where the biopic is important. It will probably have positive impact moving forward. Still, considering that all of his rankings have been 24 to 45 years after his death, is phenomenal.
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Hopefully readable before they lock the article Baz Luhrmann Knows He’s the Stanley Kubrick of Confetti
What a fantastic interview with Baz Luhrmann. Thanks so much for posting it here. I like how he goes into the controversy of how Tom Hanks plays Parker and the accent and all, but I also think the interviewer asks great questions and adds interesting context himself, including this statement below about the movie: "The movie is not what I expected from an Elvis biopic. I described it to friends as The Last Temptation of Elvis. It’s as if Satan is telling the story of Christ and detailing the architecture of his downfall." What a fascinating quote and one I will always remember. I loved the whole article. I love the comparison to Stanley Kubrick as well. I had already thought of that one myself. Both directors put their all in each movie they make, yet they only make a few movies over their career, but they're all bangers, Lol.
Another good one. "No such thing as a 4 hour cut." Baz Luhrmann & Mandy Walker On Extended ‘Elvis’ Directors Cut – Deadline
This article in the LA Times bodes well for Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett's chances of winning an Oscar. I just rented TÁR a couple of nights ago and we enjoyed it. Cate was an absolute revelation as a fictional maestro. The movie moves a lot slower than Elvis, but I found it quite interesting. I don't think it is a movie that one would want to see repeatedly like the Elvis movie, but both Cate and Austin Butler really deserve Oscars in my opinion. The two best acting performances I have seen in many a moon. Why these actors sing a happy tune - Los Angeles Times
Elvis soundtrack album wins AMA award over Top Gun Maverick and others. FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK Elvis (WINNER) Encanto Sing 2 Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 4 Top Gun: Maverick
"When Luhrmann and Austin Butler’s names appeared on-screen the crowd roared. It felt like a concert rather than a movie screening." Oscars: ‘Elvis’ Gets Rapturous Standing Ovation at Academy Screening — World of Reel
Tried watching this last night and just couldn't get through it. I got zero Elvis vibes from this movie. The constant refrences to Elvis' connection to Black people was very fake and, to me, slightly racist. Guy playing Elvis was fine. Hanks was an awful ham. Yeah, this one ain't for me.
Then you're unaware of Elvis' actual history that has tried to be ignored by Gen Z and late millennials. Baz Luhrmann interviewed Elvis' childhood best friend Sam Bell who was black for this film and also went off the writings and interviews of B.B. King, James Brown and the documentary Elvis and the black community which interviews his black pastor and coworkers. Elvis was raised in poor black and country culture and affiliated himself with blues and R&B artists as well as country. This is why he was an original, because he naturally fused R&B and Country stylings due to his culture in the south, both African and Caucasian
Pretty sure Chuck D was a boomer. Don't pin all of this on those darn millenials. If he can learn, so can anyone.
I said Gen Z too, yeah there's been some misinformed Boomers and Gen X but the youth of internet age has been the kicker. Fortunately the digital era has also made it easier to debunk but people don't often use it wisely. Fortunately Chuck D recanted his Fight the Power lyric and has since had good things to say about Elvis
