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Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is super-spangly, explosive, narratively unhinged – and an artistic triumph

A new Baz Luhrmann film caused a stir this year at Cannes – again.

The Conversation

'Elvis' review: Austin Butler is a great impersonator, but Baz Luhrmann doesn't capture the complicated King

The first shot of Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" isn't Austin Butler in the titular role, or blue suede shoes: It's a chintzy gift shop snowman-shaped snow globe, only seen for a moment, before Luhrmann takes us inside the glass of his tragic tale, Rosebud-style.

Tribune News Service

Elvis review: Baz Luhrmann brings The King to life in his signature pop style, with star turns from Austin Butler and Tom Hanks

Presley’s unusual origin story and formative phase as a "carnival attraction" are centred in a tale narrated by his svengali manager, played by Tom Hanks.

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'Elvis' and Austin Butler feel the temperature rising

When “Elvis” opens in theaters Friday, it will resurrect one of the most iconic figures in American music in the biggest, most bedazzled film to ever try to capture the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Independent UK

Director Baz Luhrmann had to make a few moves to make sure ‘Elvis’ was in tune

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Baz Luhrmann is at a famous tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a place that has become quite familiar to him.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: ‘Elvis’ is a wildly inventive biopic from Baz Luhrmann with one drawback (cough, Tom Hanks)

“Elvis” isn’t your ordinary biopic.

Tribune News Service

‘Elvis’ director Baz Luhrmann says film humanizes the icon, shares how Elvis Presley’s family reacted to it

Director Baz Luhrmann is ready for a little more conversation about Elvis Presley.

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Movie review: Dazzling biopic a reminder of what made 'Elvis' King of Rock 'n' Roll

Why hasn’t there been a great Elvis biopic yet? Well, Austin Butler wasn’t around to star as the King of Rock 'n' Roll. At the center of Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop epic “Elvis,” a film as opulent and outsize as the King’s talent and taste, Butler delivers a fully transformed,…

Tribune News Service

What to stream: Get all shook up with the best Elvis Presley movies, documentaries

Baz Luhrmann’s sprawling pop biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler as the iconic King of Rock 'n’ Roll hits theaters this weekend, and it’s likely that the wild portrait of Elvis Presley might spark a desire to revisit, or discover, some of his best work. There’s of course his discography, but…

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Mystery of Colonel Tom Parker - the mastermind behind Elvis Presley's success

Rock 'n' Roll icon Elvis Presley was managed during the height of his career by Colonel Tom Parker, with the talent agent often debated over whether he was a scoundrel or a marketing genius

Daily Mirror

In ‘Elvis,’ Baz Luhrmann brilliantly floods our senses with arresting sights and sounds

The director’s trademark razzle-dazzle surrounds Tom Hanks as an oily Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler, electrifying as The King.

Chicago Sun-Times

Elvis director Baz Luhrmann reveals original cut of the film was ‘four hours long’

Filmmaker decided the biopic needed a little less conversation...

The Independent UK

Austin Butler explains top advice shared by Tom Hanks that saved him from depression

The up-and-coming actor stars opposite Oscar winning legend Tom in a new glitzy biopic about Elvis Presley – and he has revealed the advice the icon shared to help pull him out of the blues

Daily Mirror

Austin Butler says he'd only ever sung to girlfriend before playing Elvis Presley

Austin Butler, star of Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis - out this Friday - only sang in front of his girlfriend before the film and feared he wouldn't be able to honour the singer

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Austin Butler stayed away from friends, family for 3 years due to ‘Elvis’

He couldn’t help falling in love with this role.

Los Angeles Times

No more Mr. Nice Guy: Tom Hanks drops F-bomb on fans who nearly toppled Rita Wilson

America's favorite nice guy, Tom Hanks, lost his signature cool on Wednesday night when a group of fans swarmed him and his wife, Rita Wilson, in New York City.

Daily Mirror

Elvis star Austin Butler all shook up as obsessed fans 'throw themselves at him'

Heartthrob former Disney actor Austin Butler is playing Elvis Presley in a new Baz Luhrmann film and is having the same effect on girl fans as the King of Rock'n'Roll did in his hip-swivelling heyday

The New Daily

Austin Butler’s epic Elvis journey has arrived with a ‘haunting portrayal’ of the rock-and-roll legend

After years of preparation, Austin Butler's epic journey to play Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's haunting portrayal of a rock and roll legend is finally here.

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We Interviewed The Elvis Cast At The Syd Premiere Here’s What They Said It Was Like On-Set

"It was all very nerve-wracking but exciting."

The New Daily

‘It doesn’t get bigger than Elvis’: Baz Luhrmann’s film premieres on Gold Coast

Baz Luhrmann's latest film Elvis has opened on the Gold Coast with a level of glitz and glamour that would make The King himself proud,

ABC News

Stars of Elvis biopic rock the red carpet at film's Gold Coast premiere

Hollywood comes to the Gold Coast as stars gather for the Australian premiere of Elvis, the biopic starring legendary actor Tom Hanks as well as Austin Butler, who says he woke at 4am with his heart pounding every morning of filming.

AAP

Australian premiere of Baz Luhrmann's Elvis

Baz Luhrmann's biopic Elvis has premiered on the Gold Coast, with a crowd of hundreds watching the film's stars walk the red carpet.

AAP

Baz's Elvis biopic premieres in Australia

The Australian premiere of Baz Luhrmann's latest film Elvis is underway on the Gold Coast.

The Guardian - UK

Pink suits and manbags: Elvis rips up stereotypes in Baz Luhrmann biopic

Upcoming film explores how Memphis upbringing shaped king of rock’n’roll’s music and style

The Independent UK

‘Did you know that?’ Austin Butler surprised to learn Elvis had a twin after taking on Baz Lurhmann film

The actor said he had learned ‘a whole bunch of things’ about the King of Rock n Roll, and promised that audiences would too.

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