

The King lives on!
This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Kurt RussellElvis Presley
- Shelley WintersGladys Presley
- Bing RussellVernon Presley
- Robert GrayRed West
- Pat HingleColonel Tom Parker
- Season HubleyPriscilla Presley
- Melody AndersonBonnie
- Ed Begley Jr.D.J. Fontana
- James CanningScotty Moore
- Charles CyphersSam Phillips
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- Anthony LawrenceWriter
- Donald M. MorganDirector of Photography
- Joe RenzettiOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher HolmesEditor
- Ron MolerEditor
- Anthony LawrenceProducer
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