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With his latest feature film elvisBaz Luhrmann seeks to restore the humanity of Elvis Presley, an artist with a depth befitting his talents who has often been reduced to a pop culture caricature in the more than 45 years since his death.
Luhrmann focuses on the complicated relationship between the King of Rock and Roll (Austin Butler) and his Dutch-born manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) for the Warner Bros film. While Parker helped launch Elvis’ career into the stratosphere after signing him in 1956, and undoubtedly played a role in becoming the best-selling solo artist of all time, given his financial exploits, he is remembered more as ‘ A Svengali as a visionary who is remembered. by Presley during the span. from 20 years plus.
Luhrmann told Deadline during the 2022-2023 awards season that he sees Elvis’ story as one of “soul selling” — a sensitive “artist” taken to both his highs and lows by an overbearing “circus ringleader .” . . .” At the same time, his film acknowledges that Presley was no saint, having battled demons himself. It finally suggests that through Elvis’ struggles, both with Parker and himself, we can truly understand the man behind the myth—who, at heart, was just “this beautiful boy who wanted to love and be loved in return.” “.
Luhrmann teamed up with Jeremy Doner to write the story elvis, with Döner, Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce on the screenplay. The film stars Olivia DeJonge, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Kodi Smit-McPhee was released in June after its world premiere in Cannes and is Luhrmann’s highest-grossing film at the domestic box office to date, grossing over US$151 million in North America. America and $286 million worldwide.
Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin produced the picture with Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss.
read this elvis script below.
Writer: Matt Grobar
Source: Deadline
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