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Rating: 7 stars

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Elvis biopic music rock star band rock and roll

All movies seen on 12/31/2016

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Elvis (1979)

Directed by John Carpenter

Biography | Music | Drama

Overview

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

Rated PG | Length 168 minutes

Actors

Kurt Russell | Shelley Winters | Bing Russell | Robert Gray | Pat Hingle | Season Hubley | Melody Anderson | Ed Begley Jr. | James Canning | Charles Cyphers | Peter Hobbs | Les Lannom | Elliott Street | Will Jordan | Joe Mantegna | Galen Thompson | Ellen Travolta | Abi Young | Felicia Fenske | Randy Gray | Meg Wyllie | Charlie Hodge | Nora Boland | Larry Geller | Jim Greenleaf | Dennis Christopher | Bill Erwin | Mario Gallo | Del Hinkley | Theodore Lehmann | Jack McCulloch | Larry Pennell | Ed Ruffalo | Ken Smolka | David Hunt Stafford | Dennis C. Stewart | Dick Young | Christian Berrigan | Ronnie McDowell

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

First time viewing. There are a few times when Kurt Russell looks spot on as Elvis. I think it’s neat that Zemekis brought him back to reprise the role in Forest Gump. Overall a solid biopic and drama. Surprised Carpenter didn’t do more along this vein (outside of horror/sci-fi).

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