Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/14/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 173 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay
Seven years after playing the
David Bowie-esque glam rocker in
Velvet Goldmine, actor
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers tackles the role of the biggest rock-and-roller of all time -- The King -- in this television miniseries.
CBS'
Elvis traces
Elvis Presley's rise from being a humble, poor kid in early-'50s Memphis to being an isolated, prescription-drug-addicted superstar fearful of going on-stage for his 1968 comeback special. Along the way, he's torn between his devotion to his mama
Gladys (
Camryn Manheim) and the machinations of his stealthy manager,
"Colonel" Tom Parker (
Randy Quaid). Among
Presley's hurdles: his
R&B music and performance style prompts cries of obscenity from community leaders; he's drafted for the Army and decides to go; and he longs to become a serious movie star, although the
Colonel has different ideas.
Elvis was significant in that it was the first
biopic of the star to allow the use of The King's original recordings, lip-synched by
Rhys-Meyers.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
