Elvis (1979 film)
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| Written by | Anthony Lawrence |
| Directed by | John Carpenter |
| Starring |
Kurt Russell Shelley Winters Season Hubley Bing Russell |
| Theme music composer | Joe Renzetti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Dick Clark Anthony Lawrence |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Running time | 150 min. |
| Production company(s) | Dick Clark Productions |
| Distributor |
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Scotia (West Germany, theatrical) |
| Budget | $2.1 million |
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| Original network | American Broadcasting Company |
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Elvis is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, originally aired on ABC. It marks the last role on television for Russell, and the first collaboration between him and Carpenter. Kurt Russell's real-life wife and father, Season Hubley and Bing Russell, co-star as Presley's own wife and father.
After its success on television in the United States, Elvis was released theatrically throughout Europe. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Made for Television, and for three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Russell.
The story follows the life and career of rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presley's career leading to his death in 1977. However, there is an example of incontinuity seeing as the last song Presley performs at his 1970 concert is "An American Trilogy," a song Presley himself did not release, or include in any concerts, until 1972.
There is more than one version of this film: a version that starts with Presley's hair being cut when he was called up by the US army, and then death of his mother, with no scenes of his life before this, has been shown on TV in the UK. It runs for about two hours including commercials.
Russell worked with and met Elvis in the film It Happened at the World's Fair (1963). In the film, Elvis wants to meet the fairground's nurse and he pays a young boy, played by the twelve-year-old Russell, to kick him in the shins. Later in the film, he sees Elvis and the nurse together on a date and asks if he can kick him again for money. Russell also dubbed the voice of a young Elvis in Forrest Gump (1994), and played an Elvis impersonator in the film 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).
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