Quick reminder: Because of copyright concerns, I had to be careful about how much music to leave in the video. I tried to leave in as much as possible! Austin Butler was FANTASTIC! There was so much more to Elvis than I realized. Thanks so much for watching, everyone! ❤️
That final performance of Elvis's always always brings me to tears. It never fails. Even just the clip they showed, I was in tears in the theater. The idea that he thought he wouldn't leave an impact on the world or music just hurts. If only he knew. Austin Butler nailed this performance. The first words out of my mom's mouth after she saw this movie was "He better get an award." The amount of research he must've done is mindboggling! I mean, even the If I Can Dream performance in the movie was so much like the actual one. His movements and voice...my jaw dropped when I first heard him speak. Loved this reaction!
I saw this 12 times in the theater. If you’re not really familiar with Elvis, you can’t even appreciate fully how amazing Austin Butler really did. No one has ever captured Elvis’s spirit like he did.
@@gbbryangad Elvis was definitely smoother with it but the fact that they included him sticking the mic in his mouth not once, but twice, I see as an absolute win.
Elvis was a tragic figure, but his talent and charisma were real, and 45 years after his death, his influence on popular music and culture continues to echo. He won't be forgotten.
Baz Luhrmann really did his research for this film & covered everything you needed to know about Elvis. I consider this film a masterpiece & I saw it many times, couldn't get enough. The script & cinematography was superb & so was Austin Butlers outstanding performance as he sold it as far as I was concerned & Tom Hanks portrayed the colonel to a tee with the great makeup & all. It'll win for best picture & Austin for best actor.
That “all debts clear” note was basically Elvis’ death warrant. Bro literally worked ALL those shows EVERY YEAR STRAIGHT. On the SAME stage. Colonel was crying because he felt guilty but at the same time he knew he was selfish. I hope he’s rotting fr.
I have seen this movie 7 times now and cry every time. What a beautiful portrayal of a beautiful man. You are still with us Mr Presley despite your worries that you would be forgotten.
“When Lisa Marie was born, E.P. phoned me to say how he was so moved by the experience,” Nancy Sinatra remembered. But she also explained how Elvis had shared the complexity of his emotions that day, saying he also told her “how he felt it was not fair that she would have such great blessings and the same child born in a ghetto that very night would suffer poverty and want, and God knows what else, perhaps all her life”. “His heart was so full of love and pain that night,” she added.
You should check out the videos on CZcams that show Austin and Elvis on split screen sing the same song from the same concert. It will blow your mind to see them side by side. Austin didn’t play Elvis. He became Elvis.
@@ChachiSays do it! They are spectacular. 'Suspicious Minds' and 'If I can Dream' are unbelievable. czcams.com/video/ZvpNKGleDMo/video.html czcams.com/video/GFwcPEjeCAk/video.html
He paid hospital bills for people, including Jackie Wilson who was another performer who did a lot of crazy moves. He bought houses for people. The scene in the movie on the Ferris wheel talking about buy cars is not that far off. He definitely bought hundreds of cars. If anyone did anything for him, he bought them something to say thank you. He never wanted to be alone. I can't remember exactly what happened, but they had more than one lawsuit about how Red and Sunny West treated people as his bodyguards. They wrote a nasty book that came out almost on the day he died. It sold millions and Red and Sonny refused to answer questions about it for over 20 years. He had known them since high school.
I feel so bad for Elvis man! Why do we destroy the people that we love and treasure it makes no sense to me . I wish I could have been there just to give him a hug and tell him everything would be okay and that I got his back. But unfortunately I wasn't around during this time and even if I was I probably wouldn't have been able to get even close to him.
The zappa troll is almost in every elvis Video and always write the same one_sided nonsense about elvis, he wants to teach us, he probably write down the questions and answers to present them here, to get attention, memorized everything, hahahaha hahahaha
Elvis' had glaucoma, insomnia, extreme exhaustion and constipation. Using meds to sleep and ease pain, yet pills is what caused the constipation. Elvis' died a tired and over worked man...deserved better
Yes, Priscilla and the Memphis Mafia all hated Colonel Parker but they did say he was endearing and lit up the room when he walked in and of course was a great salesman.
I was born in 1943 and i have known Elvis since i was 12 im now 79 going on 80 and my Mom said when she saw Elvis on tv its about time the let a male singer move she was well ahead of her time .I bought this movie so i can watch it over and over.Austin is Beyond phenomenal.
My dad went to one of Elvis’ final concerts in December of 1976 at the then brand new Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum (now called Legacy Arena) in Birmingham, Alabama. He went with my grandfather and my great grandmother. He became one of the lucky ones to see Elvis months before his passing. Now I have a “portal” to know what that night in Birmingham was like.
this movie hit me in the heart...💘 ELVIS the king forever... Austin earned his Oscar with hard work! certainly! Joshing Joshua,thank you for such a delicious review 💖
18:28 Apparently they'd originally offered him the lead male role in the 50s movie of 'Cat on a hot tin roof' with Elizabeth Taylor but the Colonel turned it down. Paul Newman still did a great job in the role but you're left wondering what Elvis's performance would've been like if he'd been given the chance - apparently he had some decent acting skills and could've been a good one if given the chance and some coaching.
Love details like this. I know I left it out of my video but I enjoy the fact that Barbara Streisand and the Colonel butted heads which is why he wasn’t in that rendition of A Star is Born. I hope that’s true 😂
he was very good; just go watch some of his films. 'King Creole' is one if his personal favorites and yes, he was very good it in. I actually REALLY enjoyed him in 'Love Me Tender.' It's shame they kept insisting he sing in all of them.
@@ChachiSays thank you Josh! FANTATIC review you have done of this AMAZINGLY entertaining movie! YOUR commentry is sensitive , funny, spot on and very perceptive! I never thought I could love this movie more then I do but loved watching it with you and watching and listening to your reactions and comments! 10 times so far I have watched ELVIS at the big screen CINEMA 🥰fr.Australia OSCORS GALLORE FOR ELVIS THE MOVIE IS SENSATIONAL BRILLIANT AWESOME ARTISTIC FANTASTIC!
After I watched your Elvis video this one I went and I watched the movie and I was honestly surprised it was really really good I had no idea Elvis went through all that b******* and I love that he originally started from the blues I love that
Funny thing that happened during filming all of the costume montages. Many times Elvis would toss his guitar to one of the band members. You only see it once in the last montage and he is wearing black. They had to practice and sometimes he kind of threw in over his shoulder. Austin had not worn all of the costumes and some weighed about 25 lbs and had capes. The first one he tried with a cape, the cape caught on the guitar and Austin hit himself in the temple really hard and he said he was seeing stars and then Baz noticed he was bleeding. He says he still has a scar.
I love watching you do this interview. I have watched so many younger people reviewing various songs with Elvis doing them, especially, "If I Can Dream". It is so strange watching kids discover Elvis. I was born in 1946 so I remember him starting out and I remember his movies, the one I thought he did the best dramatic acting in is "Flaming Star". I read Sammy Davis, Jr's autobiography years ago, but recently was reminded that he and Elvis were good friends and that they were being consider for "The Defiant Ones" that went to Tony Curtis and Sidney Poirier, but the Parker refused to let him even consider it because the thought Elvis being handcuffed to a Black man wouldn't sell records. I have been studying a lot because I only knew Elvis from fan magazines at the beauty shop or in the newspaper. Where I was in Texas the main controversy had to do with the moves and not the racist things or I haven't found any in the Texas papers.
Great reaction!! So, the Colonel loved Elvis in the way a sociopath loves someone - he loved the money that Elvis could bring him. I don't believe he had a single shred of empathy for the man and especially didn't give a flying you know what about his creative desires as an artist. All he wanted was a steady check; the 'for sure; money. And Elvis, who knew nothing about finances and really could not care LESS about money, left all business decisions up to the Colonel. By the time he wanted out, it was way too late to escape, as far as he knew. All Elvis wanted to was to be able to take care of the people he loved and the people that worked for him, and to please his fans. He was happy with that, but when the Colonel's decisions started interfering with his desires to be a better actor or travel, for instance, the Colonel was able to use Elvis' desire to provide for those he loved against him, and also his fear of being unable to do that by cleaning him out financially. If Elvis had taken him to court, he would most probably have won - but he didn't know that and felt like he couldn't take the risk. When Elvis died, the colonel's first reaction was to call up RCA and tell them to print more records.
@@ChachiSays the man showed up to the funeral in casual attire with a contract for Vernon to sign right then and there. To give him the rights to everything Elvis related (that he didn’t already have). So messed up.
Grow up, the reason Elvis kept signing with the colonel and did what the colonel told him to do was because he had some damming evidence on Elvis, so much that it could and would destroy his career. Do you have a problem with the colonel ordering more records? wasn't that a good thing? what did you expect him to do?
Even just watching these great trailers makes me choke up. I remember when he got drafted. We thought it was over for elvis. Can yu believe it's Austin after 1968? Austin is such an enigma in Hollywood. I just hope this secret part of Austin goes on like Brad Pitt and has a long slow climbing career. Yes elvis was so trusting of his dad to manage the money. Gmab. His income should have been in invested.
Watch the special, Elvis sings a ton of songs. 1968 was a bad year, MLK, RFK and 16,899 soldiers in Vietnam, the worst year. I graduated in 1964 which was the year they really increased the number drafted.
They talk about Elvis being a big spender, but he paid people's medical bills, he bought people houses. I saw the cook for Graceland, this little old Black lady, on David Letterman. She had a book of Elvis's favorite recipes. She said when Elvis hired her, he told her she would have a job until she didn't want to be there, and she was still there decades after he died. David asked if Elvis ever bought her anything and she had his huge ring with diamonds and emeralds. David asked if he bought her a Cadillac. She said the first one was a Ford, but all of those after were Cadillac's.
Elvis sold over a billion records as a solo recording artist, and it's still going up. No one except George Strait comes close. The Beatles were a group so they don't count. Josh your review was priceless.
4:18 I think an old friend of his Sam Bell whom Baz Luhrmann personally interviewed and who still referred to Elvis as 'E.P.' said that no one there cared about race or colour because everyone was too focused on getting by day to day - that's how poor that area was. I think someone also said about that area that everyone was despised regardless of their race or skin tone by those outside the area because they were that poor. Still, Sam Bell also said that Elvis was allowed to come over to his house any time because he was always polite, and because of how rare even there it was to see a young white boy saying things like 'Yes Sir' when visiting an African-American family. Either way even living in the government housing project when the family moved to Memphis was a step up.
I saw the movie in the cinema & I left crying. Elvis was so wonderful he did not deserve what happened to him for letting himself be carried away by that leech of a manager he died too soon and had a lot to offer of his talent he was a super star too beautiful .
I am a long time ELVIS fan. ELVIS 2022 is the only ELVIS movie I ever liked. It is a befitting tribute to the one & only ELVIS PRESLEY. Wthe movies release long time fans say WELCOME BACK TO THE BUILDING ELVIS! WELCOME BACK. WE MISSED YOU SO!
In the 1950s Black artists couldn't get played except on black stations, but if other people recorded their music they would get royalties and paid for the use and then get a royalty every time it was played. Little Richard believed he had been the king of rock and roll, but could not get played and when Elvis covered "Tutti Fruitti" he got money. He considered Elvis a friend and so did BB King. There is an interview done in probably the 1990s with one of Elvis' childhood friends when he lived in the black community. If you search "Sam Bell, Elvis Presley". There are later interviews with Baz Lurhman and then Sam Bell died in 2020. Sam's older bro, worked at the theater in Tupelo. Sam and the his black friends would sneak in on the black side and Elvis on the white. After the movie started Elvis would move over the barrier. The owner finally told them he knew what they were doing, but since they sat on the steps and didn't use a seat it was okay.
His mother was 42 when she died. She died on Aug 14 and he died on Aug 16, 19 years apart. Something spooky, Austin Butler was born on Aug 17, the day after the 14th anniversary of Elvis's death.
I love this film! Such an amazing way to tell Elvis’s life in the film. The cast, music, editing of the film. All of it well done. I only ever found one issue with it. I thought I was the only one who thought the relationship with his mom was a bit off as well. My only problem with this film is the mother’s nickname for him, Booby. I cringe whenever I hear it. Thanks for uploading.
I watched a docu abt elvis and his health and what happened when he died, why he died, and explaining his autopsy results. They said that if elvis were to have shaved all his hair off and let it all grow out again, that it would've grown out completely white due to all the stress he was under.
Aqui hago otro comentario si baz lurhmann y todo el elenco hizeron una obra maestra con esta película y la academia sigue cometiendo errores garrafales al no darle ni un Oscar cuando debera haber ganado en todas las categorías pero m alegra que los que si saben d cine y d un biopic tan maravilloso como ELVIS si les dieron lis premios que se merecian muchas felicidades baz lurhmann a ti y a todo tu elenco y gracias por escojer a Austin Butler es el mejor Elvis que he visto no a abido ni abra otro vomo el para ELVIS PRESLEY gracias a ti austin por traernos al gran Elvis Presley ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It makes it sound like he only had him working 6 weeks at the hotel and 15 days, but he worked him year round. He only got credit at that hotel and only while Elvis was there, so he had to keep him working because when Elvis was not at the hotel he had to pay his debts off. They believe at one time he owe 30 mil. Elvis made 21 movies in 7 years and during that time he was not allowed to tour. When they first started out, at one time in Florida he had Elvis do 21 shows in 9 days at 7 different cities.
This Elvis movie is NOT a biopic because although it is sold as a movie about the relation between Colonel Tom Parker, his manager, and Elvis it also touches on his personal life. And that is where a lot is wrong because it is totally biased in favor of his EX wife Priscilla Beaulieu who, unfortunately, is becoming more and more known as Elvis' wife, not the ex, which can make new fans assume that she is his widow. It might sound great to many that Priscilla gave the movie her blessing. But the fact remains that she has changed a lot of Elvis history to suit her story. I'm sure he loved her for some of the time they knew each other, but in reality, she barely spent any time alone with him. They met in September 1959 in Germany and he returned to the US in March of 1960. Then they did not have any contact until 1962, the year of her first visit to him in Memphis, from where they (which included his entire entourage) traveled to Las Vegas. She was 17 then (born May 24, 1945). In December she visited again, for Christmas. In 1963 she first moved in with Elvis' father Vernon and stepmother Dee, but after a while she moved into the main house. During these years, Elvis was away from Memphis a lot, making 3 movies a year in Hollywood or locations such as Hawaii. And during all these years he was also still seeing other women. Priscilla herself said multiple times they were hardly ever alone. According to Priscilla, Elvis had promised to marry her when she was 21. But as her birthday had come and gone and her 22nd birthday was approaching and Elvis still had not kept his word, Priscilla, her parents and the colonel (Tom Parker) visited Elvis on a movie set. Nobody knows what really happened there, except that some time during that visit, Elvis had a mysterious fall in the bathroom. All of a sudden everything escalated and a quick wedding ceremony was arranged on May 1, 1967 (23 days before Priscilla's 22nd birthday) in Las Vegas. The strange thing about that was not just the timing, but also that many people who were close to Elvis were contacted by Parker's people to not attend the wedding. The whole ceremony took just a few minutes and afterwards they were ushered into a room for a press conference. Priscilla soon became pregnant, but halfway through her pregnancy, Elvis already wanted to divorce her. 9 months after the wedding, daughter Lisa Marie was born, after which there was almost no physical relationship between Elvis and Priscilla. By then the 1968 Comeback Special had given a new impulse to his career and from 1969 on he was away from Memphis touring the US for an average of 200 days a year. Both Elvis and Priscilla had affairs during their short marriage. They separated in February of 1972 when Priscilla and Lisa moved to California and Elvis remained in Memphis. He filed for divorce on his 38th birthday, January 8, 1973. The divorce was finalized in October of 1973. Priscilla rejected the name Presley and returned to her maiden name Beaulieu after the divorce, stating she wanted to be her own person. She even started a business under that name. But after Elvis died, she soon changed her name to Beaulieu-Presley and some time after that she dropped her maiden name and started calling herself Presley again. She had several relationships after her divorce. In 1984 she met Marco Garibaldi with whom she had a relationship for 21 years. They separated in 2006. Together they had a son, Navarone, in 1987. She never married Garibaldi, although she had a much longer relationship with him than she'd had with Elvis, possibly because she wanted to hang on to the Presley name. Interesting detail is that Elvis did not mention Priscilla at all in his will; not even as guardian of his only child, Lisa Marie. Elvis' cousin Billy Smith and his wife Jo have already said that so many things are not right as far as things concerning Priscilla are concerned. Linda Thompson is right: i.postimg.cc/hjYL9bkt/linda-thompson.jpg and Elvis' bassist from the TCB band, Jerry Scheff, doesn't hold back and tells it like it is: i.postimg.cc/FK2GdjDc/Jerry-Scheff-Elvis-movie-comment.jpg. Elvis was born in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (czcams.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/video.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
@@ChachiSays there are plenty to choose from (and hopefully react to?) Elvis and the Black. Community, Elvis a boy from Tupelo are good starts. There is also a good documentary about the 68’ comeback special. Do you allow link in the comment section to be shared. I can send you some if you would like.
wow, the first part is going to make the girls pull there knickers back up. what you failed to add is that Elvis was a woman abuser and loved luring 14 year old girls into his bed.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Don't believe everything Elvis haters tell you. Priscilla is the only 14 year old he had contact with, but he did not sleep with any 14-year-olds, including Priscilla. At the time they met, he had a girlfriend back home, Anita Wood, who was 2 years younger than he was. His first girlfriends were 3 years younger than him, while he himself was still a teenager. Actress Natalie Wood, whom he dated a few times when he first came to Hollywood, was also just 3 years younger than he was. Judy Spreckles and Pat Sheehan were 4 years OLDER than he was. Yvonne Lime 3 months younger than he was. Ann-Margret was 6 years younger than he was, but both were in their twenties when they dated. Linda Thompson was 22 when Elvis started a relationship with her at 37, which lasted almost 5 years. His last girlfriend for the last 8 months of his life, Ginger Alden, was 21, so half his age, but clearly not a 14-year-old.
He had two months a year in Vegas and performed all over the USA. He had to keep performing all year because when Elvis wasn't at the International, the col had to pay off what he owed. It only shows him doing 2 songs in a show, but he did a lot more and 2 a day. I saw him at the Houston livestock show and rodeo in Houston in Feb. 1970.
To answer your questions about the colonel; He did not show much love to him at all. He only was interested in the money. He showed no emotion at his funeral & came dressed improper. I heard he implied that it will be like Elvis never left. He would keep working and keeping selling all his records and merchandise just like when he was away in the army for 2 years. Funny thing is Elvis did not need him to do that. He only wanted a share of the income. Colonel has not been a part of Elvis estate for years and it’s just as strong without him!!
They were married for 6 years and went out of the courthouse holding hands after the divorce. In the last 3 years she had two affairs, but not as many as Elvis, but Col forced him to travel. She had one with her dance instructor and one with their Karate instructor and Karate guy wrote a book about it. She was so young when they met. She didn't move back to the US until she was almost 18, but they didn't marry until she was almost 22. While he was making movies she was either in Germany with her parents or at Graceland, she was rarely in LA where he was filming. According to both of them they didn't have actual intercourse until their wedding night.
Elvis Kept 2 pistols on him when he went on stage one in his boot and the other in his arm sleeve. Thats what austin butler reached for when u asked what did he have in his boot
So enjoyed your reaction and appreciate YOU!!💜 I prayed the film would take Col Tom to task & it did indeed. My only issue is it might leave viewers believing he suffered an extended destitute life after Elvis passed. In fact, enjoyed a very prosperous career repping other successful acts based on lies he built yet again on Elvis’ back. And no, Col Tom, it was not his love for us that killed him. It was you. It was your selfishness. It was your greed. It was YOU, Col Tom. Period. My husband was so incredibly lucky to see Elvis live. There are times in the film it is hard to tell what is actual footage & what is Austin Butler. TBH, I’d hoped Ansel Elgort would land the role. It’s my understanding he was in the final 3; clearly Baz got it right😉😊 I feel the movie stays very close to legit given Baz Luhrmann’s frenetic style of directing- which I personally enjoy. He did a wonderful job w the mashup of karate, gospel, whorehouse dancers, the comeback special, & If I Can Dream. MASTERFUL would be a word & I grin like a Cheshire Cat ea time I watch it lol Even though I was young & not a big Elvis fan at the time- I can still tell you exactly where I was when I heard the news he’d passed. Just one of those kind of moments😔 HIGHLY recommend you now watch/react to the actual live performance of If I Can Dream as well as the minidoc (14mins) ‘Elvis and the Black Community: That Echo Will Never Die’. You will enjoy both and learn much about Elvis as a person and a performer! Thank You for another fun reaction! Stay safe & love much💖
When it says they did the movies "Cheaper and Faster" it is the truth. I am now reading the two volume biography and a lot of the later movies were done in 2-3 weeks.
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Regarding Elvis's Mom - because she lost a child, I think she was worried that something bad would happy to Elvis. Also, because women in that era had less freedom and fewer opportunities, sometimes moms had a tendency to be superfocused on their children's lives. That could be both good and bad for the children.
Such a great video! It was so great, after seeing this movie so many times and doing deep research dives into Elvis since then, to see someone experience the move for the fist time. Especially someone who didn’t know things that were coming (his mom, the army, the comeback special, etc.). Such a pure reaction, love it!
3:57 They couldn't afford a coffin so they had to bury Jesse in a shoebox. Elvis installed a plaque to him in Graceland. Their middle names matched even if their first names didn't - Elvis Aaron Presley and Jesse Garon Presley. Stories going around of course that when he was a child Elvis would talk to Jesse's grave when he was upset because it calmed him down, and that in the Vegas years people claimed they heard him talking as if he was having a conversation with Jesse and that he genuinely believed that he could hear Jesse's voice in his head (considering what he was on I guess it's not unbelievable that he'd be hallucinating things like that). Gladys Presley was definitely way too clingy with Elvis but I guess if a woman gives birth to a stillborn twin before giving birth to a living twin.......she's always going to worry
Wow. Thanks for that info. You’re right, I could see how losing a child and then your husband going off to prison could explain her attachment to Elvis.
A detail I had to research after seeing the movie was the spelling of 'Aron' on Elvis's draft notice because everywhere else it is Aaron. Apparently, Elvis was named after Jesse; they just removed the 'G'. But later on, as Elvis became more religious, he preferred the more traditional bible version of the name and so that's what was used. I don't recall if he was still technically 'Aron' or if they ever went through the legal process to change it but Vernon put on his grave the way Elvis wanted it spelled regardless of legality. I thought that was a pretty cool detail in the movie.
Austin Butler was astonishingly good in this. My only critique of the movie is that it had too much Tom Hanks. I think Baz had a weird obsession with the Colonel character, but all we wanted to see was Elvis. The Colonel could have had fewer scenes and we would have still understood their relationship. I don't need to see Tom Hanks in his fat suit and cartoon accent in every scene.
My wife gasped in the theater when it switched to Elvis instead of Austin at the end. She had never seen that video of Elvis before. So sad. The movie was great and Austin did an incredible job.
There have been books written about him and most believe he killed a 23 year old woman in Holland. Some say he left Holland the day after she died and all say it was within the week. He left without anything. His family finally noticed him in a picture of him behind Elvis on a train when he came home from the service. He was also a carney in Holland.
I love your reaction. You should be acting some other Elvis biopics. There's been a few good ones. On Tubi there's a two episode miniseries where the guy from the show Tudors plays elvis. It'd be really cool to see your reaction to that one.
@@ChachiSays It was ok. I am not a fan of the need to show his as the abusive controlling person. A lot of that stuff was taken from all the tabloid books written about him after he died so he wasn't around to defend himself. But if you like to spend more time on scenes like all the Sun Records stuff you might enjoy it. Just be warned..the lip syncing is atrocious. I like JRM in the Tudors but he brings alot of his Henry into this role...or I guess you can say he brought a lot of his Elvis role to Henry since Elvis came first, lol. But I would like to see your thoughts on it.
I had same problem withHanks as the colonel. Austin…omg…I felt like a teen again. Ifhedesnt get best actor, the awards and I part company. Elvis…a voice too soon stied.
Yes he was "as good as Brando" in GOOD Roles. I loved Flaming Star. But nobody went to see his dramatic roles if he wasn't performing songs. So they just cranked out cheesy movies that were vehicles for musical performances, which were not great either. Its like the movies we're lacking because it was just a way to show songs and the music numbers were lacking because they were just little interruption in the movie and not given much care. But he was funny. He really understood how to do drama and comedy. And there's was ALWAYS fighting in his movie. He could've been a great dramatic or Action star if studios didn't insist that he had to sing. However the earlier ones like Jailhouse Rock and King Creole, before he went into the army, were great.
1:27 Apparently as far as musicians go it's not unprecedented for a manager to take up to 50% of a clients income, but it is unusual. Most take 10-20%.
After going back to Parker, Elvis felt he had too many responsibilities/family/Memphis Mafia to take care of. And he had to keep making money to keep Graceland. He was caught in a trap.
Quick reminder: Because of copyright concerns, I had to be careful about how much music to leave in the video. I tried to leave in as much as possible!
Austin Butler was FANTASTIC! There was so much more to Elvis than I realized. Thanks so much for watching, everyone! ❤️
That final performance of Elvis's always always brings me to tears. It never fails. Even just the clip they showed, I was in tears in the theater. The idea that he thought he wouldn't leave an impact on the world or music just hurts. If only he knew.
Austin Butler nailed this performance. The first words out of my mom's mouth after she saw this movie was "He better get an award." The amount of research he must've done is mindboggling! I mean, even the If I Can Dream performance in the movie was so much like the actual one. His movements and voice...my jaw dropped when I first heard him speak.
Loved this reaction!
Thank you! 👍 And yes, it was so hard to tell them apart for me when they showed the actual Elvis on screen. Incredible performance. 👏
I saw this 12 times in the theater. If you’re not really familiar with Elvis, you can’t even appreciate fully how amazing Austin Butler really did. No one has ever captured Elvis’s spirit like he did.
Oh man I nerded out During Suspicious Minds and Polk Salad Annie. He got all the moves down! I was like "YAAASSS! HE DID THE THING!"
@@a2thenita172 Right? I think Elvis looked a little more loose, but DAYUM!! Austin killed it. His walk and laugh and everything.
@@gbbryangad Elvis was definitely smoother with it but the fact that they included him sticking the mic in his mouth not once, but twice, I see as an absolute win.
@@a2thenita172 Yes!! Love that.
Same here goli. What a fun movie. Sad but truly glorious. 🙂🙂🙂
Elvis was a tragic figure, but his talent and charisma were real, and 45 years after his death, his influence on popular music and culture continues to echo. He won't be forgotten.
Baz Luhrmann really did his research for this film & covered everything you needed to know about Elvis. I consider this film a masterpiece & I saw it many times, couldn't get enough. The script & cinematography was superb & so was Austin Butlers outstanding performance as he sold it as far as I was concerned & Tom Hanks portrayed the colonel to a tee with the great makeup & all. It'll win for best picture & Austin for best actor.
That “all debts clear” note was basically Elvis’ death warrant. Bro literally worked ALL those shows EVERY YEAR STRAIGHT. On the SAME stage.
Colonel was crying because he felt guilty but at the same time he knew he was selfish. I hope he’s rotting fr.
Yeah you're right. I also think the colonel was crying for joy knowing he'd get filthy rich.
He performed all over the US.
I love Elvis Presley growing up I had his pictures all over my room and this was in 1981. He was so beautiful oh my goodness he was so beautiful.
I have seen this movie 7 times now and cry every time. What a beautiful portrayal of a beautiful man. You are still with us Mr Presley despite your worries that you would be forgotten.
The best movie of 2022 ❤
Austin Butler is coming for his Oscar!
The best movie I have ever seen!
Austin is on his way for the Oscar he was nominated, i hope he wins
“When Lisa Marie was born, E.P. phoned me to say how he was so moved by the experience,” Nancy Sinatra remembered.
But she also explained how Elvis had shared the complexity of his emotions that day, saying he also told her “how he felt it was not fair that she would have such great blessings and the same child born in a ghetto that very night would suffer poverty and want, and God knows what else, perhaps all her life”.
“His heart was so full of love and pain that night,” she added.
I saw it 17 times in theatre! So amazing
Wow that is impressive! I've seen it 12 times in theatre and loved it every time 🙂
@@SheenaRea we may hold the records lol
You should check out the videos on CZcams that show Austin and Elvis on split screen sing the same song from the same concert. It will blow your mind to see them side by side. Austin didn’t play Elvis. He became Elvis.
I’ve been meaning to do that! 👍
@@ChachiSays do it! They are spectacular. 'Suspicious Minds' and 'If I can Dream' are unbelievable.
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Yes!!!
He paid hospital bills for people, including Jackie Wilson who was another performer who did a lot of crazy moves. He bought houses for people. The scene in the movie on the Ferris wheel talking about buy cars is not that far off. He definitely bought hundreds of cars. If anyone did anything for him, he bought them something to say thank you. He never wanted to be alone. I can't remember exactly what happened, but they had more than one lawsuit about how Red and Sunny West treated people as his bodyguards. They wrote a nasty book that came out almost on the day he died. It sold millions and Red and Sonny refused to answer questions about it for over 20 years. He had known them since high school.
I feel so bad for Elvis man! Why do we destroy the people that we love and treasure it makes no sense to me . I wish I could have been there just to give him a hug and tell him everything would be okay and that I got his back. But unfortunately I wasn't around during this time and even if I was I probably wouldn't have been able to get even close to him.
Me too. Reading his bio is even more depressing!
@@nenabunena right! I do I just want to give them a hug I wish I could
@Geek Elvis was a big boy. He knew what he was doing, blaming mental health is a weak and lame excuse.
The zappa troll is almost in every elvis Video and always write the same one_sided nonsense about elvis, he wants to teach us, he probably write down the questions and answers to present them here, to get attention, memorized everything, hahahaha hahahaha
How many fools listen to shit zappa music? Thats the question
Elvis' had glaucoma, insomnia, extreme exhaustion and constipation. Using meds to sleep and ease pain, yet pills is what caused the constipation. Elvis' died a tired and over worked man...deserved better
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I'm reading a book now that says elvis had constipation his whole life. The pills made it worse but did not actually cause it.
ABSOULTLEY! The greedy con CTP had him doing 2 shows a night in Vegas ! Poor Elvis was OVERWORKED bc of the gambling of CTP! 🙏💙
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shout out to all the black artists in this movie yall did yall thang😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yes, Priscilla and the Memphis Mafia all hated Colonel Parker but they did say he was endearing and lit up the room when he walked in and of course was a great salesman.
I was born in 1943 and i have known Elvis since i was 12 im now 79 going on 80 and my Mom said when she saw Elvis on tv its about time the let a male singer move she was well ahead of her time .I bought this movie so i can watch it over and over.Austin is Beyond phenomenal.
My dad went to one of Elvis’ final concerts in December of 1976 at the then brand new Birmingham-Jefferson Coliseum (now called Legacy Arena) in Birmingham, Alabama.
He went with my grandfather and my great grandmother.
He became one of the lucky ones to see Elvis months before his passing. Now I have a “portal” to know what that night in Birmingham was like.
this movie hit me in the heart...💘 ELVIS the king forever... Austin earned his Oscar with hard work! certainly! Joshing Joshua,thank you for such a delicious review 💖
Thank you, Oksana! 🧡
18:28 Apparently they'd originally offered him the lead male role in the 50s movie of 'Cat on a hot tin roof' with Elizabeth Taylor but the Colonel turned it down. Paul Newman still did a great job in the role but you're left wondering what Elvis's performance would've been like if he'd been given the chance - apparently he had some decent acting skills and could've been a good one if given the chance and some coaching.
Love details like this. I know I left it out of my video but I enjoy the fact that Barbara Streisand and the Colonel butted heads which is why he wasn’t in that rendition of A Star is Born. I hope that’s true 😂
he was very good; just go watch some of his films. 'King Creole' is one if his personal favorites and yes, he was very good it in. I actually REALLY enjoyed him in 'Love Me Tender.' It's shame they kept insisting he sing in all of them.
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Parker wanted that!
@@ChachiSays thank you Josh! FANTATIC review you have done of this AMAZINGLY entertaining movie! YOUR commentry is sensitive , funny, spot on and very perceptive! I never thought I could love this movie more then I do but loved watching it with you and watching and listening to your reactions and comments! 10 times so far I have watched ELVIS at the big screen CINEMA 🥰fr.Australia OSCORS GALLORE FOR ELVIS THE MOVIE IS SENSATIONAL BRILLIANT AWESOME ARTISTIC FANTASTIC!
@@joannemurdock7899 thank you, Joanne! And I agree! This movie better get some Oscar love! 👏
This, along with “Nope”, have been my 2 favorite films this year. Of course I’m a huge fan of Baz Luhrman films anyway.
Same! I love Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge! 🙌
Austin won the GG and he has 14 awards now on to SAG and the Oscar
Austin Butler blew me away! Wow!
His mom was terrified to lose another son. Remember he was a twin.
After I watched your Elvis video this one I went and I watched the movie and I was honestly surprised it was really really good I had no idea Elvis went through all that b******* and I love that he originally started from the blues I love that
Aw, I’m so glad you decided to watch it 🙂
Funny thing that happened during filming all of the costume montages. Many times Elvis would toss his guitar to one of the band members. You only see it once in the last montage and he is wearing black. They had to practice and sometimes he kind of threw in over his shoulder. Austin had not worn all of the costumes and some weighed about 25 lbs and had capes. The first one he tried with a cape, the cape caught on the guitar and Austin hit himself in the temple really hard and he said he was seeing stars and then Baz noticed he was bleeding. He says he still has a scar.
Oh my gosh! 😮 And a 25 lbs costume? Imagine dancing in that thing 😆
I love watching you do this interview. I have watched so many younger people reviewing various songs with Elvis doing them, especially, "If I Can Dream". It is so strange watching kids discover Elvis. I was born in 1946 so I remember him starting out and I remember his movies, the one I thought he did the best dramatic acting in is "Flaming Star". I read Sammy Davis, Jr's autobiography years ago, but recently was reminded that he and Elvis were good friends and that they were being consider for "The Defiant Ones" that went to Tony Curtis and Sidney Poirier, but the Parker refused to let him even consider it because the thought Elvis being handcuffed to a Black man wouldn't sell records. I have been studying a lot because I only knew Elvis from fan magazines at the beauty shop or in the newspaper. Where I was in Texas the main controversy had to do with the moves and not the racist things or I haven't found any in the Texas papers.
Great reaction!! So, the Colonel loved Elvis in the way a sociopath loves someone - he loved the money that Elvis could bring him. I don't believe he had a single shred of empathy for the man and especially didn't give a flying you know what about his creative desires as an artist. All he wanted was a steady check; the 'for sure; money. And Elvis, who knew nothing about finances and really could not care LESS about money, left all business decisions up to the Colonel. By the time he wanted out, it was way too late to escape, as far as he knew. All Elvis wanted to was to be able to take care of the people he loved and the people that worked for him, and to please his fans. He was happy with that, but when the Colonel's decisions started interfering with his desires to be a better actor or travel, for instance, the Colonel was able to use Elvis' desire to provide for those he loved against him, and also his fear of being unable to do that by cleaning him out financially. If Elvis had taken him to court, he would most probably have won - but he didn't know that and felt like he couldn't take the risk.
When Elvis died, the colonel's first reaction was to call up RCA and tell them to print more records.
My god, that man was deplorable. He absolutely preyed on Elvis’s love for others. 😡
@@ChachiSays the man showed up to the funeral in casual attire with a contract for Vernon to sign right then and there. To give him the rights to everything Elvis related (that he didn’t already have). So messed up.
@@reneebush2399 the audacity of that man, I can’t believe all that he got away with for so long
Grow up, the reason Elvis kept signing with the colonel and did what the colonel told him to do was because he had some damming evidence on Elvis, so much that it could and would destroy his career. Do you have a problem with the colonel ordering more records? wasn't that a good thing? what did you expect him to do?
@@ChachiSays Elvis allowed it.
Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are amazing 😂
To be fair, I’ve never tried them but…🥴 lol
Even just watching these great trailers makes me choke up. I remember when he got drafted. We thought it was over for elvis. Can yu believe it's Austin after 1968? Austin is such an enigma in Hollywood. I just hope this secret part of Austin goes on like Brad Pitt and has a long slow climbing career. Yes elvis was so trusting of his dad to manage the money. Gmab. His income should have been in invested.
Watch the special, Elvis sings a ton of songs. 1968 was a bad year, MLK, RFK and 16,899 soldiers in Vietnam, the worst year. I graduated in 1964 which was the year they really increased the number drafted.
They talk about Elvis being a big spender, but he paid people's medical bills, he bought people houses. I saw the cook for Graceland, this little old Black lady, on David Letterman. She had a book of Elvis's favorite recipes. She said when Elvis hired her, he told her she would have a job until she didn't want to be there, and she was still there decades after he died. David asked if Elvis ever bought her anything and she had his huge ring with diamonds and emeralds. David asked if he bought her a Cadillac. She said the first one was a Ford, but all of those after were Cadillac's.
Elvis sold over a billion records as a solo recording artist, and it's still going up. No one except George Strait comes close. The Beatles were a group so they don't count. Josh your review was priceless.
9:47 As off as her relationship with her son felt in this movie, Gladys at least could (mostly) see through the Colonel.
4:18 I think an old friend of his Sam Bell whom Baz Luhrmann personally interviewed and who still referred to Elvis as 'E.P.' said that no one there cared about race or colour because everyone was too focused on getting by day to day - that's how poor that area was. I think someone also said about that area that everyone was despised regardless of their race or skin tone by those outside the area because they were that poor. Still, Sam Bell also said that Elvis was allowed to come over to his house any time because he was always polite, and because of how rare even there it was to see a young white boy saying things like 'Yes Sir' when visiting an African-American family.
Either way even living in the government housing project when the family moved to Memphis was a step up.
The best scene in the movie is unchained melody ending,and the second best scene is when elvis says:"lord have mercy" *puts microphone in mouth* Lmao😅
I saw the movie in the cinema & I left crying. Elvis was so wonderful he did not deserve what happened to him for letting himself be carried away by that leech of a manager he died too soon and had a lot to offer of his talent he was a super star too beautiful .
Elvis Presley was one year older than me when he died that is tragic
Thank you for this heartfelt reaction! ❤ It's an amazing movie and it hit me hard at the end. Austin Butler was insanely good in it too.
I am a long time ELVIS fan. ELVIS 2022 is the only ELVIS movie I ever liked. It is a befitting tribute to the one & only ELVIS PRESLEY. Wthe movies release long time fans say WELCOME BACK TO THE BUILDING ELVIS! WELCOME BACK. WE MISSED YOU SO!
In 18 mons Elvis went from $75 a show to $4000. His mother was always worried about her only child.
Great reaction young man!🕺🕺🕺. I’ve been an Elvis fan my whole life. Awesome sauce you loved the film. Austin Butler is 🔥
I agree! Thank you, Jonathan!
In the 1950s Black artists couldn't get played except on black stations, but if other people recorded their music they would get royalties and paid for the use and then get a royalty every time it was played. Little Richard believed he had been the king of rock and roll, but could not get played and when Elvis covered "Tutti Fruitti" he got money. He considered Elvis a friend and so did BB King. There is an interview done in probably the 1990s with one of Elvis' childhood friends when he lived in the black community. If you search "Sam Bell, Elvis Presley". There are later interviews with Baz Lurhman and then Sam Bell died in 2020. Sam's older bro, worked at the theater in Tupelo. Sam and the his black friends would sneak in on the black side and Elvis on the white. After the movie started Elvis would move over the barrier. The owner finally told them he knew what they were doing, but since they sat on the steps and didn't use a seat it was okay.
Yes this ELVIS movie was an eye opener to the 50s!
Love your reaction. Agree Austin killed it. Saw it 3 times
Thank you, Joan!
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His mother was 42 when she died. She died on Aug 14 and he died on Aug 16, 19 years apart. Something spooky, Austin Butler was born on Aug 17, the day after the 14th anniversary of Elvis's death.
I love this film! Such an amazing way to tell Elvis’s life in the film. The cast, music, editing of the film. All of it well done. I only ever found one issue with it. I thought I was the only one who thought the relationship with his mom was a bit off as well. My only problem with this film is the mother’s nickname for him, Booby. I cringe whenever I hear it. Thanks for uploading.
At Elvis' wake the Col. took Vernon to the kitchen and got him to sign over rights for the Merch and his name.
I watched a docu abt elvis and his health and what happened when he died, why he died, and explaining his autopsy results. They said that if elvis were to have shaved all his hair off and let it all grow out again, that it would've grown out completely white due to all the stress he was under.
My gosh, this poor man. He deserved better. 😥
Aqui hago otro comentario si baz lurhmann y todo el elenco hizeron una obra maestra con esta película y la academia sigue cometiendo errores garrafales al no darle ni un Oscar cuando debera haber ganado en todas las categorías pero m alegra que los que si saben d cine y d un biopic tan maravilloso como ELVIS si les dieron lis premios que se merecian muchas felicidades baz lurhmann a ti y a todo tu elenco y gracias por escojer a Austin Butler es el mejor Elvis que he visto no a abido ni abra otro vomo el para ELVIS PRESLEY gracias a ti austin por traernos al gran Elvis Presley ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Really enjoyed this reaction
It makes it sound like he only had him working 6 weeks at the hotel and 15 days, but he worked him year round. He only got credit at that hotel and only while Elvis was there, so he had to keep him working because when Elvis was not at the hotel he had to pay his debts off. They believe at one time he owe 30 mil. Elvis made 21 movies in 7 years and during that time he was not allowed to tour. When they first started out, at one time in Florida he had Elvis do 21 shows in 9 days at 7 different cities.
This Elvis movie is NOT a biopic because although it is sold as a movie about the relation between Colonel Tom Parker, his manager, and Elvis it also touches on his personal life. And that is where a lot is wrong because it is totally biased in favor of his EX wife Priscilla Beaulieu who, unfortunately, is becoming more and more known as Elvis' wife, not the ex, which can make new fans assume that she is his widow. It might sound great to many that Priscilla gave the movie her blessing. But the fact remains that she has changed a lot of Elvis history to suit her story. I'm sure he loved her for some of the time they knew each other, but in reality, she barely spent any time alone with him. They met in September 1959 in Germany and he returned to the US in March of 1960. Then they did not have any contact until 1962, the year of her first visit to him in Memphis, from where they (which included his entire entourage) traveled to Las Vegas. She was 17 then (born May 24, 1945). In December she visited again, for Christmas. In 1963 she first moved in with Elvis' father Vernon and stepmother Dee, but after a while she moved into the main house. During these years, Elvis was away from Memphis a lot, making 3 movies a year in Hollywood or locations such as Hawaii. And during all these years he was also still seeing other women. Priscilla herself said multiple times they were hardly ever alone. According to Priscilla, Elvis had promised to marry her when she was 21. But as her birthday had come and gone and her 22nd birthday was approaching and Elvis still had not kept his word, Priscilla, her parents and the colonel (Tom Parker) visited Elvis on a movie set. Nobody knows what really happened there, except that some time during that visit, Elvis had a mysterious fall in the bathroom. All of a sudden everything escalated and a quick wedding ceremony was arranged on May 1, 1967 (23 days before Priscilla's 22nd birthday) in Las Vegas. The strange thing about that was not just the timing, but also that many people who were close to Elvis were contacted by Parker's people to not attend the wedding. The whole ceremony took just a few minutes and afterwards they were ushered into a room for a press conference. Priscilla soon became pregnant, but halfway through her pregnancy, Elvis already wanted to divorce her. 9 months after the wedding, daughter Lisa Marie was born, after which there was almost no physical relationship between Elvis and Priscilla. By then the 1968 Comeback Special had given a new impulse to his career and from 1969 on he was away from Memphis touring the US for an average of 200 days a year. Both Elvis and Priscilla had affairs during their short marriage. They separated in February of 1972 when Priscilla and Lisa moved to California and Elvis remained in Memphis. He filed for divorce on his 38th birthday, January 8, 1973. The divorce was finalized in October of 1973. Priscilla rejected the name Presley and returned to her maiden name Beaulieu after the divorce, stating she wanted to be her own person. She even started a business under that name. But after Elvis died, she soon changed her name to Beaulieu-Presley and some time after that she dropped her maiden name and started calling herself Presley again. She had several relationships after her divorce. In 1984 she met Marco Garibaldi with whom she had a relationship for 21 years. They separated in 2006. Together they had a son, Navarone, in 1987. She never married Garibaldi, although she had a much longer relationship with him than she'd had with Elvis, possibly because she wanted to hang on to the Presley name. Interesting detail is that Elvis did not mention Priscilla at all in his will; not even as guardian of his only child, Lisa Marie. Elvis' cousin Billy Smith and his wife Jo have already said that so many things are not right as far as things concerning Priscilla are concerned. Linda Thompson is right: i.postimg.cc/hjYL9bkt/linda-thompson.jpg and Elvis' bassist from the TCB band, Jerry Scheff, doesn't hold back and tells it like it is: i.postimg.cc/FK2GdjDc/Jerry-Scheff-Elvis-movie-comment.jpg.
Elvis was born in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (czcams.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/video.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Wow! That was one interesting read. I need to watch an Elvis documentary now. I need it. Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
@@ChachiSays there are plenty to choose from (and hopefully react to?)
Elvis and the Black. Community, Elvis a boy from Tupelo are good starts. There is also a good documentary about the 68’ comeback special. Do you allow link in the comment section to be shared. I can send you some if you would like.
@@reneebush2399 yes, I do. Please feel free to link away 👍
wow, the first part is going to make the girls pull there knickers back up.
what you failed to add is that Elvis was a woman abuser and loved luring 14 year old girls into his bed.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Don't believe everything Elvis haters tell you. Priscilla is the only 14 year old he had contact with, but he did not sleep with any 14-year-olds, including Priscilla. At the time they met, he had a girlfriend back home, Anita Wood, who was 2 years younger than he was. His first girlfriends were 3 years younger than him, while he himself was still a teenager. Actress Natalie Wood, whom he dated a few times when he first came to Hollywood, was also just 3 years younger than he was. Judy Spreckles and Pat Sheehan were 4 years OLDER than he was. Yvonne Lime 3 months younger than he was. Ann-Margret was 6 years younger than he was, but both were in their twenties when they dated. Linda Thompson was 22 when Elvis started a relationship with her at 37, which lasted almost 5 years. His last girlfriend for the last 8 months of his life, Ginger Alden, was 21, so half his age, but clearly not a 14-year-old.
He had two months a year in Vegas and performed all over the USA. He had to keep performing all year because when Elvis wasn't at the International, the col had to pay off what he owed. It only shows him doing 2 songs in a show, but he did a lot more and 2 a day. I saw him at the Houston livestock show and rodeo in Houston in Feb. 1970.
To answer your questions about the colonel; He did not show much love to him at all. He only was interested in the money. He showed no emotion at his funeral & came dressed improper. I heard he implied that it will be like Elvis never left. He would keep working and keeping selling all his records and merchandise just like when he was away in the army for 2 years.
Funny thing is Elvis did not need him to do that. He only wanted a share of the income. Colonel has not been a part of Elvis estate for years and it’s just as strong without him!!
They were married for 6 years and went out of the courthouse holding hands after the divorce. In the last 3 years she had two affairs, but not as many as Elvis, but Col forced him to travel. She had one with her dance instructor and one with their Karate instructor and Karate guy wrote a book about it. She was so young when they met. She didn't move back to the US until she was almost 18, but they didn't marry until she was almost 22. While he was making movies she was either in Germany with her parents or at Graceland, she was rarely in LA where he was filming. According to both of them they didn't have actual intercourse until their wedding night.
According to the 1940 Census, Elvis's parents had only gone to 5th grade, so his daddy as Business manager was not good.
Elvis Kept 2 pistols on him when he went on stage one in his boot and the other in his arm sleeve. Thats what austin butler reached for when u asked what did he have in his boot
Thank you! So he kept two guns on him, the man was prepared 😆
@@ChachiSays when you re watch the beginning montage of him preparing for the show, you will see him throw his pant leg over the gun.
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He had gotten several death threats! 4 men came on stage on him, his bg's got 3 of them, EP kicked the other one off stage, haha!
@@naomiwarner7117 legend! 🙌😂
@@naomiwarner7117 I wonder if it was set up by CTP bc he did not want elvis performing overseas!
So enjoyed your reaction and appreciate YOU!!💜
I prayed the film would take Col Tom to task & it did indeed. My only issue is it might leave viewers believing he suffered an extended destitute life after Elvis passed. In fact, enjoyed a very prosperous career repping other successful acts based on lies he built yet again on Elvis’ back. And no, Col Tom, it was not his love for us that killed him. It was you. It was your selfishness. It was your greed. It was YOU, Col Tom. Period.
My husband was so incredibly lucky to see Elvis live. There are times in the film it is hard to tell what is actual footage & what is Austin Butler. TBH, I’d hoped Ansel Elgort would land the role. It’s my understanding he was in the final 3; clearly Baz got it right😉😊
I feel the movie stays very close to legit given Baz Luhrmann’s frenetic style of directing- which I personally enjoy. He did a wonderful job w the mashup of karate, gospel, whorehouse dancers, the comeback special, & If I Can Dream. MASTERFUL would be a word & I grin like a Cheshire Cat ea time I watch it lol
Even though I was young & not a big Elvis fan at the time- I can still tell you exactly where I was when I heard the news he’d passed. Just one of those kind of moments😔
HIGHLY recommend you now watch/react to the actual live performance of If I Can Dream as well as the minidoc (14mins) ‘Elvis and the Black Community: That Echo Will Never Die’. You will enjoy both and learn much about Elvis as a person and a performer!
Thank You for another fun reaction!
Stay safe & love much💖
When it says they did the movies "Cheaper and Faster" it is the truth. I am now reading the two volume biography and a lot of the later movies were done in 2-3 weeks.
That’s wild. 😮
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Regarding Elvis's Mom - because she lost a child, I think she was worried that something bad would happy to Elvis. Also, because women in that era had less freedom and fewer opportunities, sometimes moms had a tendency to be superfocused on their children's lives. That could be both good and bad for the children.
Such a great video! It was so great, after seeing this movie so many times and doing deep research dives into Elvis since then, to see someone experience the move for the fist time. Especially someone who didn’t know things that were coming (his mom, the army, the comeback special, etc.). Such a pure reaction, love it!
I loved your reaction and your vibe ❤
3:57 They couldn't afford a coffin so they had to bury Jesse in a shoebox. Elvis installed a plaque to him in Graceland. Their middle names matched even if their first names didn't - Elvis Aaron Presley and Jesse Garon Presley. Stories going around of course that when he was a child Elvis would talk to Jesse's grave when he was upset because it calmed him down, and that in the Vegas years people claimed they heard him talking as if he was having a conversation with Jesse and that he genuinely believed that he could hear Jesse's voice in his head (considering what he was on I guess it's not unbelievable that he'd be hallucinating things like that). Gladys Presley was definitely way too clingy with Elvis but I guess if a woman gives birth to a stillborn twin before giving birth to a living twin.......she's always going to worry
Wow. Thanks for that info. You’re right, I could see how losing a child and then your husband going off to prison could explain her attachment to Elvis.
A detail I had to research after seeing the movie was the spelling of 'Aron' on Elvis's draft notice because everywhere else it is Aaron. Apparently, Elvis was named after Jesse; they just removed the 'G'. But later on, as Elvis became more religious, he preferred the more traditional bible version of the name and so that's what was used. I don't recall if he was still technically 'Aron' or if they ever went through the legal process to change it but Vernon put on his grave the way Elvis wanted it spelled regardless of legality. I thought that was a pretty cool detail in the movie.
She worried her self to death over Elvis, thinking she would lose him also!
My Grandma actually went to I believe a LIVE Elvis Concert, don’t know which one, but it’s true.
OSCORS GALLORE FOR ELVIS THE MOVIE IS SENSATIONAL BRILLIANT AWESOME ARTISTIC FANTASTIC
Austin Butler was astonishingly good in this.
My only critique of the movie is that it had too much Tom Hanks. I think Baz had a weird obsession with the Colonel character, but all we wanted to see was Elvis. The Colonel could have had fewer scenes and we would have still understood their relationship. I don't need to see Tom Hanks in his fat suit and cartoon accent in every scene.
😆 I think I agree. It did feel like the Colonel show a lot of the time.
I just finished reading The Colonel and they are really way to nice.
Man Tom Hanks did a great job I cannot stand him in this movie
I completely forgot it was him. Made him so easy to hate 😄
Austin Butler was Beyond phenomenal.
My wife gasped in the theater when it switched to Elvis instead of Austin at the end. She had never seen that video of Elvis before. So sad. The movie was great and Austin did an incredible job.
My favorite part🐶🐶🐶❤️❤️😂😂😂
I know they're trying to make it seem like Priscilla was the voice of reason but I honestly don't believe that for a second
Oop. I’m guessing there’s more to Priscilla than I realize.
He** NO Me either!
She still milking him too. To this day. . for elvis legacy they say..
Amazing movie, all that music and crazy editing... i watched 3 times and want to watch more
It’s great.
There have been books written about him and most believe he killed a 23 year old woman in Holland. Some say he left Holland the day after she died and all say it was within the week. He left without anything. His family finally noticed him in a picture of him behind Elvis on a train when he came home from the service. He was also a carney in Holland.
What first got Austin to really get into Elvis was Austin was close to his mom and both of them were 23 when their mothers died.
Such a great movie!! Love your reaction!🥰🥰❤❤💯💯
Santa Claus is bringing you a lawsuit
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The pinky finger 😂😂😂
great reaction, watched this movie 4 times in cinema lmao
I love your reaction. You should be acting some other Elvis biopics. There's been a few good ones. On Tubi there's a two episode miniseries where the guy from the show Tudors plays elvis. It'd be really cool to see your reaction to that one.
I might just do that. Thanks for for recommendation 🙂
Also the 1979 TV movie starring Kurt Russel!
@@ChachiSays It was ok. I am not a fan of the need to show his as the abusive controlling person. A lot of that stuff was taken from all the tabloid books written about him after he died so he wasn't around to defend himself. But if you like to spend more time on scenes like all the Sun Records stuff you might enjoy it. Just be warned..the lip syncing is atrocious. I like JRM in the Tudors but he brings alot of his Henry into this role...or I guess you can say he brought a lot of his Elvis role to Henry since Elvis came first, lol. But I would like to see your thoughts on it.
I had same problem withHanks as the colonel. Austin…omg…I felt like a teen again. Ifhedesnt get best actor, the awards and I part company. Elvis…a voice too soon stied.
🙂Love this reaction
He didn't really have much of a choice and even after he died the Col was trying to sell Merchidise with his name on it. Elvis was in a huge circle.
He had a gun in his boot.
You know what's crazy that elvis and Austin butler both have in common they both lost their Mom at the age of 23 it's true
Oh my gosh, that’s wild and sad 😞
True!
His manager was a POS and he did kill him he worked him to death.🥺 I love you Elvis Presley
and Elvis allowed it to happen.
Zappa troll hat dich niemand lieb? Hahahaha
Elvis made 56 movies.
My favorites
Flaming Star
Love Me Tender
Change of Habit
Kid Creole
Jailhouse Rock
My gosh, I didn’t know he made that many 😮
It was 31 movies & 2 concert documentaries in the 70s
Austin Butler Dedicates His Oscar Nomination To The Late Lisa Marie Presley
Austin Butler sings everything before 1960.
Fantastic movie
Yes he was "as good as Brando" in GOOD Roles. I loved Flaming Star. But nobody went to see his dramatic roles if he wasn't performing songs. So they just cranked out cheesy movies that were vehicles for musical performances, which were not great either. Its like the movies we're lacking because it was just a way to show songs and the music numbers were lacking because they were just little interruption in the movie and not given much care. But he was funny. He really understood how to do drama and comedy. And there's was ALWAYS fighting in his movie. He could've been a great dramatic or Action star if studios didn't insist that he had to sing.
However the earlier ones like Jailhouse Rock and King Creole, before he went into the army, were great.
Thanks for the info! 👍 I may have to check some of these out.
Not weird…since her other son ( Elvis twin) died at birth she was being a normal mom…clung to her remaining son
Great reaction. Loved your analysis all through out the movie.
Thanks so much! 🙂
1:27 Apparently as far as musicians go it's not unprecedented for a manager to take up to 50% of a clients income, but it is unusual. Most take 10-20%.
Gosh, it seems like so much! That’s wild.
Col only has credit when Elvis is there.
After going back to Parker, Elvis felt he had too many responsibilities/family/Memphis Mafia to take care of. And he had to keep making money to keep Graceland. He was caught in a trap.