PREVIEW: Elvis (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Helen Thomson (A Man’s Gotta Do), Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!), Olivia DeJonge (The Visit), Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge), Natasha Bassett (12 Mighty Orphans), Patrick Sheare (The Devil and the Dragonfly), David Wenham (Australia), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog), Josh McConville (1%), Kate Mulvany (The Great Gatsby), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce), Xavier Samuel (Adore), Adam Dunn (Last Ride), Leon Ford (The Great Raid), Charles Grounds (Crazy Rich Asians), Yola Quartey (film debut), Alton Mason (film debut), Gary Clark Jr. (Honeydripper), Chaydon Jay (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!), director, writer, producer; Sam Bromell (film debut), Jeremy Doner (Heartbreaker) and Craig Pearce (Strictly Ballroom), writers; Gail Berman (The Addams Family), Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby), Patrick McCormick (Black Mass) and Schuyler Weiss (Piercing), producers; Elliott Wheeler (Restraint), composer; Mandy Walker (Australia), cinematographer; Jonathan Redmond (The Great Gatsby) and Matt Villa (The Water Diviner), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the 1950s, young singer Elvis Presley (Butler) becomes an unprecedented icon under the management of Colonel Tom Packer (Hanks), and over the course of twenty years their complex relationship sees its fair share of ups and downs…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Baz Luhrmann brings his irreverent style to this biographical story of one of the world’s most popular singers, played in a star-making role by Austin Butler, and his relationship with enigmatic manager Colonel Tom Packer, who is brought to life by a dazzling Tom Hanks.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 24TH JUNE 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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