Austin Butler

Tom Hanks

Olivia DeJonge

Helen Thomson

Richard Roxburgh

Kelvin Harrison, Jr.

David Wenham

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Luke Bracey

Dacre Montgomery

Leon Ford

Gary Clark Jr.

Yola

Natasha Bassett

Xavier Samuel

Adam Dunn

Alton Mason

Shonka Dukureh

David Gannon

Shannon Sanders

Charles Grounds

Josh McConville

Kate Mulvany

Gareth Davies

Chaydon Jay

Christian Kisando

John Mukristayo

Miles Burton

Gad Banza

Aristene Kisando

Senayt Mebrahtu

Princess Mariama Andrews

Sharon Brooks

Nicholas Bell

Anthony Phelan

Sandro Colarelli

Cle Morgan

Charles Allen

Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Liz Blackett

Mike Bingaman

Christian McCarty

Tony Nixon

Andrea Moor

Mark Leonard Winter

Hugh Parker

Thomas Larkin

Hilton Hyppolite Denis

Christopher Sommers

Brad Leaver

Simon Mallory

Terepai Richmond

Alex Knight

Jordan A. Holland

Lenesha Randolph

Elizabeth Cullen

Angie Milliken

Luke Corrin Care

Jack McGirr

Miranda Frangou

Lakota Johnson

Ruby Gonzales-Judd

Greg Powell

Patrick Shearer

Sarah Ogden

Iain Gardiner

Melina Vidler

Traneshia Chiles

Lauren McClinton

Gary Haile

Kellee Halford

Angela Hill

Jamiah Hudson

Norris Jones

Stephen Ladson

Alfreda McCrary

Angela McCrary

Beverly Ann McCrary

Keb' Mo'

Tamica Nicole

Marqo Patton

Robert Randolph

Calvin Settles II

Calvin V. Settles, Sr.

Ira Wayne Settles, Sr.

Odessa L. Settles

Sara Settles

Shirley M. Settles

Jacqueline Smith-Jefferson

Torshia Suggs

Cameron Keith Walls

Andrea Baker

Libe Barer

Doug Burch

Cathy Cavadini

Elvis Presley

Jeremy Doner

Jonathan Redmond

Baz Luhrmann

Matt Villa

Anton Monsted

Elliott Wheeler

Tom Wood

Michael Minkler

Corinne Clery

Nicolette Eva

Anna Gray

Catherine Martin

Mandy Walker

Karen Murphy

Tuesday Stone

Matt Wynne

Nikki Barrett

Sam Bromell

Ian Gracie

Gary Archer

Tanika Pratt

Alice Wilkinson

Fiona Crawford

Devin Gray

Rachel van Baarle

Rachelle Mejia

Tony Drew

Andrew Kattie

Ineke Majoor

Greg P. Fitzgerald

Wayne Pashley

Andy Nelson

Michael Keller

Kate Wormald

Toby Emmerich

Meow Nutjaree Wannasri

Hine Mark

Karen Gardner

Connor Barton

Alice Gracie

Prudence Williams

Greig Wagner

Rob Versluis

Emily Tate

Tabitha Tendolle

Kelly Louise Evans

Russell Grant

Shelly Wallace

Chloe Donaldson

Beth Day

Shaye Tendolle

Amelia Nowlan

Alex Miller

Lleyton Hails

Katrina West

Erin O'Shiel

Stephanie Tiltman

Barbara Harris

Kate Boladian

Jono Watts

Angela Sippel

Blake Lindsell

Russ Gallagher

Nicholas Copping

Lani Carroll

Kristi McLaren

Walter Ratcliffe

Karl Van Moorsel

Candice Mars Williamson

Timothy Mossop

Elke Hinrichsen

Gracie Raymond

Jake Walton

Sarah Taylor

James Cowling

Murray Alford

Seron Chau

David Quinn

Georgia Karamihas

Natalie Wall

Maree Burke

Charlotte St Baker

Liz Ludwitzke

Gulliver Page

Glenn Ruehland

Ilana Collins

Jay Corry

Henry Karjalainen

Zachariah Dominello

Sophie McWilliam-Kerry

Grace Conlon

Fletcher Donohue

Bridget Burt

Brittany Girven

Drama

Music

History

Elvis

Warner Bros. Pictures

Bazmark

The Jackal Group

Australia

United States of America

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After about ten minutes, I was both exhausted and terrified. Was what I had just seen - colourful but frenetic and haphazard going to continue? Well, it does calm down - and continues to quite cleverly interweave the early years and aspirations of this young boy with the openly racist political situation that prevailed in the Southern United States in the early 1940s. From here on in, I am treating this as a provocative and entertaining but entirely speculative drama about this man. Historians always argue about what did happen - or what might have, and I haven't any factual insight to add. On that basis, this is a quickly paced and creatively structured depiction of the main points of the life of Elvis. Austin Butler has an uncanny resemblance. As was often said of Dustin Hoffman, it's a fine line between mimicry and acting, but here I think Butler is more in the latter corner. He puts enormous effort into this portrayal. Physically and emotionally he gives convincingly of his all, leaving us in no doubt as to the talents and raw charisma that drove Presley to sell more records than anyone else. History tells us that he was discovered, and that until his death he had a pretty turbulent relationship with his promoter - Col. Tom Parker (Tom Hanks). Hanks is fine, no better. His make up did distract me, especially as he aged, and his accent isn't the best; but he features surprisingly sparingly even if he is essentially relaying the narrative to us. Virtually all of this focusses on the excellent Butler as he demonstrates the highs and low of this man who ended up craving love and adulation as readily as anyone can crave drugs or booze (though he used his fair share of them too). I could have done with more flesh on the bones of his relationship with his mother and his wife, but the depictions of the parasitic hangers-on who continually bleed him dry leave us with a potent image of a not unintelligent man who brought pleasure to millions with his gyrating, his songs and his personality, but maybe didn't keep that much back for himself. It's planet Baz, so of course it is flamboyant and busy, the musical numbers are fluid and full of energy. Once it settles down it is a vibrant and lively effort that really does fly by and that I really did enjoy.