This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.
Kurt Russell
Elvis Presley
Shelley Winters
Gladys Presley
Bing Russell
Vernon Presley
Robert Gray
Red West
Pat Hingle
Colonel Tom Parker
Season Hubley
Priscilla Presley
Melody Anderson
Bonnie
Ed Begley Jr.
D.J. Fontana
James Canning
Scotty Moore
Charles Cyphers
Sam Phillips
Peter Hobbs
Jim Denny
Les Lannom
Sonny West
Elliott Street
Bill Black
Will Jordan
Ed Sullivan
Joe Mantegna
Joe Esposito
Galen Thompson
Hank Snow
Ellen Travolta
Marion Keisker
Abi Young
Natalie Wood
Felicia Fenske
Lisa Marie Presley
Randy Gray
Elvis as a Boy
Meg Wyllie
Grandma
Charlie Hodge
Self
Nora Boland
Teacher
Larry Geller
Self
Jim Greenleaf
2nd Reporter
Dennis Christopher
Nick Adams
Bill Erwin
Mario Gallo
Del Hinkley
Theodore Lehmann
Jack McCulloch
Larry Pennell
Paul Beaulieu
Ed Ruffalo
Ken Smolka
David Hunt Stafford
Dennis Stewart
Dick Young
Christian Berrigan
Ronnie McDowell
Elvis Presley (singing voice)
Director
John Carpenter
Writer
Anthony Lawrence
March 9, 2025
A more romanticized look at Elvis's life that took liberties with the story making the people who surrounded him look better than they were, especially Parker and his Parents. They also focused a little much on Elvis and Percila and really drove home who off the pairing was, with there being 10 years difference between them. Something the newer one didn't address. With her even still going to high school when they got together. Although the other one does them breaking up after Vegas and showed Elvis making his Xmas special, this one skipped all that and even had him being nervous about the show instead of excited. It also kind of showed Elvis in a bad light, with him being even more obsessed with his dead brother, who died at birth, then his mother was. They also made it look like joining the army was his idea when it was either that or go to jail for jay-riding on TV.