I am not sure this is near the truth or fabricated nonsense. Elvis was passe when I was a teenager. I became aware of music,post Beatles. I did not like their early music, but some of their later stuff was exceptional. Like Frank Sinatra ,to me Elvis was a name I had no interest in. He seemed stuck in a time warp. He had fans from that period of course. My music was Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Clapton Joe Cocker etc.. In country it was George Jones Merle Haggard,and others. I did remember Elvis as a hideous bloated freak playing in Vegas toward the end.
Having seen several Elvis Documentaries, I found out he was a doctor shopping druggie. He had a huge retinue of leaches that drained whatever money he didnt squander himself. Parker was a degenerate gambler and at the end Elvis was in serious financial difficulty.
In a recent poll of random music experts, myself, Wife, UPS guy, Cop neighbor and his wife Elvis got the nod over the Beatles as most influential in music. Keep in mind none of us were alive or aware of him during his peak days. I went with the Beatles but was outvoted by a large margin. I mean the guy sold a billion records, world wide. The Beatles considered him an icon. His music, with black influences,but sung by a white guy was truly original.
My main complaint with this movie is the sound quality on Amazon. We saw Bohemian Rhapsody at the movies and it was great. Maybe this would be in a better venue. We are trying to correct the sound quality and that really hurt this production. Yes the actor does look very Elvis like and Hanks does a great evil Col. Parker. Evidently Parker was Dutch ,so the weird accent is correct.
Having seen several Elvis Documentaries, I found out he was a doctor shopping druggie. He had a huge retinue of leaches that drained whatever money he didnt squander himself. Parker was a degenerate gambler and at the end Elvis was in serious financial difficulty.
In a recent poll of random music experts, myself, Wife, UPS guy, Cop neighbor and his wife Elvis got the nod over the Beatles as most influential in music. Keep in mind none of us were alive or aware of him during his peak days. I went with the Beatles but was outvoted by a large margin. I mean the guy sold a billion records, world wide. The Beatles considered him an icon. His music, with black influences,but sung by a white guy was truly original.
My main complaint with this movie is the sound quality on Amazon. We saw Bohemian Rhapsody at the movies and it was great. Maybe this would be in a better venue. We are trying to correct the sound quality and that really hurt this production. Yes the actor does look very Elvis like and Hanks does a great evil Col. Parker. Evidently Parker was Dutch ,so the weird accent is correct.