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Elvis Presley: The Searcher

  • 20182018
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 3h 25m
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
A look at the development of Elvis' spellbinding artistry, from his early blues and country roots and influences through his seismic contributions to popular culture to his 1976 recording sessions at the Jungle Room in Graceland.
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    • Thom Zimny
    • Alan Light
  • Stars
    • Steve Allen(archive footage)
    • Ann-Margret(archive footage)
    • Chet Atkins(archive footage)
    • Thom Zimny
    • Alan Light
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    • Steve Allen(archive footage)
    • Ann-Margret(archive footage)
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    Steve Allen
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    Chris Bearde
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    Chuck Berry
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    Hal Blaine
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    David Briggs
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    Tony Brown
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    Nik Cohn
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    James Cotton
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    Floyd Cramer
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    Arthur Crudup
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    Michael Curtiz
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    Bud Deckelman
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      In 2014, Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of Elvis, began discussing (with the singer's close friend Jerry Schilling) the prospect of an honest telling of Elvis' story through his music.
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      Bruce Springsteen: An artist like Elvis is, rather than pretending when he goes out on the stage, he's actually pretending when he's home to be normal. And when he goes out on stage at night, that's who he actually is."

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    9/10
    Incredibly sad and touching
    I didn't know much about Elvis, being a child of the 70s, it was all rather lost on me, sure I knew some of the big ballads and endured the endless films shown on television on Bank Holidays This is an epic film, beautifully made , right from his early life, it's detailed but never boring.The love and affection from the film makers shines through from the start. Elvis was such a humble, kind , funny person. Everything he did was groundbreaking, but has been duplicated so many times by lesser mortals, you've got to remember he was first and best I love the early raw music , those seemed to be the best times for Elvis... if that music was launched today it would stand out as pure class The comeback show was heartbreakingly beautiful, his smiles and laughter, it seemed he proved to himself he could still do it...he could, it was astonishing.The film follows the decline in a tastefully , slightly depressing, way Having sat through to the end I shear a tear at the sad end to a brilliant career. Anybody who is a fan or not or wants to find out more about The King should watch this, it's brilliant filmmaking and paced to perfection... my favourite moment is the duet with Sinatra......it's just so ......Natural
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      • April 14, 2018 (United States)
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