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Daniel Kaluuya, known for his roles in "Black Mirror" and Get Out, stars in Judas and the Black Messiah. "No Small Parts" takes a look at his rise to fame.
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Title: The King (2017)
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| Elvis Presley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eugene Jarecki | ... | Self | |
| James Carville | ... | Self - US Political Analyst | |
| Mike Tyson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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EmiSunshine | ... | Self (as Emi Sunshine & The Rain) |
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Terri Davidson | ... | Self |
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Dale Rushing | ... | Self, Elvis Impersonator |
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Greil Marcus | ... | Self |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Steve Fraser | ... | Self, historian |
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Peter Guralnick | ... | Self, author of 'Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley' and 'Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley' |
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Leo Bud Welch | ... | Self (as Leo "Bud" Welch) |
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Vince Varnado | ... | Self |
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A.C. Wharton | ... | Self, mayor of the City of Memphis |
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
I managed to find this documentary on DVD at my public library. I remember Elvis, he was only 10 years older than me. I remember when he died but really didn't have a concept of how young 42 is. Now that my own youngest son is 42 it hits me.
The documentary is good if you view it as a collection of different people expounding on what they thought his influence was rather than take everything as gospel, pun intended. Some of the black commenters are especially brutal, "hating" Elvis for what they perceive is unfair appropriation of black music, and more so for failing to use his influence to help the causes for eliminating racial bias.
Perhaps it is ultimately fortunate that Elvis died so young, he was a blazing comet that came, did his thing, then left. Imagine an 83-yr-old Elvis performing at Branson, a shade of his former self. No, that would just tarnish our memory of him.
A very interesting look at Elvis and his life, and a modern look at places he grew up and lived in. And of course his 1963 Rolls Royce, touring the country and breaking down now and then.