Only a humble tv movie but the best portrait of Elvis by far. Kurt Russell simply IS Elvis. His looks, his movements, his full performance should deserved an oscar. Shelley Winters is great too, delivering a perfect portrait of Elvis' mother.
Although not Elvis' voice Ronnie McDowwell singing is superb. His sound and singing style really resembles Elvis' in this movie.
You can see Russell enjoys what he is doing - in fact he declared he was an avid Elvis fan - and Carpenter really cares about the film, telling the story of Elvis -the man and the singer - in a respectful way. Not a explotation film although several facts have been altered or inacurately shown. Bit slow-paced and clearly low-budget, the movie is however, a complete and honest report on Elvis life and music.
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