News4JAX movie reviewer Mark Greczmiel was quite taken with Austin Butler's performance as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's new biopic.
Tackling the role of Elvis Presley is a daunting challenge. There are millions of adoring, protective fans who will watch and critique every move and curled lip. Numerous actors have tried playing The King in big and small-screen productions: Don Johnson in “Elvis and the Beauty Queen” from 1981. Michael Shannon in 2016′s “Elvis and Nixon,” and David Keith in the 1988 effort, “Heartbreak Hotel,” just to name a few.
And now, a 30-year-old actor named Austin Butler -- probably best known for his role as Charles Manson follower Tex Watson in “Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood” -- has given us his take on the famed performer in the new theatrical film: “Elvis,” and he has simply hit the ball out of the park. The movie is elevated even higher by Oscar-winning co-star Tom Hanks, and the stunning visual style of acclaimed writer/director Baz Luhrmann .
The script by Luhrmann, frequent collaborator Craig Pearce, Sam Bromell and Jeremy Doner , moves along at a fast pace, featuring lots of narration from the Colonel and a multitude of characters as the film attempts to touch on the more major events in the singer’s life -- all in two hours and thirty-nine minutes.We meet his parents -- Vernon and Gladys -- played by Richard Roxburgh and Helen Thompson.
The Colonel is an equal character in this film, and Hanks demonstrates Parker’s immense skills as a promoter to full effect, especially in a scene at a country fair where he does a sort of dance with his potential new client -- first in a disorienting hall-of-mirrors attraction, and then on a Ferris wheel.
Butler worked with a movement coach to duplicate Presley’s on-stage mannerisms, kicks, karate chops, and other moves. He captures The King’s presence so perfectly that it’s almost scary. He can be sexy and confident, but also vulnerable. Butler also does some of the actual singing of the early Elvis songs, with Presley’s voice sometimes blended in. The later-era song are all actual Presley recordings.As mentioned, the story moves very quickly and at times almost seems frenetic.
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