Baz Luhrmann`s Elvis film

[emjel]

I'd say London Arches exhibition, and the fact it's been extended to September is an indication Baz' film has helped Elvis' popularity.

I know the previous o2 exhibitions did well but I think this one may possibly be doing better business ?

Sorry but an exhibition being extended does not necessarily translate into an increase in Elvis’ popularity as an entertainer but simply an interest in seeing what Elvis was about with over 400 largely unreleased artefacts charting Elvis’ humble beginnings to his meteoric rise to fame being on show.

It’s no different to an increase in visitors to Hampton Court Palace. It doesn’t mean that Henry VIII is now more popular but that there are more people who are interested in learning about the historical aspect of his life in those times.

Now of course that is not to say that some visitors had their curiosity aroused in Elvis as a person following their seeing the movie, but it is extremely likely that the same existing fan base of people now want to see these new artifacts never seen before, will have gone to see the exhibition, including many fans who cannot afford to go to Memphis and with a reasonable chance that some will have made multiple visits like they did with the movie.

[pmp]

I find it a little funny and a tad ironic that PM's reaction to Baz is somewhat similar to Doc's reaction to MRS.... (I like you Shane, but when it comes to Baz, your incontrollable disdain for the man really pushes you over the edge....)

I don't have disdain for the man, I just don't like his work. But one has to put his comments in context to realise what he's doing - the context of how he has used the media in the past.

He provided a teaser trailer for the concert footage well over a year ago - and still doesn't know if it is going ahead. So why believe anything he says or does? No-one provides a trailer for a film that isn't even given the green light. Doing that is just a publicity stunt.

you would know would you

Well, I probably know more about the film world that you do, let's put it that way. I can't think of a single instance when a trailer was put out before a project was even green lit.

well lets put this way i have had some insight on the outtakes being moved into action for at lest a year and half and dropped hints some people can't believe until it's in there face wait and see

And despite this insight, Luhrmann still only "thinks" it's going ahead. Something's not right.

[pmp]

I find it a little funny and a tad ironic that PM's reaction to Baz is somewhat similar to Doc's reaction to MRS.... (I like you Shane, but when it comes to Baz, your incontrollable disdain for the man really pushes you over the edge....)

I don't have disdain for the man, I just don't like his work. But one has to put his comments in context to realise what he's doing - the context of how he has used the media in the past.

He provided a teaser trailer for the concert footage well over a year ago - and still doesn't know if it is going ahead. So why believe anything he says or does? No-one provides a trailer for a film that isn't even given the green light. Doing that is just a publicity stunt.

The "Teaser Trailer" was October last year, 6 months ago, not over a year.

Maybe the "Elvis Surprise Coming Up" is some of the footage will be used in the upcoming Netflix series ? And a bigger project will be coming later ?

What Netflix series?

It was reported by Darlene Love, apparently on her FB page, That Priscilla had invited her to be involved in a new Netflix series about Elvis which will be aired in the coming months.

"Forgot to mention that I was invited by Priscilla Presley a few months ago to participate in a documentary series about Elvis Presley that will air on Netflix in the coming months. I’ll keep you all posted once an air date is confirmed"

And yet Netflix haven't announced it and there's no mention of it online.

[pmp]

Hi there!! .

Don’t see how anyone could say the film has not sparked interest in Elvis.

Then give evidence that the interest has continued to 18 months after the film premiered. There is no indication of that.

When the movie debuted here in Spain, it was also screened (not for free) at open air in the main "Plaza" in Madrid. Last year they did the same, it was full packed again.



That said, the movie has been on pay tv plataforms for months over here in Spain, it´s in the Top Ten most viewed movie since then. This past Saturday night, it was screened for free for the first time, on the main state channel T.V.E, it was viewed by almost 1.000.000 viewers (9.2 % share), not bad I think.... . Bye for now .

But that's the popularity of a movie with Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. There are no indications that it has increased the popularity of Elvis himself or his music. We know this through chart placings, we know this through Spotify numbers. And the biggest indication is that Sony have released nothing to make the most of any uptick in interest. Compare that to 2002 when Elvis was thrust back into the public consciousness through ALLC. There were three hits albums released on the back of that - albums that did phenomenally well - a Christmas disc, a gospel disc, various themed discs etc. There's been nothing like that from Sony, and you can bet your life there would have been if Elvis's popularity had indeed increased. EOT set was planned long before the film came out because of copyright laws, and the Aloha set was presumably going to come out anyway.

That is quite a lame comment. Austin Butler is not particularly big in Spain, and I'm sure Tom Hanks is a respected actor, but people are not going to watch a movie because the two actors are in it, it's clearly the topic and music that draws people to the (open air) theatre. Can't you just chill, wait and hope. If it's not ever coming we still have so much to enjoy.

Not lame at all. And I am perfectly chilled, thanks, it's other people who are close to orgasm in response to a sentence uttered by darling Baz.

[Jaime1234]

Hi there!! .

Don’t see how anyone could say the film has not sparked interest in Elvis.

Then give evidence that the interest has continued to 18 months after the film premiered. There is no indication of that.

When the movie debuted here in Spain, it was also screened (not for free) at open air in the main "Plaza" in Madrid. Last year they did the same, it was full packed again.



That said, the movie has been on pay tv plataforms for months over here in Spain, it´s in the Top Ten most viewed movie since then. This past Saturday night, it was screened for free for the first time, on the main state channel T.V.E, it was viewed by almost 1.000.000 viewers (9.2 % share), not bad I think.... . Bye for now .

But that's the popularity of a movie with Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. There are no indications that it has increased the popularity of Elvis himself or his music. We know this through chart placings, we know this through Spotify numbers. And the biggest indication is that Sony have released nothing to make the most of any uptick in interest. Compare that to 2002 when Elvis was thrust back into the public consciousness through ALLC. There were three hits albums released on the back of that - albums that did phenomenally well - a Christmas disc, a gospel disc, various themed discs etc. There's been nothing like that from Sony, and you can bet your life there would have been if Elvis's popularity had indeed increased. EOT set was planned long before the film came out because of copyright laws, and the Aloha set was presumably going to come out anyway.

That is quite a lame comment. Austin Butler is not particularly big in Spain, and I'm sure Tom Hanks is a respected actor, but people are not going to watch a movie because the two actors are in it, it's clearly the topic and music that draws people to the (open air) theatre. Can't you just chill, wait and hope. If it's not ever coming we still have so much to enjoy.

Well said. There is no other measure of worldwide populatity, fame, and ESPECIALLY trending, in over 200 territories, languages and professions than this one by Pantheon. And Elvis Presley, not Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann or anyone associated with "Elvis" including megastar Tom Hanks, is not just the one who remains the top in his profession, in history, but one who ranks amongst the top 300 individuals who ever lived, male or female, and all of inspite of several SINGLE musicians having their biopic released just before, during or after "Elvis". He also outranks any person associated with "Elvis". His HPI is even higher than Hanks-

These, below, are the people the world is talking about today. If Elvis Presley is amongst the short list of SINGERS being talked about, today, as seen in the link, then it is a combination of both his stature, which received a big boost in 2022 with "Elvis" and his 35 million minutes of megafame, starting in September of 1956, when he achieved what former Pres. B. Obama consultant Tim Wu, called "the peak of all peaks". as noted in his 2016 book "The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads".

One can not deny the up trends in Elvis stature today, either way, before or after "Elvis" and the reason is simple. No one can have a cake, place it on the fridge, then eat it all, only to wonder why it isnt there any longer. But Elvis is one of the few who never leaves the fridge, it would appear.,

https://pantheon.world/

[robbie]

Hi there!! .

Don’t see how anyone could say the film has not sparked interest in Elvis.

Then give evidence that the interest has continued to 18 months after the film premiered. There is no indication of that.

When the movie debuted here in Spain, it was also screened (not for free) at open air in the main "Plaza" in Madrid. Last year they did the same, it was full packed again.



That said, the movie has been on pay tv plataforms for months over here in Spain, it´s in the Top Ten most viewed movie since then. This past Saturday night, it was screened for free for the first time, on the main state channel T.V.E, it was viewed by almost 1.000.000 viewers (9.2 % share), not bad I think.... . Bye for now .

But that's the popularity of a movie with Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. There are no indications that it has increased the popularity of Elvis himself or his music. We know this through chart placings, we know this through Spotify numbers. And the biggest indication is that Sony have released nothing to make the most of any uptick in interest. Compare that to 2002 when Elvis was thrust back into the public consciousness through ALLC. There were three hits albums released on the back of that - albums that did phenomenally well - a Christmas disc, a gospel disc, various themed discs etc. There's been nothing like that from Sony, and you can bet your life there would have been if Elvis's popularity had indeed increased. EOT set was planned long before the film came out because of copyright laws, and the Aloha set was presumably going to come out anyway.

That is quite a lame comment. Austin Butler is not particularly big in Spain, and I'm sure Tom Hanks is a respected actor, but people are not going to watch a movie because the two actors are in it, it's clearly the topic and music that draws people to the (open air) theatre. Can't you just chill, wait and hope. If it's not ever coming we still have so much to enjoy.

Well it’s not really a lame comment. The showing of the movie simply indicates that people enjoy going to see a movie for a night’s entertainment and watching it outside, is probably regarded as a bit of an added novelty too. There is nothing to suggest that off the back of that happening, that interest in Elvis and his music will go up or has gone up a significant way.

Yes at the time when the movie was originally released, there was a good upswing in people buying into 30 #1sa nd that album continues to sell like hit compilation albums do for other iconic artists, but there is no evidence that shows this has translated into a really meaningful and similar way against more of the catalogue especially when you consider the number of people who went to watch the movie.

Brand new releases by Sony since the movie was released have performed no better than releases that came out prior to the release of the movie. Elvis records or rather the music continues to sell or rather mainly gets listened to these days via streaming, and allows people to dip their toes into the water before committing to getting or listening go to a full album, so it will sell or get listened to in a drip feed fashion, but that in itself does not mean there is big new interest in Elvis, his music and his movies following Baz’ movie.

And let’s face it, the majority of Elvis’ albums were never big sellers when they were first released anyhow and even a couple of his studio albums that have always been considered his best weren’t either, so I cannot see why that would change in any way for most of his music/recordings that was never regarded as being top quality in the first place.

Personally, I think a new revamped documentary combining TTWII and EOT is now more likely to happen than ever before, because I believe we are reaching a time that if something does not happen soon, it is unlikely to happen at all. And Baz is going to look like a bit of an idiot if nothing happens following all his teaser comments about it. However, I cannot see it being much more than a couple of hours in length rather than a lot longer like 4 or 5 hours that some are calling for, because whilst there is lots of unseen footage, the majority of that must be footage from the show performances where Elvis sings the same songs st every show, so unless there is a lot of unseen footage that shows an unknown side to Elvis, it is unlikely to be interesting enough for the non fan to buy into to and watch.

And I would be surprised to see it before 2027 when it is more likely to have its outing via streaming and then home media and when it would be a reasonable thing to put out for the 50th anniversary of Elvis’ death.

tried to tell you that many times before but it's "not historic enough cost millions to do" and so on why would i BXXL SXXT

[Jaime1234]

Up date on sales of the "Elvis" video


Domestic DVD Sales................................... $6,568,003 Up to August 13, 2023
Domestic Blu-ray Sales...............................$7,778,630 Up to August 20, 2023
Total Domestic Video Sales.........................$14,346,633...........................
Previous period August 13, 2023................ $14,338,756 so its up by $8,000

[Jaime1234]

Top ten biopic drama worldwide, ever. Currently at #9


https://the-numbers.com/movies/keywords/Biographical-Drama#keyword_movies=od5

[Jaime1234]

Up date shows the video keeps selling and selling.


..................................................................August 20.......August 13..........
Domestic DVD Sales......................................... $6,573,379.......$6,568,003 ....UP
Domestic Blu-ray Sales..................................... $7,778,630.......$7,778,630 .NO NEW DATA
Domestic Video Sales.................................. $14,352,009...$14,346,633...-UP$5k plius.


https://the-numbers.com/movie/Elvis-(2021)#tab=summary

[Jaime1234]

Up date to August 20 AND 27, 2023 VIS A VIS DOMESTIC VIDEO SALES OF "ELVIS"

...................................................August 27, 2023............August 20, 2023
VHS sales................................NOT AVAILABLE/ SAME AS ............$6,573,379
Blu-ray Sales....................................$7,779,245.....................$7,778,630
Total Video Sales...............................$14,352,624....................$14,352,009

[Jaime1234]

New update now with both blue ray and VHS Sales up until August 27, 2023

Domestic DVD Sales........................................... $6,576,043
Domestic Blu-ray Sales........................................ $7,779,245
Total up to August 27, 2023 ..................................}....$14,355,288

[Jaime1234]

The link with Elvis, any link, works again. Even at its lowest, $16m as a starting price for the NYC townhouse of the director of the best Elvis bio pic ever made, is a price leading to a wonder to behold. .

https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/baz-luhrmann-re-lists-his-lovely-nyc-townhouse-this-time-for-16m/

But did he leave OUT the priciest artifact of them all, assuming he was the buyer in 2021? More than twice the price of the home, at $37.1m


https://sothebys-com.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/863a993/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3452x4602+0+0/resize/684x912!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdotcom%2F04%2F2a%2Fc1f0b23e4f0dbcaccb69eb98a5d2%2Fbfa-34863-4774496-crop.jpeg

[petitemimi]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
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delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

[DEH]

the amy winehouse bio movie did nothing at the box office.

[Jaime1234]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

[petitemimi]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

thank you for this slice of life

[Jaime1234]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

thank you for this slice of life

You are most welcome. The guy who took the photo was soooooooooooo great LOL, that the greatest architect of the 20th Century built him a house, My mom was there ( went there, as usual, unannounced, LOL), but Marden wasnt there, so she had to settle with meeting his wife.

https://houseandhistory.com/marden-house/

[petitemimi]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

thank you for this slice of life

You are most welcome. The guy who took the photo was soooooooooooo great LOL, that the greatest architect of the 20th Century built him a house, My mom was there ( went there, as usual, unannounced, LOL), but Marden wasnt there, so she had to settle with meeting his wife.

https://houseandhistory.com/marden-house/

Thanks

[emjel]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

thank you for this slice of life

It’s meant to be an All Elvis forum discussing Elvis’ career and things associated with it - it should not be seen a reason or excuse for him go on his usual ego trips and to pour out his family life story at every opportunity. Do not encourage him - there’s an "Off Topic " forum for that kind of thing.

[petitemimi]

"Elvis " domestic and worldwide grosses do very well when compared with those of other biopics focussing on musical artists who were NOT born on US soil, namely those 4 members of Queen plus Elton John who were born in the UK, then Freddy Mercury, who was born in Zamzibar, now Tanzania, plus the only one in Jamaica, Bob Marley (when it was a UK protectorate in 1945), then by one born in Australia, David Helfgott and, finally by still another, my favouroite female singer of all time, the French national Edith Piaf.


https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons-extended/Mome-La/Elvis-(2021)/Bob-Marley-One-Love-(2024)/Bohemian-Rhapsody-(2018)/Rocketman-(UK)-(2019)/Shine#tab=day_by_day_comparison
l

delighted to read that you know and love Edith Piaf, she is the greatest.

My mother used to sing her songs. Here she is caught by the lens of the National Geographic's top photographer and explorer of the last century, Luis Marden, in a photo taken exactly 80 years ago, in the summer of 1944 in Granada, the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere.

At that time, her Piaf favourite was "Le chasseur de l'hotel". My mother learnt French while living in Barcelona from 1931, when she was 6, till the fall of the city, in 1939. Before she lived in New Orleans, where she was born, with some French and some Creole also being spoken around her.

https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/264738968_6620241128017110_1029619607501490504_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s261x260&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=S_yeoIL1dUgQ7kNvgEUtzfy&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=00_AYC0IMrD9DHCKRcPQPB8CcLWQivs--49nv3ifxH58Ejuuw&oe=665B0B9E

thank you for this slice of life

It’s meant to be an All Elvis forum discussing Elvis’ career and things associated with it - it should not be seen a reason or excuse for him go on his usual ego trips and to pour out his family life story at every opportunity. Do not encourage him - there’s an "Off Topic " forum for that kind of thing.

well taken into account

[Jaime1234]

THOSE WITH ACCESS TO THE WASHINGTON POST MAY TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/31/baz-luhrmann-tiktok-interview-georgia-godworth/