It was at IMAX for a week and now is showing at Regal Cinemas. Of course Lake Charles doesn't have a Regal Cinema and Beaumont is an hour away. I may drive that hour. It has been getting fantastic reviews. Possibly it will come to other cinemas since the reviews are so strong.

Baz Luhrmann directed it, mostly from 58 hours of footage he found in salt mines in Kansas while researching his 2022 film Elvis. Peter Jackson's team restored it. Elvis "narrates" through Interviews with him, including a 45 minute audio recording.

Has anyone here seen it?

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Posted by jimlsu1

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Posted on 2/27/26 at 7:50 pm to JackDempsey

Saw it last Sunday.
Really liked it a lot. I’ll be happy to watch it again when streams although hard to beat IMax

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Posted by bird35

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Posted on 2/28/26 at 6:36 am to jimlsu1

It was refreshing to see Vegas Elvis in control of his music and having a good time.

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Posted by ronricks

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Posted on 2/28/26 at 6:46 am to JackDempsey

Saw it last Friday at IMAX. It’s great. Prime Elvis from 1969-1970 before he got bored, fat, and depressed. There will never be another Elvis Presley. He’s like Johnny Carson nobody can match him the rest are just too outclassed.

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Posted by alajones

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Posted on 2/28/26 at 8:26 am to JackDempsey

Sounds awesome. The Netflix doc on Elvis’s comeback special was amazing. I, like Billy Corgan, am now extremely disappointed that there isn’t more footage of Elvis just being himself and jamming with other artists. The little we have is incredible.

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Posted by HotBoudin

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Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:29 pm to JackDempsey

My uncle played upright bass with him for a bit. I wish I had recorded his late 60's early 70's stories of the practices at Graceland.

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Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 2/28/26 at 2:51 pm to JackDempsey

I saw it and was surprised by how much I liked it especially because I was never really an Elvis fan. After seeing this you understand that he was just one of those people who had incredible on stage charisma.

He was a real musician. He had real vocal power and could also play a solid guitar. That didn't come across to just hearing some of his songs or seeing snippets from his movies. Watching him you can see the strong influence of gospel and rock smashed together in a way I don't think I have or would enjoy from any other artist.

Watching it also made me respect the labor involved. Practice and experimentation was central to his process. The end result is a reflection of the talent and the labor.

Watching the movie I was struck that the performance style also likely inspired artists ranging from David Byrne's Talking Heads to Michael Jackson or Prince's big band featuring a dandy Prince in a sweaty jumpsuit.

Also, women loved them some Elvis. The women from the audience just shoving tongues into his mouth (in front of all the world to see) took me a little aback for 1970.

Highly recommend just for understanding the artist and the influences he absorbed and radiated.

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