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2005 Certificate 12
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A fact-based television mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley, the legendary king of rock 'n' roll. ELVIS – THE EARLY YEARS chronicles Presley's humble beginnings through to his meteoric rise to fame. Made with the full cooperation and participation of the Elvis Presley Estate, it is the first time in a biographical film .. Read more

Starring Jonathan Reece Myers, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan
Director James Sadwith
Genres Drama

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Elvis - The Early Years cover art

Elvis - The Early Years

A fact-based television mini-series about the life of Elvis Presley, the legendary king of rock 'n' roll. ELVIS – THE EARLY YEARS chronicles Presley's humble beginnings through to his meteoric rise to fame. Made with the full cooperation and participation of the Elvis Presley Estate, it is the first time in a biographical film that Elvis Presley's master recordings have been heard. Irishman Jonathan Rhys Meyers puts in an exceptionally convincing performance as The King. Having already played a rock star in VELVET GOLDMINE, Meyers is aptly suited to playing Elvis. His stunning performance earned him a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television in 2005. Meyers is ably supported by Randy Quaid (INDEPENDENCE DAY) as 'Colonel' Tom Parker and Rose McGowan (SCREAM) as Ann-Margret. ELVIS – THE EARLY YEARS sees a number of exceptional performances by actors who bring vitality to the enduring and often told story of the life of Elvis Presley.

Starring Jonathan Reece Myers, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Randy Quaid, Rose McGowan
Director James Sadwith
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 07 Aug 2006
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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    Rated - 2 stars

    Disappointing re tread

    Looking like the person he's supposed to be Jonathan Rhys-Meyers at least equips himself with looks, but falls down on the performance. Had he been the real thing, I doubt if he'd made it past his teens. The film has a deja-vu feel about because of the vastly superior John Carpenter version from 1979 with Kurt Russell.

    Then Elvis's story was incomplete, whereas now we've heard it from family, friends and recently his ex-wife and daughter, so this feels like another version of the same story.

    Diasppointing in every respect.

      • Cinejunkie from Northern Ireland
      • Posted 18 Nov 2006 21:01

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    Rated - 3 stars

    Not bad, wouldnt want to see again though

    Jonathan Reece Myers certainly looks the part, at times he is a perfect lookalike but his lip syncing was appaling ,so bad at times I felt embarrased for him as he was also having to mime to tracks that were quite obviously old noisy recordings. You could hear the diffrence between songs. But all said and done not a bad film not one to rush an see and nowhere near as good as John Carpenters Elvis the Movie.

      • A customer from Belfast
      • Posted 04 Apr 2007 09:28

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