Elvis (1979 film)

Elvis is a 1979 American television biographical film directed by John Carpenter. It is based upon the life of Elvis Presley, and stars Kurt Russell in the title role. It stars Shelley Winters, Season Hubley, Bing Russell and Pat Hingle in supporting roles. Elvis originally aired on ABC.

The story follows the life of rock and roll legend Elvis Presley. It ends in 1970, and does not depict the last few years of Presleys career.There is more than one version of this film a version that starts with Presleys hair being cut when he was called up by the US army, and then death of his mother, with no scenes of his life before this, has been shown on TV in the UK. It runs for about two hours including commercials. ........

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