I'm so glad seeing the next generation appreciating the King. Remember he was THE FIRST rock star. He set the template. Saw him when I was just 11. He will always be my favorite artist and entertainer! Can't wait for this!
Amazing to see how Austin Butler's voice sounds exactly like Elvis' voice... he had a vocal coach during 1 year to get to talk and sing like Elvis, and we can have a glimpse through this trailer how amazing the result is.... I can't wait to see the full result in June. This could be an Oscar-winning role for Austin... Given his vocal and physical performance and transformation here, he would certainly deserve at least a nomination
@ Cine Music Space ; Lets put some facts in here for you to consider. 1st : Remember that after WW2 the children-teens of the 30-40's Frank Sinatra generation = who are now called the boomer generation , only had pop music made up and sang by crooners as Andy Williams , Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Pat Boone singers who sang boring tweedledeedum songs or covers of black artists who were in the 50's banned and never played on mainstream radio or any audio devices - records - for teens to hear . Why? because of segregation ! So teens of the 50's = youth never heard little Richard , BBKing or so on mainstream radio stations or airwaves cause "black" music was then only available on some hidden AM station / colored music stations to be heard and mostly in only colored neighborhoods . 2nd ; Now here comes a young kid from the South - Elvis - born and raised with and between blacks and raised by them and for that influenced by soul-black sounds and movements , who starts moving his hips ( as black priests would do in churches ) and bringing a fresh new unheard "mix of country-black" sound for the 50's teens to listen to and en masse liked it , to the dismay and anger of their parents = WW2 Frank Sinatra generation , who started - because of the mass hysteria he started with the girls and boys idolizing him as their new pop idol - to call newspapers , tv networks and radio stations to have Elvis banned from the airwaves cause he dared to expose their children to this devilish ' black " sound wich was seen as filth ! So he , as in many other things , Elvis , started this whole youth culture of idol adoration . He was the 1st to dress like blacks do cause he liked their style ! He dressed in colors - pink/yellow "flashy clothes " unseen and done then - drove and bough Cadillacs and earned millions before he was 25! 3rd ; Elvis was also the 1st to be name branded for commercial deals by his manager Tom Parker wich is nowadays normal to have your name on everything , but then , never done before yet Elvis started it . 4th ; Entourage of people = bodyguards etc. He started it with his Memphis Mafia . 5th ; First artist to own a fleet of airplanes when most superstars in the 70's hired them . 6th ; Tom Parker was great for Elvis in the 50's and early 60's but later neglected Elvis and became greedy by owning 50% of everything Elvis made while Elvis still had to pay over his part income taxes . 7th ; Tom Parker did manage to cut as always a better deal for him by " stucking Elvis to the Hilton biggest showroom -3.500 seats - " and making the deal with Paris Hilton's great grand father that Parker could gamble without a ceiling of debt . So Elvis was paying after 1972 also partly every time Tom Parker his gambling debts and Tom Parker had Elvis touring over and over again the same cities and stadiums until he died . 8th ; Tom Parker was an illegal immigrant and had no passport so thats the sole reason Elvis never toured the world. Tom Parker was born in The Netherlands and the city of Breda and named Dries van Cuijk . That 'Colonel" was a honorary title he gave to himself when hustling in the 40-50's at county fairs . 9th ; Yes Elvis did want to fire Tom Parker after 1973 when he found out of his debts etc . Point was Elvis had zero knowledge of financial business and choose to let it go when Tom Parker threatened him with millions Elvis owned him in all sort of bs expenses . 10th ; What was Elvis his greatest achievment people forget nowadays with all this mixing of music styles ? HE DARED IN THE 50'S WHEN THE KKK WAS RULING THE SOUTH OF THE USA TO SING-MINGLE = OPEN THE DOOR FOR WHITE TEENS/YOUTH TO LISTEN TO A BLACK SOUND AND WITH THAT GETTING TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS ALSO MORE DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSIC THEN "white" sound by crooners . AND THAT HE = ELVIS , GOT THE HEAT FROM MAINSTREAM WITH HATE BY HIS FELLOW WHITES , HE TOOK IT AND DARED TO GO ON CAUSE S ELVIS SAID HIMSELF ; " I DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG '.
Thanks for your reaction. Neither Hanks nor Austin Butler look or sound like the characters they play. Parker may have been Dutch, but he did not have a heavy accent like Tom Hanks portrays in this movie (plenty of clips of him talking on RU-vid). Most actors who portrayed Elvis made the same mistake that Austin Butler makes: they talk with a deep voice that is more reminiscent of Elvis impersonators. Just look up Elvis interview clips and you'll hear he actually had a pretty high voice when he talked. And nobody who ever played Elvis was as handsome as he was, that is just impossible. Elvis was born in a 1 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LrFCyNMvZWk.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
