Elvis Trailer Reaction 

“Colonel” Tom Parker is the “villain” who is played by Tom Hanks. He was an illegal Dutch immigrant and was born Andreas Cornelis Van Kuijk. He was elvis’ manager for all of his career. Mostly everyone regards him as the villain due to his lack of care for elvis. He did some truly terrible things such as taking 50% of elvis’ income which is insane since most cuts to a manager are usually around 10%. He also constantly made elvis do terrible films for a quick buck and never let him leave the US due to the fear of being caught as an illegal immigrant. It is widely agreed he pushed elvis far too much and into his grave to satisfy his gambling addictions.

Over the last decades Elvis has become a cartoon like figure, a caricature, a Las Vegas wedding prop. How did we lose side of his significance as a musical and culture icon. This boy single-handedly changed the course of music. Elvis didn't invent Rock 'n' Roll, nobody did, but he blurred and challanged the strict line between black and white music like no other artist had ever done or ever will. He broke down the doors for scores of artists to follow, black and white. Artists we otherwise would never had heard of. I hope this movie will get that across.

ELVIS is back. Looks and sounds great. There's an excitement in the air. June 24th they will be alot of new Elvis fans.

You two need to dig into Elvis' library. You'll be blown away. The impersonators and memes have done him no justice. He is truly the GOAT. No. One. Comes. Close.

half of the singing is elvis some austin i am almost 64 have lved him since i was 8 and finally E will get his recognition and make so many more decades of fans

Elvis Rocks 🎸

Hanks is playing Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who was an immigrant from Europe. Parker had a gambling addiction and to feed that he pushed Elvis to his physical limits doing tours. He also stifled Elvis' International capability because he didnt want to leave the U.S. because he never had a visa

Elvis love all people of All color DID not matter to HIM God MAKING ELVIS PRESLEY forever young long live the king He will never be forgotten thank you God awesome job keep good work up TCB 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

"Damn He's good" - I agree. TCB

Elvis' legacy will never die as long as humans are born with HEARTS. His music can get you through your life's heaviest burdens. There is true value in that. Back, brown or white we are all born with hearts and that same God that made me made you to. I always lived my life this way and that is what his music means to me.

"YES LADIES & GENTLEMEN"!!! "IT TOOK AN AUSTRALIAN TO FINALLY SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON"ELVIS PRESLEY"!!!🔦👑🎆🏄🙌😝💟✌

The caricature of Elvis always turned me off of him. It is always played off as a bit of a joke. I love that this movie seems to be real and show Elvis as a person. It’s like getting introduced to him all over again. This actually makes me want to watch the real footage of him and learn more about him. Can’t say I ever really felt that before.

So excited to see this movie! This movie Austin and Baz have captured the essence of Elvis ! There is alot of symbolism in the scenes ! The scene on ferris wheel is symbolic nod to Parker's carnaval days ! Parker was good promoter which eas good for him but never got Elvis the artist and this lead to problems later Austin has Elvis' moves and mannerisms on point ! ...I feel that this movie will show the man behind the legend ! The drugs are a byproduct of the supper stardom that came with being Elvis Presley ! ! ! Elvis fans need to support the film ! He deserves his story to be told with respect on the big screen ! ! ! Long overdue ! ! Thanks for the reaction ! And don't believe everything you read ! ! !

Thanks for reacting to this! As an Elvis fan, I'm excited to see the movie. You don't know what you're missing. His life, from beginning to end, is fascinating and unique. He recorded over 700 songs in all different genres. And his vocals are incredible! People get so hung up on his jumpsuits which he only wore for for about the last third of his career. Most are not aware of what a huge role he played in changing cultures worldwide and in helping to end segregation in this country. Sorry I went on a rant, but if you explore Elvis' music and live performances you'll be amazed. There's a reason he's still gaining new fans every day all these decades after his passing.

Nice reaction. As a long long time Elvis fan there has been so much bias against him for this and that by people not knowing much about him other than rumours, that it was a relief and joy to see you approach it with an open mind. As others will tell you he was born into abject poverty and within a year or 2 of his life his father got put into jail for changing something like a 4 dollar cheque to 40.

Can't wait to see the movie!

The voice is a thing people say he didn’t speak with a accent or met at a carnival but you can’t fit it all in it seems director approach is it answers questions who was Parker well he came from a carnival background so it answers that ,the accent questions where he really came from though never had a accent but answers who he was , there’s twists but that’s why it works in my opinion it won’t drag out backgrounds, check out early Elvis you can’t help but be in awe , nice reaction 👍

Love this trailer!⚡

Most people don't know enough about him. As Hanks said, some would make the Colonel out to be the villain. Once you study a bit, you can make up your own mind. Remember, the charactuers grow from ignorance.

Ton Hanks plays Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's manager. Who wasn't a Colonel, but a Dutch illegal immigrant. Cheers 👍

Spread the word. ELVIS IS BACK. Canada it looks awesome

Looking forward to seeing this. Col. Parker played by Tom Hanks, is great, and Austin Butler, has Elvis's mannerisms. We followed Elvis for 5 years. Elvis loved his fans.

BAZ LURHMANN is the Australian director! He also directed The Great Gatsby with Leonard Di caprio! Also filmed in Australia!

Great Trailer. Elvis was 'sui generis'. Austin Butler does a tremendous job of portraying the King.

This trailler is great!!!! Hopefully it will bring Elvis Justice ... He is the greatest Entertainer that ever lived. The trailler is very detailed, very good

Tom Hanks is playing, Col. Parker, Elvis's Manager. He was from Holland! That's the his accent'.

Thank you for doing this reaction!

Tom Hanks is playing Elvis's manager Col. Tom Parker who really was the villain . He basically drove Elvis to his grave... Along with Elvis's problem with prescription drugs. The director... Also directed The Great Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet and many I can't remember

Can’t wait to watch the film

You guys need to undersrand that colonel Parker (played by Tom Hanks) is known to have exploited Elvis. That explains his narration at the beginning of the trailer.

Maybe Austin may not look like Elvis - but he sings a bit like him. Yes, Austin Butler is singing. So, that's a fun fact.🙂

I am a life long Elvis fan. It is very hard to capture the charisma of Elvis, but this movie looks awesome !

Baz Luhrmann is well known for Moulin Rouge and Romeo and Juliet (with Leo)

Elvis Second to None..as Leonard Bernstein said No one influenced American culture more than Elvis! And I agree he changed so many things 🎤

The director is known for Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge! So this should be a really good movie!

The King forever 💥👑

I saw Elvis Live in Chicago June 1972 he was outstanding.

I’m almost 48 and I grew up listening to him and my parents stereo and there was a time where I was not to touch the Elvis records at all and I got busted by I think maybe my mother walking into my parents bedroom and I was sitting in front of your stereo listening to Elvis with all his records completely surrounding me while I was in the middle. Find memory I will never forget

Nice Reaction, the trailer looks great, Elvis Rocks! 👍🔥😎

Just went and saw this movie today with my mom. She’s a huge Elvis fan and I am a fan too and we both loved this movie

The Tom Hanks voice over makes it sound like a fable or something. I don't know s**t about Col Parker so I wouldn't know if it's anywhere near accurate or not. But an interesting choice.

Yes!!!!!!!!! Let’s get rid of the caricature!!! The colonel with the accent is ELVIS’ manager who was originally Dutch. He didn’t have as big an accent??? But he did hide being an illegal immigrant so I wonder if Baz has done this on purpose so he’s out in the open? Who knows? I hope you review the film after you watch it and let us know what you think and if you learn xxx 😘

Brand new Elvis book, Elvis: The Quest for an Oscar, great cover, 536 pages. The book will convince you that Elvis deserves an Oscar for his contributions to the movie industry. Elvis was able to capture the persona of all the characters he played to perfection. The 31 movies that Elvis made always entertained everyone who watched them. Austin Butler will most definitely receive the Oscar for his dynamic performance in “Elvis”. It’s time Hollywood gave Elvis the Oscar he deserves. “Elvis”, the movie you must see, Elvis: The Quest for an Oscar, the book you must read….

he is the king yes

The movie is absolutely brilliant.

well, too much to type to go 'too much' into Elvis...but, let's try some:...only singer to top 1 BILLION sales(actually, approaching 1.3 BILLION as of 2022)... recorded over 750+ songs...picked as ENTERTAINER OF THE 20TH CENTURY.by t.v. guide and people magazine...extremely generous with his money and when possible, his time...watch his 1968 comeback special and his Las vegas years...BTW good review!

Tom Hanks is playing Colonel Tom Parker; he both made the Elvis we all loved and also contributed greatly to his downfall.

This was a beautifully made film by the one and only Baz and the cast of unforgettable Tom Hanks, who plays the main character in Elvis' story for the film,and Austin Butler who is singing himself in this.He also lost his mother at the age of 23,the same age as Elvis when he lost his mother.This was a personal connection made between the two and brought him more confidence in providing the essence of Elvis Presley.The Black community was what shaped Elvis to be brought up into the legend he was and glad that Baz gave us the most factual evidence and made those inclusions of Elvis' life to form this film.No reason to label this film as a version of Elvis' life that is sad and heartbreaking,but his true life being told and brought to life in the way it never has been before❤

TOM HANKS SPENT 16 WEEKS IN AUSTRALIA FILMING! AND SAID HE WOULD SPEND 3 HOURS A DAY IN THE MAKE UP CHAIR! THE ACCENT IS BECAUSE COL .TP WAS FROM EUROPE!

Tom Hanks is playing colonel tom Parker who was Elvis manager

When I saw the trailer, I could not believed it was Tom Hanks, who is playing Elvis's manager and the man who discovered him. So have a great day, and Stay Safe.

Before anybody did anything, Elvis did everything

My grandma saw him live, in his glory. The man has messed up a lot in his life, but even towards the end, when he was heavily dependent on pills and probably only lived on 2kg cheeseburgers, he sat down at the piano and let rip, even with his voice. He had some talent. Unlike many other musicians today, whose voices are simply digitally altered.

ThE MoVeMEnT

Long live the king of rock and roll

This has the potential to be a Great storyline Movie

I love how they tackle the background of Elvis music, and the controversy surrounding it. That’s a big part of it.

Biggest selling solo artist of all time. Enough said ? ☺

It’s gonna be funny when younger generation watch this film and then see “Elvis” For the 1st time their gonna say that not “Austin Butler” 😂 R.I.P Elvis much loved and mist by me and all my family 💙

Baz went and interviewed Elvis childhood friend Sam Bell from black community. it taken 3 years to do this movie, and i was disappointed it was filmed in Australia, but I guess, it the finishing product that matters...

No movie or impersonation does the real thing justice. The best thing anybody can do is just dig into his career and listen to all those hundreds of songs that they've never heard before and watch all the live performances on youtube. Believe me the real person is much much better than anyone has ever been able to replicate, and they've all tried.

There are a lot of elvis videos on youtube, you should check out the song, Elvis, American Trilogy!

Austin butler actually sung the songs of young Elvis presley but later in the movie they mixed Austin Butler vocals with the real Elvis Presley

Great reaction, Colonel Parker helped Market Elvis to become the biggest star in the world but also stifled Elvis. Elvis was unable to perform outside the USA because of him being an illegal immigrant and he was frightened he wouldn't be allowed back in the country. Please react to Suspicious Minds, just pretend, Bridge over troubled water, make the world go away and you've lost that loving feeling all from 1970. These will show you the real Elvis.

Just seen it today but the trailer doesn't do it justice. Go see the whole movie, it's fabulous & Austin Butler's performance, simply astonishing as he nails Elvis hands down. Then there's Tom Hanks, a great actor from decades gone by so U can't go wrong. His portrayal of the colonel, amazing & he sells it. So u won't be disappointed & of course the songs, can't forget them. Watch Austin sing If I Can Dream wearing that white suit just like Elvis, he nails that footage. Great direction from Baz Luhrmann, another hit.

From the movie trailer I think they go into the glamour of it but I also think they go into the dark part of it. It seems like it kind of shows at all and I can’t wait to see it for my birthday week

Tom hanks is playing the mananger of elvis tom Parker

In case you’re not familiar with Baz Luhrmann, he directed The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge.

"Nail it" he does.

My man you remind me of Steve Carell

Plz react to his music. ELVIS ON STAGE IS JUST AS GOOD SS ELVIS IN THE RECORDING STUDIO.

I hope they portray Tom Hanks' character, the Colonel, out to be the evil person he truly was just using Elvis. He could have been the one person to save Elvis when he went down a troubled road, but instead pushed him down it even harder. At one point Elvis wanted to sing only gospel and the colonel forced him to be a cartoon character instead.

People are reacting negatively to Tom Hanks in the trailer as. Col. Tom Parker, Elvis' manager. As much as I hate Hanks for his liberal wackiness, he's one of the best actors of all time and I'm positive he researched the role 1000% and nailed it in the movie. He is friends with Priscilla Presley and said about Parker: "I was expecting to hear stories about the distrust she had for ‘Colonel Tom’ Parker over these many years. And she said, ‘No. He was a wonderful man, and I wish he was alive today. He was a scoundrel in his way, but He took really great care of us..." Meanwhile Baz Luhrmann has only put out a limited number of movies - but they've all been award winners or at least award nominated including: Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Australia (which wasn't good IMO), and most recently The Great Gatsby. Elvis is only his 6th movie and he's already won a Golden Globe, 4 AACTAs and 2 BAFTAs with 20 total nominations (including an Oscar Nomination). He's also won a Tony Award with 3 nominations and also 3 Grammy nominations. So... Pretty impressive resume.

Remember the king

Hi.. nice reaction.. When I look at you two I think of.. " What if Michael and Pam hooked up in "The Office"? ;) Great job!

Probably would be best to learn something about him and watch his performances before seeing the movie. It would make more sense. You tube is filled with some great videos of the majesty the man was on stage. Tom Hanks is his manager who played a part in the man's demise ultimately. Vicki

Tom Hanks is playing Elvis's manager, Colonel Tom Parker.. He was an awful human being...

Baz also did The Great Gatsby and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood... he really doesn't do flops he does epic movies so this is going to be amazing imho... if you want to know about E's childhood from people who know... you will find this interview amazing... Baz went to Tupelo and interview a black man who was one of E's good friends there.... this clip tells more than most people even know of his upbringing in the black community... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LrFCyNMvZWk.html

This is going to be a great movie. Especially for me, as someone who's known (not personally, though that would be cool) and liked Austin Butler before this movie. But I think other people are going to know and like him after this movie. (And I wasn't surprised to hear that he's the one singing, because he sings in general, and impersonating and doing voices is a musical skill anyway. As someone who does a bit of it, but over here in Australia, I have some perspective on that subject). He's always been great. I knew him as a character called James on a tv series called "Zoey 101" which was very well scripted and well executed. But he's still the male Vanessa Hudgens has had the longest relationship with and he's naturally a blonde. 2 interesting pieces of trivia for yall. But I'm excited for this. I mean Tom Hanks is consistently brilliant as well. And to answer your "Why Elvis?" question, it's so that people can 'actually' know the truth about his story, rather than only 'believing' they know the truth about his story. But at least it's seems you've since realized from watching the trailer how arrogant and ignorant that 'question' is. Not you guys in general from what I can tell, just the 'question'. Other Baz Luhrmann stuff I enjoyed: "The Great Gatsby" remake (because yes it is a remake; I'd seen the original the previous year though in fairness it's not 'as' good), "Romeo & Juliet" also with Leo DiCaprio of course as well as Claire Danes and several other talented people and "Australia" the Hugh Jackman / Nicole Kidman film.

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.

From what I heard, colonel is an immigrant. Hence why a lot of people are defending Tom Hanks’ accent.

Colonel does have a little Dutch accent but not as pronounced as this. They must've made that decision to accentuate that.

Baz Luhrmann's filmography includes Strictly Ballroom (1992), William Shakespear's Romeo + Julier (1996), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Australia (2008) and The Great Gatsby (2013).

col parker was from the netherlands at first his accent was notivceable but not as much in later years

This was elvis.

Kurt Russell did a great Elvis 1979

* * * Missing from this movie is his Country Music Roots. Rock & Roll is not just R&B. Elvis fused Country with Blues and his own brand of Rock & Roll was born. Also missing is the fact that Elvis biggest influence was not R&B it was Pop Ballad singers like Dean Martin & Bing Crosby. He did not set out to be an R&B singer, nor was he. Even Gospel music, which the trailer shows, there were other influences beside those in the community. At age 14, he met JD SUMNER (of the Stamps Gospel Quartet), which he came to see during an all-nigh hymn sing in Memphis. JD was a big influence on him, and later joined his band!

Tom Parker was a Dutch immigrant and his accent faded through the years. He forced Elvis into years of singing movies Elvis hated doing and almost stopped him from 68 Comeback. The Col. worked him to death. That’s the villain referred to. I’m an Elvis purist, you two are not. But, I like your positive reactions, this is the first & only movie biopic of the King that portrays Elvis’s genuine legacy including the singing which is all actual Elvis vocals & performances. TCB⚡️

Neat stuff,,, cute couple. The Col made Elvis the highest paid actor in the world in the 1960s. Elvis hated Hollywood however and detested making those movies. Elvis made 31 movies and at least 20 of them were pure garbage. Elvis and the Col had a 50/50 split. However with his shady side deals and being paid as a tech advisor on Elvis' films, Col Tom actually made more money then his famous & only client..

Something not a lot of people realize.... a lot of the music you hear in this movie is NOT Elvis. They used some of this songs later in the movie, but all the singing done from younger Elvis was actually Austin Butler's voice. There are certainly some critiques to be made for this film, but you can't deny the amount of work that Butler put into this role or that his performance was pretty spectacular.

Only buz can make this movie into reality

SUPER ELVIS +++++ HalLeLuYAHshua +++++

BAZ MODERNIZE IT

Col. Tom Parker is reviled by a lot of Elvis fans because he roped Elvis into a lot of crappy movie and, worse, limited the songs Elvis had to choose from by requiring songwriters to give up half their royalties to get their songs recorded by The King. Because of this, the greatest vocalist on earth was too often forced to pick thru B grade material in order to find songs to record. Elvis was a genius who was starving artistically because of the limitations Parker put on his career.

This looks so fucki*** epic

The director wanted to end the myth and rumors and he wanted to deal with what Elvis really did have to go through and of course Colonel Tom Parker no one did one with Colonel Tom Parker he was good for Elvis in the very beginning but about 1965 he was the worst thing for Elvis and that's what most of real Elvis fans are hoping that it finally shows all that where he came from how he lived when he became the biggest star in the world and never tour outside of America just think about that thank you for your reaction

Pick up a book & read about Elvis. End of problem. BTW both of you looked like you were falling in love with the actor . 🤣🤣

Remember, Austin did most of the singing.

It's amazing that people really don't understand the relationship between Elvis Presley and Colonel Parker!!!

Scenes like at 3:51 give me hope for this film. A lot of people complain about Butler looking nothing like Elvis, but who does? What previous movies lacked were clever camera shots and angles to disguise the actor and merge him with Elvis. The side profile shots and the one of Elvis staring at the neon lit Memphis recording studio really bring Elvis to life. It seems that Baz has done his homework and knows the importance of camera trickery in biopics to add a sense of realism.