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HOW MUCH PVT. PRESLEY DO WE GET IN THE EPIC 'ELVIS' MOVIE?



Austin Butler as Elvis and Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla in "Elvis." (Warner Bros.
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Military.com | By James Barber

The story of how Army veteran Elvis Presley came to dominate 20th-century
culture is made up of thousands of memorable incidents, and director Baz
Luhrmann had to leave out a lot of great moments to squeeze everything into just
2 hours, 40 minutes. He made a movie that's loud, brash and gloriously tacky,
with the aim of teaching younger generations about the King.

You can't tell the story of Elvis without focusing on his love story with
Priscilla and you can't relate that love story without revealing the fact that
the future husband and wife met in Germany when Elvis was serving in the Army
and Priscilla was just 14 years old.




With that fact understood, just how much of Elvis Presley's Army service do we
get in "Elvis"?



First, let's note that Austin Butler's performance as Elvis is spectacular.
Young folks know Butler from a series of roles in shows like "Zoey 101,"
"Switched at Birth," "The Carrie Diaries" and "The Shannara Chronicles." If
you've never heard of those shows, you were too old to care about them when they
aired.

Butler had his adult acting breakthrough as Manson family member Tex Watson in
Quentin Tarantino's 2019 "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood" when he gets wasted
by Brad Pitt, in Pitt's Oscar-winning performance as World War II hero and
stuntman Cliff Booth. Butler's next big role will be as Maj. Gale Cleven in the
Apple TV+ series "Masters of the Air," a WWII drama from the same team that made
"Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific."

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Back to "Elvis." Tom Hanks gives a mystifying performance as Col. Tom Parker,
Presley's manager and the villain of this particular movie. Parker (not his real
name) was an illegal Dutch immigrant who built a career as a carnival showman
before taking on the country singer Hank Snow and then Presley. Parker was an
honorary colonel in the Louisiana State Militia, an honor bestowed by Gov.
Jimmie Davis, the man who wrote "You Are My Sunshine."

Hanks wears a latex fat suit and employs one of his mystifying accents, equally
bizarre as the ones he employed in "The Terminal" and "The Ladykillers." This
time, he's trying to start with something Dutch and layer on a Southern drawl.
It's just plain weird and impossible to avoid, because the movie is almost equal
parts Presley and Parker.

This is important because all of Presley's weird career decisions are directly
related to the fact that Parker cannot leave the country, because he might not
ever be able to return, and due to the unfortunate pressures created by the
Colonel's degenerate gambling and constant need for cash.

In this movie version of Presley's life, Parker sees the showmanship but never
understands Elvis' music. When the singer's combination of country and
rhythm-and-blues music caused a moral panic among old people, the manager wanted
him to tone down his act, but Presley just had to answer the call of his muse.

The movie makes a big deal out of a July 4, 1956, show at Russwood Park in
Memphis, Tennessee, when Presley was supposed to stand still on stage and
introduce a new "adult-friendly" Elvis. The kid rocks out, and the cops shut
down the show.

What does that have to do with the Army? The movie version suggests that Col.
Tom saw the boy's career slipping away and figured that a couple of years in the
Army would calm down the critics and convince the public that Elvis was an
all-American boy. So, at a time when getting out of military service wouldn't
have posed a challenge, the biggest singer in America accepted his draft notice
and joined the Army.


Director/writer/producer Baz Luhrmann, Olivia DeJonge and Austin Butler on the
set of “Elvis." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

We never see Elvis struggling through basic training, nor do we see him
performing any Army duties during his service in Germany in 1959. The movie does
offer an extended romantic scene when the polite and shy young Army private,
who's wearing his dress uniform, makes an emotional connection with young
Priscilla Beaulieu, the 14-year-old daughter of an Air Force officer stationed
in Germany.

Soon, Elvis is out of the Army and back home making movies. We see Elvis and
Priscilla marry in 1967, and their love story, daughter Lisa Marie and
subsequent divorce are the focus for the rest of the movie, to the point where
the King's later romances with Linda Thompson and Ginger Alden are missing.

Does "Elvis" give short shrift to Presley's Army career? It's hard to say that
Pvt. Presley doesn't get enough screen time when so many other famous moments
from Elvis' life didn't fit into the movie. There's nothing about his legendary
visit to President Richard Nixon at the White House, nothing about the King's
obsession with karate and racquetball, nothing about movies like "Viva Las
Vegas" or "Jailhouse Rock."

There's probably a television series or at least a movie to be made about Pvt.
Presley's Army days. It's a fascinating story about how the most famous young
man in America managed to blend in with his fellow soldiers and make a good
impression on both the brass and the folks back home.

For now, we've got "Elvis," a deliriously over-the-top celebration of the
singer's impact on the culture. It's far less serious than John Carpenter's 1979
TV movie with Kurt Russell in the title role. Butler's a great Elvis, and Hanks
is totally comfortable with his odd acting choices as Parker. It's a great ride
if you can go with the spirit of the movie.


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