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This mini-series about Elvis describes his life in a few hours: His rise, breakthrough and fall. The relatives of Elvis Presley gave their full cooperation to this film for the first time with a lot of original image and sound material and stories. It starts in Tupleo, Mississippi, where he was born the son of Vernon and Gladys Presley and grew up in poverty. His charisma, talent and movements made him the famous King of Rock 'n' Roll at the age of 21. With his grin and twirling hips, he burst out on stage with this unique style and revolutionized music unmatched by others. His life was shaped by the people closest to him: his father, his overprotective mother (whom he adored), and his domineering manager "Colonel" Tom Parker. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers plays the role of Elvis from the age of eighteen to thirty-third in a masterful, very detailed way and for this it was not awarded the Golden Globe for nothing. We also see his participation in the military (from 1958 to 1960), his marriage to the far too young Priscilla he met in the army, the birth of their daughter Lisa Maria, and his triumphant return during the NBC comeback special in 1968.
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