EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025 - Ankündigung, Gerüchte, Infos ...)

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EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert - World Premiere - First Impressions Review

General Comments:
The film is fantastic - 100% Elvis in glorious sound and vision. It was a privilege to be in attendance. Baz was great and gave a beautifully eloquent speech, before and after the film). I have some reasonably good video ( of Baz talking I mean - no filming allowed otherwise, obviously), which I will share with you all shortly.
In total they have “59 hours” of film curated e.g they have all of Hampton Roads - he mentioned that 3 times - and obviously wary that fans want everything - and it simply can’t be all in a film of 96mins.
I met with Baz before the film, he was handing out a few items of memorabilia - I thanked him for his efforts in bringing some of this lost footage to market ( in due course ). I gave him a copy of my book which he graciously accepted while signing another for Kimberley - and personally lobbied for him to release all/more of the 59 hours they worked on since 2018.
Caveat/ Health Warning / Spoiler Alert -
This is a very quick summary - entirely from memory after attending the world-wide premiere of the film earlier today at the Toronto International Film Festival. All typed on my mobile phone ( excuse errors, omission and typos ) whilst trying to avoid the thousands of Daniel Craig fans attending the next premiere at the same venue immediately afterwards.
Haven’t done the maths yet, and I have two more viewings so will have a better and more accurate review, synopsis and opinion to share in the next couple of days. There is maybe 30-40% of new/very much improved quality footage - but these are all typically short song clips - or used very nicely I might add as part of montages following the films “poetic” narrative.
As regards the “concert” / “rehearsal” pieces they don’t follow much of a chronology. Flips back and forth between On Tour and TTWII clips. Hence my haphazard initial draft comments here.
Film starts with some American Trilogy and Historical/Biographical  passages - not overlong, so doesn’t grate and is helpful to the audience re: Ed Sullivan, Army  clips induction, Hy Gardner, Blue Suede Shoes screen test - just visual no sound, some a Dorsey Brothers show clips, Army press conferences, movie synopsis to the sound of Edge Of Reality - fancy, neat and well done - nothing new I’m afraid. The clips from the Gold suit show - nice , but just a few seconds.
There is quite a lot that is “new” which falls into 3 categories I would suggest:

Previously seen footage that looks and sounds better

Existing footage blended with new alongside in a montage / different angles

Totally new footage ( never seen )

I haven’t had time to organize the following brain dump and categorise as above but these notes should give you a pretty good idea for now. Pending a more accurate and precise review after I’ve had chance to sleep on it and take in another couple of viewings.
I thought since many of you would be asking a quick rough and ready review would suffice for now. So timeliness over completeness. I may have missed some items - it’s been a long couple of days; and I now need to sleep.
For brevity no details on dates, location and attire to disinquish clips are contained here. There are so many montages across songs I need to see the film again to detail further.
The following notes do not follow the precise order in which materials appear in the film - it is just what I have managed to remember in one viewing.  
Culver City / MGM Studio rehearsals
 - what’s new ( in the sense that it looks and sounds absolutely beautiful), and 2-3  absolute gems …

Something

Yesterday

Fools Such As I ( yippee ! )

Different clips, talking , reading the music sheet. ( Sadly there was no room for Hey Jude, Tomorrow Never Comes, It’s Now or Never or any of the I just Can’t Help Believin’ etc. run-throughs. )

Two major hilights for me:

Fools Such As I ( yippee in beautiful quality )

Runaway ( never seen this before )

International Hotel rehearsal -

Bridge Over Troubled Water ( short )

You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me

 some small talk as he enters the room

Various small interactions - not many - some we can hear others it is just the visuals

Stage Rehearsal clips

Polk Salad Annie ( montage with Culver City, hotel, and live shows - various ).

The next Step Is Love clip for narrative purposes - you will see when you watch the film.

Oh Happy Day ( as per the trailer - slightly longer clip)

Some bizarre drug talk ( in a funny ha-ha Elvis kind of way - so interesting but a bit weird - and definitely never been seen before).

Live show elements from TTWII - dates and attire details to follow

interesting entrance from TTWII , Elvis seems to pause, hand gestures and deliberate delays his entrance.   Some extra footage weighting in the wings and with the band

I Can’t Stop Loving You - TTWII some interesting and different angles

Men With Broken Hearts into and then Walk A Mile In My Shoes ( from Lost Performances but looks beautiful)

Little Sister / Get Back / Are You Lonsome Tonight - sat on stool ( as per TTWII special Edition extras)

Suspicious Minds - good montage , fewer edits draws on TTWII 1970 used show with added drama - blew the roof off the Theatre - people on their feet cheering and singing along

That’s All Right - all new (excellent)

Tiger Man - some different show/angles

Opening show Can’t Help Falling In Love - slow motion into the lift for a false movie ending.

One bit I didn’t appreciate was using studio track audio to dub In The Ghetto from TTWII - why??? 

Hotel Suite (1970)

Elvis hotel suite in Vegas ( 1970 )- foot on the chair talking with the guys. Inviting Charlie Hodge to make a funny face to camera. All new footage !

On Tour elements:

Always on My Mind short clip (aside home movies - reminiscent of This Is Elvis etc.)

Burning Love rehearsal/mock studio elements largely similar to The Searcher but with a little bit more. Feature version from Greensboro, not San Antonio.

In fact apart from some of the walking to stage elements - I don’t recall any substantive elements from San Antonio in the film - and unfortunately apart from a very interesting piece when Elvis is lying on the floor just a few seconds more of Richmond ( red suit ). Sorry to disappoint ( spoiler alert ). Very limited use of Greensboro footage too.

How Great Thou Art - Hampton Roads

Burning Love - mock studio session montage, featuring stage version from Greensboro

Never been to Spain - this time from Hampton Roads- interspersed with Madison Square Garden Press Conference footage clips ( used a lot elsewhere, alongside the Houston press conference from Feb 1970,

and the new - in colour clips of the On Tour interview ( Mario Lanza, JD Summer comments and more). Quality here is amazing

More talking in the back of the car - Jacksonville Florida.

None of the rude clips from backstage Greensboro or back of the car  were included.

Elvis hotel suite in Vegas (1972) we get the scene with the mirror and Elvis putting on the super-sized tie,

 short clip at the start-ish of the movie with the two gold discs - no audio. 

We have the clip in the trailer of Elvis meeting the little girl, signing the poster with kiss for mum and daughter - nothing new just amazing quality so I’m not complaining.

On Tour - gospel round the piano. Closer My God To Thee ( new footage - never seen )

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Hampton Roads version ( very nice and new )

American Trilogy - Hampton Roads

Later there are a few clips of the Colonel with Elvis by the stage at Richmond, Elvis talks about the Colonel - never forgetting anyone or their birthdays in the back of the car. Colonel references are made to the tune of “Devil In Disguise”.

Miscellaneous Comments - again from memory
Entering / Exiting stage - more unseen clips , lots of different ones, with many suits/shows features - but all very small clips no sound ( apart from San Antonio - “not getting the ending right to BL” - white suit, red suit, light blue suit, dark blue suit 
Celebrity party in Vegas - slightly different content from TTWII special edition.
Brilliant alternative live version of You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.
Interesting new clips from TTWII - tap dancing ( to cue in Sammy Davis Jnr. ), kissing the ladies, alternating angles on the walk through the crowd; Elvis introducing his story. The signing autographs by the stairs and the walk thru the kitchen is very short - not all footage used.
Love Me - Montage , Sullivan, TTWII stool, and Richmond lying on the floor (brilliant clip)
Suspicious Minds montage is good - more from the show features in the original TTWII with less editing - as always works very well as a show stopper.
Some gripes ( personal view, and not wishing to split hairs)…
Walk a Mile In My Shoes, Never Been To Spain were just about complete versions - but they chose not to include any of the following:
For The Good Times, 
Release Me
Stranger In The Crowd 
Words
There Goes My Everything
It’s Over ( from Richmond - does this exist the 59 hours?)
Etc. ( see my book for existing commentary on missing gems )
Baz was at pains to stress that he wasn’t trying to remake TTWII or an On Tour “plus” - he was essentially presenting a poem (A Bono penned poem was spoken over the ending credits ) - hence I guess why he made the song choices he did…and under the severe unexplained pressure to restrict running time ( go figure ).
Wets the appetite for more…
That said, the film is a sensational piece of work - which is inspiring and beautiful; you will love it no doubt - just rain back some of the expectation for new footage  and enjoy what we have here. Don’t get me wrong some of the new footage is indeed fantastic, it’s just us Elvis fans we will still be looking for a significant amount more ( of the other 57.5 hours that has been curated. )
An excellent and worthy addition to the Elvis cannon IMHO.
Note - I didn’t see any record company executives, EPE, family or Elvis associates in attendance at the premiere.
Taking Care of Business,
Garry Gomersall

Danke Leroy der Post ist richtig Klasse.👍👍👍

Ja American ist doch dabei. Allerdings nur gekürzt. Jemand anderes schrieb mir, dass der Song als Opening Szene des Films verwendet wird. Ähnlich wie beim Biopic.

Excerpts from the movies:
Charro - Double Trouble - Harum Scarum
It Happened At The World's Fair - Jailhouse Rock - Live A Little Love A Little
Speedway - Spinout - Stay Away Joe
This Is Elvis - Tickle Me - Viva Las Vegas
Blue Hawaii - Easy Come Easy Go - Fun In Acapulco
GI Blues - King Creole - Loving You
Clambake - Frankie And Johnny - Kid Galahad

Songlist:
Can't Help Falling In Love - Also Sprach Zarathustra - An American Trilogy
An American Trilogy (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)- Baby Let's Play House (Instrumental) - Baby Let's Play House
Blue Suede Shoes - Don't Be Cruel - Shake Rattle And Roll
? - Jailhouse Rock - Hound Dog
Crawfish - Animal Instinct - There's Always Me (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Dirty Dirty Feeling - Girls Girls Girls - Bossa Nova Baby
Heartbreak Hotel - Change Of Habit - Charro
Edge Of Reality - I Got A Feeling In My Body (Remix) - Stranger In The Crowd
Are You Lonesome Tonight - What'd I Say - I Was The One
Fool Such As I
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Ghost Riders In The Sky - Alla En El Rancho Grande
Runaway - Yesterday - Something
? - That's All Right - Love Me Tender
Little Egypt - Hound Dog - Polk Salad Annie
Tiger Man - Let Yourself Go - Night Life
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Little Sister - Get Back
Wearin' That Loved On Look - For The Good Times
I Shall Be Released - Stranger In My Own Hometown - Burning Love
Burning Love (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Love Me* - You're The Devil In Disguise
Never Been To Spain - Twenty Days And Twenty Nights - Love Me*
Blue Moon - Always On My Mind - I Can't Stop Loving You
I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water - I, John - Oh Happy Day
How Great Thou Art - Big Hunk Of Love - When It's My Time
Nearer My God To Thee - In The Ghetto (with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) - Bridge Over Troubled Water
In The Ghetto - Suspicious Minds - Men With Broken Hearts
Walk A Mile In My Shoes - I Got A Feeling In My Body
I'm Yours - Don't Fly Away (Pnau Remix)

"Suspicious Minds" ist die bekannte Version aus dem originalen TTWII, nur weniger Schnitte.
 

Vertrieb durch Warner 
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Cool. Also hat er schon mal einen Verleiher, dazu einen  finanziell kräftigen.

Da steht aber auch:

Included in the footage is another entire concert, at Hampton Road, that would take a half-a-million-dollars just to get up and on its feet.

Baz Luhrmann Reveals it Took Years to Land Footage & Approvals For New Elvis Presley Doc | TIFF 2025




„EPiC: Elvis Presley im Konzert“ im Prestige Junkie TIFF Studio des Ankler

 


 

Ob wir je Hsmpton Roads bekommen...? Zwar schön, wie sie im ersten Video drüber spässlen, aber stimmt nicht nur zuversichtlich...

War doch irgendwie eigentlich klar, dass Warner Bros. den Vertrieb macht. Immerhin hat Baz ja auch das Biopic für Warner Bros. gemacht.

Hampton Roads werden wir bestimmt irgendwann bekommen. Voraussetzung, der Film wird ein Erfolg. Dann wird das nicht lange dauern.
Schlechter sieht es mit Greensboro oder Richmond aus. Denn von Greensboro haben sie nicht viel gefunden und von Richmond so gut wie nix. Das ist entweder in Privatbesitz oder gestohlen. Sie wissen nicht wo es ist oder wer es hat.