Review: Swagger, sweat and flirtation swirl in ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ a tribute to a performer and little else

Twenty One Pilots, Elvis Presley Top Grossers In Breakout Music Weekend – Specialty Box Office

Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined – Live in Mexico City and EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert are sitting at nos. 4 and 5 in North America making for a great music weekend at the specialty box office. The Twenty One Pilots concert film from Trafalgar Releasing is rocking to a $3.7 million opening on 836 screens. It minted $2 million of that from 270 Imax locations (following an exclusive Imax premiere Wednesday). The concert film capt…

In New Film, Jumpsuits Make Clear Elvis' Vegas Unraveling

Elvis' late-career jumpsuits weren't just stage flash; they were a quiet record of his decline, argues Amy Argetsinger in the Washington Post . In Baz Luhrmann's new IMAX concert film, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert , assembled from largely unseen 1970s footage, you can watch the costumes shift from sleek, karate-influenced white...

Review: Swagger, sweat and flirtation swirl in ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert,’ a tribute to a performer and little else

The first hour of “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” convinces you that the King is the greatest entertainer who ever lived. By the end of it, he’s a god. Director Baz Luhrmann claims he made this Imax documentary so that any poor souls who never got to see the King live can worship him in action. Really, I think Luhrmann is praying that in a thousand years, some alien civilization will discover this footage and build a whole religion around the t…

How unearthed Elvis concert footage is shedding new light on the King of Rock & Roll: 'It's like he's alive'

Director Baz Luhrmann, editor Jonathan Redmond, and Graceland archivist Angie Marchese take EW behind the scenes of making "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert."'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert'Credit: NEONBaz Luhrmann still remembers the day Elvis Presley died, on Aug. 16, 1977."I was a little kid sitting in the back of a bus, and this friend of mine got on and said, 'Elvis died today,'" the director recalls to Entertainment Weekly. "And my distinct …

‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’: Baz Luhrmann doc a treasure trove of previously unseen footage

The King begins his Vegas residency in EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a new concert documentary largely comprised of previously-unseen footage opening in Prague and cinemas worldwide this weekend. Built almost entirely from previously unseen archival footage, the new documentary captures Elvis Presley in rehearsal and on stage, combining dizzying energy with intimate glimpses of the artist’s personality. While director Baz Luhrmann’s attempts t…