EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Thornbury Picture House Friday 20th February | Brunswick Picture House - Saturday 21st February. The Knave - DJ and leader of The Elvis Big Band - Melbournes live 14 piece show band spectacular will be spinning the Elvis inspired tunes before the show. Baz Luhrmann returns to the subject of his most audacious film — 2022’s Elvis — with the extraordinary EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Free of contemporary interviews with experts, critics or other stakeholders, the film is propelled by recently discovered archival footage shot at the beginning of the famed performer’s Las Vegas residency. Originally intended to last a few weeks at the International Hotel, the 1969 engagement was shockingly lucrative, and stretched on for over seven years. Brilliantly compiled with an aficionado’s enthusiasm and sensitivity, the film shifts skilfully between rehearsals, where Presley is cheerful, hard-working, even goofy, and live performances that vary from powerful and grandiose to rushed. There are moments where he can’t keep up with the breakneck arrangements and loses his breath. (He was booked to do at least two shows most days.) Among the standouts are “Polk Salad Annie” and “Burning Love,” a chart-topper he cut in early 1972. There are also cutaways to an army of excited celebrities attending the shows and a nod to Presley’s journey from scandalous hip-shaker to showbiz icon.MusicPT1H36MCTC
Elvis Presley
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Schuyler Weiss
Matthew Gross
Colin Smeeton
Jeremy Castro
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert"EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert"

Showtimes

February 19, 6:00 pm

February 20, 6:15 pm

February 21, 4:45 pm

Thornbury Picture House