Episode 178: ELVIS (2022) vs ELVIS (1979)

The Wages of Cinema

Is Elvis the King of Rock and Roll? He disputed that (maybe, probably, when he was sober) himself I suppose. He was also so many things to so many people - and in the case of the two movies we have to talk about here in this new VERSUS episode of the Wages of Cinema, where we watch the slightly obscure John Carpenter (!) directed ELVIS starring Kurt Russell and Season Hubley (as Priscilla) and the new Baz Lurhmann directed biopic of the same name starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks (as Colonel Tom Parker, who was neither a Colonel nor a Tom nor a Parker), it still may be unsettled. What isn't unsettled for us is the lack of the Fool's Gold Sandwich! And apparently Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter?? We didn't even get to that in the episode! Maybe The real Fool's Gold are the friends we met along the way.... Oh, and did you know Elvis played a character as an actor once called.... John Carpenter? Wild world... Anyway, here is the review, spoilers abound for both films so don't listen if you don't want to know what happened to Elvis, oh, wait... But seriously, watch the movies first. Maybe, if you want. Movies are good, thank you, very much (Jack does the Elvis lip, which he could do since he was a tiny child, but we digress). [e-mail]