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Elvis Presley: The Searcher

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Elvis Presley: The Searcher

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Elvis Presley: The Searcher delves into an American icon's early career with patience and skill, delivering a lengthy close-up look that should satisfy fans of all persuasions.

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Alastair McKay London Evening Standard 06/12/2018
The resulting film is culled from the Presley archive, and includes such unseen gems as a recording of Elvis's mother Gladys singing gospel music. Go to Full Review
Justin Burke The Australian 05/25/2018
Definitive, broad-ranging, hard-nosed and compassionate. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 04/13/2018
When the subject is the specific sound of Elvis's music - the component parts and how they ultimately combine and fuse - The Searcher is an absolute banger Go to Full Review
Erick Estrada Cinegarage 07/27/2022
Most rockumentaries lack rigor, affection, and a critical eye when approaching their subjects, but [Elvis Presley: The Searcher] does so and looks at this complex idol with warmth. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
John McDonald Australian Financial Review 08/01/2021
Elvis was a star before he had matured as a human being, and his soaring fame ensured he would continue to live in a bubble. Go to Full Review
Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com 10/30/2018
4/5
Elvis Presley: The Searcher is the definitive portrait of an American icon, and how, for better or worse, our icons aren't too different from our own national identity. Go to Full Review
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Per S Jun 1 A closer insight into the career of one of the greatest icons of popular music, most interesting when it discribes his social and musical background and inspirations, but could have shown even more rarely presented footage. See more 02/15/2022 Part 1 is better than part 2, but overall a great retrospective. Everyone knows Elvis the Megastar, but few know the man behind the image. The king lives on… See more farah r @Farah 07/21/2021 Too long but enjoyable for an Elvis fan. See more tony h 03/19/2021 In order to understand the PHENOMENON of Elvis Presley from the ultra-modern 21st Century's point of view, this 2018 movie goes a very, very long way in terms of showing what was the way forward, or how it happened, rather! -Suddenly, it really will all make sense. Moreover, it does seem that we have lost a very great deal or too much indeed now, in the transition from the 20th Century's capabilities through to the 21st Century's inability to comprehend the basics, even as we observe this some 20% into the 21st Century already. See more 06/05/2020 Truly amazing, I loved every minute of this film and the story it told about Elvis the artist, the man he was along with his roots. Being an Elvis fan, I enjoyed this one as they delve into his past and explore where his roots came from to create his music from gospel, blues, and country music. You get to experience his joy in music along with his heartbreak and losses and eventually the joy of life that was sucked out of him. See more 05/09/2020 Fantastic. Beautiful documentary. See more Read all reviews
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Director
Thom Zimny