Fans disaffected by Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis,” may be disappointed.
One of the biggest box office success stories of the year, starring Austin Butler as the late king of rock and roll, became available to stream last month, just two months after its theatrical release.
The film, which is now available on HBO Max, clocking in at just under two and a half hours, is allegedly not the only version of the film in existence!
The highly respected film director is said to have access to another cut of “Elvis” which, according to Indie-Wire, is four hours long.
However, as of this writing, an alternate version of the film with additional footage may never be seen, if Luhrmann has the final say!
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Read on to find out why the director refused to release the unseen cut of “Elvis.”
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A Closer Look at Austin Butler’s Performance as Elvis
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The idea of a biopic about the life of Presley, who died in 1977 at the age of 42, has been in the works for nearly a decade before being released in 2022.
According to one of our reports on the film from last year, the film was initially announced in 2014, and production began in 2019.
Butler, 31, was unwittingly equipped to play one of the most famous faces of the 20th century and one of the most famous entertainers in history from a young age. He started playing music from a young age.
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“I play the guitar and the piano, and my first instrument was the violin,” he revealed to the publication, “When I was in elementary school, I started playing the violin. I fell in love with the guitar when I was 13. I would play for eight hours a day. , and it became an obsession for me,” he said.
Filming the film was quite an intense experience for the actor.
After filming was completed on set, Butler’s health deteriorated to the point where he had to be hospitalized.
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According to our report on Butler’s illness and hospitalization, the actor ended up staying in the hospital for a week after being diagnosed with “a virus that simulates appendicitis,” which later resulted in Butler’s body leaving him with, as Butler described, “aching. pain,” after it started “turned off,” she shared per interview with GQ.
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Lurhmann Reveals He Has No Plans To Release Four-Hour Cut Of ‘Elvis’
The full scope of Butler’s performance, which we now know includes footage not seen in the theatrical release of “Elvis,” will be left on the cutting room floor.
Lurhmann, who was reportedly very proud of the actor’s performance in the film according to one of our reports mentioned above, expressed his frustration towards viewers who allegedly flooded his Twitter account with requests that he remove the footage.
“I tell you what, my tweet was nothing but, ‘We want a four-hour version! We want a four-hour version,'” the director admitted in an interview with ScreenRant per Indie Wire, “I think people are at my gate with pitchforks grass. said ‘We want a four-hour version!’
However, in the continuation of his comments, Lurhmann seemed to hint that he would never say never to the footage finally seeing the light of day.
“But I have not closed my mind to the idea that there will be further cuts,” he said. “Right now, with how long it’s been in theaters and how well it’s done, it’s over the top. But it did well on HBO Max over the weekend, so it’s about the parent company saying, ‘Wow, this is really worth spending the money on.’ ‘”
Lurhmann went on to explain more about the technical aspects required for the additional footage to be released properly, and he concluded his explanation by declaring “I’m a little tired.”
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In the meantime, fans of “Elvis” can thankfully choose to re-watch the original version via streaming on HBO Max or by purchasing the film!
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