Elvis (2022)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Colonel Tom Parker tells how he found a young singer from Tupelo, Mississippi, took him from the Louisiana Hayride to Army service in West Germany, Hollywood and a long residency in Las Vegas, all the way to a last tour in South Dakota.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Childhood home and tent revival≈ 00:08:00Tupelo, MississippiStated on screen
Young Elvis grows up poor, soaking up blues and gospel in the Black neighbourhood and a tent revival nearby.
- 2Beale Street, Memphis≈ 00:12:00Stated on screen
After the move to Memphis, Elvis haunts the clubs and record shops of Beale Street.
- 3Louisiana Hayride≈ 00:16:00Shreveport Municipal Auditorium (Louisiana Hayride)Stated on screen
Parker watches Elvis drive a Hayride audience wild and decides to take over his career.
- 4Graceland, Memphis≈ 00:40:00Stated on screen
With RCA money, Elvis buys Graceland for his family; his mother dies while he is due to serve.
- 5US Army base, West Germany≈ 00:58:00GermanyStated on screen
Serving in the Army, Elvis meets Priscilla Beaulieu.
- 6Film career≈ 01:03:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaInferred
A montage of the formula Hollywood pictures Parker steers him into.
- 7NBC studio, '68 Comeback Special≈ 01:08:00Burbank, CaliforniaInferred
- 8Showroom≈ 01:25:00International Hotel, Las Vegas (now Westgate)Stated on screen
- 9Final concert≈ 02:25:00Rapid City, South DakotaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 19,759 km
- Places
- 9
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 9
- Not shown: 19,759 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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