Director Baz Luhrmann revealed that he cut almost half of the scenes shot so that his new film, “Elvis”, would last 159 minutes, or more than two and a half hours of screening. In an interview with the British website Radio Times, he stated that the first cut of the film lasted 240 minutes, or 4 hours.
Among the deleted scenes is the meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon in the 1970s. “He starts doing crazy things, like seeing Nixon. I’ve had it for a while, but there comes a point where you can’t have it. Everything.” , so I tried to focus on the spirit of the character, “he explained.
“I would like to delve into some of the other things – there is a lot more. I mean, there are a lot of things that I film, like the relationship with the band, and I had to cut it down – and it’s very interesting as the colonel. [Tom Parker] get rid of them.”
The 4-hour edit also contained more details about the singer’s relationship with his first girlfriend, Dixie.
Even at 159 minutes, several critics found “Elvis” too comprehensive.
Starring Austin Butler (“Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood”) in the title role and Tom Hanks (“Finch”) as his manager Tom Parker, the film will hit Brazilian theaters on July 14, four weeks later. its release in the United States.
Source: Terra
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