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Pill-popping, parties and a poor little princess: welcome to Priscilla's weird world with Elvis
Evening Standard
|September 05, 2023
SOFIA COPPOLA has a long history of transposing women's stories to the big screen, from The Virgin Suicides to Marie Antoinette. This time her attention turns to Priscilla Presley, who is executive producer of Coppola's film and on whose book, Elvis and Me, it is based.
Priscilla's story is well known and audiences have most recently seen her depicted in Baz Luhrman's Elvis biopic. So what can Coppolla add to Priscilla's story? The short answer is: not much. But she does tell Priscilla's tale sympathetically and with her signature style. The film opens in Wiesbaden in 1959.
Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) is 14 and none too happy with her military dad for dragging the family out of Texas. At a diner on the military base she meets Elvis's pal Terry, who appears to be on the lookout for girls to procure for his famous friend. She gets invited to Elvis's home off base where he lives with his dad Vernon and grandma "Dodger" - and when Elvis (Jacob Elordi) sees her, it's pretty much love at first sight. What was it with these hillbilly singers and underage girls?
This story is from the September 05, 2023 edition of Evening Standard.
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