It’s taken 30 years for John Carpenter’s film biography of the King to arrive in Britain. It’s a strange fact that just as Elvis Presley fans in Britain hoped to see their hero perform here, but were repeatedly denied the chance, so most of them have never seen a hugely popular American biopic that covers the first half of his astonishing career. Elvis, as the film was simply called, was broadcast on ABC-TV in the US in February 1979, to g ... Jump to full article >>