Elvis | WB | June 24 2022 | Tom Hanks is Elvis' manager | Baz Luhrmann directs | RIP Lisa Marie Presley

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

44 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I imagine this will be getting a campaign regardless of WB's current financial problems (which may be why House Party and not Shazam! will be closing their 2022). As one of the bigger success stories of the year the Academy might fully embrace it if they like it enough...guess it all depends on if the Whitney biopic released around Christmas steals any of its thunder or not.

I've thought of Elvis as more of an acting contender, but worse-reviewed movies have made it into Best Picture. If the Whitney biopic goes over in a similar way, it could benefit from being more recent. At the nomination stage, I don't see why two musical biopics couldn't get into Best Picture. Usually, though, the woman-centered one is relegated to being a Best Actress contender.

 

It seems like Zaslav is a penny pincher, he's made moves to alienate talent, types like that don't always see the value in awards.  Time will tell...

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

The awards publicist is probably already hired for Elvis. these things happen early

[Eric Duncan]

 

[dudalb]

5 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said:

But seriously, I wonder if WB being broke will affect the awards run for Elvis... Those campaigns aren't cheap and the movie will be out of theaters by the time awards season is in high gear, so will Zaslav think the spend is worth it? OTOH, it may not matter, they absolutely love rewarding biopics like this in lead acting categories.

Oscar Campaigns dont cost much money you are talking a couple of million at most, which barely qualifies as petty cash at a major studiio.

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

5 hours ago, dudalb said:

Oscar Campaigns dont cost much money you are talking a couple of million at most, which barely qualifies as petty cash at a major studiio.

Oscar Campaign Spending Reaches New Heights in Competitive Season (Variety, Jan 2019)

 

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Oscar campaign budgets for films seeking nominations in multiple categories, such as “A Star Is Born,” “Roma” and “First Man,” can run from $20 million to $30 million as companies compete with each other to out-wine and dine awards voters, according to insiders at the various studios and streamers. One source said the campaign for “A Star Is Born” came in at slightly lower than $20 million, in a studio effort to spend more strategically than in past years (as with the $25 million it spent on “Argo,” or the $20 million for “Gravity,” the insider said). 

 

 

Tracking Netflix’s Relentless Quest for Oscar Glory (Nerdist, April 2021)

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The company later shelled out a reported $40 million of [The Irishman]’s Oscar campaign.

Other reports say Netflix has spent even more on campaigning in other years (some put the Roma campaign at $60 million) and estimated their total spend for the 2019 season above $100 million, which they denied.

 

On the other hand, Neon's campaign for Parasite was reportedly only $4-5 million (Deadline), but it had far more going for it than most awards contenders. Apple spent about $10 million for the CODA campaign (The Wrap).

 

These are movies that were hoping to get into Best Picture, presumably it costs less if the movie is only really aiming for an acting nomination/win. Elvis could go either way, really.

 

 

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[RRA]

Even with WB claiming poverty with their controversial moves lately, I suspect they’ll magically find money for a campaign. 

[excel1]

Impossible to not appreciate the sheer creativity on display here. Butler and pretty much aside from Hanks are terrific. 

[Torontofan]

Hanks was annoying in this movie 

[cannastop]

 

[tonytr87]

Great movie, would've been a top 10 of the year type movie if not for Hanks' casting/performance. 

[TheDude391]

2 hours ago, tonytr87 said:

Great movie, would've been a top 10 of the year type movie if not for Hanks' casting/performance. 

Hanks is the best part though?

[grim22]

On 9/21/2022 at 11:58 AM, cannastop said:

 

Trent Beretta is always in kayfabe on Twitter. His personality in wrestling is to be overly cautious of everything.

[tonytr87]

On 9/22/2022 at 9:22 PM, TheDude391 said:

Hanks is the best part though?

 

You high?

[Eric Duncan]

 

[excel1]

Watching this 2nd time, while I greatly respect Butler making Elvis feel like a person, as opposed to an impersonation, the real Elvis's obvious "good ole boy" jolliness is totally missing from Butler's portrayal. I like that the film really pushed the seriousness of a man who was fanatically driven to ensure his parents were never in poverty again, but the lack of joyfulness was pretty noticeable. Butler's vibe was a bit different than the one Elvis always seemingly projected. Butler feels restrained when Elvis always felt at complete ease with himself.

This is especially noticeable at the VERY end, when after 2 1/2 hours of Butler, we see a few seconds of the actual Elvis, who was frankly much more traditionally handsome than Butler and had a naturally infectious megawatt smile.

[Eric Duncan]

 

This makes no sense. Like it uses a sample, but it clearly is its own thing.

[Eric Duncan]

 

[Eric Duncan]

 

[dudalb]

On 8/30/2022 at 10:04 AM, Torontofan said:

Hanks was annoying in this movie 

So was the Colonel in real life, pal.

[dudalb]

On 11/18/2022 at 4:41 PM, Eric the Plane said:

 

This makes no sense. Like it uses a sample, but it clearly is its own thing.

SHades of the Godfather, which was disqualified from competing in the original score department, because Nino Rota, used, breifly,one piece of music from one of his scores for a Fellini movie. All of the themes from his score that have become iconic were original, but that did not matter to the Acedemy, maybe they have changed.