Luhrmann reveals there are Nixon scenes in the long version



Baz Luhrmann”Elvis”The official time for i is 159 minutes, but that’s nothing compared to the 240 minute version that the producer had to cut down to bring it to theaters. Speaking to the Radio Times, Luhrmann is a four-hour long film with scenes that feature the music icon’s scandalous meeting with Richard Nixon.”Elvis“He confirmed it was fiction.
Luhrmann said, “I mean, I actually have a four-hour version, but you have to cut it down to 2 hours and 30… I would like to lean more towards some other things, and there’s a lot more. I mean, there’s a lot of things that I’ve pulled off, like the relationship with the band, and I had to cut it down. It’s also interesting how the Colonel got rid of them.” said. Luhrmann, four hours’Elvis” version of ElvisHe also said that it included a larger exploration of his relationship with “Dixie, his first girlfriend.”
Luhrmann also ElvisHe also shot scenes dealing with ” his addiction to barbiturates ” and continued his words as follows; “What happens is he starts doing silly things like coming down to see Nixon. I’ve been there for a while but there comes a point where you just can’t get into everything, so I just tried to follow the spirit of the character.”
Warner Bros. film ElvisIn theaters on June 24! In the cast; Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge and Helen Thomson.