The King

The King

Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.

2018
Director: Eugene Jarecki

Awards

NOMINEE: -Cannes Film Festival 2017 (Golden Eye), Cleveland International Film Festival 2018 (music movies competition), Cork International Film Festival 2017 (cinematic documentary award), Gasparilla International Film Festival 2018 (best documentary feature), Grammy Awards 2019 (best music film), Haifa International Film Festival 2017 (best international film), Music City Film Critics Association Awards 2019 (Jim Ridley Award) WINNER: Haifa International Film Festival 2017 (carmel award)

Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.

2018
Director: Eugene Jarecki

Awards

NOMINEE: -Cannes Film Festival 2017 (Golden Eye), Cleveland International Film Festival 2018 (music movies competition), Cork International Film Festival 2017 (cinematic documentary award), Gasparilla International Film Festival 2018 (best documentary feature), Grammy Awards 2019 (best music film), Haifa International Film Festival 2017 (best international film), Music City Film Critics Association Awards 2019 (Jim Ridley Award) WINNER: Haifa International Film Festival 2017 (carmel award)