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New film to highlight mystery of Elvis’ faith

Who will release the first Hollywood biographical movie about Elvis Presley? According to the Hollywood Reporter, four productions are in the works — and one of them, The Identical, focuses on the elusive question of Presley’s faith.

Elvis Presley, 1959

Worldwide, the enigmatic Presley sold over one billion records, more than any other artist, according to the website BiographyElvis. He won multiple gold and platinum awards for 131 albums and singles — far more than any other artist. Nominated 14 times for Grammy awards, he only won three — all for Gospel recordings: the album “How Great Thou Art” in 1967, the album “He Touched Me” in 1972 and his live Memphis concert recording of the song “How Great Thou Art” in 1974.

Given the success of biographical movies about Ray Charles’ life in 2004′s Ray and Johnny Cash’s in the 2005 Walk the Line, the race is on to release an Elvis film. ”Four unauthorized Presley projects are

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Patsy Davis

posted December 8, 2011 at 7:51 am


Patsy Davis in Charlotte, N.C. I would be THRILLED to have a movie about Elvis’ love of gospel songs. His songs are beautiful and I think this is a wonderful idea.



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Khent

posted December 24, 2012 at 5:50 pm


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