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Jun 27, 2022 · Luhrmann hasn't really given him his due by a long shot." Here are all the biggest changes to Parker's story made in the film. 1. Colonel Tom Parker Didn't Try to Alter Elvis'...
Jun 25, 2022 · Did Elvis actually fire the colonel from the stage in Las Vegas? “No, he never would have done that,” Nash says. Nor did he ever suggest onstage that he knew of the colonel’s immigration issues.
- Marco Della Cava
- National Correspondent/San Francisco
Jun 23, 2022 · In 1957-58, was it really “either the Army or jail” for Elvis, as Colonel Parker says in the film? Let’s call this hyperbole from the Colonel. (Just because he’s the film’s narrator ...
Jun 23, 2022 · He did give a bill to Elvis and his father and business manager, Vernon Presley, for money he had spent or advanced to the star. The amount of that bill is uncertain.
Jun 30, 2022 · Gets Right—And Wrong—About the Real Colonel Tom Parker. His accent wasn’t so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. But according to Alanna Nash—who ...
- Alanna Nash
Jun 26, 2022 · One thing that was very accurate was Luhrmann's depiction of the Colonel's gambling addiction. He had huge gambling debts that he was only able to pay off by committing Elvis to a single Vegas hotel for years.
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Jun 25, 2022 · The Colonel is a complicated character, and while he always took too much of Presley’s money, he made some very sound decisions for him. Luhrmann hasn’t really given him his due by a...
