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| Austin Butler as Elvis Presley |
The world premiere of Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's upcoming film 'Elvis' was met with explosive applause inside the Palais of Cannes Film Festival.
According to Deadline, during the end credits, the audience stood up for 10 minutes and clapped in rhythm before the lights came up, setting a 2022 festival record.
Amid appreciation from the crowd, an emotional Luhrmann noted, that while making Elvis, "I really believed that we would come to Cannes, but then the Covid came and the film was shut down and it was never going to happen, but for the bravery of Tom [Hanks] to come back and the bravery of this cast and this crew to go on through Covid and finish this film. And we are back in Cannes.."
Stars Austin Butler, Tom Hanks and Olivia DeJonge were present at the screening along with Priscilla Presley, who has been depicted in the movie by Olivia.
'Elvis' is a biopic on "King of Rock and Roll" Elvis Presley, produced by Bazmark and The Jackal Group. The film will be released by Warner Bros in North America on June 24, and in the rest of the world from June 22.
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