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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Directed by
Jason Hehir
R
2024
1h 31m
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He had one chance to show the world he was still the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Discover the story behind Elvis Presley's triumphant '68 comeback special.
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Cast of Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
Priscilla Presley
Self
Darlene Love
Self
Jerry Schilling
Self
Bruce Springsteen
Self
Billy Corgan
Self
Conan O'Brien
Self
Baz Luhrmann
Self
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
Self (archive photo)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Bob Dylan
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez
Self (archive footage)
Tom Parker
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Jason Hehir
Director / Writer
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley Ratings & Reviews
Ensamhetens-biograf
January 28, 2025
Booring and tragic
The SS Ben Hecht
Stephen Silver
Doesn't add much that's new, but it does have something the others don't: Conan O'Brien, who's on board as a superfan talking head
Common Sense Media
Andrea Beach
This documentary is as much of a loving tribute to the charismatic, legendary king of rock 'n' roll as it is a biography of Elvis' life and career.
In Review Online
Emily DuGranrut
You leave the film with no new stories, no new insights; all we're left with are the same old photographs, dusted off and arranged for display. If you're looking for lighting in a bottle, just watch the original special.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
For a film that Netflix is marketing as being about the 1968 Comeback Special, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley spends way too much time discussing Elvis's earlier life and career.
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
There's probably a bit too much prologue in this documentary, but it's a solid, mostly necessary buildup used to make a point about where Elvis was in his life in that exact moment.
Decider
Johnny Loftus
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley isn't covering a lot of new ground, but it's a nicely-packaged and presented look at the creative life of a legacy artist whose biggest impediment was the nature of his own celebrity.
Movie Madness Podcast
Erik Childress
For a while it feels like another standard Elvis doc with info we know, but the final half hour reveals its power. Jason Hehir is telling a true comeback tale and it amplifies the power of the music and the joy in Presley's face doing what he truly loved.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
Director Jason Hehir begins stretching with his documentary almost immediately...
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
"Return of the King" soars in the final segments, as we see Elvis rise to the challenge and achieve greatness in the live-on-tape performance.
HollywoodChicago.com
Patrick McDonald
Elvis was Elvis when he performed before a live audience, and this doc proves that the decision he made on for TV to don a leather outfit and absolutely kill a run of roots R&B and greatest hits is a wonder to behold. If you don't get EP, watch this! TCB!
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