Director Baz Luhrmann on Oscar-nominated 'Elvis'
True to Luhrmann movies — think Moulin Rouge, Australia the Great Gatsby — it's big. But so was Elvis, who remains the greatest-selling solo artist of all time.
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Elvis Presley is still the greatest-selling solo artist of all time. His meteoric rise and fall make up the story in “Elvis,” the feature film starring Austin Butler as the “King of Rock and Roll” released last June.
This Oscar season, the film picked up eight nominations,’s other projects — think Moulin Rouge, Australia and the Great Gatsby — it’s big. But so was Presley, so the larger-than-life style of the film matches the star’s, “extraordinary, almost operatic life,” Luhrmann says.
