Movie · 2026 · Music, Documentary · 1h 38m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 8.8/10 (33.7K ratings)
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before.
Overview
Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story" rediscovered during Baz Luhrmann's research for his 2022 film, Elvis.
Ratings
Curator score: 8.8/10
IMDb: 8.2/10
Letterboxd: 3.97/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 86
TMDB: 8.3/10
Director
Baz Luhrmann
Production
Bazmark, Authentic Studios, Sony Music Vision
Cast
Elvis Presley, James Burton, John Wilkinson, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, Glen D. Hardin, Ronnie Tutt, Bono, Sammy Davis Jr., Cary Grant, Tom Parker, Kathy Westmoreland, J.D. Sumner, Bill Baize, Ed Enoch, Vernon Presley, Jerry Schilling, Lamar Fike, Estell Brown, Joe Esposito
Where to watch
Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
Curator Review
Verdict
A maximalist, reverent concert-documentary hybrid that turns rare Elvis footage into a big-screen event. If you’re interested in Elvis, live performance films, or Baz Luhrmann’s ecstatic style, this is a strong watch.
Best for
Elvis fans
viewers who love concert films and archival documentaries
people drawn to flamboyant, sensory filmmaking
IMAX or big-screen presentation seekers
audiences curious about 1970s performance footage
Skip if
you want a conventional, strictly chronological documentary
you dislike Baz Luhrmann’s heightened, theatrical style
you’re not interested in Elvis or legacy performance films
you prefer talking-head-heavy music docs
Overview
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is less a standard documentary than a resurrection ritual. Baz Luhrmann takes long-lost Las Vegas performance footage, scraps from Elvis on Tour, and archive material from Graceland and turns them into a feverish celebration of the King as a live performer. The result is intimate, grandiose, and a little delirious in the best way.
Worth noting
What makes it work is the sense of discovery: even if you know Elvis, the film keeps finding new angles on his charisma, humor, and physical command of the stage. The editing and presentation lean into spectacle, but the archival material has enough raw electricity to justify the approach. It can feel more like being swept into a shrine than watching a history lesson.
Bottom line
This is most rewarding for viewers who want to feel Elvis rather than simply learn about him. If Luhrmann’s operatic instincts usually feel excessive, they’re also the reason the film lands as an event. For fans, it’s a gift; for the uninitiated, it may be the most persuasive argument for Elvis’s enduring myth.
Top Letterboxd reviews
demi adejuyigbe (4.5★) · 3087 likes
I’ve never been an Elvis guy but this might’ve turned me into one. That boy was kissing strangers the way you or I would ask for a cup of water. He’s up in heaven right now goin’ “whoa mama. I woulda never survived that there COVID”
critchy (3.5★) · 965 likes
hats off to baz for putting elvis deepthroating the microphone not once, but twice on the big screen
Campbell George · 676 likes
They put me on the IMAX, momma
andy (4★) · 566 likes
one of the best concert movies i’ve seen. all the different film stocks this was shot on are so good and stunning in imax.
𝐳𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚𓆩♡𓆪 (5★) · 547 likes
it’s amazing how livable life becomes when a director is just as mentally unwell about your dead man as you are