Elvis

Elvis (2022)

20 mistakes - chronological order

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Audio problem: During the gospel mass, the female singer gives a final cry but her mouth is not in sync. (00:12:28)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Elvis is calming his mom before touring, he places his hand on her cheek, but there's a shot of his hand next to her ear, then it swaps back to her cheek. (00:23:00)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: The Colonel approaches Elvis with a cane that has a carved clown. The way the clown is facing changes positions between shots. (00:28:01)

Sacha

Audio problem: When the country music singer tells Parker that Elvis can sing his songs "but no wiggle" there's a side shot of his face and his mouth doesn't match what he's saying.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the first show at the International hotel, there is a guy beside the colonel like 3 feet away, but in the next shot he is further than before.

oswal13

Factual error: Though the Elvis Christmas Special was shot in June 1968, Bobby Kennedy's assassination happened on June 6th and not while the recording had place -as the movie depicts - between June 27 and June 30.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the first show at the International hotel the colonel drops a napkin to the floor in one piece but then it's in two.

oswal13

Audio problem: When Jimmie Rodgers runs with the Elvis record in his hand towards the record player, he mumbles some words but his mouth is not moving in sync.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Jimmie Rodgers runs with the Elvis record in his hand and passes by a contortionist in green who is standing tall. A shot later she is bent backwards in a completely different position.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Col. Parker is touring with Hank Snow he cries "Security, security!" and a man on the left walks by, disappears and walks by again.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Gladys dies when Elvis is in basic training. We saw him get his hair cut. When he is crying in her closet, Elvis' hair is pre-Army style.

Continuity mistake: In the "Dream" song performance scene, the hall clock behind the director's booth never progresses past 10:30.

Continuity mistake: In tuning up the Vegas orchestra, Elvis starts by wearing a red shirt but then is wearing a black shirt with white flowers.

Continuity mistake: When the screen gets filled with newspapers saying that Elvis might be banned from playing, check the last one of all, right before he's seen playing the piano: the paragraphs on the right are repeated.

Sacha

Gladys Presley: The way you sing is God-given, so there can't be nothin' wrong with it.

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