Following his biopic “Elvis” proving to be a success in cinemas, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann has shot down reports of an extended four-hour cut of the film being out there.
Speaking with Deadline, Luhrmann confirmed this week that there is no extended cut of the movie – just the standard director’s assembly cut that throws everything shot for the film together:
“There is no such thing as the four-hour cut. It’s a four-hour director’s assembly, and that just means we put all the stuff together.”
Luhrmann held a masterclass workshop in Torun, Poland on Tuesday night and revealed he fought hard to not only get the film into cinemas but to keep it there for as long as he could:
“I said I’m gonna withdraw this film if it goes straight to streaming. The promise was that it wouldn’t only be in a theater, but we’d double the window of it being in the theater.”
The result was “Elvis” made $286 million at the global box office this year, one of 2022’s highest-grossing movies. Luhrmann adds that he feels energized and is keen to get back to filmmaking:
“I will get back to moviemaking quicker than I normally do. I don’t know why, but maybe because I made [‘Elvis’] during the pandemic, and it almost died. And we got it through the pandemic. It was the smoothest shoot we’ve ever had. It came in on time and under budget, which is rare for me, so I feel energized.”
“Elvis” is now available to stream on HBO Max.
