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Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024): Jason Hehir’s documentary takes us to a historic moment in the legend’s life: his performance at the ’68 Comeback Special that was aired on NBC. It begins with Presley fumbling on set, and soon rewinds to the year 1954, when the singer’s journey began. We travel through the mid-50s to understand what made him so popular, move into the two years of his life as a foot soldier, and follow him through his subsequent return to music in 1960. 

We are then taken to the darker moments of his life, with his foray into Hollywood musicals such as King Creole and Blue Hawaii. His wife and his friends remember the time as a distressful one, embarrassing even, when he was reduced to singing a nursery rhyme in a film. Through insights from his loved ones, we attempt to make sense of who the real Elvis was. The documentary concludes with the ’68 Comeback Special, as we watch his fans hold their breath to find out if their beloved rockstar still had the old ‘Elvis’ charm.

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