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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 5 april 2018
Graceland opens vault for Elvis

documentary to air on HBO

By KRISTIN M. HALL an executive producer on movie acting.
Associated Press the documentary along "He had been out of per-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A with Priscilla Presley, his ex- forming for years, almost 10
new television documenta- wife. years," Presley said. "This to
ry about Elvis Presley takes Along with his family and him was the make or break
advantage of the vast col- friends, Zimny interviewed of his career."
lection of footage, pictures, studio musicians, produc- Zimny said he had no limi-
documents and music from ers, engineers and direc- tations on addressing any
his estate to give a behind- tors, as well as artists like aspect of Elvis' career, and
the-scenes look at the king Springsteen, Tom Petty and the film does touch on the This image released by HBO shows Elvis Presley, the subject of
“Elvis Presley: The Searcher,” a two-part, three-hour documen-
of rock 'n' roll. Emmylou Harris. Zimny uses controlling influence of tary that will premiere on April 14 on HBO.
"Elvis Presley: The Search- only voiceovers for the nar- his manager Colonel Tom Associated Press
er," a two-part, three-hour ration instead of seeing the Parker as well as Elvis' pre-
documentary, will premiere interviewees' faces to keep scription drug abuse. a part of his life, really. There Presley said there's still a
April 14 on HBO. Director the focus on the music and Priscilla said Presley began was no Betty Ford. There lot for music fans to learn
Thom Zimny, who worked footage of Elvis over his ca- using prescription drugs were no rehab centers. But about the star, who died in
on several Bruce Springs- reer. when he was given them he didn't think he had to go 1977.
teen documentaries, had "Most documentaries, you during his Army stint. Even to a rehab center. There "He was in uncharted ter-
full access to Graceland's see people talking, and I after years of using medi- were prescribed to him. The ritories," Presley said. "There
vault and made ample use think that takes you out of cations, she said Elvis never doctors knew what they was no other that reached
of it to unearth little-seen the film," Priscilla Presley realized his addiction. were giving to him. So that the heights that he did
footage. said. "So you do get dis- "He didn't think he was ad- was pretty much a part of as far as changing style,
"That was one of the excit- tracted, where here, you dicted," Presley said. "It was his life." changing music."q
ing parts because every take on the flow, you can
day I was discovering new see what's going on visually
gems of Elvis Presley's ar- and you're not taken out of
chives," Zimny said. that moment, and I think
"He came up with pieces of that's brilliant."
footage that Priscilla and Zimny makes heavy use
I had never seen before, of footage from Elvis' 1968
and we grew up with Elvis," television special, consid-
said Jerry Schilling, one of ered his comeback to mu-
Elvis' longtime friends and sic after a long period of

'Avengers: Infinity War' directors,

Downey ask for secrecy

In this June 28, 2017 file photo, Robert Downey Jr. arrives at the
Los Angeles premiere of "Spider-Man: Homecoming."
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Iron Man.
Robert Downey Jr. is joining Directors Joe and Anthony
the directors of "Avengers: Russo went on Twitter to tell
Infinity War" in calling for fans they would be screen-
fans to maintain secrecy. ing a limited amount of
The star tweeted "no spoil- footage prior to the film's
ers please." He signed it release on April 27. They say
with the (hashtag) Thanos- "only a handful of people
DemandsYour Silence. Tha- know the film's true plot."
nos is the fictional Marvel They asked fans to main-
Comics villain who will be tain the same level of se-
portrayed by Josh Brolin in crecy so that they don't
the movie. Downey plays spoil it for others.q