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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary August 16, 1977. All of America was stunned by the news of Elvis Presley’s untimely passing. Some went so far as to believe that it couldn’t be true. Somehow he had faked his death. For the executives at Sun Records that fantasy became an opportunity in the form of Orion, a mysterious masked performer with the voice of The King. First ap...

Directed By: Jeanie Finlay

Written By: Jeanie Finlay

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 26 m

Orion: The Man Who Would Be King

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Summary August 16, 1977. All of America was stunned by the news of Elvis Presley’s untimely passing. Some went so far as to believe that it couldn’t be true. Somehow he had faked his death. For the executives at Sun Records that fantasy became an opportunity in the form of Orion, a mysterious masked performer with the voice of The King. First ap...

Directed By: Jeanie Finlay

Written By: Jeanie Finlay

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90
Dec 10, 2015
Finlay unearths a fascinating biography filled with reversals, comebacks and false starts.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
90
Dec 3, 2015
It’s a curious, bittersweet story, flecked with dashes of bombast and overstatement that Presley himself would have admired.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 3, 2015
Jimmy Ellis’s story really is stranger than fiction.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 2, 2015
At once comical and poignant, this offbeat, true-life show-biz tale deserves instant cult status.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 1, 2015
Finlay tells this story with the usual doc techniques. The interviews are marvelous, especially the ones with Ellis's exes, who attest not just to his weakness for groupies but to his collection of trophies.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Glimmer Films, BBC Storyville, Broadway, Nothingham, Creative England, Ffilm Cymru Wales, MetFilm Production, Truth Department
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Unrated
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Website http://www.orionthemovie.com/
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Awards

Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
In-Edit
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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