The trailer for Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” is out. It sure plays like a Sofia Coppola movie. A girl’s coming of age story. That indie rock soundtrack. I’ll be catching up with this one over the weekend.
The film premiered to positive reviews at the Venice Film Festival. It currently has an 84 on Metacritic and sits at 95 percent fresh on RT, with a 7.4 average rating.
Coppola described “Priscilla” as “Marie Antoinette in Graceland.” Bring it. The film is based on the memoir “Elvis and Me” by Priscilla Presley. It stars Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi as Priscilla and Elvis.
Born Priscilla Ann Wagner in 1945, she was 14 when she met 24-year-old Elvis during his military service in Germany. They ended up getting married in 1967, and had one daughter, the late Lisa Marie Presley.
I like Coppola, but she peaked with 2003’s “Lost in Translation” and was never really able to top that film. Along the way, she’s made some interesting films like “Marie Antoinette,” “Somewhere” and “The Bling Ring.”
A24 will distribute “Priscilla”. Coppola is reteaming with her longtime collaborators, including Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd, and Editor Sarah Flack.
Priscilla is set to screen as the Centerpiece Selection of the 2023 New York Film Festival on October 6. It will finally be released in the United States on November 3rd.
The most anticipated doc of the fall festival season has got to be Alex Gibney’s “Musk,” which is dated for theatrical release on October 16, 2026.