Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Raine Monroe Boland, Emily Mitchell, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Luke Humphrey, Dagmara Domińczyk
OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆
Story:
Bio-drama written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Priscilla (2023) centers on Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) as seen through her eyes from meeting Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar, who becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments, a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, and a vulnerable best friend. We follow Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland.
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Terry West: What’s your name?
Priscilla: Priscilla Beaulieu.
Terry West: Do you like Elvis Presley?
Priscilla: Of course. Who doesn’t?
Ann Beaulieu: You want to go with strangers to Elvis Presley’s house?
Captain Beaulieu: Absolutely not.
Priscilla: There’d be other people there too. It’s the weekend, why can’t I go? I’d be with Terry and his wife.
Ann Beaulieu: We don’t know them.
Captain Beaulieu: Who are these people?
Ann Beaulieu: No.
Elvis: What are you, about a junior or a senior in high school?
Priscilla: Ninth.
Elvis: Ninth. Ninth what?
Priscilla: Grade.
Elvis: Ninth grade. Why, you’re just a baby!
Terry West: Just got a call from Elvis asking if you could come over Friday.
Priscilla: Really? He wants to see me?
Elvis: What are the kids back home listening to these days?
Priscilla: Bobby Darin.
Elvis: Oh, no.
Priscilla: And Fabian. And you.
Elvis: Well, that’s good. I thought they might have forgotten about me.
Priscilla: No.
Elvis: What about you, you got a favorite song? What, you going to make me guess?
Priscilla: Heartbreak Hotel.
Elvis: The kids still like it, huh? Wow.
Elvis: [to Priscilla] What do you say maybe we go somewhere more quiet? Would you come up to my room? You don’t have to be scared, baby. I’d never do anything to harm you. I’m just, I really like talking to you.
Elvis: [to Priscilla] It’s really nice to talk to someone from home. And I know a lot of girls here, and none of them are from the States.
Elvis: She’s my whole world, my mama, and I talk to her every day.
Elvis: [referring to his mother] I don’t know how I’m going to go back to Graceland without her. That’s the home that I bought for her. I just really miss her. I’ve been so homesick.
Priscilla: I know. Me too.
Priscilla: He’s going to be gone in a few months. Please don’t ruin my life!
Ann Beaulieu: Priscilla, don’t speak to us like that.
Priscilla: He just lost his mother and he’s still grieving. He trusts me.
Captain Beaulieu: Just what is the intent here, Mr. Presley? Well, let’s face it, you’re Elvis Presley. You got women throwing themselves at you. Why my daughter?
Elvis: Well, sir, I happen to be very fond of your daughter. She’s much more mature than her age, and I really do enjoy spending time with her. I have to admit, you know, it hasn’t been easy for me being away from home and all. But you don’t have to worry about her, Captain.
Elvis: I don’t even know if I’ll have a music career when I get back.
Priscilla: What? Sure you will.
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Priscilla: I just wish there was some way I could go with you.
Elvis: Baby, there’s nothing we can do.
Priscilla: I’m just afraid you’ll forget me.
Elvis: I’m not going to forget you, Cilla. Don’t you worry.
Elvis: I know it’s not going to be easy going back to being a schoolgirl, Cilla, but you got to.
Elvis: And promise me you’ll stay the way you are now?
Priscilla: I will.
Ann Beaulieu: [to Priscilla, referring to Elvis] Maybe it’s time to forget about him. I know it’s hard, but he’s probably with women his own age. What about boys at school? Must be some handsome ones.
Girl at Party: [referring to Priscilla] Wow, she’s young, huh? She’s like a little girl.
Elvis: You don’t know how much I missed you. I haven’t been able to get you out of my head since Germany. You’re the one thing that kept me going. Wait, hold on, baby, things can get out of hand.
Priscilla: [referring to her kissing him] What? Is there something wrong?
Elvis: Just not yet. There’ll be a right time.
Priscilla: I just went to bed.
Elvis: No, baby. You’ve been out for two days. On a goddamn five hundred milligram
Placidyl. I must have been out of my head giving it to you that way.
Elvis: Baby, I hate to say it, but our time is up.
Priscilla: No, I’m not going back. I’ll call my parents and tell them that I missed the flight.
Elvis: You really think they’re going to believe that?
Priscilla: Then I’ll tell them the truth. That I love you and I’m not going back.
Ann Beaulieu: Why you? Why can’t he find someone his own age? You’re only seventeen.
Priscilla: He’s not like you imagine. And he needs me, Mom. I won’t get hurt.
Elvis: She’ll be looked after as part of the family here. I love your daughter, and I can assure you that my intentions are honorable, sir.
Patsy: Oh, honey, you can’t be out here making a public display of yourself.
Priscilla: Oh, I didn’t think it…
Patsy: Well, you had better start thinking.
Priscilla: There’s a boutique that said I could work there part-time. I thought I could work there a few days a week after school.
Elvis: Well, you’ll have to forget about that.
Priscilla: I thought it could be fun.
Elvis: Well, it’s either me or a career, baby. When I call you, I need you to be there for me.
Elvis: [as they’re kissing] Baby, don’t get carried away. You got to let me decide when we take this moment. It’s just this is very sacred to me.
Priscilla: What about Anita? You mean you didn’t make love to her the whole time you were together?
Elvis: That was different. I mean, she was older. That’s just the way that I feel.
Priscilla: What about how I feel? That’s asking a lot of someone.
Elvis: It doesn’t mean we can’t do other things.
Priscilla: I think these clothes are too sophisticated for me.
Elvis: Honey, what’s sophisticated? You could go around in a feather and it’ll be sophisticated.
Elvis: [to Priscilla] Black hair. And more eye makeup will make your eyes stand out more.
School Girl #1: [as Priscilla walks past them] I can’t believe she dyed her hair!
School Girl #2: Did she dye it just for him?
School Girl #1: Probably.
Elvis: Now, what is that dress? That doesn’t suit you, baby.
Priscilla: It doesn’t?
Elvis: No. It does nothing for you. Takes away from your eyes and from your face. Oh, man. It does nothing for your figure. All you see is a goddamn dress.
Priscilla: You finished?
Elvis: Satnin, you’re a small girl. You got to keep away from the prints, baby!
Priscilla: Okay. I’ll return the f***ing dress!
Elvis: [as he hits Priscilla hard pillow fighting] Not so rough! You’re not a goddamn man!
Priscilla: Oh, God! You can’t play without winning!
Elvis: I don’t want to play with a goddamn man.
Elvis: That was a real accident, baby. You know I’d never hurt you in any real way.
Priscilla: Maybe the pills are too much.
Elvis: I have my doctors looking after me, I don’t need an amateur opinion.
Priscilla: How are you and Ann-Margret getting along?
Elvis: Oh, she’s fine, I guess. She’s a typical Hollywood starlet. You know, careers come first and their man second. That’s not for me.
Priscilla: You know, there’s a lot of rumors about you two. Is there anything to it?
Elvis: Hell, no. You know how reporters are. Just blowing everything out of proportion.
Elvis: Well, you know the Colonel doesn’t think it’s good for my fans to know about you. Hell, I’ll be done before you know it. So, you just keep your little a** there and keep the home fires burning.
Priscilla: The flame’s burning low. Someone better get home to start the fire.
Elvis: Well, you’re starting to sound like me.