--- title: 'This Is Elvis (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Andrew Solt' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 101 genres: - 'Documentary' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/this-is-elvis-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083193/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # This Is Elvis (1981) 1981 · 101 min · Documentary · United States ## Synopsis This Is Elvis is a 1981 American documentary film about the life of Elvis Presley, written and directed by Andrew Solt and Malcolm Leo. It combines archival footage with reenactments, and voice-over narration by pop singer Ral Donner, imitating Presley's speaking voice. It was screened out of competition at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $2 million at the box office in the U.S. and Canada, ranking #92 for 1981. ## Credits - **Director:** [Andrew Solt](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-solt) - **Screenplay:** [Andrew Solt](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-solt) - **Original Music Composer:** [Walter Scharf](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-scharf) - **Producer:** [David L. Wolper](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-l-wolper) - **Editor:** [Glenn Farr](https://cinepixo.com/people/glenn-farr) ## Cast - [Debra Paget](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-paget) - [Priscilla Presley](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-presley) - [Dolores Hart](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolores-hart) - [Cary Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/cary-grant) - [Frank Sinatra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sinatra) - [Ed Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-sullivan) - [Nancy Sinatra](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-sinatra) - [Norman Taurog](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-taurog) - [Groucho Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/groucho-marx) - [Elvis Presley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvis-presley) - [Barbara Stanwyck](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-stanwyck) - [Joey Bishop](https://cinepixo.com/people/joey-bishop) - [Bob Hope](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hope) - [Milton Berle](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-berle) - [George Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hamilton) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/this-is-elvis-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2475875); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.