Graceland Opens Up Vault Footage For new HBO Documentary On Elvis
7 years ago Danielle Murray
Graceland Opens Up Vault Footage For new HBO Documentary On Elvis
A new television documentary about Elvis Presley takes advantage of the vast collection of footage, pictures, documents and music from his estate to give a behind-the-scenes look at the king of rock 'n' roll.
"Elvis Presley: The Searcher," a two-part, three-hour documentary, will premiere April 14 on HBO. Director Thom Zimny, who worked on several Bruce Springsteen documentaries, had full access to Graceland's vault and made ample use of it to unearth little-seen footage.
"That was one of the exciting parts because every day I was discovering new gems of Elvis Presley's archives," Zimny said.
"He came up with pieces of footage that Priscilla and I had never seen before, and we grew up with Elvis," said Jerry Schilling, one of Elvis' longtime friends and an executive producer on the documentary along with Priscilla Presley, his ex-wife.
Along with his family and friends, Zimny interviewed studio..