Baz Luhrmann's 'EPiC' up for 4 Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Baz Luhrmann's "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" landed four nominations in the 11th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards.

Nominations were announced Oct. 13 by the Critics Choice Association.

"EPiC" earned nominations in the Best First Documentary Feature (Baz Luhrmann), Best Editing (Jonathan Redmond), Best Music Documentary and Best Archival Documentary categories.

Winners will be announced Nov. 8 during a gala at The Edison Ballroom in Manhattan.

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"EPiC" was constructed by Luhrmann and Redmond from some 59 hours of previously unseen footage from the Warner Bros. vaults, plus audio and visual content from the Graceland archive.

The movie focuses on Elvis'

concert years, from 1969 until his death at age 42 in 1977. Much of the material was captured during the singer's epic run of shows at the International Hilton in Las Vegas.

Although the filmmakers had more than enough footage to justify a streaming-service miniseries, "EPiC" was edited to a relatively tidy 97 minutes to be a theatrical feature film, and enable Elvis to return to cinemas for the first time since the 1970s, when such documentaries as "Elvis: That's the Way It Is" and "Elvis on Tour" enjoyed theatrical distribution. Explained Redmond: "The big man with the big voice deserves the big screen."

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Critics Choice Documentary Awards nominations

Here are the categories in which "EPiC" is nominated, along with the other nominees in those categories.

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• David Greaves: "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" (Neon)
• Baz Luhrmann: "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" (Neon)
• Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman: "Nuisance Bear" (Mubi)
• Xander Robin: "The Python Hunt" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• Poh Si Teng: "American Doctor" (Watermelon Pictures)
• John Wilson: "The History of Concrete" (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST EDITING

• Spencer Averick: "14th" (Netflix)
• Anne de Mare and Lynn True: "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" (Neon)
• Adam Locke-Norton: "You Can See Everything" (A24)
• Colin Monie: "Everybody to Kenmure Street" (Icarus Films)
• Jonathan Redmond: "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" (Neon)
• Cori Wapnowska: "The History of Concrete" (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

• "Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World)" (HBO Max)
• "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" (Neon)
• "Man on the Run" (Amazon MGM Studios)
• "Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger" (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• "Peter Asher: Everywhere Man" (Greenwich Entertainment)
• "Sara Bareilles: Good Grief" (Group Effort Films / Naked Edge Films)

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

• "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" (Neon)
• "Making Marie Antoinette" (Mubi)
• "Man on the Run" (Amazon MGM Studios)
• "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" (Neon)
• "Rehearsals for a Revolution" (Sony Pictures Classics)
• "Remake" (Music Box Films)

Erin Munz is the news director at The Commercial Appeal. Contact her at [e-mail].

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