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Priscilla 2023 Movie Review Trailer Poster

 The last time Sofia Coppola made a movie about a teenage royal living in a rococo palace that turned out to be a luxurious prison, it was in 2006, and the movie, “Marie Antoinette,” was a stylized dream of history: the story of the young queen as a naive and isolated rock star.  Coppola's new film dramatizes the relationship between Priscilla and Elvis Presley, and the parallels to the previous film are there if you want to see them. This time, however, Coppola goes in the opposite direction, working with a casually meticulous docudrama authenticity.  Director: Sofia Coppola Writers: Sofia Coppola, Sandra Harmon, Priscilla Presley Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen In the 17 years since “Marie Antoinette,” he has grown as a filmmaker: His storytelling now has an organic detail and emotional precision that grips you. Last year's Elvis Presley biopic was called "Elvis." The book on which the new movie was based was “Elvis and I.” But Coppola's film is si...