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Rocketman is a 2019 biographical jukebox musical drama film based on the life, music, and career of British musician Elton John. The film focuses on the story of John in his early days in England as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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Dec 28, 2023 · It may be weird to think in such terms for a biopic, but the discrepancies between Sir Elton John's real life and how it is depicted in Rocketman are what makes the movie so special. Many...
- Dexter Fletcher
- Senior Author
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Bernie Taupin didn’t write the “Border Song” lyrics in 1967. In real life and the movie, Liberty Records executive Ray Williams introduced John to his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin.
- Elton didn’t take his last name from John Lennon. As the movie shows, the man born Reginald Kenneth Dwight took the first part of his stage name from from his Bluesology bandmate Elton Dean.
- Elton didn’t audition for Dick James by playing “Daniel” and “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” Ray Williams was impressed by Elton John from the very beginning, but his boss Dick James was much more skeptical.
- “Crocodile Rock” wasn’t played at Elton’s U.S. debut at the Troubadour. The most crucial evening of Elton John’s career took place on August 25th, 1970, when he made his American debut at the Troubadour and blew the audience away.
Rocketman stars Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Richard Madden reveal the most surprising thing they discovered about Elton John while filming the musical biopic.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Dexter Fletcher
- 2019-05-31
May 31, 2019 · Rocketman, a musical film about Elton John that arrives in theaters on Friday, looks a lot like a biopic: It traces John’s life from a shy child in London through his stratospheric rise and...
May 29, 2019 · What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Rocketman Are Elton John’s songs really so personal? Did he really try to kill himself? We fact-check the new biopic.
May 17, 2019 · The Elton John of Rocketman is both a fantasy and a rendering of a real human being who has seen his share of suffering: Though the movie is largely celebratory, there’s a forceful strain of...
