Elvis Presley Former Girlfriend Linda Thompson Shares Candid Review of 'EPiC' Movie

Carly SilvaSat, February 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM UTC

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Linda Thompson is sharing her honest thoughts on the new Elvis Presleyconcert film.

After attending the premiere of the new Baz Luhrmann-directed film, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, earlier this week, Thompson took to Instagram to recap the event and deliver a review of the "spectacular" new concert movie.

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Sharing a montage of Instagram photos from the premiere in Hollywood on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Thompson wrote, "It was a night! Such a night!"

She then told her fans, "Take the family and go see EPIC to better understand why Elvis‘s legacy lives on decades after his passing."

Thompson, 75, gave her stamp of approval to the film, as she wrote, "this tribute to the king of rock ‘n’ roll by @bazluhrmann truly captures the passion, and the ferocity with which Elvis delivered his music."

Thompson, who dated Presley for four years between 1972 and 1976, said she " ad a deeply sensorial reaction to the film’s ultra close-ups…sweat dripping…gorgeous eyes that penetrate the soul… and the depth of feeling that I vividly and viscerally remember Elvis was capable of."

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"I was struck with gratitude for having actually been there and witnessed the electricity of his performances hundreds of times… & that I got to fall asleep with and wake up to this force of nature named Elvis Presley for years," she continued. "I was privileged to hear & to share his innermost thoughts and feelings."

Nothing that she was well-aware of "the icon and enormous talent" that Presley was, Thompson wrote, "To me, he was my very human love with all his strengths and weaknesses, nobility and fallibility, fortitude and frailty… loyalty and mystery…and so deeply complex in his simplicity."

"The editing of this film by Jonathan Redmond is nothing short of Spectacular," Thompson said while applauding all of those whose work went into the new film.

"So much of Elvis‘s unique character and personality are on display in this movie…And yet there was so much more to him… more years, more songs, more tours, more Aloha, more jumpsuits, more love… 💜🙏🏻 "

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert released exclusively in IMAX theaters on Friday, Feb. 20, and will be followed by a nationwide release on Friday, Feb. 27.

Related: On This Day in 1960: Elvis Presley Earned a Gold Record With History-Making Album

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