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Id imagine this is all the result of conscious exclusion or unconscious censorship.

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Aesthetically,The Searcheris a win-some, lose-some situation.

Mostly, its lose some, as reverently as it considers the meaning of Elvis.

It screams This is cinematic!

Why vandalize the past in this way?

I wouldnt have minded a much shorter documentary focused only on that.

Elvis Presley: The Searcherpremieres Saturday, April 14 on HBO.