August 16, 1977. All of America was stunned by the news of Elvis Presley's untimely passing. Some went so far as to believe that it couldn't be true. Somehow he had faked his death. For the executives at Sun Records that fantasy became an opportunity in the form of Orion, a mysterious masked performer with the voice of The King. First appearing in 1979, Orion recorded 11 albums and performed live to packed houses and rapturous fans around the nation. But who was the man behind the mask? In this stranger-than-fiction true story, Jeanie Finlay exposes the incredible life of an unknown singer plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spotlight with the complicity of a manipulative music industry and a public fan base unwilling to let The King go. Resonant in its themes of identity, fate, and the double-edged nature of fame, Orion is a stylish mystery story that finally gives a name and a face to a gifted artist who had been unjustly deprived of both.
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Orion: The Man Who Would Be King was released in 2015 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 16 reviews, giving Orion: The Man Who Would Be King (2015) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 96%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Orion: The Man Who Would Be King than critics were.
With a score of 77%, Orion: The Man Who Would Be King is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2015, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2015 with similar scores include films like Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Shaun the Sheep Movie and Son of Saul.
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