The story of Elton John’s life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

• Elton John: Taron Egerton
• Bernie Taupin: Jamie Bell
• John Reid: Richard Madden
• Sheila Dwight: Bryce Dallas Howard
• Ivy: Gemma Jones
• Dick James: Stephen Graham
• Stanley Dwight: Steven Mackintosh
• Doug Weston: Tate Donovan
• Ray Williams: Charlie Rowe
• Fred: Tom Bennett
• Young Reggie Dwight: Matthew Illesley
• Older Reggie Dwight: Kit Connor
• Arabella: Ophelia Lovibond
• Kiki Dee: Rachel Muldoon
• Renate Blauel: Celinde Schoenmaker
• Helen Piena: Harriet Walter
• Wilson: Jason Pennycooke
• Arthur: Jimmy Vee
• AA Counsellor: Sharon D. Clarke
• Elton Dean: Evan Walsh
• Bobby: Peter O’Hanlon
• Cyril: Ross Farrelly
• Heather: Sharmina Harrower
• Dave Godin: Aston McAuley
• Diana: Alexia Khadime
• Richard: Carl Spencer
• Clint: Leon Delroy Williams
• Pub Man: David Doyle
• Barman: Dickon Tolson
• Pete: Leigh Francis
• Maître D’: Graham Fletcher-Cook
• Waitress: Sian Crisp
• Geoff: Guillermo Bedward
• Stephen: Max Mackintosh
• Mr Anderson: Charles Armstrong
• Mrs Anderson: Barbara Drennan
• Hugh: Leon Cooke
• LA Transgender Maid: Micah Holmes
• Mary the Receptionist: Diana Alexandra Pocol
• Dancer: Layton Williams
• Wedding Guest: Bern Collaço
• …: Janice Cooke-Leonard
• Elton John’s Guest: Laura Obiols

Film Crew:

• Producer: Lawrence Bender
• Writer: Lee Hall
• Producer: Matthew Vaughn
• Director: Dexter Fletcher
• Makeup & Hair: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
• Makeup & Hair: Carmel Jackson
• Editor: Chris Dickens
• Stunt Coordinator: James O’Donnell
• Stunts: Mark Southworth
• Still Photographer: David Appleby
• Foley Artist: Peter Burgis
• Executive Producer: Elton John
• Prosthetic Designer: Barrie Gower
• Executive Producer: Claudia Schiffer
• Production Design: Marcus Rowland
• Art Direction: Steve Carter
• Costume Design: Julian Day
• Executive Producer: Brian Oliver
• Unit Production Manager: Adam Bohling
• Costume Supervisor: Sian Evans
• Unit Production Manager: David Reid
• Visual Effects Editor: Andy Hague
• Music Producer: Giles Martin
• Stunts: Alexander Bracq
• Original Music Composer: Matthew Margeson
• Director of Photography: George Richmond
• Casting: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
• Stunts: Nina Armstrong
• Stunts: Mark Henson
• Supervising Art Director: Tim Blake
• Stunts: Clive Curtis
• Producer: David Furnish
• Executive Producer: Steve Hamilton Shaw
• Wardrobe Master: Yanika Waters
• Executive Producer: Michael Gracey
• Casting Assistant: Stevee Davies
• Post Production Supervisor: Emma Zee
• Set Decoration: Judy Farr
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Matthew Collinge
• Foley Mixer: Glen Gathard
• Music Editor: Cecile Tournesac
• Stunts: James Embree
• Stunts: Ray De-Haan
• Stunts: Pablo Verdejo
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Prestwood Smith
• Wigmaker: Alex Rouse
• Unit Publicist: Julia Jones
• Stunts: Emma Britton
• Production Sound Mixer: John Hayes
• Supervising Sound Editor: Danny Sheehan
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Brooke Lyndon-Stanford
• Costumer: Kate Laver
• Makeup & Hair: Tapio Salmi
• Location Manager: Ben Gladstone
• Script Supervisor: Lucy Ward
• Location Manager: Andrew Michael Buckley
• ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby
• Wigmaker: Jan Archibald
• Casting Associate: Lillie Jeffrey
• Stunts: Gary Hoptrough
• Dialogue Editor: Kasper Pedersen
• Stunts: Levan Doran
• Assistant Set Decoration: Laura Conway-Gordon
• Foley Artist: Zoe Freed
• Makeup & Hair: Bella Ava Georgiou
• Assistant Costume Designer: Shahida Day
• First Assistant “A” Camera: David Cozens
• Boom Operator: Andrew Rowe
• Makeup & Hair: Hanna Canfor
• Foley Editor: Lilly Blazewicz
• First Assistant Director: Jack Ravenscroft
• Casting Assistant: Tamsyn Manson
• Third Assistant Director: Claire Frayn
• Stunts: Belinda McGinley
• Property Master: Paul Oatway
• Stunts: Simon Whyman
• Stunts: Chus Lucas
• Sound Designer: Rob Prynne
• Casting Assistant: Sian Crisp
• Steadicam Operator: Chris Bain
• Construction Foreman: Leigh Thurbon
• Casting Assistant: Benedict Minghella
• Stunts: Cristian Knight
• Stunts: Justin Pearson
• Chief Lighting Technician: Stephen Mathie
• Second Assistant Director: Joe Barlow
• Assistant Art Director: Victoria Allwood
• Stunts: Nicholas Daines
• First Assistant Camera: Will Morris
• Prosthetic Designer: Victoria Money
• Digital Imaging Technician: Joshua Callis-Smith
• Stunts: Pai Pai
• Concept Artist: Paul Threadgold
• Choreographer: Adam Murray
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Stephanie Hamilton-Jordan
• Stunts: Florian Robin
• Stunts: Arran Topham
• Stunts: Sarah Lochlan
• Stunts: Cole Armitage
• Assistant Location Manager: Umberto Schramm
• Second Assistant Camera: Tom Storey
• Stunts: Renars Latkovskis
• Costumer: Nadia Merabti
• ADR Coordinator: Lizzie Campbell-Kelly
• Costumer: Alice Speak
• Stunts: Sina Ali
• Makeup & Hair: Nisha Aulum
• Stunts: Matt Sherren
• Stunts: Josie Forman
• Stunts: Nadia Hansell
• Stunts: Hasit Savani
• Prosthetic Makeup Artist: Chloe Muton-Philips
• Stunts: Mark Stanton-Kelly
• Stunts: Louis Samms
• Stunts: Edward Upcott
• Stunts: Ellie Keighley
• Stunts: Luke Gomes
• Art Direction: Emily Norris
• Stunts: Nathan Whatton
• Post Production Coordinator: Luke Gavin
• Stunts: Tim Davies
• Assistant Property Master: Peter Dibden
• Standby Art Director: Pierre Farinole
• Stunts: Lewis Young
• Stunts: Christoph Cordell
• Stunts: Lucy Allan
• Stunts: Fenix Searle
• Costume Assistant: Chloe Holland
• Construction Manager: Stuart Watson
• Assistant Editor: Deborah Kavanagh
• Casting Assistant: Rory Okey
• Costume Assistant: Emma Brackenbury
• Cableman: Max Lipscombe
• Stunts: Jake Osborn
• Unit Production Manager: Iain Mackenzie
• Stunts: Lenny Woodcock
• Stunts: Marcus White
• Stunts: Richard Leggett
• Stunts: Carlos Castillo
• Stunts: Octavia Hopwood
• Stunts: Dan Sadler
• Stunts: Jake Shallcross
• Production Supervisor: Ella Chaitow
• Music Editor: Andy Patterson
• Art Direction: Alice Walker
• Art Department Coordinator: Josephine Farr
• Second Assistant Camera: Ali Youssef
• Camera Loader: Aaran Lewis Leach
• Camera Trainee: Archie Reid
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: William Finch
• Construction Coordinator: Sandra Waddington-Wilson
• Assistant Location Manager: Hannah Lamb
• Costume Coordinator: Catherine Woolston
• Costumer: Nicola Barron
• Costume Assistant: Myra Hanet
• Costume Assistant: Maisie McCubbin
• Makeup & Hair: Danielle Harding
• Makeup & Hair: Sally Crawshaw
• Wigmaker: Jo Flowers
• First Assistant Editor: Nina Annan
• Assistant Editor: Paolo Magni
• Production Coordinator: Robin Hall
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Sean Scott Griffin
• Assistant Sound Editor: Alyn Sclosa
• Transportation Captain: Dean Porter
• Transportation Coordinator: Emma Chapman

Movie Reviews:

• SWITCH.: There’s so much that works about ‘Rocketman’, so the fact it never fully commits to its musical fantasy conceit is a bit of a disappointment. It ends up aligning most with Julie Taymor’s curious 2007 Beatles musical ‘Across the Universe’ – a really great idea and approach to the work of a musical artist that never finds its feet or the bravery to fully be itself. It’s still a moving and occasionally stirring portrait of Elton John, and while the lack of emotional or narrative detail in the screenplay never allows Taron Egerton to fully unleash his potential, he’s still a terrific Elton John and sings the hell out of these amazing songs. In the end, despite a refreshing honesty and some fascinating choices, ‘Rocketman’ is never as daring as it so desperately wants and needs and deserves to be, a film on the road to somewhere but never quite getting there.
  – Daniel Lammin

  Read Daniel’s full article…
  https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-rocketman-a-fascinating-musical-biopic-that-never-finds-its-feet

• garethmb: Elton John has had a career that has spanned decades, millions of albums sold, packed venues, awards, and more than a few headlines. In the new film “Rocketman” audiences get a look behind the man thanks to the amazing and Oscar worthy portrayal by Taron Egerton.
  The film opens with a flamboyantly dressed John entering rehab in one of his stage costumes. As he opens up with his group, he shares the story of his childhood as a shy child who is desperate to have his father show him any signs of approval or affection.
  When it is discovered that he has talent with the piano; his grandmother encourages him and even takes him to apply for a position at the Royal Academy of Music.
  His mother (Bryce Dallas Howard) is moderately supportive but is more focused on her social life brought on by her failing marriage.

  As the film unfolds; we see Elton working in a backup band and in time answering an ad that puts him with an agent. Paired with the man who would eventually change his life; Bernie Taupin (Jamie Bell), Elton and Bernie combine to write a series of songs which in turn leads him to a series of gigs in Los Angeles. The film shifts into high gear at this point as we see how their music becomes a smash and leads to a series of parties, drugs, and money.

  Elton meets Manager John Reid (Richard Madden), who becomes his partner both socially and professionally as Elton embraces his Homosexuality which he has kept largely hidden.

  As the record sales and hits mount, so does the destructive behaviors which leads Elton down a destructive path that threatens everything he has worked for.
  The movie is a masterpiece of music and story and it cleverly uses musical montages and segments around the performances to outline various segments of his life and his rise to stardom.

  The performances are amazing and Egerton was simply amazing as he not only captured the complexity of his character but performed all the vocals of the hit songs himself and they were spot on.

  During our Press Screening I noticed many people singing along, tapping their feet, or bobbing their heads along with the music which helps to underscore just how timeless and popular his catalog of music has been as the songs have endured the test of time.
  The film also evokes some unexpected emotion as there were more than a few people wiping their eyes during the film which at its core is a store of a young, shy boy desperate to be accepted and loved.

  I truly hope the film is recognized come Awards season as it is a wonderful and memorable cinematic experience.

  5 stars out of 5

• Gimly: _Rocketman_ tries to walk a line between the paint-by-numbers musician biopic bog standard, and epic musical fantasy. A lot of the time when a movie tries to be a blend of two things, it ends up being neither. _Rocketman_, conversely, ends up being both, just never at the same time. It’s basically two movies, and that epic musical fantasy movie I was talking about that’s in there, that’s a **great** movie. Unfortunately, the other one, is not so much. I’m still gonna come away giving it a recommendation, because there is enough in there to mean that I enjoyed it, especially in the core casting, all of which is great, not least Egerton. But I was little disappointed, not because my expectations were too high going in or anything, but because every time Rocketman began to slip into a euphoric high, it was moments later wrenched back to, well… Reality, I guess. Albeit a reality we only see on a movie screen. And we see on **every** movie screen when it’s a musician biopic. I mean, this is Elton John we’re talking about, if there was ever a moment to reject the mundane and fully embrace the over-the-top flamboyant fantasy it was here. But _Rocketman_ just kind of Awkward Christian Camp Side Hugs the over-the-top flamboyant fantasy.

  _Final rating:★★★ – I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._