Full Credits
Edgewood Way Presents
In Association With
NDR, BR, Charlotte Street Films and Backup Studio
The King
A Ghost in the Machine Production
Producers
Christopher St. John
David Kuhn
Written and Directed by
Eugene Jarecki
Supervising Producer
Melinda Shopsin
Co-Writer
Christopher St. John
Producers
Christopher Frierson
Georgina Hill
Co-Producers
Manuel Chiche
Shirel Kozak
Andrew McLain
Consulting Producers
Peter Guralnick
Ethan Hawke
James Jaworowicz
John Battsek
Executive Producers
Steven Soderbergh
Errol Morris
Rosanne Cash
David Atlan-Jackson
Barbara Biemann
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Co-Executive Producers
Roy Ackerman
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Nick Fraser
Dana O'Keefe
Cinematography
Etienne Sauret
Tom Bergmann
Sound
Nikola Chapelle
Original Score
Robert Miller
Antony Genn
Martin Slattery
Edited by
Simon Barker
Élia Gasull Balada
Alex Bingham
Laura Israel
Key Advisor
Claudia Becker
Road Crew Chief and Lion Tamer
Wayne Gerster
Story Producer
Lisa Pollak
Associate Producers
Jesus Hernandez
Erica Lichtenberger Vogel
Production Managers
Kara Elverson
Jesus Hernandez
Camera
Christopher Frierson
Derek Hallquist
Georgina Hill
Taylor Krauss
Torsten Lapp
Thorsten Thielow
Additional Camera
Sam Cullman
Michael Drucker
Andrew McLain
Francesca Kustra
Colin Sunner
Christopher St. John
First Assistant Camera
Tanner Carlson
Tom Donatelli
Michael Drucker
Co-Edited by
Betsy Kagen
Additional Editing
Ben Cortes
Daniel DiMauro
Jenny Golden
Francesca Kustra
Archival Producers
Rich Remsberg
Francesca Kustra
Archival Researcher
Gideon Kennedy
Offline Supervisor
Ben Cortes
Post-Production Advisor
Joe Beirne
First Assistant Editors
Ben Cortes
Francesca Kustra
Assistant Editors
Mitra Bonshahi
Janah Elise Cox
Sediqua Francis
Brian Purcell
Vanessa Trengrove
Andres Vergara
Post-Production Supervisor
Melinda Shopsin
Music Supervisor
David Kuhn
Post-Production Facility
Technicolor PostWorks NY
Colorist
Benjamin Murray
DI Supervising Conform Editor
Ryan McMahon
DI Conform Editors
Keith Jenson
Sean Perry
DI Producer
Christina Delerme
DI Account Executive
Carol Jazwinski
Assistant Online Editors
Brian Keefe
Ross Hendrickson
Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Christopher Koch, CAS
Audio Post Assistant
Kahlin Whatley
Visual Effects
Mac Guff
Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor
Philippe Sonrier
Visual Effects Direction and Composition
Martial Vallanchon
Graphics
Ben Cohen
Aaron Hodgins Davis
Paul Docherty
Legal Counsel
Jacqueline Eckhouse
David Kuhn
Additional Legal Services
Victoria Cook
E&O Legal Counsel
F. Robert Stein
Robert Clarida
Production Insurance
Kent Hamilton
Mike Groner
Production Accountants
Hermes Laoudas
Yelena Kirzhner
Lia McPherson
German Production Company
Charlotte Street Films, GmbH
German Legal Counsel
Christoph Fey
German Production Advisor
Dirk Wilutzky
German Unit Correspondent
Nora Colie
German Unit Camera
Tom Bergmann
German Accountants
Herbert Nather
Lukasz Gilles
Piano, Orchestration and Arrangements
Robert Miller
Tenor Saxophone
Aaron Heike
Trumpet
Tony Kadleck
Trombone
Mike Davis
Music Mixers/Engineers
Florent Barbier
Marc McCusky
Ross Matthews
Assistant Engineer
Nick Green
Music Production Coordinator
Diane Cricchio
Distribution Services
UTA Independent Film Group
Archival Materials Provided by
* 1962 Seattle World's Fair films courtesy: Albert Fisher
* A/V Geeks
* ABC News Video Source
* Alamy
* AP Archive
* AP Images
* British Pathé
* Budget Films
* Buyout Footage
* CNN Archives
* CriticalPast
* F.I.L.M. Archives
* William Ferris
* Folkstreams
* Chad Freidrichs
* Getty Images
* Global ImageWorks, LLC
* Globe Photos
H. Lee Waters Film Collection, David M. Rubenstein - Rare Books & Manuscript Library, Duke University
* Historic Films
* Ina
* ITN Source
* J.M. Van Eaton
* James Jaworowicz
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
* National Archives and Records Administration
NBCUniversal Archives
* Oddball Films
* PeriscopeFilm
* The Phillips Family
* Pond5
* Prelinger Archives
* Producers Library
* Reelin' In the Years Productions
* Retro Video, Inc.
* Screenocean
* Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
* Showtime Networks
* Shutterstock
* Streamline Films
* The Image Works
* The Zarzour Family
* Travel Film Archive
* University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Music
"Blue Yodel #6"
Written by Jimmy Rogers
Performed by EmiSunshine and the Rain
"Still a Fool"
Written by Muddy Waters
Performed by Leo "Bud" Welch
"A Long Journey"
Written & Performed by Leo "Bud" Welch
"Memphis City Blues"
Written by Marlon Goodwin, Premiro Smith, and Andy Thelusma
Performed by 8Ball & MJG
Courtesy of Bad Boy Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
"Worth"
Written by Anthony J. Brown
Performed by Stax Music Academy All-Stars
"Chain of Fools"
Written by Donald Covay
Performed by Stax Music Academy All-Stars
"Strange Fruit"
Written by Lewis Allan
Performed by Billie Holiday
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Rocket 88”
Written by Jackie Brenston
Performed by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Johnny, June, and Jesus"
Written by Alisha Karol Hamilton, Emilie Sunshine Hamilton, Kristal Kathleen Hill
Performed by EmiSunshine and the Rain
"Wind Don’t Have to Hurry"
Written & Performed by John Hiatt
"Train Song"
Written by Jennifer Bunyan, Clarye Alasdair, and Jenny Lewis
Performed by Kat Wright and Maggie Clifford
Licensed courtesy of Domino Publishing Company Ltd
"Harlem Streets" and "Rich Man’s World (1%)"
Written & Performed by Immortal Technique
"(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window"
Written by Bob Merrill
Performed by Patti Page
Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Svefn-g-englar”
Written by Jon Birgisson, Agust Gunnarsson, Georg Holm and Kjartan Sveinsson
Performed by Sigur RÓs
Courtesy of XL Recordings
"Elvis"
Written & Performed by Lana Del Rey
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Glow Worm"
Written by Brett and Rennie Sparks
Performed by The Handsome Family
Published by Handsome Family Music Administered for North America by Music of Virtual and for the rest of the world by Touch Tones Music Ltd.
Courtesy of The Handsome Family and Virtual Label LLC
"Don’t Worry Baby"
Written by Roger Christian and Brian Wilson
Performed by Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers
"Sad, Sad Song" and "Four Hours in Washington"
Written by Matthew Stephen Ward
Performed by M. Ward
“Also Sprach Zarathustra”
Written by Richard Strauss
Performed by Robert Miller Light Orchestra
Courtesy of C.F. Peters Corporation
“Fever"
Written by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport
Performed by Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers
"Unchained Melody"
Written by Hy Zaret and Alex North
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of Unchained Melody Publishing LLC
"Danny Ray"
Written by Alisha Karol Hamilton, Emilie Sunshine Hamilton
Performed by EmiSunshine
"Memphis Train to Heaven"
Written by Justin Merrick
Performed by Justin Merrick and Stax Music Academy All-Stars
"White Horse”
Written by Dorothy Cuylear, Natasha Cuylear, and Carla Cuylear
Performed by Lindy Vision
"Once Upon a Time"
Written & Performed by Robert Bradley
Special Thanks
Chateau Marmont
Christie's Auction House
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Mike Coykendall
Cryptic Tattoo Shop
Dino's Restaurant
Elvis Presley Birthplace
DJ Fontana
Patricia Gaines
Marie Therese Guirgis
Alisha Hamilton
Harry Cipriani
Ella Hill
Diane Hill
Andrew Jarecki
Gloria Jarecki
Henry Jarecki
Lisa Lee
McSorley's Old Ale House
Oscar's Beef, Booze & Broads
Matthew Ruffino
Sam Phillips Recording Service
Dale Rushing
Nick Shumaker
John Sloss
Starline Tours
Stax Music Academy
Sun Records
Ted's Frostop
The University of Memphis ROTC
Brenda Tramontine
Melvin Van Peebles
Harvey Waldman
Jamie Wolf
Equipment Services Provided by
Atomos
Panasonic
For NDR
Commissioning Editor
Barbara Biemann
Production Executive
Daniel Buresch
For BR
Commissioner Editors
Carlos Gerstenhauer
Matthias Leybrand
Funding Provided by
Rosenthal Family Foundation
Original Series Funding Provided by
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
THE KING is a co-production of GHOST IN THE MACHINE FILMS, EDGEWOOD WAY, CHARLOTTE STREET FILMS, BACKUP STUDIOS, NDR, BR, and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB).
This program was produced by GHOST IN THE MACHINE FILMS LLC, which is solely responsible for its content.
© Ghost in the Machine Films, 2018. All rights reserved.
In Loving Memory of Ralf Hoogestraat, Peter Hill, June Winhold, Leo "Bud" Welch, and Janie Chase Cozzi