“And when it’s Elvis, of course, Elvis was a genius,” Luhrmann said about Presley’s hair. “He had like three pomades in the 50s and he knew how to throw his hair around to make images.

Austin Butler as Elvis and Tom Hanks as Col. Tom Parker in “Elvis” (Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros. Pictures) In real life (as in the film), when Elvis went into the army in 1958 so did his hair.

Reports claim that the hair, which was shorn from the singer when he joined the US Army in 1958, should raise at least £12,000, but in 2002, a jar of Presley's hair made $115,000 (£72,000).

Elvis Presley released "It's Now or Never" in July 1960, just months after returning from his two-year U.S. Army service.

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