{"id":117806,"date":"2024-06-01T03:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/01\/elton-john-marks-5th-anniversary-of-rocketman-film-still-amazes-me\/"},"modified":"2024-06-01T03:07:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T03:07:01","slug":"elton-john-marks-5th-anniversary-of-rocketman-film-still-amazes-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/01\/elton-john-marks-5th-anniversary-of-rocketman-film-still-amazes-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John marks 5th anniversary of &#8216;Rocketman&#8217; film: &#8220;Still amazes me&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-05-31\/Getty_EltonJohnandTaronEgerton_053124.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Elton John and &#8216;Rocketman&#8217; star Taron Egerton; Laurent KOFFEL\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On May 31, 2019,<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S3vO8E2e6G0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Rocketman<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> the biopic based on<strong> Elton John<\/strong>&#8216;s life, opened in the U.S.\u00a0Five years later, Elton is looking back on that day with an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7o_JqnC1hz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Next to a clip<\/a> from the movie of <strong>Taron Egerton<\/strong> as Elton performing &#8220;Crocodile Rock,&#8221; Elton wrote, &#8220;5 years since this movie hit the screens and it still amazes me to see fans around the world connect with my story and have it resonate with people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Rocketman<\/em> was more than just a movie for me \u2013 it was a journey through my life\u2019s ups and downs, a life so crazy that only by creating a musical fantasy could we truly bring it to life!&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Thanks to the filmmakers and everyone who made it a hit and to all of you for the incredible support. Your love means everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The clip notes that the movie has an 89% &#8220;Fresh&#8221; rating on RottenTomatoes.com and was given five-star reviews by a number of publications. It also won multiple awards, including the Golden Globe Best Actor &#8211; Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Egerton, and an Oscar for Elton and<strong> Bernie Taupin<\/strong> for the original song they wrote for it: &#8220;(I&#8217;m Gonna) Love Me Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3vO8E2e6G0\" title=\"Rocketman (2019) - Official Trailer - Paramount Pictures\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elton John and &#8216;Rocketman&#8217; star Taron Egerton; Laurent KOFFEL\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images On May 31, 2019, Rocketman, the biopic based on Elton John&#8216;s life, opened in the U.S.\u00a0Five years later, Elton is looking back on that day with an Instagram post. Next to a clip from the movie of Taron<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/06\/01\/elton-john-marks-5th-anniversary-of-rocketman-film-still-amazes-me\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,430,452],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}