Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki onderzoekt in deze documentaire iets curieus: de parallellen tussen de opkomst en ondergang van muzieklegende Elvis Presley en dat van de verenigde Staten zelf, tijdens de beruchte presidentiële verkiezingen van 2016. Deze hebben er uiteindelijk toe geleid dat de meest controversiële president uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, Donald Trump, aan de macht kwam.
Nee, helaas is The King nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Christopher St. John | Producer |
| Writing | Christopher St. John | Writer |
| Camera | Taylor Krauss | Director of Photography |
| Production | Eugene Jarecki | Producer |
| Production | Steven Soderbergh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Georgina Hills | Producer |
| Production | Christopher Frierson | Producer |
| Production | David Atlan Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Eliott Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | David Kuhn | Producer |
| Directing | Eugene Jarecki | Director |
| Editing | Laura Israel | Editor |
| Sound | Antony Genn | Music |
| Editing | Alex Bingham | Editor |
| Sound | Martin Slattery | Music |
| Writing | Eugene Jarecki | Writer |
| Editing | Simon Barker | Editor |
| Sound | Robert Miller | Music |
| Editing | Èlia Gasull Balada | Editor |
| Editing | Francesca Kustra | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Francesca Kustra | Additional Editor |
| Camera | Francesca Kustra | Additional Camera |
| Production | Joel Thibout | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rosanne Cash | Executive Producer |
| Production | Manuel Chiche | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Étienne Sauret | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Christopher Frierson | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tom Bergmann | Director of Photography |