Young Reginald Dwight (Daniel Radcliffe) is a piano prodigy born in Pinner, Middlesex, who starts to rebel against his strict parents by taking on a rock-n-roll persona everyone will come to know and love as Elton John.
Now, older and successful (Hugo Weaving), Elton deals with his success and drug habits as well as coming out of the closet and revealing to the world his relationship with his lyricist, Bernie Taupin (Kevin Spacey -- this part isn't true but will make the movie more dramatic). The majority of the movie focuses on Elton's hiatus from performing in 1976 and the three years he spent secluded in one of his three mansions.
Eventually, Elton overcomes his fears and starts writing again, putting out a grammy award winning soundtrack for The Lion King and changing his lyrics to his most famous song, Candle in the Wind, to pay homage to Princess Diane.
*Academy Award nods to Daniel Radcliffe, Hugo Weaving, Kevin Spacey
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