God Is the Bigger Elvis

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| director = Rebecca Cammisa

| producer = Julie Anderson
Rebecca Cammisa

| starring = Dolores Hart

| music = James Lavino

| cinematography = Claudia Raschke-Robinson

| editing = Geeta Gandbhir

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| distributor = HBO

| released = {{Film date|2012|04|05|HBO|ref1=[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS2056256320120209 Oscar's Doc Shorts: So Serious -- Except for the One About Elvis and the Nun] Reuters}}

| runtime = 37 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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God Is the Bigger Elvis is a 2011 documentary film about actress Dolores Hart, who abandoned her successful career at the age of 24 to become a Benedictine nun. The film was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/movies/2012/02/world-heartbreak-—-and-hope-—-oscar-short-docs/269536 A world of heartbreak — and hope — in Oscar short docs] Washington Examiner[https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/story/2012-02-13/mother-dolores-hart-god-is-bigger-elvis/53084706/1 Nun who co-starred with Elvis will return to the Oscars] USA Today

In 1957, Dolores Hart co-starred with Elvis Presley in the Paramount motion picture Loving You. It was in this film that she kissed Elvis. This was Elvis' very first on-screen kiss in a movie. Dolores and Elvis would reunite the following year in Michael Curtiz's King Creole.