Great Balls Of Fire! (1989)
| Director: | Jim McBride |
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| Starring: | Dennis Quaid Winona Ryder John Doe Stephen Tobolowsky Trey Wilson |
| Year of release: | 1989 |
| Running time: | 103 Min. |
| Age restriction: | 10 |
| Category: | Biography Drama Music |
Dennis Quaid gives a rousing performance as Jerry Lee Lewis, the defiant rock ‘n’ roll superstar who broke all the rules. Co-starring Winona Ryder as Jerry Lee’s teenage bride and Alec Baldwin as his evangelical cousin Jimmy Swaggart, and featuring scorching piano and vocals re-recorded by the legendary Lewis himself, Great Balls of Fire is a wild ride back to the early days of rock ‘n’ roll that will leave you “B-B-B-Breathless”! In 1956, Louisiana bad boy Jerry Lee Lewis moves to Memphis, determined to dethrone Elvis with his ferocious “God-given” talent. When Jerry Lee bangs out the bass chords with his feet and sets the piano ablaze, fans howl for more. But when he marries his 13-year-old second cousin Myra (Ryder), the scandal nearly kills “The Killer’s” career…
Awards: 1 win
