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They called it "the devil’s music." To this, Jerry Lee Lewis whooped: "If I’m
going to hell, I’m going there playing the piano!" Dennis Quaid gives a "rousing
performance" (Gene Shalit, "The Today Show") as the defiant rock ’n’ roll
superstar who broke all the rules.
Co-starring Winona Ryder and Alec Baldwin as
Jerry Lee’s 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 (Quaid) moves to
Memphis, determined to dethrone Elvis with his "ferocious, God-given talent."
When Jerry Lee bangs out the bass chords with his feet, fans howl for more. When
he finishes a performance by setting his piano ablaze, they mob the stage. But
when he marries his 13-year-old second cousin Myra (Ryder)...the scandal nearly
kills "The Killer’s" career
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