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Great Balls of Fire!

starring: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson
directed by: Jim McBride

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792852681
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792852680
Label: Orion Pictures Corporation
Manufacturer: Orion Pictures Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Orion Pictures Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 9106
Studio: Orion Pictures Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: June 30, 1989



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Description:
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 as Jerry Lee's teenage bride 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.

Amazon.com:
Dennis Quaid's delightfully over-the-top performance dominates this 1989 biopic about the life, times, and music of rocker Jerry Lee 'the Killer' Lewis. It's all here: his snazzy threads, his devil-may-care Southern charm, his mane of golden hair, his underage girlfriends (Lewis's infamous marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, played here by Winona Ryder, and its effect on his career is a big part of the story), his fascination with 'the devil's music' (much to the chagrin of cousin Jimmy Swaggart, portrayed by Alec Baldwin), and of course the classic tunes like 'Great Balls of Fire' and 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.' Director Jim McBride plays the whole thing broadly, for laughs, much like Quaid plays Lewis. The result is tongue-in-cheek entertainment with a strong musical component, made all the more so by the fact that all the singing and playing on the soundtrack is done by Lewis himself. --Sam Graham



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Fun and over the top biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis
This comic book like biopic about singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) rise to fame and subsequent ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Jerry Lee and Dennis Quaid Rock!

Great Balls of Fire is one of my favorite movies of all time. The actors and the soundtrack ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My Favorite movie of all time!!
I can't explain what it is about Jerry Lee Lewis. Even though I was no where near being alive during ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Recreating or Overacting?
Dennis Quaid worked very hard to capture Jerry Lee Lewis' eccentric personality. I am uncomfortable ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Video-Great Balls of Fire
The video arrived in excellent condition and it was delivered in the timethat was quoted by Amazon...

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