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Buy Great Balls of Fire!. 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.
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
Great Balls of Fire! Review
This is a great movie about the young, defiant Jerry Lee (A.K.A. "The Killer").Its a story about him growing up down in Ferriday, Louisiana, (my home state) along with his cousin the Rev.Jimmy Swaggart. I'm been to the house Jerry Lee grew up in. Its a museam now, operated by one of his sisters. When Jerry Lee was a kid, he would sneek over to the black juke joints, and listen to their music. He loved it. During this movie, from childhool on up, Jerry Lee and his cousin the Rev.Jimmy Swaggart were always in conflict. Rev. Swaggart believed Rock & Roll was the Devil's Music, and he thought that Jerry Lee was a sinner for playing it. Anyway, Jerry Lee "stuck to his guns", and kept performing Rock & Roll music.
Jerry Lee wanted to become a star like Elvis, so he set his sights on Memphis, and Sam Phillips with Sun Records. He moved to Memphis, got a record deal with Sam Phillips and Sun Records. He moved in with relatives in Memphis, I believe it was his first cousin and his wife and their 13 year old daughter Myra. Anyway, this "1st cousin" was the bass player in Jerry Lee's band. Jerry and Myra got close, and even though Jerry Lee had already been married twice. He got a Marriage Licence and secrely married his 2nd cousin Myra at age 13. When her dad found out, he got really mad and started to try and kill Jerry Lee, but Sam Phillips talked him out of it. He gradually accepted it, and remained a bass player in Jerry Lee's band. Jerry Lee's marriage to Myra lasted 13 years. He's been married at least 6 times and I think this was the longed marriage, he ever had.
One really good part of the Movie, is a concert with Chuck Berry. The people in charge told Jerry Lee, he had to start the concert and Chuck would follow him. This made Jerry Lee mad. He said "nobody follows the Killer". Anyway, he agreed and when he was performing his last sone "Great Balls of Fire", he poured lighter fluid on the piano and set it on fire, as he played the song. The Audience went WILD. After that, when Jerry Lee was leaving the stage, he told Chuck Berry "Follow that"!!!
Anyway, Sam Phillips scheduled an English Tour for Jerry Lee, and against the advise of Sam Phillips, Jerry Lee took along his 13 year old bride Myra. Anyway, when the press found out about his marriage to his cousin a 13 year old, they turned against him. At his first concert the crowd just sit there and showed no emotion. This made Jerry Lee so mad, that he pushed the piano off the stage. Anyway, all his shows were cancelled in England, and he was ordered out of the Country. His last words for England - "England can Kiss My A**".
Jerry Lee made a come-back, with an appearance on the Steve Allen show. He and Myra had a son Steve Allen Lewis (who later drowned) and a daughter who is still living.
Anyway, it ends with Jerry Lee being at the Rev. Swaggard's church, where the Rev. was peaching directly to Jerry Lee, and about him playing "the Devil's Music". Jerry Lee gets up and says "Well If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano". He and Myra leave the church. The movie soon ends.
I grew up in this type of environment, and now I can say, thankfully attitudes about Rock & Roll have changed down here in Louisiana, and the "Bible Belt". Rock & Roll is now not necessarily regarded as the devil's music. It is generally accepted by everyone down here. Also, now Jerry Lee and his cousin the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart are not in conflict with one another. Jerry Lee usually performs some gospel songs in his concerts. Thanks!!!!!
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