GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! (WIDESCREEN/FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Drama, Music
• Plot: 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 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 (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.
• Cast: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Steve Allen, Lisa Blount, Joshua Sheffield, Mojo Nixon, Jimmie Vaughan, David Ferguson, Robert Lesser, Lisa Jane Persky, Paula Person, Valerie Wellington, Booker T. Laury, Michael St. Gerard, Carol Russell, Crystal Robbins, Tav Falco, Ryan Rushton, Bert Dedman, David A. Penhale, Carl Bogan, Richard Crowe, Melisa J. Levine, Cassie Pollard, Mary Yeargin, Bruce Stuart, W.W. Painter, Mark W. Johnson, Jody Lynne, Joseph Woodward Jr., Linn Sitler, Ashley Paige Cook, Sara Van Horn, Juliette Claire Spirson, John Mulrooney, Peter Cook, Kim Smith, David Sibley, Jamila Massey, Ryan Ward, Steven O'Donnell, Bejay Baddin, Julie Balloo, Ruth Kettlewell, John Tordoff, Keith McDaniel, Stephanie Pope, Lorraine Fields, Rufus Thomas, Maurice Miller, Susan Lonergan, Bonnie Beutler, Chris Solari, Snowy Winters, Priscilla Harris, John Bloom, Kelli Clevenger, Tike Kerby
• Director: Jim McBride
• Runtime: 1:47
• Company: MGM/UA
• Media Format: Movie