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Dennis Quaid (Actor), Winona Ryder (Actor), Jim McBride (Director) Rated:
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Genre Performing Arts
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Contributor Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson, Jim McBride, Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder
Language English
Runtime 108 minutes
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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 und

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jim McBride
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 108 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2002
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Orion Pictures Corporation
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000063JDI
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  • Gary Covington
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie About the Defiant Jerry Lee Lewis (from Ferriday, Louisiana) in his Early Career = Super Movie!!!!!!!!!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2010
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    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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  • Hoosier Hayseed
    5.0 out of 5 stars Was He Really Like That?
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2011
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    I do love this movie, if only because I have always loved Jerry Lee Lewis, and think that he is so incredibly hokey as to be fantastically, uniquely great.
    I mean, his "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" has been one of the very greatest rock and roll anthems ever.
    And he is without peer as a country artist. Nobody has ever sung a more significant country song than "Another Place, Another Time," or "She Still Comes Around To Love What's Left Of Me."
    But what I can't understand is why Dennis Quaid played him to be as squirrely as he comes across.
    Because if Jerry Lee had any say-so as to how he was portrayed, I just can't see him giving the OK to what came out on film.
    I could see arrogant, or supremely self-assured, or cock-sure, or brash, or even pushy, but not strangely almost effeminate, as Dennis Quaid has portrayed him.
    Jerry Lee was and is supremely talented, but I can't believe that he ever had a single day where he acted as off-the-wall as Dennis Quaid made him out to be.
    And the fact that he married his 13 year-old 2nd cousin, I think she was, was not even that far-fetched, given the time and place.
    But anyway, the movie is terrific, just seeing the history of how Jerry Lee was exposed to the kind of music that formed his background. Also, seeing the cars that were commonplace in the fifties, such as the Olds 98s and the Cadillac El Dorados makes it a fun movie to watch.
    Oh, for those good old days, when we really did drive those cars, and listen to and dance to that music.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars DVD 📀
    Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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    Movie was good DVD was in good condition would buy more movie
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  • elisa long stewart
    1.0 out of 5 stars Did not receive nor did I order.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2024
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    I did not order Great balls of fire. So, please take it off my bill. Thank you ELisa Stewart.
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  • Monica
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2024
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    Good
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  • Clinton Kirker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Received in working order
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024
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    Hard to find video. For the price it should have been remastered.
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  • Curtis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great balls of fire movie
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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    Very good quality product. Still a great movie.
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  • Mr. Savely Polevoy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Balls of Fire!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2009
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    This is a biographical movie about American singer and extravagant virtuoso pianist Jerry Lee Lewis (born Sept.29, 1935), contemporary of Elvis Presley. The movie named after Jerry Lewis' famous hit (1957). Talented actor Dennis Quaid played role of Jerry Lewis who's career was about ruined by his marriage on a 13 years old, impressively performed by Winona Ryder. Jerry Lewis played on piano not only by hands, but also by feet, put on fire during performance on the stage his musical instruments (piano and guitar). His escapades gathered large crowd of admirers. However, despite his extravagant behavior on stage and in life, Jerry Lewis generally recognized as a pioneer of rock-and-roll. This is a very dynamic spectacular movie with first-class cast that attract attention from the beginning to the end. Highly recommend.
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  • Régis B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sorry for answering so late
    Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2025
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    Thank you for the movie 🍿 I received. It was in perfect condition. I'm very satisfied with my purchase. Regis B.
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  • franca affatati
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ricordi
    Reviewed in Italy on February 12, 2025
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    Arrivato perfetto !
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  • le ptit math
    5.0 out of 5 stars !!
    Reviewed in France on January 24, 2016
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    Très bon film! Je l'avais vu il y a longtemps et finalement il n'a pas vieillit. Après l'histoire en vient plus
    a tourner autour de son mariage avec sa nièce et moins autour de la musique. Mais bon rassurez vous, le début et même
    une bonne moitié du film nous offre du bon gros Lee Lewis.
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  • Graham
    5.0 out of 5 stars i love the music the film is true to his life ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2014
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    i love the music the film is true to his life and will shock most people, his thirteen year old bride was with him a long time before they got divorced but the film only shows his rise and fall from stardom and the fall only came from the public finding out about him marrying his thirteen year old cousin , if you like true life story's and are not quick to judge i would recommend you see it for yourself i will add this one to my collection.
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  • timediver®
    5.0 out of 5 stars Schwarz + Weiss = Rock 'n' Roll
    Reviewed in Germany on September 17, 2006
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    "I want 'em to remember me simply for my music!"
    (Jerry Lee Lewis)

    Die Filmhandlung beginnt an Weihnachten 1944, als der 9jährige Jerry Lee zusammen mit seinem Cousin Jimmy Swaggert einen Ausflug ins, wie er sagt, "Schokoladenviertel" seiner Heimatstadt Ferriday/Louisana unternimmt und als Zaungast einer Honky-Tonk-Kaschemme wie gebannt den wilden Jitterbug-Tänzern zuschaut und besonders den Pianisten beobachtet...

    ...zwölf Jahre später traktiert er selbst die Tasten und nimmt bei Sam Phillips Plattenfirma Sun in Memphis/Tennessee seine erste Platte auf, bevor er am 29. Juli 1957 mit seiner Version des von Roy Hall geschriebenen Countrysongs "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" in der Steve Allen Show für Furore sorgt. Seine entfesselte Performance, bei der er anfangs noch verhalten am Flügel sitzt, jedoch bald den Hocker nach hinten weg kickt, anzügliche Lyrics ins Mikrofon schreit und auf die Tastatur mit Händen und Füßen gleichermaßen einhämmert, verleiht ihm den Nimbus des "Wild One". Fortan verwandelt er bei Live-Konzerten das Auditorium regelmäßig in ein Purgatorium, das mitunter in der Inbrandsetzung seines Klaviers (z. B. in der "Allen Freed's Big Beat Show", um dem nach ihm auftretenden Chuck Berry die Show zu stehlen) gipfelt......

    Als Elvis Presley 1958 seinen Militärdienst antritt, ist für den mittlerweile zum "Killer" avancierten Lewis die Krone des R'n'R zum Greifen nahe. Doch die Hochzeit mit Myra Gale Lewis, seiner 13jährigen Cousine zweiten Grades, eine abgebrochene Englandtour, und erste Abstürze mit Tabletten und Alkohol bringen den Karriereknick. Die Medien titulieren ihn als Bigamisten und "Kinderräuber", seine Platten werden aus den Radioprogrammen genommen, so dass ihm nichts anderes übrig bleibt, als durch kleine Clubs zu tingeln.....

    Das Filmende gibt einem Ausblick auf die Geburt seines (nach dem Showmaster Steve Allen benannten) Sohnes, den Myra Lewis am 27.02.1959 zur Welt bringt, lässt jedoch die Schicksalsschläge späterer Jahre ausgeklammert.

    Die Rolle des Twens Jerry Lee ist mit dem (im Jahre 1989) 35jährigen Texaner Dennis William Quaid, der den wildesten aller R'n'R Roller mit seinen stolzen Gesten und seinem animalisches Gehabe mit voller Inbrust verkörpert, brillant besetzt. Auch die damals 18jährige Winona Rider überzeugt als seine jugendliche Ehefrau Myra Gale. Eine klasse Vorstellung bietet auch der mit seinen 31 Jahren recht jung wirkende Alec Baldwin, der als Jerrys Cousin und Prediger Jimmy Swaggart, den R'n'R als Teufelswerk anprangert. Ein besonderer Gag ist, dass der 68jährige Erfinder der Late Night Show, Steve Allen, sich als 36jährigen selbst darstellt!

    Neben grandiosen Bühnenauftritten erinnern Filmsequenzen wie zu "High School Confidential" an Tanzszenen a la "Crease". Fazit: 108 unterhaltsam-packende Minuten mit einem tollen Soundtrack, der mit seinen insgesamt 25 Stücken neben Originalsongs des im Jahre 1986 in die R'n'R Hall of Fame aufgenommenen Musikers auch andere zeitgenössische Musik enthält. Sehr empfehlenswert für alle Fans des R'n'R, insbesondere des wilden Pianisten, der als 71-Jähriger noch heute regelmäßig tourt. 5 Amazonsterne.
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