Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

Directors

Jim McBride

Cast

Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alec Baldwin, Michael St. Gerard

The story

Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) plays piano, as opposed to a guitar like most other rock artists, during rock and roll's early years from 1956 to 1958. Jerry Lee is a man with many different sides: a skilled performer with little discipline, and an alcoholic. As Jerry Lee rises to the top of the charts with hits such as "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", and "Great Balls of Fire", he falls in love with Myra Gale Brown (Winona Ryder), the 12-year-old daughter of his first cousin and bass player J.

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