The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Storyline
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- TriviaJerry Lee Lewis re-recorded his songs for this film, which Dennis Quaid lip-syncs. At first, Quaid wanted to record his version of the songs over Lewis' objections, and did. Lewis was surprised at how good he was, and at one point it was proposed that Lewis do half the songs and Quaid half. When Quaid heard the new re-recordings done by Lewis, he changed his mind, and agreed that all the songs should be done by Lewis.
- GoofsThe song "Great Balls of Fire" is shown climbing the Billboard charts to number one. The song only made it to number two.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Jerry Lee Lewis: Well, if I'm going to hell, I'm going there playing the piano!
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Personally I disagree with the other user's comments as I saw this movie on TV a while ago and really enjoyed it. What makes it so interesting is the fact that someone would actually go ahead and marry their cousin who was only 13 years old.
This movie is pretty accurate and the acting and music is great.
Dennis Quaid's portrayal of the Killer is definitely one to watch.
His accent and facial expressions are priceless and Winona Ryder's Myra is sweet and believable. This movie offers a great insight into the personal life, music and career of J.L.L. A really enjoyable film I would highly recommend :-D
This movie is pretty accurate and the acting and music is great.
Dennis Quaid's portrayal of the Killer is definitely one to watch.
His accent and facial expressions are priceless and Winona Ryder's Myra is sweet and believable. This movie offers a great insight into the personal life, music and career of J.L.L. A really enjoyable film I would highly recommend :-D
- Riverfruit
- Aug 9, 2004
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Velike vatrene kocije
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,741,060
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,807,986
- Jul 2, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $13,741,060
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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