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GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! JERRY LEE LEWIS IS HAPPY THERE'S A FILM BUT QUESTIONS ITS VERSION OF HIS LIFE
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MEMPHIS - "It's all lies," said Jerry Lee Lewis, referring to
the movie, "Great Balls of Fire," late one afternoon last week.
"Maybe not lies, but it's their story," he said, "not mine."
On Friday, "Great Balls of Fire," starring Dennis Quaid as
Lewis, will open at 1,000 theaters nationwide. The film's focus is
on 18 months in Lewis' life, begining in 1957, when he went from a
$100-a-week piano player to a $10,000-a-night rock 'n' roll star.
Almost before he could cash his first roy...
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GREAT BALLS OF FIRE! JERRY LEE LEWIS IS HAPPY THERE'S A FILM BUT QUESTIONS ITS VERSION OF HIS LIFE
The Boston Globe
; MEMPHIS - "It's all lies," said Jerry Lee Lewis, referring to the movie, "Great Balls of Fire," late one afternoon last week. "Maybe not lies, but it's their story," he said, "not mine." On Friday, "Great Balls of Fire," starring Dennis Quaid as Lewis, will open at 1,000 theaters nationwide. The
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