Cinematic background from Great Balls of Fire! 1989 - The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man holding a microphone up to his mouth; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – An old car parked in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people in a room with a piano; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a yellow jacket is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man sitting at a piano in front of a red wall; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man with blonde curly hair is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man sitting at a bar holding a glass of wine; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a boy in the back of an old car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A large group of people sitting in a theater; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people in a large room with their hands in the air; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person with a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a gray suit is standing in front of a window; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman dancing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man singing into a microphone in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a white shirt and black suspenders; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of women sitting next to each other holding ice cream cones; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person with curly brown hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a red jacket standing in front of an audience; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people sitting at tables playing musical instruments; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A city street filled with lots of traffic at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – Two women standing next to each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A young woman with short brown hair wearing a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a white hat looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person laying on a bed with a pink blanket; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – An overhead view of a crowd of people in suits; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A young girl in a red and white sweater and a man in a black suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a purple sweater and a purple flower in her hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A crowd of people with their hands up in the air at an event; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a hat and a trench coat standing next to other men; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman laying in a bed with a white pillow; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a suit and a tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – Two women talking to each other in a restaurant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman standing with her arms crossed; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man holding a check in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man holding a microphone in front of a microphone stand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man with blonde curly hair is holding a microphone up to his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman looking at each other with surprised eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man wearing a suit and tie sitting in front of a painting; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A young woman sitting in the back of an antique car; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man with a hat is sitting in front of a red wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a military uniform standing in front of a neon sign; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a red coat standing next to another woman in a striped shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of other men; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman walking down a set of stairs; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A young woman in a brown and white sweater; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man sitting at a piano in front of a lamp; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of women sitting next to each other holding cones; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman looking at each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a red jacket talking to a man in a striped shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car at night; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people sitting in a crowd at night; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man standing in front of a bunch of pictures; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – An old car is parked on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of men sitting at a table with food; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man playing a piano in front of a crowd of onlookers; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and two women standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a suit and tie smiling; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man with blonde curly hair is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a suit and tie standing in front of a building; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A woman in a red and white plaid shirt holding a pillow; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A group of people in a room with a man holding a microphone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – Two men standing next to each other on a cloudy day; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A young woman in a white shirt and black suspenders smiling; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A picture of a skull sitting in a window of a train car; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A couple of people in the back seat of a car; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Great Balls of Fire!” (1989), directed by Jim McBride – A man in a yellow jacket standing next to a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle