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SUMMARY:Great Balls of Fire: Three Films by Jim McBride - Filmmaker Q&A
DESCRIPTION:They called him the 'killer'\, the greatest roll 'n' roll star ever. When the killer started shakin' he pumped his piano until it burned. But Jerry Lee Lewis' private life was even more outrageous and scandalous than his stage performances and when he married his 13-year-old cousin\, the world really started screaming but this time for his blood. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE is a rollocking musical biopic\, featuring an electrifying performance by Dennis Quaid as Lewis and Winona Ryder as his bride. \n\n \n\nFilmmaker Jim McBride will be in attendance for a Q&A \n\n \n\n"Re-creates the soul-shaking\, brain-rattling fun of rock-and-roll." The New York Times\n\n \n\n\nFUGITIVES\, COPS AND ROLL 'N' ROLL: THREE FILMS BY JIM MCBRIDE \n\n \n\n \n\nAmerican director Jim McBride has an eclectic filmography. Emerging from the New York underground scene of the 1960s\, he made one of the seminal films of the period: DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY (1968)\, which was a fictional tale of a young director documenting his own life. Following this\, McBride continued to be an independent filmmaker\, making personal documentaries\, offbeat dystopian science fiction\, and even a softcore sex comedy. \n\n \n\n \n\nThen in the 1980s\, McBride found himself working within the mainstream Hollywood system\, creating three exhilarating features: BREATHLESS (1983) is a remake of the Jean Luc Godard classic and is often highlighted as a favourite film by Quentin Tarantino\; THE BIG EASY (1986) is the sassy and sultry crime thriller with a wicked sense of humour\; and GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (1989) is a biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis\, the controversial wild man of 1950s' rock 'n' roll. \n\n \n\n \n\nTriskel Arts Centre is not only screening these three movies but Jim McBride will be in attendance to take part in Q&As following THE BIG EASY and GREAT BALLS OF FIRE.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:They called him the &lsquo\;killer&rsquo\;\, the greatest roll &lsquo\;n&rsquo\; roll star ever. When the killer started shakin&rsquo\; he pumped his piano until it burned. But Jerry Lee Lewis&rsquo\; private life was even more outrageous and scandalous than his stage performances and when he married his 13-year-old cousin\, the world really started screaming &hellip\; but this time for his blood. GREAT BALLS OF FIRE is a rollocking musical biopic\, featuring an electrifying performance by Dennis Quaid as Lewis and Winona Ryder as his bride. \;
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\n\n&ldquo\;Re-creates the soul-shaking\, brain-rattling fun of rock-and-roll.&rdquo\; The New York Times
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FUGITIVES\, COPS AND ROLL &lsquo\;N&rsquo\; ROLL: THREE FILMS BY JIM MCBRIDE \;
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American director Jim McBride has an eclectic filmography. Emerging from the New York underground scene of the 1960s\, he made one of the seminal films of the period: DAVID HOLZMAN&rsquo\;S DIARY (1968)\, which was a fictional tale of a young director documenting his own life. Following this\, McBride continued to be an independent filmmaker\, making personal documentaries\, offbeat dystopian science fiction\, and even a softcore sex comedy. \;
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Then in the 1980s\, McBride found himself working within the mainstream Hollywood system\, creating three exhilarating features: BREATHLESS (1983) is a remake of the Jean Luc Godard classic and is often highlighted as a favourite film by Quentin Tarantino\; THE BIG EASY (1986) is the sassy and sultry crime thriller with a wicked sense of humour\; and GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (1989) is a biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis\, the controversial wild man of 1950s&rsquo\; rock &lsquo\;n&rsquo\; roll. \;
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Triskel Arts Centre is not only screening these three movies but Jim McBride will be in attendance to take part in Q&\;As following THE BIG EASY and GREAT BALLS OF FIRE.
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