Great Balls of Fire

Beverly Hills, CA: Orion Pictures, 1984-1988. Three Draft scripts for the 1989 film, dated variously between 1984 and 1988. Three early drafts, credited variously to screenwriters Terry Malick, Bill Kerby, and William Binn, who would all go uncredited in the final release.

Based on the biography "Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis" by Myra Lewis and Murray M. Silver Jr., about the life of the controversial, outlandish, and ultimate genius country and rock star Jerry Lee Lewis.

Shot on location in England, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

1984 script:

Blue generic Orion Pictures wrappers. Title page present, dated October 19, 1984, noted as Second Draft, with credits for screenwriter Bill Kerby and authors Myra Lewis and Murray Silver. 122 leaves, with last page of text numbered 121. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper about Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

1986 script:

Blue generic Orion Pictures wrappers. Title page present, dated 12/86, noted as Third Draft, with credits for screenwriters Bill Kerby and William Binn. 118 leaves, with last page of text numbered 117. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

1988 script:

Blue generic Orion Pictures wrappers. Title page present, dated 6 January 1988, with credit for screenwriter Terry Malick and authors Silver and Lewis. 128 leaves, with last page of text numbered 125. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with two gold brads.

Olive 20031.

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