In 1956, Jerry lee lewis (Dennis Quaid), the bad boy from Louisiana, moves to Memphis determined to dethrone Elvis with his fierce gift for music.
When Jerry lee pounding the piano keys with his feet, the audience screams for more. At the end of a concert, he sets his piano on fire and the audience invades the stage.
But when you marry Myra (Winona ryder), a thirteen-year-old second cousin … the scandal nearly ended her career.