The new documentary titled Premiere in a special screening in Cannes «Trouble in Mind» for one of Rock & Roll’s top musicians, Jerry Lee Lewis, signed by Ethan Cohen, the other half of Hollywood’s iconic Coen Brothers film production team.
It is Ethan Cohen’s first directorial debut without Joel’s brother, and chronicles the rise and fall of rock and roll legend in just 73 minutes, according to Variety, using excerpts from the artist’s TV interviews and concerts. It even starts with an impressive archive video from the show “The Ed Sullivan Show” with Lewis interpreting in a special way “She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye”.
His career began in Memphis, recording on Sun Records in 1956. In fact, the title of the documentary comes from a conversation Lewis had in the early days with Sun Records music producer Sam Phillips, according to his post. Deadline.
The star’s career is almost ruined by the bomb scandal that erupted in May 1958 while on tour in England and Scotland. The news of his marriage to Myra Brown’s 13-year-old cousincreates rage and is forced to interrupt his tour and return.
As he explains in an interview, he was forced to go from city to city, working more than 300 nights a year with a cash register reduced to $ 200 a night compared to the $ 10,000 he was receiving. He could only return in the late 1960s as a country musician, but never said it was his fault.
Notably at the age of 22, Lewis had already been married twice, the first at the age of 16.
The documentary hosts the comment of the English comedian Bob Hope, who characteristically said: “Jerry Lee Lewis just became a father – he adopted his wife “. They have been married to Myra Brown for 13 years.
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