Young William Martin Joel (Daniel Radcliffe - using a New York accent and gaining 30 pounds) is a piano prodigy born in The Bronx, who starts to rebel against his tough neighborhood upbringing by taking on a rock-n-roll persona everyone will come to know and love as Billy Joel.
Now, older and successful (Sean Astin), Billy deals with his success and drug habits as well as struggling with a boxing career and learning to deal with dating supermodels like Christie Brinkley (Sienna Miller - they really didn't meet until much later but will make the movie more dramatic). The majority of the movie focuses on Billy's struggle with being ugly and stupid but really really rich.
Eventually, Billy overcomes his fears and starts writing again, putting out a grammy award winning album with a hit song that basically lists major turning points in history.
*Academy Award nods to Daniel Radcliffe, Sean Astin, Sienna Miller
***Please note that The Stranger and Rocket Man are sold as a double feature only.
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