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The Buddy Holly Story
1978
A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the huge hit "That'll Be The Day." .. Read more
| Starring | Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Albert Popwell |
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| Director | Steve Rash |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Buddy Holly Story
A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the huge hit "That'll Be The Day." Also details the final events leading up to the plane crash, en route to Minnesota in a snow storm on February 3, 1959, which also claimed the lives of Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.
| Starring | Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Albert Popwell, John Goff, Conrad Janis, Bill Jordan, Maria Richwine |
|---|---|
| Director | Steve Rash |
| Studio | FREMANTLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 54 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Apr 2003 Production year: 1978 |
| Format | DVD |
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A stunningly well-made biopic of the legendary rock 'n' roller, who met his tragically premature end in a plane crash in 1959. Gary Busey has never matched his marvellous Oscar-nominated performance as Holly, contenting himself instead with a rogues' gallery of movie cops and psychos ever since. Director Steve Rash has likewise never managed to recapture the verve he conjures up here. The movie is made doubly enjoyable by the knowledge that Busey and the movie's Crickets actually do their own singing and playing, generating their own very palpable raw energy in the process.
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"...[The film] packs solid dramatic and musical punch....THE BUDDY HOLLY story smacks of realism....Gary Busey not only imparts the driven, perfectionist side of Holly's character, but his vocal work is excellent..."
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Great Film
Really good film reliving the Rise of Buddy Holly to his untimely death, great performace from Gary Busey.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Great Film
Really good film reliving the Rise of Buddy Holly to his untimely death, great performace from Gary Busey.
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The Buddy Holly Story
A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the ...
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