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The true and exciting story of the rock musician Buddy Holly, tracing his career from the early days in Lubbock, Texas and his meteoric rise to fame, through to the tragic plane crash in Iowa in February, 1959.Product Identifiers
ProducerFred Bauer
EAN5030697006387
eBay Product ID (ePID)3958006
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Buddy Holly Story
ActorJohn Goff, Albert Popwell, Conrad Janis, Maria Richwine, Charles Martin Smith, Don Stroud, Gary Busey, Bill Jordan
DirectorSteve Rash
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2003
FeaturesAudio Commentary-1. Steve Rash-Director
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
Director of PhotographyStevan Larner
Production DesignerJoel Schiller
ReviewsVariety - ...[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..., New York Times - ...[Busey gives a] galvanizing solo performance....Comes alive [during the musical segments]...
Additional InformationA 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.
Movie/TV TitleThe Buddy Holly Story
ComposerJoe Renzetti
ScreenwriterRobert Gittler
EditorDavid Blewitt