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18/05/1978 Drama, Music 1h 54m
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His story will have you singing, laughing, crying, cheering, and stomping your feet

Overview

A chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nashville, where they encounter creative differences with the producing staff. Later they play a major booking at the Apollo Theater, scheduled there under the mistaken assumption that they're a black band. Holly's career eventually goes solo -- until the tragic day the music dies.

  1. Steve Rash

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gary Busey

    Buddy Holly

  2. Don Stroud

    Jesse Charles

  3. Charles Martin Smith

    Ray Bob Simmons

  4. Conrad Janis

    Ross Turner

  5. William Jordan

    Riley

  6. Maria Richwine

    Maria Elena Holly

  7. Amy Johnston

    Cindy Lou

  8. Dick O'Neill

    Sol Gittler

  9. Fred Travalena

    Madman Mancuso

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-08-06
Aside from a passable resemblance to the man himself, Gary Busey also sounds a bit like Buddy Holly in this biopic of a man who blazed a trail through the American music industry. Despite the popularity of his toe-tapping "Peggy Sue" type numbers, he still faced quite an uphill battle to convince the powers that be that his quirky style of lyric writing and performing was not quite as Satanic as some of the more establishment figures thought. With his two best pals - the "Crickets" never far away, we follow the tumultuous process as they fall in and out and Holly falls for the love of his own ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,200,000.00

Revenue
$14,363,400.00

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