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The Buddy Holly Story [1978] [DVD]

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  • Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan
  • Directors: Steve Rash
  • Writers: Alan Swyer, John Goldrosen, Robert Gittler
  • Producers: Edward H. Cohen, Frances Avrut-Bauer, Fred Bauer, Fred T. Kuehnert
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 April 2003
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008N71S
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,083 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
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.

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly special tribute to Buddy Holly., 17 Jan 2005
I first saw this film when I was little and was very touched by it, so it seemed obvious to buy it when it came out on DVD. After having studied the life of Buddy Holly I found this film to be very true to life.
Gary Busey made an excellent Buddy Holly and is very talented with regards to music as well as acting since none of the origional scores were used in the film and Busey performed each one of Holly's songs. A friend of mine remarked that if you heard Busey singing and were not aware that it was him you would swear it were Buddy Holly.
I found the special features of this DVD very good. I enjoy listening to the auido commentary with the film's director (Steve Rash) and Gary Busey, it is interesting to be shown the human errors and mistakes which makes the film so realistic and believable.
I would highly recomend this DVD to any fans of Rock 'n' Roll and of course, the man himself, Buddy Holly. It will be a film that I will continue to watch for the rest of my life.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Buddy up with this great DVD., 5 Feb 2009
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I shall start off by saying, I agree with everything the previous reviewer has said. To add to/expand on this, it was well acted and very convincing; if you didn't know the soundtrack is not Buddy Holly's original, you wouldn't easily guess.

You can really feel the whole era of the 50s in this film, and it's fascinating of course to think of the historical context, eg a white man breaking through in a black man's musical world.

Buddy Holly changed the face of rock n roll, and of music per se, in such a short time; we can only imagine what wonders were left to unfold had he not been so tragically and suddenly curtailed.

A must for fans of the 50s, rock n roll and of Buddy Holly.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A touch of nostalgia, 1 April 2009
For all Buddy Holly fans, especially those who know the background to the Buddy Holly story, this film is pretty good. Gary Busey's acting is A-star - he portrays a good Buddy Holly; his performance of Buddy's songs is quite something. But you have to buy it to see it for yourself!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Missing frames!
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