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The Buddy Holly Story

Cast

Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis View All


Crew

Steve Rash (Director), Alan Swyer (Story), Robert Gittler (Screenplay) View All

Release: May 18th, 1978
Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
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mark f
The Buddy Holly Story actually ranks as one of the very best films about the birth of rock 'n roll [if not the most accurate] to this day, and it may well take a very long time for another film to ever touch its heartfelt depiction of the 1950s when all races could actually come together over the mu....
Citizen Rules
There had been two other attempts at making a Buddy Holly movie, but in both cases the window of Buddy Holly - Maria Holly who controlled the rights, turned down the big studio offers.
Gideon58
The production team brought a real musical authenticity to the story by having the actors record the music live and perform the songs onscreen as they were being filmed and anyone who has ever watched a musical with prerecorded music will immediately be able to tell the difference, giving complete r....


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