The Buddy Holly Story (DVD)

Gary Busey stars in this biopic of Fifties rock 'n' roller Buddy Holly, whose career was tragically cut short when he died in the infamous 1959 plane crash. Holly grows up in the redneck Texan community of Lubbock, and his dreams of making it as a songwriter are discouraged by both his mother - who wants him to get a proper job - and girlfriend. However, by the age of 22, Holly and his band, the Crickets, have embarked on their road to fame with hits such as 'That'll Be the Day' and 'Peggy Sue'.

General

Studio:	Fremantle Media
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2003
Movie released:	1978
Actors:	Gary Busey • Don Stroud • Maria Richwine • Amy Johnston • 'Stymie' Beard • Conrad Janis • William Jordan • Will Jordan • Dick O'Neill • Fred Travalena • Charles Martin Smith
Contributors:	Buddy Holly • Fred Bauer • Robert Gitler • Joe Renzetti
Directors:	Steve Rash
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 53 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Video format:	Standard 4:3 (1.33:1)
Languages:	English
Age restriction:	PG
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Biography DVD > Feature Film DVD > True Story
LSN:	XWG-ULL-GLE-1
Barcode:	5030697006387

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Sat, 5 May 2007 | Review by: Micky B

He died far too young! Even nearly fifty years after what has become known as “the day that music died,” the works of the legendary Buddy Holly still continue to impact on musicians and fans of all ages today. This picture focuses solely on his career – which, believe it or not, spanned less than 18 all-too-short months! And Gary Busey IS Buddy Holly! This chance-of-a-lifetime role earned Mr Busey a justly-deserved Oscar nomination…and unlike other artists in similar biographical films: he opted to do all his own singing, as well as most of his own guitar work – rather than simply mime to Holly’s recordings. In fact his version of “True Love Ways” is every bit as good as the original! One doesn’t necessarily have to be a 1950s rock’n’roll freak to appreciate the worth of a movie like this…and the sudden dramatic freeze-frame ending is in keeping with what we know will inevitably happen as soon as the concert is over… R.I.P., Charles Hardin Holley (note the original spelling of Buddy’s surname), Ritchie Valens, and J P Richardson – a.k.a. The Big Bopper. Were Buddy still with us today, I wonder what a Paul McCartney-Buddy Holly arrangement would sound like…?

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