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The Buddy Holly Story (1978) 7.1
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. Director:Steve RashWriters:Alan Swyer (story), John Goldrosen (source material "Buddy Holly His Life and Music"), 1 more credit » |
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Cast
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| Don Stroud | ... | ||
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William Jordan | ... | |
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Maria Richwine | ... | |
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Amy Johnston | ... | |
| Dick O'Neill | ... |
Sol Gittler
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Neva Patterson | ... | |
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John F. Goff | ... |
T.J.
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Jody Berry | ... | |
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Richard Kennedy | ... | |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
The musical career of Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou," a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be The Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death. Written by Jason A. Cormier <wildrose@mindspring.com>
Taglines:
The Music You'll Love Forever. The Man You'll Never Forget. The Movie You Must Not Miss. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 November 1978 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
A História de Buddy Holly See more »Filming Locations:
Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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4-Track StereoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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Buddy Holly: Hey, Riley, we're all plugged in and checked up... yeah, we're ready.
Buddy Holly: [to Ray Bob] Riley wants to hear you at the mike - that's the one right there; say somethin' into that mike.
Ray Bob Simmons: One, two, three, testing... one...
Buddy Holly: [to Riley] How's that sound?
Riley Randolph: All right, that's a good level, Buddy, hold it right there... Yeah, you better get ready, it's about thirty seconds till eight.
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(uncredited)
Written by Vaughn Horton
Performed by Gary Busey
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Madman Mancuso, played by comedian/impressionist 'Fred Travelana', is based on a true story about DJ Hall-0f-Famer Dick Biondi. Travlena even managed to look and sound like the real Biondi. See more »Goofs
Buddy's parents were not against the music as the movie said. Mrs. Holley even helped Buddy write "Maybe Baby". See more »Quotes
[first lines]Buddy Holly: Hey, Riley, we're all plugged in and checked up... yeah, we're ready.
Buddy Holly: [to Ray Bob] Riley wants to hear you at the mike - that's the one right there; say somethin' into that mike.
Ray Bob Simmons: One, two, three, testing... one...
Buddy Holly: [to Riley] How's that sound?
Riley Randolph: All right, that's a good level, Buddy, hold it right there... Yeah, you better get ready, it's about thirty seconds till eight.
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Crazy Credits
Caption shown at end of film: "Buddy Holly died later that night along with JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson and Ritchie Valens in the crash of a private airplane just outside of Clearlake... and the rest is rock 'n' roll!" See more »Soundtracks
"Mockin' Bird Hill"(uncredited)
Written by Vaughn Horton
Performed by Gary Busey
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What a great film! I never knew much about Buddy Holly, but was familiar with his lively and fun music. This is a wonderful biography of someone who helped change the music in the 1950's. Although I never cared for Gary Bussey, he was fabulous as Buddy Holly! I don't know how accurate the movie is, but assume at least for the most part it is accurate, which makes the movie all the more interesting. The music throughout the movie just adds the pizazz to this biography. I don't think I would change a thing in this film, it was all good! What a difference in the stars from the 50's to todays music stars. How can you compare someone like Buddy Holly to Justin Timberlake? or any of the other popular singers of this generation?