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The Buddy Holly Story

The Buddy Holly Story

His story will have you singing, laughing, crying, cheering, and stomping your feet

7.2 (129)1978-05-181h 54m
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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.

Budget
$1,200,000
Revenue
$14,363,400
Production
Innovisions, Columbia Pictures, Taurus Film

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Director
Steve Rash
Cinematography
Stevan Larner
Composer
Joe Renzetti

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

August 6, 2024

7/10

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 awa…