La Bamba

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - 1. Luis Valdez - Director/Writer, Cast
                               2. Taylor Hackford & Daniel Valdez - Producers
• Featurette - "Remembering Richie"
• Music Video - 1. Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
                       2. Howard Huntsberry - "Lonely Teardrops"
• Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Biographies
• Filmographies

Product Description:

Rock 'n Roll biopic on the life of Ritchie Valens, a young Mexican/American whose talents as a rock and roll singer catapulted him from the obscurity of a farm laborer obsessed with music to stardom at the age of seventeen with a string of pop hits still popular today. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie and an excellent Esai Morales as his brother Bob, with whom he had a loving but tempestuous relationship.

Plot Synopsis:

A film biography of Mexican-American musician and singer Ritchie Valens, a one-time fruit picker who became a rock-and-roll legend.
The story covers his early career (when he scheduled gigs in between high school classes); his romance with blond, WASP-y Donna, the namesake of one of his pop hits; and the ill-fated national tour he played with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.

Plot Keywords:

Biography | Drama | Hispanic | Musical | Recommended | Rock And Roll | Theatrical Release | Tragedy | True Story

Production Notes:

• Produced by R. Valenzuela Productions.
• Film premiered (and opened) the 12th Seattle International Film Festival in 1987, two months before its national release.
• Shot on location in San Jose and Hollister, California, for an estimated budget of $6.5 million.
• Copyright 1987 Columbia Pictures.

Cast and Crew: