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La Bamba

(Subtitled inMultiple Languages)

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips Director: Luis Valdez  Rated: Parents Strongly Cautioned for Children Under 13
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Format: DVD

Genre: Drama

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
Based on 58 ratings.

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85

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

Entertainment Reviews:

New York Times - 07/24/1987

"...[Brings Valens's] music to life all over again....Philips has a sweetness and sincerity that in no way diminish[es] the toughness of his onstage persona..."

Variety - 05/20/1987

"...LA BAMBA is engrossing throughout and boasts numerous fine performances. In Lou Diamond Phillips' sympathetic turn, Valens comes across as a very fine young man..."

Sight and Sound - 06/01/2001

"...Engaging biopic of 50s rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens....His music is rousingly performed by Los Lobos..."

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:

Starring Lou Diamond Phillips
Directed by Luis Valdez
Produced by Taylor Hackford
Music by Carlos Santana
Screenwriting by Luis Valdez
Performer Esai Morales, Danielle Von Zerneck & Elizabeth Peņa

DVD Details:

  • Label: Sony Pictures
  • Originally Released in: 1987
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Rated: Parents Strongly Cautioned for Children Under 13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: April 6, 1999
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 34,390
  • Item UPC: 043396085497
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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