Buddy Holly Story

Starring: Gary Busey Director: Steve Rash  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
• Dolby Digital 4.0 - English
• Mono - French
• Subtitles - Spanish, French, Portuguese - Optional

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary - Steve Rash, Director, Gary Busey - Star
• Trailers - Bonus Trailers

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selections

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Biographies - Cast
• Filmographies
• Production Notes

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score (1978)

Product Description:

A powerful biography of '50s Texas rockabilly phenomenon Buddy Holly who took his band the Crickets to the top of the charts before a tragic airplane accident ended his life. Portrays Holly as regular, hardworking type who struggles with peers and the music industry before he makes it big with the huge hit "That'll Be The Day." Also details the final events leading up to the plane crash, en route to Minnesota in a snow storm on February 3, 1959, which also claimed the lives of Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.

Plot Keywords:

Achievers | Biography | Drama | Musical | Rags To Riches | Recommended | Rock And Roll | Theatrical Release | Tragedy | True Story

Production Notes:

• Co-produced by Innovasions-ECA.
• Color by CFI; prints by MGM.
• Additional cast: Amy Johnston (Cindy Lou), John Goff (T.J.), Gloria Irizarry (Mrs. Santiago), Joe Berry (Engineer Sam), Richard Kennedy (Preacher), Jim Beach (Wilson), Freeman King (Apollo Emcee), Symie Beard (Luther), Bil Phillips Murry (Desk Clerk), and Jerry Zaremba (Eddie Cochran).
• Additional credits: Frances Avrut-Bauer (associate producer), Don Goldman (production manager), Maggie Rash (project coordinator), Carol Himes (assistant director), Thalia Phillips (men's costumes), Doris Alexander (makeup), Jerry Stanford (sound editor), and MGM (titles).
• Rated BBFC A by the British Board of Film Censors.

Cast and Crew: