The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
His story will have you singing, laughing, crying, cheering, and stomping your feet
Director: Steve Rash · Writers: Alan Swyer, Robert Gittler
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.
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Director
Steve Rash
Cast
Gary Busey
Buddy Holly 
Don Stroud
Jesse Charles 
Charles Martin Smith
Ray Bob Simmons 
Conrad Janis
Ross Turner 
William Jordan
Riley 
Maria Richwine
Maria Elena Holly 
Amy Johnston
Cindy Lou 
Dick O'Neill
Sol Gittler
Fred Travalena
Madman Mancuso 
Neva Patterson
Mrs. Holly 
Arch Johnson
Mr. Holly 
John F. Goff
T.J. User Reviews (1)
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 away, we follow the tumultuous process as they fall in and out and Holly falls for the love of his own life - Maria (Maria Richwine). Busey does well here as he portrays a man in love with his music, his audience and the idea of opportunity whilst conflicted with a desire to stay at home and be with his family. Like so many who become alive on stage, there are huge amounts of nerves and a sense of un…
