The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story

The Buddy Holly Story

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

7.2(127)19781h 54m
DramaMusic

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.

Director

Steve Rash

Budget

$1.2M

Revenue

$14.4M

Where to watch

With ads

Rent

Buy

Streaming data by JustWatch

Cast

Reviews

1 review
CinemaSerf

Geronimo1967

1y ago

7.0

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 s...

Similar Movies

© 2021-2026 JustPickAMovie. Powered by TMDB.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.