Buddy Holly Story, The

1978

The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death.

He changed the sound of music with "Peggy Sue", "Oh Boy", "It's So Easy", "That'll Be The Day", "Rave On", "Maybe Baby" and many, many more...

JBscale

Excellent

Film Detail

Genre

Drama - Biography

Length

1 hr. 54 mins.

US Theatrical Release

July 21, 1978

US Box Office

$14,363,400 (#3890 of 7074)

Global Office

$14,363,400 (#3077 of 3929)

Rating

Parental Guidance Suggested

Collection Detail

Release Method

Digital Only

Aquired Format

Fandango at Home

Aspect Ratio

WS 1.85:1

Audio

English: DD+ 5.1

Studio

Sony Pictures

Released

August 12, 2014

Acquired Date

January 11, 2025

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Actors

Gary Busey

Don Stroud

Charles Martin Smith

William Jordan

Amy Johnston

Dick O'Neill

Neva Patterson

Arch Johnson

John F. Goff

Jim Beach

Gailard Sartain

Albert Popwell

Paul Mooney

M.G. Kelly

David Miner

Jack Denbo

Jack Jozefson

Conrad Janis

Maria Richwine

Fred Travalena

Gloria Irizarry

Richard Kennedy

Directors

Steve Rash

Producers

Fred Bauer

Writers

Robert Gittler

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100%

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31 votes

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301 votes

METASCORE

11 votes

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

10,222 votes