It features an academy awardwinning musical score, adapted by joe renzetti and oscarnominated lead performance by gary busey the film also stars don stroud, charles martin smith, conrad janis, william jordan, and maria richwine, who played maria elena holly. Also a booklet with information about buddy holly, his life and his musical career, tracklists and. Publication date 1983 topics holly, buddy, 19361959, rock musicians publisher new york. It opened at londons victoria palace theatre on 12 october 1989. In reaction to the popular, but historically inaccurate hollywood film the buddy holly story, paul mccartney decided to set the record straight by hosting and producing the real buddy holly story. The real buddy holly story 1985 richard spence, sonny. Buddy the buddy holly story downloads, wallpapers, music. The movie was widely criticized by the rock community and hollys friends and family for its inaccuracies. Before the beatles or the stones ever played a note, rock and roll was born and popular music was forever changed by the bespecled kid from lubbock, texas buddy holly. See the man, hear the music and relive the life of a legend. On february 3, 1959, a small plane crashed outside mason city, iowa, killing buddy holly, ritchie valens, and j. As the credits start, the camera moves down from the moon to the parking lot, into the roller rink, past the concessions and across the rink to a small bandstand where a small band is doing their sound check.
Watch the buddy holly story online 1978 movie yidio. The buddy holly story fender stratocaster guitar forum. The buddy holly story rating is pg but to me it is like pg because there is a lot of cuss words so children under 7 and under not watch. The buddy holly story is the first posthumously released compilation album by buddy holly and the crickets. The truth behind the buddy holly story rolling stone. About the only nagging point is that at times the film oversteps the boundary between telling the real story of buddy holly and focusing on paul mccartney as the carrier of holly s torch. This entertaining and enlightening show is the most definitive biography of buddy holly ever assembled, featuring interviews with members of the crickets and many of buddy hollys family and friends who knew him best. Sonys film managers have come up with a transfer that betters the grainy, greenish cfi print i saw in 1979. This powerful biog tells the story of rockabilly star buddy holly who took his band the.
Buddy holly the complete buddy holly story 1973, box. The real buddy holly story is the definitive story of the undisputed father of rock music, buddy holly. The buddy holly story epic original soundtrack songs. Mar 15, 2009 10 videos play all the real buddy holly story parts 110 alive arkhive rock n roll the early days documentary duration. A light hearted entertaining overview of buddy holly an artist that in two short years changed the future of popular music throughout the world. Janes took over the producing of the show himself in 2004, and buddy has been on tour.
Apr 09, 2016 provided to youtube by tunecore real buddy holly story sonny curtis sonny curtis. After watching the buddy holly story film starring garry busey, paul decided to make a more accurate account of what happened. His story will have you singing, laughing, crying, cheering and stomping your feet a film about the life and career of. With sonny curtis, paul mccartney, larry holley, travis holley.
Produced and hosted by former beatle, paul mccartney, this brilliant and enlightened program is the most authoritative biography ever assembled on the life of the american pop icon, and contains rare film clips, unreleased performance footage and features interviews. The buddy holly story opens on a shot of a yellow neon moon on the roof of a roller rink in 1956 lubbock, texas. Get ready to rock as you watch buddy backstage and at the. With gary busey, don stroud, charles martin smith, conrad janis. The twilight time bluray of the buddy holly story is in great shape. This film is a good commemorative of hollys life, but it bears little resemblance to the real buddy holly story. The buddy holly story is a musical in two acts written by alan janes, and featuring the music of buddy holly. Mccartney, though, for putting this together all those years ago, and kudos to white star for reissuing the documentary on dvd. The complete video biography of rocknroll legend buddy holly, produced and hosted by paul mccartney. Jilie kirgos liner notes on the insert pamphlet communicate the deep impact that buddy holly had on the development of rock n roll. Buddy holly the complete buddy holly story discogs.
Gary busey did a stellar job in portraying buddy in this film and at times it. Mar 15, 2009 10 videos play all the real buddy holly story parts 110 alive arkhive american graffiti making of part 12 ron howard harrison ford duration. The album featured previously released singles by buddy holly on both the brunswick label with the crickets and the coral label as a solo artist. Of all the dvds about buddy on the market this is easily the best and best value, made with loving care and affection by all involved and with good informative interviews especially the ones with sonny and jerry on guitar and drums respectively showing buddys guitar style and how the songs were constructed. His story will have you singing, laughing, crying, cheering and stomping your feet a film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star. The buddy holly story full movie hq columbia youtube. Rock n roll country blues archive videos 1,298,185 views. The buddy holly story 1978 the buddy holly story 1978. The buddy holly story is a 1978 american biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician buddy holly.
On its face, holly in the hills was seemingly one of the more artistically dubious buddy holly albums to appear posthumously. Jan 22, 2018 a light hearted entertaining overview of buddy holly an artist that in two short years changed the future of popular music throughout the world. In the wake of the number one british ranking for 20 golden greats in 1978 and the release of the feature film the buddy holly story, mca u. Star gary busey received a nomination for the academy award for best actor for his portrayal of holly. About the only nagging point is that at times the film oversteps the boundary between telling the real story of buddy holly and focusing on paul mccartney as the.
Walking out of the buddy holly story, you wonder if maybe he wasnt right. Although mccartneys documentary has been around for awhile, it is still among the most important biographical studies of buddy holly. But playing with the facts is no way to tell a legends story, especially when it serves sitcomcaliber punch lines. The real buddy holly story by buddy holly, paul mccartney. An early example of the jukebox musical, buddy ran in londons west end for over 12 years, playing 5,140 performances.
Buddy holly the buddy holly story volume ii discogs. Other famous actors who play in this movie are don stroud, conrad janis, william jordan, maria richwine, and charles martin smith. Notwithstanding, the dramatic performance of gary busey as holly. Lubbocks geographical position meant that holly would have heard hillbilly, mexican and black music on the radio during his formative years, this cosmopolitan musical background was to prove vital to the versatility he latei displayed in his own work. Roger ebert gave the film threeandahalf stars out of four and praised buseys remarkable performance as buddy holly. Buddy holly the complete buddy holly story 1973, box set. Also a booklet with information about buddy holly, his life and his musical career, tracklists and information about the tracks and original releases. In the wake of the successful, but largely fictitious feature film the buddy holly story in 1978, paul mccartney, who owns the holly song publishing catalog, decided to set the record straight, and the result is this 90minute documentary, directed by richard spence, which begins with mccartney playing a rare beatles acetate and goes on to present what little film footage there is of holly. As the credits start, the camera moves down from the moon to the parking lot, into the roller rink, past the concessions and across the rink to a small bandstand where a. Film and musical depictions hollys life story inspired a hollywood biographical film, the buddy holly story 1978. This documentary follows the career of buddy holly from his beginnings in lubbock texas to his untimely death in a 1959 plane crash. Real buddy holly story dvd region 1 us import ntsc.
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. It is a very personal look into the private and professional life of one of the great contributers to rock and roll. Jan 15, 2017 the complete video biography of rocknroll legend buddy holly, produced and hosted by paul mccartney. The buddy holly story rating is pg but to me it is like pg because there is alot of cuss words so children under 7 and under not watch. Provided to youtube by tunecore real buddy holly story sonny curtis sonny curtis. Of all the dvds about buddy on the market this is easily the best and best value, made with loving care and affection by all involved and with good informative interviews especially the ones with sonny and jerry on guitar and drums respectively showing buddy s guitar style and how the songs were constructed. But the rest of the film feels like a 1970s tv movie, with broad characterizations by the likes of conrad janis as a record exec. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be.
The album was released on february 28, 1959 by the coral records less than a month after holly s death. Released in a hardboard box with fullcolor cover containing the 9 lps. Written and produced in 1978, the buddy holly story is a biographical film that features buddy holly played by gary busey. If you want to get a feel for buddy holly, gary busey does it well, good story line. The buddy holly story where to stream and watch decider. The buddy holly story smacks of realism in almost every respect, from the dramaturgy involving holly and his backup band, the crickets, to the verisimilitude of the musical numbers. About the only nagging point is that at times the film oversteps the boundary between telling the real story of buddy holly and focusing on paul mccartney as the carrier of hollys torch. Musikfilm 1978 mit gary buseycharles martin smithdon stroud. With jerry allison, tommy allsup, sonny curtis, murray deutch. Find out where the buddy holly story is streaming, if the buddy holly story is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The album was released on february 28, 1959 by the coral records less than a month after hollys death.
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