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Actors: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Maria Richwine, Neva Patterson, Gloria Irizarry
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Buddy Holly Story |
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This movie is the story of how Buddy Holly and the Crickets, a small Texas soft rock band, hit the big time against all odds. The three piece band introduced a new sound, rock and roll, but it was rejected by parents, producers, and the overall country music and black blues era. Young people loved the stuff however. The band finally made a hit record in New York. The three white boys were getting along well with a black tour. They even perfomed at the stricly African American Apollo Theatre.
Buddy got married to Maria, a Puerto Rican secretary. The drummer and bassist, his entire band, wanted to go back home to Texas. They broke up and Buddy Holly went on tour along where a tragic plane crash ended his life.
--Marcus, Resident Scholar
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A young band in Texas led by Buddy Holly wants to make a new sound, Rock & Roll. The trouble is the country music industry won't let them. They get a hit record through a New York record company, go to New York, and start to produce their own records. Buddy gets married and dives deeply into his work, trying new things and bringing new elements to his music. He alienates his band mates before going on "one last tour" that ends tragically in Clear Lake, Iowa. Gary Busey does all his own singing as Buddy, and the "live" performances in the movie actually sound like live performances, what with missed lyrics, imperfect playing, and so forth. A worthy example of a "birth of Rock & Roll" bio-pic.
--Zorikh Lequidre, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Profession/status:
- producer/director
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- Texas
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- concerned
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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