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The Buddy Holly Story

Name: The Buddy Holly Story
Released: 1978
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 78

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78 Metascore
1978
1 hr 54 mins
Documentary, Drama, Music

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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.

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Gary Busey

Buddy

Don Stroud

Jesse

Charles Martin Smith

Ray Bob

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The Buddy Holly Story: That'll Be The Day

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Awards

1979 - Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role - nominated
1979 - Oscar - Best Sound - nominated
1979 - Oscar - Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score - winner
1979 - Golden Globe - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical - nominated