La Bamba
PG-13 · 1987 ‧ Musical/Thriller ‧ 1h 48m
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Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend (Danielle von Zerneck) whose parents didn't want her to date a...
Release date: July 24, 1987 (USA)
Director: Luis Valdez
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Based on: Ritchie Valens; The Day the Music Died
Budget: $6.5 million
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La Bamba is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba". The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie ...
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Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper ...
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