La Bamba Luis Valdez Digital Life DVD

La Bamba
starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck
directed by: Luis Valdez

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767821636
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767821637
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 06, 1999
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 6504
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 1987

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Product Description:
The rise and tragic fall of rock legend richie valens. Includes featurette music video and commentary by producer taylor hackford. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips Joe Pantoliano Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Luis Valdez

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Lou Diamond Phillips leaves a haunting impression as the late 1950s pop idol Ritchie Valens, who made the Latino influence in rock & roll conspicuous through his hit songs. Filmmaker Luis Valdez (Zoot Suit) creates a nimble, exciting, and sympathetic portrait of the boy driven to rise above obstacles of race and family legacy, and Esai Morales is equally fine as Ritchie's envious, searching brother. Great support from Elizabeth Peña and Danielle von Zerneck as Valens's sister and mother, respectively, and Joe Pantoliano is solid as the singer's straight-talking manager. Valdez brightens up the third act with a rock & roll show featuring, among others, Brian Setzer as Eddie Cochrane. Marshall Crenshaw turns up as Buddy Holly getting on that plane with Valens, and Los Lobos (who actually performs Valens's music on the soundtrack) has a nifty cameo as a Tijuana band that gives Valens a piece of crucial inspiration. --Tom Keogh

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- Still makes me weep.
La Bamba is the story of rock 'n' roll singer Ritchie Valens. Lou Diamond Philips stars as the doomed singer who died in a plane crash which was also the talented musician's biggest fear - flying. This is a smart and poignat film biopic, I highly recommend it, enjoy!

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- My favorite movie of all time
La Bamba is my favorite movie of all time hands down. Of all the films I have seen not many reached me the way La Bamba did. I first saw this movie back in the summer of 96 when I was 17-years old and I fell in love with this movie and also became a big fan of Ritchie Valens. No joke I would watch this movie every single day it was on. La Bamba was a staple part of HBO's line up and even if it was on twice a day I would watch it. For me, each time I saw the movie it felt like the first time. I would drive my friends crazy with having to watch it even after I recorded the movie they figured I wouldn't watch it as much, but I still did.

At the time I was actually learning the guitar and I never really played at all and this movie inspired me to actually practice and not only that, but it also inspired me on wanting to be a filmmaker. I really can't think of any other movie that reached me on this deep ... Read More

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- Tragedy instead of cliche
With the release of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Storythe last possible rock biopic, it's probably time to look at one of several movies that defied the cliches of the genre.
La Bamba is the title song and dance craze (para bailar La Bamba. . .)in the story of Ricardo Valenzuela who becomes Richie Valens and whose life ended tragically in the same plane crash that killed Buddy Holly. The presence of the tragedy and the ending that's filled with grief instead of triumph makes this movie strangely immune to the sappiness of most rock movies. Excellent performances by Lou Diamond Phillips and Los Lobos mean that it's a film you can see more than once.
Walk Hard will probably kill the genre: no one will be able to look at most music movies with a straight face again, but La Bamba will survive.

Lynn Hoffman author of the very uncliched bang BANG: A Novel

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- A Must watch movie
This is a great movie which can be watched over and over again. It is based on a true story. We love this movie and know you will too

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