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La Bamba (1987)
Directed by Luis Valdez
“Born into poverty. Destined for stardom. He lived the American dream.”
Drama, Music · 1h 48m
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
Cast
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ritchie Valens
Danielle von Zerneck
Donna Ludwig
Elizabeth Peña
Rosie Morales
Rosanna DeSoto
Connie Valenzuela
Esai Morales
Bob Morales
Joe Pantoliano
Bob Keane
M
Marshall Crenshaw
Buddy Holly
B
Brian Setzer
Eddie Cochran
D
Daniel Valdez
Lelo
H
Howard Huntsberry
Jackie Wilson
F
Felipe Cantu
Curandero
E
Eddie Frias
Chino
Crew
- Director
- Luis Valdez
- Writer
- Luis Valdez
- Director of Photography
- Adam Greenberg
- Original Music Composer
- Miles Goodman, Carlos Santana
- Editor
- Don Brochu, Sheldon Kahn
- Producer
- Bill Borden, Taylor Hackford
Details
- Release date
- 1987-07-24
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- New Visions Pictures, Columbia Pictures
- Budget
- $6,500,000
- Box office
- $54,215,416