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| Year: | 1987 |
| Rating: | 6.6(7795) |
| Listed in: | Biography, Drama, Music |
| Directed by: | Luis Valdez |
| Actors: | Lou Diamond Phillips Esai Morales Joe Pantoliano Rosanna DeSoto Elizabeth Peña Danielle von Zerneck |
| "Born to poverty. Destined for stardom. He Lived the American Dream." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
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| Luis Valdez | |
| Actors | |
| Lou Diamond Phillips | as Ritchie Valens |
| Esai Morales | as Bob Morales |
| Joe Pantoliano | as Bob Keane |
| Rick Dees | as Ted Quillin |
| Marshall Crenshaw | as Buddy Holly |
| Howard Huntsberry | as Jackie Wilson |
| Brian Setzer | as Eddie Cochran |
| Daniel Valdez | as Lelo |
| Felipe Cantu | as Curandero |
| Eddie Frias | as Chino |
| Mike Moroff | as Mexican Ed |
| Geoffrey Rivas | as Rudy |
| Sam Anderson | as Mr. Ludwig |
| Jeffrey Alan Chandler | as Alan Freed |
| Stephen Lee | as Big Bopper |
| John Quade | as Bartender |
| Ernesto Hernández | as Garbage Man |
| Noble Willingham | as Howard |
| Thom Pintello | as Sound Engineer |
| Stephen F. Schmidt | as Tommy Allsup |
| Andy Griggs | as Mr. House |
| Art K. Koustik | as Trucker |
| Tony Genaro | as Mr. Caballero |
| Hunter Payne | as Baseball Announcer |
| Joe Miller | as Student |
| Brian Russell | as Student |
| Frank Aragon | as Student |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | as Man at Party |
| Actresses | |
| Rosanna DeSoto | as Connie Valenzuela |
| Elizabeth Peña | as Rosie Morales |
| Danielle von Zerneck | as Donna Ludwig |
| Maggie Gwinn | as Mrs. Ludwig |
| Lettie Ibarra | as Vera |
| Diane Rodriguez | as Ernestine |
| Katie Valdez | as Connie Jr. |
| Gloria Balcorta | as Irma |
| Rosanna Locke | as Sharon Sheeley |
| Kim Sebastian | as Donna's Girlfriend |
| Dyana Ortelli | as Rosalinda |
| Allison Robinson | as Girl at Party |
| Mary Ann Tanedo | as Student |
| Barb Jittner | as Student |
| Linda Holdahl | as Featured Dancer |
| Connie Valenzuela | as Elderly lady at party |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | This is the true story Ritchie Valens a young rock & roll singer who tragically died in an aircrash at the age of 17. The film follows Ritchie from his days in Paicoma, California where he in and his family makes a meagre living working at plantations to his rise as a star. The film also focus on Richies friendship and rivalry with his older brother Bob and his relationship with Donna, his girlfriend. |
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"Rip It Up" Words & Music by John Marascalco & Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell (as Robert A. Blackwell) Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Charlena" Words & Music by Herman B. Chaney & Manuel G. Chavez Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Goodnight My Love" Words & Music by George Motola & John Marascalco Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Oh Boy" Words & Music by Sunny West, Bill Tilghman & Norman Petty Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Ooh! My Head" Words & Music by Ritchie Valens Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Framed" Words & Music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "The Paddi Wack Song" Words & Music by Ritchie Valens Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "We Belong Together" Words & Music by Hy Weiss (as S. Weiss), Robert Carr (as R. Carr) & Johnny Mitchell (as J. Mitchell) Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Come On, Let's Go" Words & Music by Ritchie Valens Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "La Bamba" Arranged & Adapted by Ritchie Valens Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Donna" Words & Music by Ritchie Valens Performed by Los Lobos Courtesy of Slash Records Produced by Steve Berlin "Who Do You Love" Performed by Bo Diddley Produced by Willie Dixon Words & Music by Bo Diddley (as E. McDaniel) "Summertime Blues" Performed by Brian Setzer Courtesy of EMI America Records, A division of Capitol Records, Inc. Produced by Don Gehman Words & Music by Eddie Cochran & Jerry Capehart "Lonely Teardrops" Performed by Howard Huntsberry Courtesy of MCA Records, Inc. & Foreststorn Music, Inc. Produced by Don Davis Words & Music by Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo & Gwen Gordy "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" Performed by Marshall Crenshaw Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Produced by Garry Tallent & Marshall Crenshaw "Sleepwalk" Performed by Santo & Johnny Courtesy of Pausa, Inc. Words & Music by Santo Farina, Johnny Farina & Ann Farina "Pajaro Loco" Performed by Los Lobos Written by Los Lobos "Abuelitos Cortos" Performed by Los Lobos Written by Los Lobos "Ready Teddy" Performed by Little Richard Courtesy of Specialty Records Words & Music by John Marascalco & Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell (as Robert A. Blackwell) "I Got a Gal Named Sue (That's My Little Suzie)" Performed by Carlos Santana & Los Lobos Carlos Santana appears courtesy of CBS Records Words & Music by Ritchie Valens & Robert Kuhn "Don't You Just Know It" Performed by Huey Smith and The Clowns Courtesy of Original Sound Entertainment Words & Music by Huey P. Smith "For Your Precious Love" Performed by Jerry Butler and The Impressions Courtesy of Vee Jay International, Inc./Original Sound Entertainment Words & Music by Jerry Butler , Arthur Brooks & Richard Brooks "This I Swear" Performed by The Skyliners Courtesy of Original Sound Entertainment Words & Music by Joseph Rock, Lennie Martin, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Verscharen, Walter Lester & John Taylor "Bakersfield Shuffle" Performed by Los Lobos Written by Los Lobos "Blue Tango" Music by Leroy Anderson "Cancion Mixteca" Performed by Los Lobos Music by Joseph Lopez Alvez "Armida" Performed by Daniel Valdez Words & Music by Daniel Valdez "Corrido del Compadre" Performed by Daniel Valdez Words & Music by Daniel Valdez "Chantilly Lace" Performed by The Big Bopper Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc. Words & Music by The Big Bopper (as J.P. Richardson) "Betty Jean" Performed by Chuck Berry Courtesy of MCA Records Words & Music by Chuck Berry (as E. Anderson) "Tweedlee Dee" Performed by La Vern Baker Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products Words & Music by Winfield Scott "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Performed by The Platters Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, a division of PolyGram Records, Inc. Words & Music by Jerome Kern & Otto A. Harbach (as Otto Harbach) "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea" Performed by Johnnie & Joe Courtesy of Regent Music Company Words & Music by Rex Garvin |
Goofs
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DATE: When the DJ announces the sad news that Holly, Richardson, and Valens have died in a plane crash, he plays the song "Sleepwalk" by Santo and Johnny as a tribute to the fallen musicians. The crash occurred on 3 February 1959 and the song "Sleep Walk" was not released until July 1959. Revealing mistakes: As Bob is tearing down all his artwork after coming home drunk he bumps into the concrete wall of the basement which bends and shakes from his body weight. Continuity: When Richie and his brother Bob get into a shoving match, Bob pulls on Richie's sweater and yanks his tie out of kilter. A few seconds later, Richie's tie is tucked in and his sweater is smoothed down, but not enough time has elapsed for him to have done this to himself. DATE: The garbage truck that Bob rides is from the 1970s. DATE: In the 1950s there were no yellow line on the roads, however, when we see a shot of Ritchie and Donna driving off, the lines on the roads are yellow. Fact errors: The real Bob did not find Woody Woodpecker cels. Bob actually found Disney cels at "Disney Studios". DATE: The style of the choppers ridden by Bob and his friends is from the late-'60s or early-'70s. DATE: On the plane trip to Philadelphia when drinks are served they are in a clear plastic glass not manufactured until the mid-1970s. In fact airlines of the 1950s used the real thing, usually etched with their logo. Even the dinnerware was real then. Crew: When Richie goes to see Bob, right after Bob takes his first beer after being "on he wagon", a crewmember can be seen going across the outside of the window through the curtain. Continuity: When Ritchie is showing his mother the new house, the shadows are halfway up the walls. When Bob pulls into the driveway with his two sisters, the shadows are totally gone. And when Ritchie opens the door into the house the shadows are there again. Continuity: Ritchie and Bob walk into the back door of the Cowboy Palace but in the next shot they are walking from the front door to the stage. Continuity: When Bob takes Ritchie to the brothel, Ritchie chooses to relish the music rather than the women. Bob is left with the women and as Ritchie approaches the stage, you can see Bob in the background putting his arms around a woman. In the next shot, Bob is just approaching the same woman. FAIR: Right when Bob ('Esai Morales' (qv)) finds the cels, the other garbage man calls him by the actor's last name: Morales. However, it's just coincidental that this is also the character's last name. SYNC: When Bob says, "You had me locked out," when he is locked outside his house, his lips aren't moving. DATE: The bassist of the fictional backup band "The Silhouettes" is playing a Harmony H-22 bass guitar. Harmony didn't make bass guitars until 1962. The most common electric basses made in the 1950s were by Fender, Gibson and Kay. DATE: When Ritchie flies to Philadelphia he is seen flying in a DC-3 which wasn't the type of plane that was making transcontinental flights in the late 50's. The interior mock up is enormous with what looks like a cathedral ceiling, huge seats and a wide aisle. TWA was flying SuperConstellations, United DC-7s, cheaper airlines DC6s. The Boeing 707's would come into service the next year (1958). DATE: Ritchie wears/plays a white Harmony archtop guitar in several scenes. On the headstock appears the words "Steel Reinforced Neck". This did not appear on Harmony guitars until the 1960s. CHAR: When the radio DJ is talking about the dead stars at the end, he states that The Big Bopper was from Louisiana. He was, in fact, born in Sabine Pass, Texas (now within the city limits of Port Arthur), and raised in Beaumont, Texas. Fact errors: There was never a "love triangle" between Ritchie, Bob, and Rosie. This was actually based on a situation the director, Luis Valdez and a brother of his. SYNC: In one of the scenes when Bob takes Ritchie to the Tijuana brothel, there is a heavy set woman who approaches Bob and Ritchie and asks them, "Hey mijo, traes ganas?" Her mouth is not moving. CHAR: In the scene where Ritchie gives his mom the house, "Bob-o" calls Ritchie's mom "Mrs. Valens". Her name is actually "Mrs. Valenzuela" as "Valens" was a stage name. GEOG: Bob finds drawings of Woody Woodpecker in a trash bin on the Columbia Pictures studio lot. The Woody cartoons were produced at Walter Lantz's studio at Universal. Fact errors: While the scene is true about the coin toss between Ritchie and a member of Buddy's band, Ritchie Valens was not sick as seen in the movie. The Big Bopper was. He begged Holly's band mate (and future country music star) Waylon Jennings for the chance to ride on the plane because he was coming down with the flu. The coin toss took place between Ritchie Valens and Tommy Allsup. |
Quotes
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Ritchie Valens: This is like my high school prom. Bob Morales: Yeah. Except this prom puts out. Bob Keene: Look... it could be worse, you could have been Riki Zuela. Buddy Holly: The sky belongs to the stars. Ritchie Valens: My mom reckons I'm going to be a star. And stars don't fall from the sky. Ted Quillen: Your wife's pregnant and in the car with you? Bob Morales: [on phone] She's in the car right now! Ted Quillen: [pause] And what kind of car do you have? Bob Morales: [on phone] A Rolls Royce! [Maniacal laughter] [Last Line] Bob Morales: [In agony over his brother's death] RICHIE! Donna Ludwig: I will never let anyone get in the way of my feelings for you,ever again. Rosie Morales: He doesn't want a wife. He wants a love slave, one that he can kick around. Bob Morales: You know, my old man wasn't around when I was born. [takes swig of vodka and grimaces] Why should I be? Bob Keene: Wait Ritchie, look. I understand about friendship... but I'm being honest here. Not everyone in the world gets a shot at the "brass ring." You're gonna have to ask yourself what's more important, your friends... or your music. Ritchie Valens: Walks back to table: My family... Bob Morales: Come on Rosie, take a hit man! Put a little mota in our love life! Connie Valenzuela: How could you do this to Ritchie! Bob Morales: To Ritchie? I did this to me, okay! Rosie Morales: That's my Bob, always thinking of others first. Bob Morales: Shut your goddamn mouth! Ritchie Valens: Hey man, don't take it out on Rosie, okay. Bob Morales: Ritchie, you don't understand man. You don't understand a goddamn thing! [walking Away] Bob Morales: What do you think, the whole fuckin' world revolves around you! Bob Morales: I've had one sip of beer and I have to admit it taste like piss to me. Want it? Ritchie Valens: Yeah. [takes a sip then puts the beer down] What's your problem man? Bob Morales: Old Steve. He always said you'd be somebody and I bought it, too. If that's the way Steve wanted it that's the way it was going to be. Even after he told me he wasnt my dad, once I knew the full score, I understood why he treated you just a little bit better than me. I'll just hang around for the leftovers, like a dog. That's how much i loved him. Like a goddamn dog. Ritchie Valens: Bob we don't have to talk about this right now. Bob Morales: Shit! No, I want to talk about this and you're gonna listen to me! Ritchie Valens: This is a crock of shit man! Bob Morales: Man he set you up to conquer the world and didn't leave me shit! Ritchie Valens: Nobody told you to throw your life away! I'm only sorry I didn't say something about you be drunk half the time. You did it to yourself! Bob Morales: Listen to you, coming in here like you own the whole goddamn country. To me you'll always be that little asshole who followed me around in the sticks. Ritchie Valens: Yeah, I followed you around man, 'cause I thought you were somebody. Then! Ritchie Valens: Bob. Where's mom's new dress? Bob Morales: What new dress? Ritchie Valens: The one I asked you to buy her for Christmas. Bob Morales: Hey, you're the asshole with all the money, why don't you buy it yourself! Ritchie Valens: Bob! Watch it! My guitar, man! Bob Morales: Sorry. I didnt' know that piece of junk was so important to you. Ritchie Valens: I even sleep with it. Bob Morales: Look Rosie, you're not my wife. Quit being such a drag. What the shit's eating you anyway? Rosie Morales: I'm pregnant. Rosie Morales: Well aren't you gonna say anything? Bob Morales: What's there to say? It's not my first. Or my last. Bob Morales: [to Ritchie] You've been laid yet? I'm serious, I know what your problem is. Sperm pressure, it's scientific. Bob Morales: Don't be such a dreamer, man. Ritchie Valens: My dreams are pure rock and roll. Rosie Morales: [to Bob] I am not your puta! [Bartender shuts the T.V] Bob Morales: Hey, what the hell! Man I was watching that! Put that back on! Bartender: You've had enough for one afternoon, buddy. Bob Morales: Put it back on! That dude's my brother! Bartender: Yeah and I'm your Irish uncle. |
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