Movie · Drama · Biography

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 Latino boy. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob (Esai Morales), and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly (Marshall Crenshaw).

1987 · 1h 48m
Director Luis Valdez

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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 Latino boy. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob (Esai Morales), and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly (Marshall Crenshaw).

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.9
Reviews 80
Fresh 66
Rotten 14

Information

Studio
R. Valenzuela Prod., Inc.
Released
1987
Run Time
1 hr 48 min
Rated
16
Region of Origin
United States
© 1986 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), German (Germany) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) , Arabic , Czech , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch , Finnish (Finland) , French (Canada) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hebrew , Hindi , Hungarian , Italian , Korean (South Korea) , Norwegian (Norway) , Polish , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish