Buddy Holly: Rave On
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DVD: Region Code 0Format: NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-03
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of Buddy Holly: Rave On
Movie Review: Typically Excellent A&E Biography presentation
Summary: 5 Stars
Highly recommended for those younger people who are "new" to the great Buddy Holly, as well as for those Baby-Boomers who remember him vaguely, or otherwise have let 50 years of a busy life push his brilliantly creative music and talent to the faded background of their memories. Harry Smith does a good job with his even-handed yet captivating narration, and the editors make the most of the very limited amount of surviving film and photographs of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, 1956-59. For the real Buddy Holly "experts" and long-time afficionados, then the Paul McCartney video tribute, although older, will likely be more satisfying. But this A&E Biography version has nothing to apologize for, and does a fine job in presenting Buddy's story, and the tragedy of his premature death in the Feb 3, 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.