The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of
rock musician Buddy Holly. It features an Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey.
The film was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His Life and Music, the
biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash.
Gary Busey will be 71 June 29.
Peter Pan produced by Walt Disney is the 14th film in the Walt Disney
Animated Classics series and was originally released by RKO Pictures,
the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt
Disney’s founding of his own distribution company, Buena Vista
Distribution.
New to Blu-Ray and DVD today
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is 71 today
1984
2009
The epic film Ben-Hur was the most expensive ever made at the time, with sets the
largest yet built for a movie. The films nine-minute chariot race is the most famous
sequences in cinema history. The score is the longest ever composed for a motion
picture.
1979
Actress Mary Cathleen Collins, better known as Bo Derek received a Golden
Globe nomination for new star of the year for her role as Jenny Hanley in the
1979 comedy film 10. She makes an occasional film, television or documentary appearance today. In 2006, Bo Derek was appointed to the Board of Trustees
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President George W.
Bush, serving on the Operations Committee.
