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The Buddy Holly Story

1978 film directed by Steve Rash
Movie film Q1211819
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Summary

The Buddy Holly Story is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[3]
  • Director: Steve Rash[4]
  • Composer: Joe Renzetti[5]
  • Genre: biographical film[6], musical film[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Gary Busey[9], Don Stroud[10], Charles Martin Smith[11], Conrad Janis[12], Paul Mooney[13], Dick O'Neill[14], Fred Travalena[15], Neva Patterson[16], Gailard Sartain[17], Buddy Miles[18], Freeman King[19], Joe Renzetti[20], Stymie Beard[21], William Jordan[22]
  • Producer: Fred Bauer[23]
  • Director of photography: Stevan Larner[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 100%[27], 7.3/10[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1978[31]
  • Distributed by: Columbia Pictures[32], Netflix[33]
  • Narrative location: New York[34], Texas[35]
  • Film editor: David Blewitt[36]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[37], Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[38], Academy Award for Best Sound[39]
  • Title: The Buddy Holly Story[40]
  • Different from: The Buddy Holly Story[41]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[42]
  • Duration: 113 minutes[43]

Why It Matters

The Buddy Holly Story has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

FAQs

What awards did The Buddy Holly Story receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[3].

Related Entities

film Gailard Sartain Gary Busey Netflix New York Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ko',
    Ampas collections film id → W083585
    Sitelink count → 21
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 139077
    P14821 → 77280
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 77280, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+113'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Nominated for → Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Original Song Score, Academy Award for Best Sound
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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