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La Bamba (1987)

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Release Date
Jul 22, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 6, 1999
• R2: 19 Mar 2001

MPAA Rating
PG13

Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes

Country USA

Studio Columbia Pictures, New Visions

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Genre: Drama, Musical, Biography, Tragedy, True Story, Teenage

Tagline: Born to poverty. Destined for stardom. He Lived the American Dream.

Plot: Rock 'n Roll biopic on the life of Ritchie Valens, a young Mexican/American whose talents as a rock and roll singer catapulted him from the obscurity of a farm laborer obsessed with music to stardom at the age of seventeen with a string of pop hits still popular today. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie and an excellent Esai Morales as his brother Bob, with whom he had a loving but tempestuous relationship.

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 Directed by
Luis Valdez
Zoot Suit, The Cisco Kid, Which Way Is Up?
 Written by
Luis Valdez
Zoot Suit, Which Way Is Up?, The Cisco Kid
 Cast
Lou Diamond Phillips
Courage Under Fire, Young Guns, The Big Hit
Esai Morales
Freejack, In the Army Now, Bad Boys
Elizabeth Peña
The Incredibles, Rush Hour, Jacob's Ladder
Joe Pantoliano
The Matrix, Memento, The Fugitive
Mike Moroff
Desperado, The Crew, Return of the Living Dead III
Rosanna DeSoto
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, About Last Night..., Family Business
Danielle von Zerneck
Living in Oblivion, My Science Project, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
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 Music By
Carlos Santana
Woodstock, Santana: Supernatural Live, All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Miles Goodman
Little Shop of Horrors, What About Bob?, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels



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