Steve Rash directs Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith in this biopic of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.

A hard little flick not to love. Oscar nominated Busey brings a magnetic energy to Holly. Repositioning him as a maverick and a rebel ahead of his time. It is limited by that unavoidably constricting biopic format and some cheap made for TV production values. Yet Busey and the music force you to overlook the flaws.

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