| | Bamba DVD (6 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Rock And Roll Movies, Recommended Videos, Musical, Biography, True Story, Tragedy, Hispanic | | Starring | Lou Diamond Phillips, Elizabeth Pena, Esai Morales, Danielle Von Zerneck | | Director | Luis Valdez | | Music | Carlos Santana | | Producer | Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin | | Screenwriter | Luis Valdez |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; Soundtrack Spanish; English Subtitles; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re A film biography of Mexican-American musician and singer Ritchie Valens, a one-time fruit picker who became a rock-and-roll legend.
The story covers his early career (when he scheduled gigs in between high school classes); his romance with blond, WASP-y Donna, the namesake of one of his pop hits; and the ill-fated national tour he played with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper. 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. Produced by R. Valenzuela Productions.
Film premiered (and opened) the 12th Seattle International Film Festival in 1987, two months before its national release.
Shot on location in San Jose and Hollister, California, for an estimated budget of $6.5 million.
Copyright 1987 Columbia Pictures. Bamba Reviews: "...[Brings Valens's] music to life all over again....Philips has a sweetness and sincerity that in no way diminish[es] the toughness of his onstage persona..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...LA BAMBA is engrossing throughout and boasts numerous fine performances. In Lou Diamond Phillips' sympathetic turn, Valens comes across as a very fine young man..."
-- Cart., Variety "...Engaging biopic of 50s rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens....His music is rousingly performed by Los Lobos..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound Bamba | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1987 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  2328  | | CD Universe Part number | 1181214 | | Catalog number | 8549 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 06, 1999 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Running Time | 109 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Closed Caption; Subtitled inMultiple Languages |
Bamba Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews La Bamba dvd
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Submitted by marym05 (Thousand oaks, Ca,usa) 
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 movies that rock !!
this is in my list of movies that really rock, great movie amazing soundtrack, thanks to los lobos, one of the finest band in the world today
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Ritchie will always rock on!
Great movie, a classic .... must watch, must own movie. Ritchie Valens will always rock on!
Submitted by Teresa (Santa Rosa, Ca, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 OF THE BEST MOVIES BASED ON A MEXICAN TRUE STORY
RITCHIE VALENS IS A MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGEND AND THIS MOVIE GIVES HIM THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES
Submitted by RAUL (PACOIMA,CALI)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No a "gotta watch" movie
I first seen this movie in my spanish class when it came out. I have noticed it has been on Encore quite a bit over the past couple of months and I seem to get hooked right back on it while flipping through the channels. I have a 10 year old son who has watched it with me once and now he wants to know all about Ritchie Valens. This is one of the best movies I have seen and no matter how sad the ending, this was the story of the life and death of the famous Ritchie Valens.
Submitted by Karen (Plymouth, MI USA)
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Bamba DVD Region 1
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Letterbox -
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Widescreen -
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Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Spanish
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Remembering Richie"
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Music Video:
1. Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
2. Howard Huntsberry - "Lonely Teardrops"
Audio Commentary:
1. Luis Valdez - Director/Writer, Cast
2. Taylor Hackford & Daniel Valdez - Producers
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies
Filmographies
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