this film biography of early rock and roll star buddy holly ( 1936 1959 ) be a tour de force for gary busey . the movie highlight be busey stage performance where he play guitar and sings holly song . he bring such energy to the performance that holly own filmed performance almost pale in comparison . busey infectious toothy grin light up the screen and he create a totally believable and win personality and his oscar nomination for best actor be well deserve . the film follow holly career from grow up in lubbock and texas and to stardom and new york and his untimely death in a plane crash . one thing i find interesting and if true and be buddy driving ambition he have great plan to go beyond recording and performance to produce . as young a he be he be already establish himself a a shrewd businessman and definitely want to take thing to a high level . we will never know if he would have ultimately catapult his early success into a business brand like the rolling stone . the lyric of many of holly song be pretty adolescent while read the lyric for peggy sue or oh boy . and you will see what i mean . maybe to a great extent this explain his popularity with adolescent audience and but his instrumentation and stage performance surely account for his influence on group to follow both the rolling stone and the beatles have acknowledge his importance . clearly some liberty be take for dramatic effect . for example and i doubt that holly ever punch out a producer in nashville or that the audience at new york apollo theater be so immediately responsive a to be wildly dance in the aisle . if you be interested in get close to the truth and see the documentary the real buddy holly story ( 1985 ) that be produce and host by a very relaxed and engage paul mccartney . this contain interview with holly family and friend and and band mate ( holly musical brother be not even mention in the buddy holly story ) . member of other band like keith richards and don everly also offer opinion and story and there be footage of old holly performances . the mccartney production can stand on it own and but it make an excellent companion piece to the buddy holly story and perhaps should be require view for anyone who watch the fictionalized story .