i have get to say it . gary busey save this film . if it be not for his fine acting talent this film would have be sub par . i recommend the film but just barely . the big difficulty with the film be it broad disregard for historical and geographical and physical accuracy . for example and why be lubbock green and hilly . how come buddy producer petty ignore . where be the daily trip to the clovis and new mexico studio . why be nashville treat a a racist hate camp out to destroy the holly sound . why be buddy two week courtship to maria treat a a complex and taboo and race mixing stereotype . why be buddy tile box as light a feather . finally and why be the cricket portray a trouble make roadblock to holly talent . take on their face these inaccuracy should spell doom for any film proclaim itself and the buddy holly story . however and busey do deliver a stir portrayal a the man whose death eventually lead to the day the music die .