La Bamba (1987)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 48 mins | Biopic, Period | Released: 1/1/1987 |Box Office Total: $52.6M

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Synopsis:

The story of rock 'n' roll performer Ritchie Valens, who died in a plane crash in 1959, along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1987

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Luis Valdez	Director
Cast	Credit
Lou Diamond Phillips	Ritchie Valens
Esai Morales	Bob Morales
Rosana DeSoto	Connie Valenzuela
Elizabeth Peña	Rosie Morales
Danielle Von Zerneck	Donna Ludwig
Joe Pantoliano	Bob Keene
Rick Dees	Ted Quillin
Marshall Crenshaw	Buddy Holly
Howard Huntsberry	Jackie Wilson
Brian Setzer	Eddie Cochran
Daniel Valdez	Lelo
Felipe Cantu	Curandero
Eddie Frias	Chino
Mike Moroff	Mexican Ed
Geoffrey Rivas	Rudy
Sam Anderson	Mr Ludwig
Maggie Gwinn	Mrs Ludwig
Jeffrey Alan Chandler	Alan Freed
Stephen Lee	Big Bopper
John Quade	Bartender
Lettie Ibarra	Vera
Diane Rodriguez	Ernestine
Kati Valdez	Connie Jr
Gloria Balcorta	Irma
Ernesto Hernandez	Garbage Man
Noble Willingham	Howard
Thom Pintello	Sound Engineer
Stephen Schmidt	Tommy Allsup
Rosanna Locke	Sharon Sheeley
Kim Sebastian	Donna's Girlfriend
Dyana Ortelli	Rosalinda
Andy Griggs	Mr House
Art Koustik	Trucker
Tony Genaro	Mr Caballero
Allison Robinson White	Girl at Party
Hunter Payne	Baseball Announcer
Joe Miller	Student
Maryann Tanedo	Student
Barb Jittner	Student
Brian Russell	Student
Sean Moloney
Allen Burry
Los Lobos
Production Credits	Credit
Stuart Benjamin	Executive Producer
Taylor Hackford	Producer
Daniel Valdez	Associate Producer
Bill Borden	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
New Visions Music Group Inc	Production Company
A&M Films	Production Company
R Valenzuela Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Swedish Television	Foreign TV Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Hollister, California, USA
San Jose, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Luis Valdez	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Sheldon M Katz	Production Auditor
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Jim Picciolo	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Art Department	Credit
Joni Indursky	Lead Person - leadman
Vincent Cresciman	Production Designer
Marco Lopez	Swing Gang
Terry Weldon	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Jane Brown	Scenic Artist - lead scenic artist
Rosemary Brandenburg	Set Decorator
Todd Weisman	Swing Gang
Pola Schreiber	Set Decorator - production decorator
Jeff Jones	Scenic Artist
Greta Gregorian	Set Decorator - production decorator
Casting	Credit
Junie Lowry	Casting
Marcy Carriker	Casting Associate
Robert John Teitelbaum	Casting
LA Casting	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Steve Beckham	Craft Service - craft services
Film Camera	Credit
Darryl Harmon	Projectionist - location projectionist
Sam Emerson	Photography - stills
Vance Piper	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Adam Greenberg	Director of Photography
Rick Morton	Photography - special photography
Alicia Craft	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Chuck Colwell	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Los Lobos	Song - songs
Los Lobos	Song Performer
Joel Sill	Music Producer - executive music producer
Curt Sobel	Music Editor - music editor supervisor
Carlos Santana (Santana)	Music
Carlos Santana (Santana)	Song Performer
Miles Goodman	Music
Ritchie Valens	Song - song arranger
Ritchie Valens	Song - songs
Joseph Lopez Alvez	Music
Bo Diddley	Song Performer
Jim Fox	Music - guitar instructor
Howard Huntsberry	Song Performer
John Marascalco	Song - songs
Robert A Blackwell	Song - songs
Santo & Johnny	Song Performer
Brian Setzer	Song Performer
George Motola	Song
Marshall Crenshaw	Song Performer
Herman B Chaney	Song
Manuel G Chavez	Song
Jerry Butler	Song Performer
The Impressions	Song Performer
Sunny West	Song
Daniel Valdez	Song Performer
Billy Tilghman	Song
Little Richard	Song Performer
Norman Petty	Song
Jerry Leiber	Song
Huey Smith & The Clowns	Song Performer
The Skyliners	Song Performer
Mike Stoller	Song
S Weiss	Song
The Big Bopper	Song Performer
Chuck Berry	Song Performer
R Carr	Song
The Platters	Song Performer
J Mitchell	Song
Steve Berlin	Song - song producer
LaVern Baker	Song Performer
Johnnie & Joe	Song Performer
Willie Dixon	Song - song producer
Eugene McDaniel	Song
Don Davis	Song - song producer
Berry Gordy	Song
Tyran Carlo	Song
Gwen Gordy	Song
Santo Farina	Song
Johnny Farina	Song
Ann Farina	Song
Don Gehman	Song - song producer
Eddie Cochran	Song
Jerry Capehart	Song
Marshall Crenshaw	Song - song producer
Garry Talent	Song - song producer
Buddy Holly	Song
Robert Kuhn	Song
Jerry Butler	Song
Arthur Brooks	Song
Richard Brooks	Song
Daniel Valdez	Song
Huey P Smith	Song
Joseph Rock	Song
Lennie Martin	Song
James Beaumont	Song
Janet Vogel	Song
Joseph Verscharen	Song
Walter Lester	Song
John Taylor	Song
Leroy Anderson	Song
E Anderson	Song
Jerome Kern	Song
Otto Harbach	Song
Winfield Scott	Song
Rex Garvin	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Steve M Davison	Stunt Coordinator
Steve M Davison	Stunts
Ronnie Rondell	Stunt Coordinator
Dick Ziker	Stunts
Tim A Davison	Stunts
Freddie Hice	Stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr	Stunts
Jimmy Ortega	Stunts
Tanya Russell	Stunts
Janet Brady	Stunts
Alan Oliney	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Richard Davis	Location Manager
Alan C. Blomquist	Unit Production Manager
Kerry Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Priscila Giraldo	Post-Production Coordinator
Priscila Giraldo	Project Manager
Stephen J Fisher	Assistant Director
Misty Carey	Production Coordinator
Josh King	Location Manager
Michael Katleman	Assistant Director
Alana Ackley	Post-Production Coordinator
Patricia Tooke	Script Supervisor
Richard Graves	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Allen Burry	Publicity - publicist
Public Relations	Credit
PMK/HBH Public Relations	Publicity publicity
Sound	Credit
Fred Judkins	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Dick Friedman	ADR Editor
Susumu Tokunow	Sound - sound recording mixer
Joel Shryack	Boom Operator
Tom McCarthy	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Donald O Mitchell	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Rick Kline	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Mark S Gordon	Sound Editor
James Matheny	Sound Editor
Kevin O'Connell	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Paul Power	Visual Effects - visual illustrator
Dan Perri	Titles - title design
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Bill Myer	Makeup Assistant
Lisa Meyers	Hair Assistant - hairstyles assistant
Peter Tothpal	Hair - hairstyles
Sylvia Vega-Vasquez	Costume Designer
Richard Arrington	Makeup
Yvonne Cervantes	Costumes - costumer
Liz'beth Gower	Costumes - costumer

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