Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
- rock 'n' roll
- biography
- death
- dying young
- nostalgic
- mexican american
- marital rape
- 1950s
- romantic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ritchie Valens
Danielle von Zerneck
Donna Ludwig
Elizabeth Peña
Rosie Morales
Rosanna DeSoto
Connie Valenzuela
- Esai Morales — Bob Morales
- Joe Pantoliano — Bob Keane
- Marshall Crenshaw — Buddy Holly
- Brian Setzer — Eddie Cochran
- Daniel Valdez — Lelo
- Howard Huntsberry — Jackie Wilson
- Felipe Cantu — Curandero
- Eddie Frias — Chino
- Mike Moroff — Mexican Ed
- Geoffrey Rivas — Rudy
- Sam Anderson — Mr. Ludwig
- Directed
- Luis Valdez
- Written
- Luis Valdez
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 823 ratings
- Studio
- New Visions Pictures, Columbia Pictures
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