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Actor: Ritchie ValensDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 161 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Whirlwind Media
DVD Reviews of Complete Ritchie Valens
DVD Review: Heartwarming & Informative!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very good and interesting dvd since it not only humanizes the real Ritchie Valens but also offers a bit about how the music industry operated back in the 50s. Having the family and his friends speak firsthand about the Chicano who dreamed big and make it in the music industry is very intimate since we hear from people who knew him firsthand and not some biographer who compiled information from others and slap the info into a book format.
Personally, although I found the whole dvd very warm and inviting, as a history buff of sorts, it was wonderful hearing Bob Keane speak about how the business operated back then. As a child born in the 70s, I never realized how powerful DJs were in their day. For instance, if a certain DJ liked a certain music producer or distributor or musician, he would play that person's record on the air. It was almost as if the DJs gave your career a big break or not. This is one interesting example.
Ritchie Valens' family's honesty and openness truly leads you through their emotions from the day he was born to his death. One particularly moving piece was when one of his sisters spoke about when Ritchie died and her mother was so overcome with grief that she didn;t have the strength to ask well-wishers to stop taking souveniers from Ritchie's room. So this particular little sister had to intervene on her mother's behalf and made these souvenir hunters put the stuff back.
All in all, this DVD is highly recommended for any Ritchie fans or lovers of 50s music. It will not disappoint! :-)
DVD Review: Complete Ritchie Valens.
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this documentary to be one of the best,that I have seen-as far as family input is concerned.You did not get this in the Labamba movie.I'm grateful family members were able to give their story.What can I say bout the music.Growing up in this era.Listening to Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valenzuela are some of my guilty pleasures,in an age of music with little soul in it.Thank You.DVD Review: FAST SHIPPING/ GREAT MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars
As i was ordering this I was reading that it might not show up until late Nov latest Jan 09. I ordered it on Nov 9th and it came today Nov 12th/ 08. This dvd is every thing and more you wanna here and see about Ritchie Valens. if i could id give this 20 stars.DVD Review: A clear message: the young man was special!
Summary: 5 Stars
To have a Mexican song, La Bamba, cross over to rock and roll in the 50's was a phenomenon and the same goes for a Mexican-American singer. Valenzuela, whose named was changed to Ritchie Valens, exploded onto the music scene, and died tragically following a very short career.
Those interviewed were two sisters who were very young at the time of his fame, sister-in-law Rosie who was married to the brother, who so memorably was played by Esai Morales for the "La Bamba" movie. Others interviewed included a journalist on the scene, a member of Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets, Bob Keane from Delfi Records who discovered him, and a few local DJs.
You learn that Ritchie was very dedicated to making music. According to the family, he displayed a love of music very early. He was generous, kind and happy. When fame hit, he was said to be full of energy and had a great attitude.
You will see some footage and snapshots of family, performances, and the crash site. A color pamphlet is also included.
The treat on this DVD is the Audio Program that plays his entire discography, 28 songs. Throughout the country, probably only a handful are still played.
Although produced as low budget, this 2000 DVD documentary was enlightening. The interviews were done amateurishly and that also includes the settings. Splicing of tape for the interviews is obvious with minimal distraction. We can feel the anguish his brother has today, as he shares some regret. And not to diminish the pain the family carries today, but at times the brother is inaudible. .....This DVD is informative! .....MzRizz
DVD Review: To get to know the real Ritchie Valens
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a real help to me about a legend that really was a Rocker and not a Teen Idol. I know that if he never died in that plane crash he would have been the voice and sound of Rock 'N' Roll for the gap of time that was between 1959-1964 when Rock 'N' Roll looked like it was dead until The Beatles came in. Heres a story I would like to share about me. I saw La bamba back in the theaters in 1987. I thought it was great and thought that Lou Diamond was Ritchie Valens and that was his sound. 3 months later I was watching TV and saw them advertising Ritchie Valens tapes. And he looked and sounded much differant from what I saw in La Bamba. It scared me and had me scared of Ritchie Valens. I was only 13 years old and grew up a little but this fear followed me for some reason. It was like a monster not leaving a 4 year old alone. Since getting this DVD I have learned about what La Bamba tried to say about him and what he really was. He was a heart warming trooper that lived up to his promise and got his family out of poverty life and gave them money and a real home. If any one can be shown for there passion and heart out of any famous person. You could only be talking about Ritchie who was in all a wonderful kid that gave up his life to support his family as a latin kid getting his family a peace of the american dream that people only dream of.
Thank You for a great story about Ritchie Valens.
Description of Complete Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in the January 1959 plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, after a concert in Mason City, Iowa. This DVD (which includes Spanish subtitles) offers a 90-minute documentary about his life, featuring interviews with his brother and other family members, as well as with the man who signed him to a recording contract, a former member of Holly's band, the Crickets, and a couple of disc jockeys who figured in his rise. Still, the one element truly missing from this look at Valens's short, meteoric career is Valens himself. There isn't a single performance clip, only a scrapbook of photographs and some soundless home movies of him playing guitar. For Valens's music, the DVD also includes an audio program, which features every song Valens ever recorded. But to get a sense of Valens himself, you're probably better off with Lou Diamond Phillips's interpretation in the feature film La Bamba. --Marshall FineBiography DVDs
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