And this week, his most famous movie, the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba, releases a special remastered Blu-ray edition on the prestigious Criterion Collection.

Directed and written by Luis Valdez, La Bamba is a 1987 film that follows the life of musician Ritchie Valens. Lou Diamond Phillips played Valens in the movie, while it also starred Esai Morales ...

The gritty documentary style pictures in the new book by Hat & Beard Press, La Bamba: A Visual History, record the making of the movie as if Morton was following the doomed singer himself at home ...

Mucho Mas Media and Sony Pictures have teamed up to develop a remake of the Golden Globe-nominated 1987 film "La Bamba," based on the life of the rock and roll legend.

As a follow-up to his ambitious debut “Zoot Suit,” writer-director Luis Valdez made 1987’s “La Bamba,” a biopic of early rock-’n’-roller Richie Valens, who had three chart-topping ...

Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, 'La Bamba' is being remade, but the film's original director and writer questions why rock 'n' roll star Ritchie Valens' life is being told, again.

Ritchie Valens was rescued from obscurity by a 1987 movie, “La Bamba,” that finally put the Southern California teen’s story ahead of Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the two older singers ...

Mucho Mas Media and Sony have teamed up to develop a remake of the 1987 film 'La Bamba,' based on the life of rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens.

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