Tag: dying young

  • La Bamba

    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…

  • Beaches

    A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

  • The Wings of the Dove

    Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate’s deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up…

  • James Dean

    The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950’s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.

  • Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story

    Documentary on the life of late Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood.