A Star Is Born

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A Star Is Born (1976)

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Talented rock star John Norman Howard has seen his career begin to decline. Too many years of concerts and managers and life on the road have made him cynical and the monotony has taken its toll. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. As one of his songs in the movie says "I'm gonna take you girl, I'm gonna show you how." And he does. He shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.

A Star Is Born is a 1976 American musical drama film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand, an easy listening folkie type ingenue who enters the music business, and meets and falls in love with an established male rock'n'roll star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline. It is a remake of two earlier versions – the 1937 version was a drama starring Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and the 1954 version was a musical starring Judy Garland and James Mason. It will be remade for a fourth time in 2018 starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

Cast

• Barbra Streisand as Esther Hoffman Howard
• Kris Kristofferson as John Norman Howard
• Gary Busey as Bobbie Ritchie
• Paul Mazursky as Brian Wexler
• Joanne Linville as Freddie Lowenstein
• Oliver Clark as Gary Danziger
• Venetta Fields as One (of the Oreos)
• Clydie King as Two (of the Oreos)
• Sally Kirkland as Photographer
• Marta Heflin as Quentin
• Rita Coolidge as Herself
• Tony Orlando as Himself
• M. G. Kelly as DJ Bebe Jesus
• Uncle Rudy as Mo

A Star Is Born
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Directed by	Frank Pierson
Produced by	Jon Peters Barbra Streisand
Screenplay by	Frank Pierson William A. Wellman Robert Carson John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion
Based on	A Star is Born  by William A. Wellman  Robert Carson Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell
Starring	Barbra Streisand Kris Kristofferson Gary Busey
Music by	Roger Kellaway (score) Kenny Ascher (songs) Rupert Holmes (songs) Kenny Loggins (songs) Leon Russell (songs) Paul Williams (songs) Barbra Streisand (songs)
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	Peter Zinner
Production company	First Artists
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Running time	140 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Video Aspect	Wide Screen

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