Still image from the 1976 film A Star Is Born.

A Star Is Born

Directed by Frank R. Pierson

A fast-rising singer tries to put a has-been rocker back on top.

1976 2h 20m Musical TV-MA

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CAST
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Frank R. Pierson, Director
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Frank R. Pierson
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Barbra Streisand,
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Barbra Streisand

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Kris Kristofferson,
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Kris Kristofferso..

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Gary Busey,
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Gary Busey

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Jerry Mcgee,
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Jerry Mcgee

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Marta Heflin,
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Marta Heflin

FULL SYNOPSIS

Drunken, has been, rock star, John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.


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ARTICLES
It is a classic Hollywood story: a talented female newcomer and a washed-up, hard-drinking male star fall in love. He helps her achieve her dreams, but while her star ascends, his career plummets as he descends into alcoholism and despair. The first A Star is Born, directed by William Wellman and written by Dorothy Parker (and others), came out in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March playing the star-crossed lovers. It was remade in 1954 by George Cukor and starred Judy Garland and James Mason. By the early 1970s, the iconic Hollywood tale was ripe for a new version, when husband and wife writers John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion came up with the idea of a remake set in the rock music world. They called their script Rainbow Road and pitched it to director Peter Bogdanovich and his then-girlfriend, actress Cybill Shepherd. When they turned it down, the writers tried to interest Liza Minnelli, Carly Simon and James Taylor, and Diana Ross. Finally, Barbra Streisand got involved, thanks to her then-boyfriend, hairdresser to the stars Jon Peters. They approached Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker about having the rock legend co-star, but Parker refused to allow Presley to play a drunken has-been. According to news stories of the era, Streisand at different times wanted Peters to direct and/or co-star with her. Peters eventually ended up as producer (with Streisand credited as Executive Producer), and brought in Frank Pierson, who had won an Oscar® for his script for ...

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