Barbara Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Clydie King

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 ...( read more  read more... )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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R, 2 hrs. 19 min.

Directed by: Frank Pierson

Release Date: December 17, 1976

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DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004

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  • September 13, 2009
    Very good story, but the ending was so sad!
  • October 27, 2009
    The original is mutch better
  • October 9, 2009
    A very good story. Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson have wonderful together, and Krisofferson's performance as a self-destructive rock star feels completely authentic. Aside from the language, this re-make is definitely worth seeing.
  • September 23, 2009
    kristopherson and streisand.. awesomeeeeeeeeee
  • September 22, 2009
    great voice, drama, passion, music, music, music...
  • July 19, 2009
    love this version... love kris kristofferson his brilliant in this role and babs is always fabulous..... real tear jerker though cant breath when watching the ending....
  • July 11, 2009
    this one was much better i fell in love with barbara when i saw this movine./
  • June 6, 2009
    Really good older drama.
  • April 5, 2009
    I love this movie. The ending always makes me cry.
  • March 12, 2009
    Very good movie. As always Barbara Streisand has a phonoemenal voice and despite Kris Kristostofferson's hairyness and his drug and alchohol abuse it was a very good movie.

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  • mspoppet
    August 10, 2007
    This movie is one you can watch over and over again, the music is fantastic, the energy is awesome, the chemistry is electric and the emotion is raw...

    A must see, and the albumn is equally great.
    Definetely one of my favorites !

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