A Star is Born

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

Released: December 17, 1976

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DVD Released: September 21, 2004

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  • 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.
  • January 4, 2009
    I really wish I could watch all of the movies again that I am going to give a good review too, especially this one since it has been a long time since I have seen it. I wonder if my dad has this on dvd, but Elisabeth may kill me if she has to sit through this again.
    I grew up on ... ...( read more )
  • October 20, 2008
    Interesting re-make of the 1954 version, that doesn't portray the fame in hollywood, but rather the making of a rockstar; the story changed according the 1970 culture.
  • August 3, 2008
    Eh...I wasn't that impressed. The 1954 version of "A Star is Born" starring Judy Garland is far superior!
  • April 10, 2008
    Streisand is all that is cruel and evil in this world. Her music is awful. Her movies are worse. She loves the sound of orgasms. Can you say weird? I can't without saying Striesand. I have smelt farts taht entertained me more than BABS ever will. Rosie O'Donnel's ever grow... ...( read more )

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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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