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A Star Is Born (1976)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:6

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Two rock superstars play out their lives against the high pressure background of big-time rock and roll. Streisand's singing adds luster to a familiar script. Academy Award Nominations: 4,... Two rock superstars play out their lives against the high pressure background of big-time rock and roll. Streisand's singing adds luster to a familiar script. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Song Score. Academy Awards: Best Song ("Evergreen"). [More]

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Paul Mazursky, Oliver Clark, Sally Kirkland, Joanne Linville

Director: Frank Pierson

Director: Frank Pierson
Composer: Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand
Producer: Jon Peters

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Dec 6, 2005

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  • Star Is Born, A (1976)
  • The fire of Barbra Streisand. The magnetism of Kris Kristofferson. The reckless world of big-time rock 'n' roll. All three bring a new passion and timeliness to A Star Is Born, one of the screen's classic love stories (previously filmed in 1937 and 1954) and winner of five Golden GlobeO Awards, including Best Picture, Actress and Actor (Musical/Comedy).
  • Paul Williams, Kenny Loggins, Leon Russell and others worked with Streisand on one of the most popular song scores ever, topped by the Streisand/Williams Evergreen winning the Academy AwardO and Golden GlobeO Award as 1976's Best Original Song. Their teamwork resulted in a box-office triumph as well as "a considerable achievement" (Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical).
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    04/17/08
    Cole Smithey
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    Ms. Streisand has a great voice and a great stage presence, and she has made a number of good films in her career. For me, A Star Is Born is not one of them.

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    01/06/07
    John J. Puccio
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    Barbara Streisand. Is. A Star Is Born. And two-shots have never been so completely arbitrary.

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    11/28/06
    Eric Henderson
    Eric Henderson
    Slant Magazine

    An ego project for Streisand and then companion Jon Peters, or a director (Frank Pearson), who can't handle his leading lady. Either way: This remake, marred by a fake, overly sentimental ending, is only worth seeing for Streisand's singing.

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    Emanuel Levy
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    06/24/06
    Derek Adams
    Derek Adams
    Time Out

    hopelessly stuck in the bell-bottomed clichés of the ‘70s... hasn’t aged well and isn’t much fun to watch

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    06/14/05
    Don Willmott
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    Why?

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    This is supposed to be an attack on Hollywood, but it seems that Cukor has tunnel vision.

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