A Star Is Born (1976)

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Movie
German title A star is born
Original title A star is born
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1976
length 139 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Frank Pierson
script John Gregory Dunne
Joan Didion
Frank Pierson
Alvin Sargent
production Jon Peters
music Barbra Streisand
Paul Williams
Roger Kellaway et al. a.
camera Robert Surtees
cut Peter Zinner
occupation
synchronization

A Star Is Born is an American drama directed by Frank Pierson from 1976 and at the same time a remake of the film A Star Rises from 1937, which was remade in 1954 as A New Star in the Sky .

action

The third processing of the material moves the story into the rock and pop world: the celebrated rock star John Norman Howard lives out his success with the intensive consumption of alcohol and other drugs. Immediately after a failed concert for this reason, Howard disrupts the performance of the unsuccessful singer Esther Hoffman in a nightclub. On the one hand she is angry about Howard's behavior, on the other hand she is also fascinated by the womanizer - just as he is by her. A love story with some confusion and a time of renewed separation begins, until they finally get married.

John now wants to help Esther to her own career as a singer. To this end, he presses her hard to go on stage at one of his own concerts. This “guest performance” is the first step towards success for Esther: the audience is enthusiastic, she is discovered by the music industry, makes her own record and begins a steep career. At the same time, John's career begins to stagnate; his new record is not selling well. First of all, John is still committed to the success of his wife and works to make her a star. But when his own success is increasingly denied him, the tensions between him and Esther increase. He takes refuge in alcohol and other drugs and sinks into insignificance as an artist. When he has overcome the low and the relationship is back on track, he dies in an accident.

Reviews

The Heyne Filmlexikon wrote, "The new version of the old and beautiful Judy Garland film turned out to be a terrible stirring piece because Barbra Streisand had the unfortunate ambition to take over the direction, as it were." “The love scenes” would underpin this impression: “They could hardly have been more brittle”.

Film-dienst wrote that the film was giving away the topic “through the superficial psychologization of the people and the staging geared towards external visual values”. He was "not a critical examination of the show business, but a sweet and banal love story".

Die Zeit , March 1978: Her co-star Kris Kristofferson degrades Miss Streisand to a simple cue-giver. And she also does her best to defeat her undeniable presence as a “performer” with bombastic decorations, dialogues and costumes. “A Star is Born” is a larger than life ego trip: narcissism with self-destructive traits.

Awards

The film received the following awards and nominations:

Oscars 1977

Golden Globe Award 1977

BAFTA Award 1978

  • Nominations for the BAFTA Award in two categories, including for Best Film Music

1978 Grammy Awards

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award

  • Award to Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams for the song Evergreen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lothar R. Just et al .: Heyne Filmlexikon. 3. Edition. Wilhelm Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-15747-8 .
  2. ↑ A Star Is Born. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Film tips . In: Die Zeit , No. 10/1978