A Star Is Born
Warner Bros, 1976, Color, 140 minutes, **½
Released December, 1976
The third version of the story of a doomed show biz romance takes its focus to the world of rock music. Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson make a magnetic couple, faced with choices about love and career. Oscar-winning song "Evergreen" is featured.
Producer: Jon Peters
Executive Producer: Barbra Streisand
Director: Frank Pierson
Screenplay: Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne and Frank Pierson (based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson)
Musical Composer: Roger Kellaway
Music Director: Paul Williams
Song Score: Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams
Production Design: Polly Platt
Art Direction: William Hiney
Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
Costume Design: Seth Banks, Shirlee Strahm
Special Effects: Chuck Gaspar
Cinematography: Robert Surtees
Film Editing: Peter Zinner
Awards: Academy Award for Best Song: "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born);" Academy Award Nominations for Best Song Score, Best Sound, Best Cinematography
Cast: Barbra Streisand [Esther Hoffman], Kris Kristofferson [John Norman Howard], Gary Busey [Bobby Ritchie], Oliver Clark [Gary Danziger], Vanetta Fields, Clydie King [The Oreos], Marta Heflin [Quentin], M. G. Kelly [Bebe Jesus], Sally Kirkland [Photographer], Joanne Linville [Freddie], Uncle Rudy [Mo], Paul Mazursky [Brian], Tony Orlando [Himself], Robert Englund [Patron]
Musical Program: Watch Closely Now; Spanish Eyes (background vocal); Hellacious Acres; Queen Bee; Everything; Connection (background vocal); Cat Food Commercial; Lost Inside of You; Woman in the Moon; Evergreen; I Believe in Love; Crippled Crow; Won't Be Where I've Been; With One More Look at You
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