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Title A star is born / Warner Bros. Pictures ; First Artists presents ; a Barwood/Jon Peters production ; screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson ; produced by Jon Peters ; directed by Frank Pierson ; executive producer, Barbra Streisand.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006]
©2006

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 Moore Video  PN1995.9.M86 S737 2006    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 videodisc (140 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium DVD video 4 3/4 in.
stamping
Description digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
video file
DVD video
region 1
Motion picture.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (matted, enhanced) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono, dual-layer.
Cast Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Marta Heflin, M.G. Kelly, Sally Kirkland, Joanne Linville, Uncle Rudy, Paul Mazursky.
Credits Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; production designer, Polly Platt ; film editor, Peter Zinner ; music by Roger Kellaway.
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Summary Rock star John Norman Howard has noticed that his career has begun to decline. Too many years of concerts, bad managers and life on the road have made him cynical. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. John shows Esther the way to stardom while forsaking his own career. As they fall in love, her success only makes his decline even more apparent.
Note Special features: Commentary by Barbra Streisand; Wardrobe tests with commentary by Barbra Streisand; Additional scenes with optional commentary by Barbra Streisand; Theatrical trailers.
Awards Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Winner of 5 Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture, Actress and Actor (Musical/Comedy), Best Original Song.
Language Dialogue in English (Dolby surround 5.1) with optional French (Dolby mono.) soundtrack; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject Women rock musicians -- United States -- Drama.
Women rock musicians.
United States.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Rock musicians -- United States -- Drama.
Rock musicians.
Music trade -- United States -- Drama.
Music trade.
Rock concerts -- United States -- Drama.
Rock concerts.
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Genre/Form Film remakes.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Musical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Pierson, Frank R., screenwriter, film director.
Dunne, John Gregory, 1932-2003, screenwriter.
Didion, Joan, screenwriter.
Peters, Jon, film producer.
Streisand, Barbra, film producer, actor.
Kristofferson, Kris, actor.
Busey, Gary, actor.
Clark, Oliver, 1939- actor.
Fields, Venetta, actor.
King, Clydie, actor.
Heflin, Marta, 1945-2013, actor.
Kelly, M. G., actor.
Kirkland, Sally, actor.
Linville, Joanne, 1928- actor.
Mazursky, Paul, actor.
Surtees, Robert, director of photography.
Platt, Polly, production designer.
Zinner, Peter, film editor.
Kellaway, Roger, composer (expression)
Wellman, William A., 1896-1975, author.
Carson, Robert, 1909-1983, author.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), production company.
First Artists (Firm), presenter.
Barwood Films, Ltd., production company.
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title Star is born (Motion picture : 1976) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99036892
ISBN 0790792338
9780790792330
Standard No. 085393353629
00085393353629
Music No. 33536 Warner Home Video