Barbra Streisand stars as struggling singer becomes a star but loses the man she loves--who will not allow himself to hinder her rise to fame once A Star is Born. In this film based on the Academy Award-winning 1937 and 1955 films, the career of hopeful, young singer Esther Hoffman (Streisand) is launched by fading rock star John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson), who also wins the young singer's heart. Hoffman becomes a leading lady on stage and in Howard's life, but as Howard's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcohol and cocaine. Hoffman chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for Howard, but he will not allow her to abandon her dreams.
Frank Pierson
Jon Peters
John Gregory Dunne
Robert Carson
Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark, Vanetta Fields, Clydie King, Marta Heflin, M.G. Kelly, Sally Kirkland, Joanne Linville, Paul Mazursky
© 1976 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Charles Champlin
A Star is Born rarely stops seeming manufactured; it can't disguise its manipulations or the proce...
Jay Cocks
The trouble with rock 'n' roll in A Star Is Born is that there isn't any. The soundtrack is filled...
Jean Hoelscher
Barbra Streisand's fantastic singing voice shows to the best advantage her incredible talent. The...
Geoff Brown
This version vaunts its modernity by vulgarising everything in sight.
The new A Star Is Born has the rare distinction of being a superlative remake.
A transistorized remake, louder than ever, but very small in terms of its being about anything wha...
David Dugas
A Star Is Born presents Streisand in an appealing and sympathetic role, and Kristofferson provides...
Sky Staff
Too often director Frank Pierson appears to be allowing his players to act the scene as they think...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Dale Pollock
It is ironic that the star system itself has killed A Star is Born, a film written to expose that...
Sarah Cartland
Gloriously over the top, lurid, self-obsessed; it's no surprise I've developed a liking for this....