Synopsis
Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.
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Cast
- Barbra StreisandEsther Hoffman
- Kris KristoffersonJohn Norman Howard
- Gary BuseyBobbie Ritchie
- Oliver ClarkGary Danziger
- Venetta FieldsThe Oreos
- Clydie KingThe Oreos
- Marta HeflinQuentin
- M.G. KellyBebe Jesus
- Sally KirklandPhotographer
- Joanne LinvilleFreddie
Recommandations
- 90
Variety
The new A Star Is Born has the rare distinction of being a superlative remake. Barbra Streisand's performance as the rising star is her finest screen work to date, while Kris Kristofferson's magnificent portrayal of her failing benefactor realizes all the promise first shown five years earlier in Cisko Pike. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film is equal parts I Will Survive and pop martyrdom, instigated by a star so enormous that she could likely bankroll the Department of Defense for the year of 1976 and still have money left over. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The movie falls short of greatness, but it compares more than favorably not only with the usual concert film (good as a few of them are) but also with the current love stories on film. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
I enjoyed a lot of A Star Is Born. I thought Miss Streisand was distractingly miscast in the role, and yet I forgave her everything when she sang. - 60
The New York Times
Streisand never plays to or with the other actors. She does A Star Is Born as a solo turn. Everybody else is a back‐up musician, which is okay when she's belting out a lyric, but distinctly odd when other actors come into the same frame. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
The fourth remake of this story, this is a fairly good, though overlong, film. - 50
Time Out
Apart from the flash new environment, this version vaunts its modernity by vulgarising everything in sight, making the characters mouthpieces for foul language and equally foul sentimentality - 50
Newsweek
Streisand is so overwhelming a presence that she can probably get away indefinitely with making movies as slipshod as this one. But it would be a shame if she were content to settle for that. [10 Jan 1977, p.64]
