A Star Is Born (2018 film)
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A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper, and written by Eric Roth, Cooper and Will Fetters. A remake of the 1937 film of the same name, it stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay, and Sam Elliott, and follows a hard-drinking musician who discovers and falls in love with a young singer. It marks the fourth American adaptation of the original 1937 film, after the 1954 musical and the 1976 musical with the same names respectively.
The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 5, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It emerged as a major critical and commercial success, grossing over $436 million worldwide and receiving widespread acclaim for Cooper, Gaga, and Elliott's performances and Cooper's direction, as well as the screenplay, cinematography, and soundtrack. It also received numerous nominations, including eight nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Cooper), Best Actress (Gaga), and Best Supporting Actor (Elliott); it won Best Original Song for "Shallow". It also earned five nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and won Best Original Song for "Shallow".
Its soundtrack is one of the world's best-selling albums of all time, and received a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards out of seven nominations, including nominations for Song of the Year two years in a row. Its lead single "Shallow" is one of the world's best-selling singles of all time. For her acting and soundtrack contributions on A Star Is Born, Gaga became the first woman in history to win an Academy Award, Grammy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award in a single year.
Plot
Hard-drinking country music star Jackson "Jack" Maine (portrayed by Bradley Cooper) discovers -- and falls in love with -- a struggling, but talented singer named Ally (portrayed by Lady Gaga). As her career quickly takes off, Jackson starts to realize that his best days may be behind him.
Why A Star Is Born Forever
- This is one of those films were a remake is better than the original film and the previous remakes (from 1954 and 1976). It is also an example of a remake of an original film done right.
- Everyone gives a fantastic acting performance, even Gaga for her first film in acting; she is also great at it.
- It has incredible set designs and backgrounds, especially for the concert sets and props, the performances in the film are also awesome.
- It's amazing to see Bradley Cooper sing and play guitar for the first time, and he does extremely well at it. Not only that, but he has shown to be an awesome singer and guitarist.
- It also helps that this is first film in directing, and he does it fantastically.
- It has some of the most beautiful cinematography from Academy Award-winning cinematographer Matthew Libatique.
- Both, Cooper and Gaga have great chemistry together.
- The soundtrack is beautiful, as it features awesome and memorable songs, such as "Always Remember Us This Way", "Maybe It's Time", "I'll Never Love Again", and most famously, the Grammy, and Academy award-winning song, "Shallow".
- Not only is the cinematography and soundtrack beautiful, but so is the terrific writing with an entertaining screenplay that makes the story extremely meaningful.
- The extended cut is great because it adds 12 minutes of footage and has extra songs; it also makes the opening feel better.
Reception
A Star Is Born received widespread acclaim for Cooper, Gaga, and Elliott's performances, and Cooper's direction, as well as its screenplay, cinematography, and soundtrack; On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 537 reviews, with an average rating of 8.04/10, and is the most reviewed film on the site. The website's critical consensus reads, "With appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story, A Star Is Born is a remake done right—and a reminder that some stories can be just as effective in the retelling." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 88 out of 100 based on 60 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Box office
A Star Is Born grossed $215.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $218.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $434.2 million, against a production budget of $36 million. Deadline Hollywood calculated the net profit of the film to be $178.1 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues, making it the tenth most profitable release of 2018.
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External links
A Star Is Born (2018) on Metacritic
A Star Is Born (2018) on Rotten Tomatoes
A Star Is Born (2018) at the Internet Movie Database