A Star Is Born (2018 film)

A Star Is Born (2018 film)

A Star Is Born is a 2018 American romantic musical drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper. It stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay, and Sam Elliott. It follows a hard-drinking musician who discovers and falls in love with a young singer. 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. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over USD 436 million worldwide.

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Summary A Star Is Born (2018 film)A Star Is Born is a 2018 American romantic musical drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper. It stars Cooper, Lady Gaga, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay, and Sam Elliott. It follows a hard-drinking musician who discovers and falls in love with a young singer. It is the fourth filmed version of the 1937 film, after the 1954 musical and the 1976 musical. 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. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing over USD 436 million worldwide and receiving praise for Cooper, Gaga, and Elliott’s performances. It received numerous accolades, including eight nominations at the 91st Academy Awards, among them Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor ; it won Best Original Song for \”Shallow\”. The film’s soundtrack received seven Grammy nominations, winning four; it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year twice; and it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, including Best Motion Pictures – Drama and Best Actor. The movie was released on October 4, 2018; it has been released in UK cinemas on October 6, 2018 and in US cinemas October 7, 2018 and in UK on October 8, 2018,. The film was released in US theaters on October 7 and in UK Cinemas October 8 and in U.S. cinemas the following day. It has been a box office success, earning over $1.2 billion worldwide and grossing more than $4 billion worldwide.

It also earned five Golden Globe Awards nominations, including best picture and best actor, and won Best Actor, Best Actress, and best supporting actor, for Cooper and Gaga. The soundtrack has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including two for Gaga and two for Elliott. The screenplay was written by Cooper, Eric Roth and Will Fetters, and is based on the novel by David Fincher. The story follows the life of Jackson Maine, a famous country rock singer privately battling an alcohol and drug addiction. His main support is Bobby, his manager and older half-brother. He meets Ally, who works as a waitress and singer-songwriter. Jack invites Ally to go on tour with him, and they form a romantic relationship. While on tour, Ally meets Rez, a record producer who offers her a contract. He refocuses Ally away from country music and towards pop. Later, Ally and an inebriated Jack have a fight about Ally’s growing artistic success. At the Grammys, a visibly intoxicated Jack performs in a tribute to Roy Orbison and later in the evening, Ally wins her Best New Artist award. Jack drunkenly criticizes Ally’s new image and music. Her success appears to be outpacing his own recent decline in popularity. At a performance where she goes up on stage to receive the award, Jack staggers up to the stage and passes out. He later joins a rehab program to help Jack sober up.