A Star Is Born Page #4

Synopsis: Talented rock star John Norman Howard has seen his career begin to decline. Too many years of concerts and managers and life on the road have made him cynical and the monotony has taken its toll. Then he meets the innocent, pure and very talented singer Esther Hoffman. As one of his songs in the movie says "I'm gonna take you girl, I'm gonna show you how." And he does. He 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.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Frank Pierson
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
1976
139 min
1,720 Views


Esther...

- it'd mean a lot to me if you came.

- Okay, I'll come.

Tell me again how you like to be invisible.

- Esther Hoffman.

- How do you do?

Bless your heart!

Let's go.

- All right, this is me getting up.

- Are the people following?

This is what I hired you for, God damn it.

I'm sorry. Get that off.

Here they are.

Esther, that's good. I'm Gary Danziger.

John Norman's PR man.

Bobby told me about you.

This is Pumpkin, everybody.

Rolling in to it.

Is your last name Pie?

It's all right!

Let's get crazy down in the first row.

Where's Rockwell?

Let's go.

Over here.

John. There you are.

How is it?

Smell the monsters in there.

Okay, folks, good things

are certainly worth waiting for.

Would you welcome

John Norman Howard Speedway!

Are you a figment of my imagination,

or am I one of yours?

Come on out

and see how it feels in the lights.

No!

- There aren't any lights!

- You want lights? Give her lights!

John, the audience is gonna walk out.

Anyway, the sun's out.

Strike the sun and give her a pink spot.

You are crazy, you better go back there.

They are gonna get mad at you.

Go back on the stage!

- Hey, where are you going?

- I'm going with her, Bob, is that okay?

- Oh, man, you're beautiful.

- You're crazy.

I love what you do.

Can't say much for your kissing

but I love your bike.

It's yours, man. I mean it, it's yours.

- You got to be kidding.

- Come on, John.

Get back on the stage.

You're gonna kill yourself!

Just giving them what they want.

Stop him.

Get off that motorcycle.

Get off that goddamn motorcycle.

- Rockwell, get me an ambulance!

- Okay, folks, he's all right.

Believe me, he is okay.

Please move away from the scene.

If anyone's hurt,

go to the medical aid station.

Please move back, let the stretcher

through right in front here.

Let the stretcher through, please.

Please move back

from the front of the stage.

Everything will be okay.

That's the third time he's done that.

Move it.

Wait up!

This time, only 17 people were hurt.

Sweetheart, listen to me, Brian is trying

to turn this disaster into a plus.

Yeah, dignity. We give it dignity.

We plant a story with Time,

The New York Times.

- Not just the rock creeps.

- Good idea.

How about something simple,

like "nobody was killed"?

I'm with John Norman Howard,

what's doing?

Portside, that's where the action is.

- Bloody mary.

- You go by her house?

Who's that?

- Esther.

- Yes, she wasn't home.

Son of a b*tch. Why won't she call me?

What is all this fuss about this girl?

Maybe she just doesn't like your style.

When Brian says he's canceling the tour...

he does not mean it in a pejorative

or punitive way, sweetheart.

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John Gregory Dunne

John Gregory Dunne (May 25, 1932 – December 30, 2003) was an American novelist, screenwriter and literary critic. more…

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