A Star Is Born(2018)

Warner Bros.

R
2h 16m

Release Date: Oct 5, 2018 | Wide

A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Releases

Original Release | Oct 5, 2018

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Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$42,908,051
Total US & Canada:
$215,333,122
Total International
$221,100,000
Total Worldwide:
$436,433,122

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Director & Top Cast

Bradley Cooper
Director

Irving Bacon
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Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos,Auro 11.1,Sonics-DDP,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,French

Summaries

Plot Summary

Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper), a famous country music singer privately battling an alcohol and drug addiction, plays a concert in California. His main support is Bobby (Sam Elliott), his manager and older half-brother. Bobby has a son who is 17 years old. After the show, Jackson visits a drag bar (Bobby was driving Jackson and they were out of alcohol in the car, so Jackson decided to stop at the next bar they saw) where he witnesses a performance by Ally (Lady Gaga), a waitress and singer-songwriter. Ramon (Anthony Ramos) is Ally's friend and a bouncer at the drag bar where she performs. Jackson is amazed by her performance and Ramon takes Jackson to meet Ally backstage. They spend the night speaking to each other, where Ally discloses to him the troubles she has faced in pursuing a professional music career. Ally says that people have told her that she will never make it in the music industry as her nose is too big.Ally shares with Jack some lyrics she has been working on, and he tells her she is a talented songwriter and should perform her material. Jackson says that having something to say and having the voice to say it with are both a very powerful thing. Ally hits a bar patron when he tries to forcefully approach Jackson and take a picture with him without his permission. Jackson takes her to a grocery store to put frozen peas on her hand to control the swelling. Jackson tells Ally that he comes from Arizona. His father had a mid-life crisis and left his family to travel to Arizona, where he hooked up with the daughter of a pecan farm owner. The daughter was just about 18 years old and got pregnant with Jackson. She died in childbirth and his father died when he was 13 years old. So, he was raised by his older half-brother. Ally lives with her father Lorenzo, who she says is a limo driver. Jackson suffers from acute tinnitus which is getting worse with time.Jackson invites Ally to his next show. Despite her initial refusal she attends and, with Jackson's encouragement, sings on stage with him. Jackson invites Ally to go on tour with him. Lorenzo finds out about Jackson's invitation and forces Ally to go (she agrees to go with her restaurant manager again berates Ally for being late to work). Ally goes from the restaurant into a private plane and from there to a live show where Jackson is performing in front of thousands of fans. Ally joins Jackson on stage as he sings her song and let's fly. She nails her performance on stage. Ally and Jackson form a romantic relationship. In Arizona, Ally and Jackson visit the ranch where Jackson grew up and where his father is buried, only to discover that Bobby sold the land. Angered at his betrayal, Jackson punches Bobby, who subsequently quits as his manager. Before doing so, Bobby reveals that he did inform Jackson about the sale, but the latter was too inebriated to notice. Bobby says that all their father ever did was to make Jackson his drinking buddy.Jackson and Ally start doing his tour together and Jackson gives her the opportunity to sing her original songs. While on tour Ally meets Rez (Rafi Gavron), a record producer who offers her a contract. Although visibly bothered, Jackson still supports her decision. Rez refocuses Ally away from country music and towards pop. Even then Jackson supports Ally with all his experience and tries to get the best out of Ally in her song recordings. Jackson misses one of Ally's performances after he passes out drunk in public; he recovers at the home of his friend Noodles (Dave Chappelle) (a retired musician and Jack's best friend), and later makes up with Ally. Meanwhile Rez tries to increasingly control Ally by making her change her hair color and forcing her to do her songs on stage with background dancers. There he proposes to Ally with an impromptu ring made from a loop of guitar string, and they are married that same day.Jackson warns Ally that she needs to keep telling the truth to her fans, and she needs to be herself, and not create an image of her that her fans cannot relate with. During Ally's performance on Saturday Night Live (which is an exact replica of Rez's vision for Ally with a disco routine, with backup dancers and fake hair color), Bobby reconciles with Jackson. Later, Jackson and Ally fight after he drunkenly voices his disapproval of Ally's new image and music, which is nominated for three Grammy Awards. At the Grammys, a visibly intoxicated Jackson performs in a tribute to Roy Orbison, and Ally wins the Best New Artist award. When she goes up on stage to receive her award, Jackson follows her, where he wets himself and passes out. Ally's father Lorenzo (Andrew Dice Clay) berates Jackson and Ally helps him sober up. Jackson joins a rehabilitation program shortly thereafter.Jackson recovers in rehab for about two months, where he discloses to his counselor that he attempted suicide when he was 13 years old. He also mentions that he has tinnitus, which has been getting worse. He tearfully apologizes to Ally for his behavior and returns home. Ally wishes to bring Jackson to perform with her on the European leg of her tour; Rez refuses, prompting Ally to cancel the remainder of the tour so she can care for Jackson.Rez later confronts Jackson, informing him of Ally's decision to cancel her tour and accusing him of holding Ally back. That evening, Ally lies to Jackson, and tells him that her record label has canceled her tour so she can focus on her second album. Jackson promises that he will come to her concert that night, but after Ally leaves, he hangs himself in their garage. Ally becomes inconsolable after Jackson's death. She is visited by Bobby, who explains Jackson's death was his own fault and not hers. Ally takes a song that Jackson had written but never performed and sings it at a tribute concert, introducing herself as Ally Maine.

Storyline

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer - until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons. — Warner Bros. Jackson Maine, a famous country music singer privately battling an alcohol and drug addiction, plays a concert in California. His main support is Bobby, his manager and older half-brother. After the show, Jackson visits a drag bar where he witnesses a performance by Ally, a waitress and singer-songwriter. Jackson is amazed by her performance, and they spend the night speaking to each other, where Ally discloses to him the troubles she has faced in pursuing a professional music career. Jackson invites Ally to his next show. Despite her initial refusal she attends and, with Jackson's encouragement, sings on stage with him. Jackson invites Ally to go on tour with him, and they form a romantic relationship. In Arizona, Ally and Jackson visit the ranch where Jackson grew up and where his father is buried, only to discover that Bobby sold the land. Angered at his betrayal, Jackson punches Bobby, who subsequently quits as his manager. Before doing so, Bobby reveals that he did inform Jackson about the sale, but the latter was too inebriated to notice. Long managed by his half-brother Bobby, superstar Jackson Maine is a country music singer-songwriter, who has the demon of substance abuse, primarily of alcohol. At a bar one evening after a concert, Jack meets Ally performing there, she long having given up on a dream of a professional music career, more a dream for her father Lorenzo, she working a kitchen job to pay the bills. They make an immediate connection. Jack, especially upon learning that she considers herself more a songwriter and is insecure about not having a traditional "look" which she feels is her biggest obstacle in ever eking out a career in the music business, tries to instill into her a sense of staying true to herself to show the world who she truly is through her music. Ally wants to show him that there are people who can love him beyond the artifice of celebrity. As they embark on a romantic relationship, Jack openly acts as her mentor in the music business. As Ally's star begins to rise from the exposure, she catches the attention of well-known manager Rez Gavron, who wants to represent her. While Ally's career hits stardom under Rez's control in a direction not envisioned by Jack, Ally and Jack's personal relationship and professional careers become at odds with each other, which is only exacerbated by Jack's excessive drinking. — Huggo