A Star Is Born (2018 film)

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bradley Cooper
Screenplay by	Eric Roth; Bradley Cooper; Will Fetters;
Based on	A Star Is Born (1954 screenplay); by Moss Hart; A Star Is Born (1976 screenplay); by John Gregory Dunne; Joan Didion; Frank Pierson; ; A Star Is Born (story); by William Wellman; Robert Carson; ;
Produced by	Bill Gerber; Jon Peters; Bradley Cooper; Todd Phillips; Lynette Howell Taylor;
Starring	Bradley Cooper; Lady Gaga; Andrew Dice Clay; Dave Chappelle; Sam Elliott;
Cinematography	Matthew Libatique
Edited by	Jay Cassidy
Music by	Aaron Raitiere
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures; Live Nation Productions; Gerber Pictures; Peters Entertainment; Joint Effort;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	August 31, 2018 (Venice); October 5, 2018 (United States);
Running time	136 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$36 million
Box office	$436.2 million

A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama produced and directed by Bradley Cooper (in his directorial debut) with a screenplay by Cooper, Eric Roth and Will Fetters. It stars Cooper and Lady Gaga in lead roles, with Dave Chappelle, Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Elliott in supporting roles. It follows an alcoholic musician (Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a young singer (Gaga). It is the fourth American movie made of the story, after the original 1937 romantic drama and its 1954 and 1976 remakes. Principal photography began at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2017.

A Star Is Born 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 critical acclaim for Cooper, Gaga, and Elliott's performances and Cooper's direction, as well as the screenplay, cinematography, and soundtrack. The film received numerous accolades, 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".

The film's soundtrack received a BAFTA Award and four Grammy Award wins out of seven nominations, including nominations for Song of the Year two years in a row. 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 one single year.

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