Release Date: 10/5/1999 Original Release: 1954 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 176 minutes Rating:Not Rated Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085391758822 Studio: Warner Home Video
Musical & Performing Arts, Musicals, Tear Jerker, Love Story, Self-Discovery, Rags To Riches, Recommended, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Description
A STAR IS BORN was conceived as a comeback vehicle for Judy Garland, who gives a fascinating and heartrending performance in perhaps the finest work of her career. This film was director George Cukor's first musical and first color picture; the tale of a doomed Hollywood couple, it was a remake of the 1937 William Wellman movie with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. Garland plays young singer Esther, who saves Norman Maine (James Mason), a famous star, from making a fool of himself onstage. Maine is an alcoholic whose career is on the wane but who manages, nonetheless, to acknowledge Esther's talent and help her jump-start a career in Hollywood. But as her star rises and his declines, Maine's misery grows. Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin provided Garland with songs that would become standards in her concert repertoire, including "The Man That Got Away," which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song. A STAR IS BORN is also based on the earlier Cukor picture WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Letterbox - 1.85 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Film Highlights Deleted Musical Number: 1. "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" Bonus Footage: Post-Premiere Party Highlights at the Coconut Grove Isolated Audio Track: September 29, 1954 Hollywood Premiere Network Telecast Alternate Scenes: THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY (3) Trailers: 1. Original Theatrical Trailer 2. Original Theatrical - 1937 Version 3. Original Theatrical - 1976 Version Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes Biographies: Cast
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