A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born (2018)

Timing: 2:16 (136 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2018-10-03

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Peters Entertainment, Live Nation Productions, Gerber Pictures, Joint Effort

Genre

Music, Drama, Romance

Budget

$36 000 000

Revenue

$436 388 866

Website

http://astarisbornmovie.com

Director

Bradley Cooper

Actors

Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Rafi Gavron, Anthony Ramos, Dave Chappelle, Alec Baldwin, Marlon Williams, Brandi Carlile
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Scenario

Producer

Jon Peters, Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor, Todd Phillips, Basil Iwanyk, Heather Parry, Ravi D. Mehta, Michael Rapino, Sue Kroll

Operator

Matthew Libatique

Composer

Artist

Brittany Bradford

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu

Editing

Jay Cassidy
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• Some scenes were filmed during Lady Gaga's concert in Los Angeles on August 9, 2017, during her Joanne tour.
• When Bradley Cooper offered Lady Gaga the role, her one condition was that no one would lip-sync to a pre-recorded track in the film. Therefore, all the songs were recorded live, on the set of the movie itself.
• During one of the filming days, Gaga learned about the death of her friend, Sonya Durham. Leaving the set, the singer drove off to support her husband. That day, according to the script, she was supposed to perform the song I'll Never Love Again. The song was filmed in one take, with Bradley Cooper supporting Lady Gaga and not shooting any new takes.
• The filming of the movie was inspired by a Metallica concert and the singer Annie Lennox. "I was at a rock concert by Metallica at the time and was standing behind Lars Ulrich's drum kit. And that's when I suddenly realized that's how I wanted to film the movie, from the stage. I had never seen a film shot like that before. I wanted to tell a love story, and Annie Lennox's performance of I Put a Spell on You was a source of inspiration for me. When she sings, you see the pulse in her neck, you hear how pure her voice is. And that's what I wanted to show in the film. And Lady Gaga was always at its epicenter, everything revolved around her."
• According to Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga persuaded him to sing live. She said she couldn't stand movies where the actors' lip movements didn't match the sound. Cooper had to work more actively on his vocals.
• To prepare for the role of Jackson Maine, Bradley Cooper learned to play the guitar, and his mentor was Lukas Nelson, the son of country singer Willie Nelson. They practiced almost every night in Cooper's basement for a whole year. In the film, Cooper is accompanied by the band Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real. For several months, Cooper worked with an experienced speech coach, Tim Monich.
• Bradley Cooper had to apply fake tan to his body every day and menthol around his eyes to make them look inflamed. Lady Gaga, in turn, only used lip balm and moisturizer.
• Bradley Cooper was so struck by Lady Gaga's performance of the classic French song La Vie en Rose, when he heard it at a charity event at philanthropist Sean Parker's home, that he insisted on including the song in the film.
• According to Lady Gaga, she became so close to her character during filming that she immediately dyed her hair after it finished for a symbolic farewell ceremony to the character she had come to love, Ally. She also said that she actually has little in common with Ally, especially considering the fact that, unlike Ally, she herself started at a fairly young age and received a classical musical education.
• During the filming of Ally (Lady Gaga) at the 2017 festival, the dynamics were deliberately turned off to prevent material leaks. Thus, the audience near the stage could hear the singing, but did not hear the accompaniment at all.
• Richy Jackson, Lady Gaga's actual choreographer, served as the choreographer for the film.
• The scene at the very beginning of the film, in which Bradley Cooper's character performs live on stage, was filmed at a country music concert in California in 2017, where the organizers managed to fit his performance between the sets of Jamie Johnson and Willie Nelson, father of the frontman of the Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real band. Cooper's set in front of a live audience lasted only 10 minutes, and the recording was made on the first try.
• Robert De Niro, John Turturro, and John Travolta were considered for the role of Lorenzo, but Andrew Dice Clay ultimately played it.
• Producers really wanted Beyoncé to play the role of Ally. In 2015, she initially agreed to participate in the film, but ultimately decided to focus on her music career. Bradley Cooper then tasked Camille Blackett with rewriting the script, who immediately stated that Beyoncé had too few lines. According to Blackett, the original script differed significantly from the final version.
• Lady Gaga dyed her hair a bright orange for filming, deviating from her usual blonde. She wore a wig in scenes where she rehearsed choreography, sang during the tour, and attended the Grammy Awards ceremony. She started wearing the wig somewhere in the middle of filming, when her own hair began to fall out from frequent dyeing.
• The bathroom fight scene was improvised, and when Jackson called Ally 'scary,' Lady Gaga's reaction was not acted.
• During one of the filming days, Gaga learned about the death of her friend, Sonya Durham. Leaving the set, the singer drove away to support her husband. On that day, according to the script, she was supposed to perform the song I’ll Never Love Again. The song was filmed in one take, with Bradley Cooper supporting Lady Gaga and not shooting new takes.
• The actor and producer were inspired to film the movie by a concert of the band Metallica and the singer Annie Lennox. "I was at a Metallica rock concert at the time and was standing behind Lars Ulrich’s drum kit. And that’s when I suddenly realized that’s how I wanted to film the movie, from the stage. I had never seen a film shot like that before. I wanted to tell a love story, and Annie Lennox’s performance of the song I Put a Spell on You was a source of inspiration for me. When she sings, you see the pulse in her neck, you hear how pure her voice is. And that’s what I wanted to show in the film. And Lady Gaga was always at its epicenter, everything depended on her."
• The fight scene in the bathroom was improvised, and when Jackson called Ally “scary,” Lady Gaga’s reaction was not acted.