A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Bradley Cooper and produced by Bill Gerber, Jon Peters, Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips and Lynette Howell Taylor.  The screenplay was written by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters and is based on ‘A Star Is Born’ by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell.

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Rated:  R (movie contains language througout, some sexuality/nudity and substance abuse)
Run Time:  2h 16min
Release Date:  October 5, 2018 (USA)
Genre:  Romance, Drama, Music
Director:  Bradley Cooper
Studio:  Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget:  $36 Million
Box Office:  $435 Million

A Star Is Born stars Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Eliott, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Anthony Ramus, Rafi Gauron, Alec Baldwin, Marlon Williams and Brandi Carlile.

A Star Is Born is the story of famous rock star Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who discovers and falls in love with a struggling singer named Ally (Lady Gaga).  She is just about at her wits end and contemplating giving up on her dreams of being a singer when Jackson hears her sing in a drag club.

Jackson is immediately smitten with Ally and invites her to his next show and fly’s her on a private jet and when she arrives at the show, he coaxes her into the spotlight and invites her to sing with him on stage.  She was a hit and she starts singing with the band. But even as Ally’s career is taking off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down as Jackson fights an ongoing battle with drugs, alcohol and his own inner demons.

Movie Quotes

“Jack talked about how music is essentially twelve notes between any octave. Twelve notes and the octave repeats. It’s the same story told over and over, forever. All any artist can offer the world is how they see those twelve notes. That’s it. He loved how you see them.” – Bobby 
“Hey!” – Jackson
“What?” – Ally
“I just wanted to take another look at you.” – Jackson

“Look, talent comes everywhere, but having something to say and a way to say it so that people listen to it, that’s a whole other bag. And unless you get out and you try to do it, you’ll never know. that’s just the truth. And there’s one reason we’re supposed to be here is to say something so people want to hear. So you got to grab it, and you don’t apologize, and you don’t worry about why they’re listening, or how long they’re going to be listening for, you just tell them what you want to say. Don’t you understand what I’m trying to tell you?” – Jackson

“I’m off the deep end. Watch as I dive in. I never meet the ground. Crash through the surface, where they can’t hurt us. We’re far from the shallow now.” – Ally

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Movie Stars

Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine

Lady Gaga as Ally

Sam Elliott as Bobby

Andrew Dice Clay as Lorenzo

Dave Chappelle as Noodles

Anthony Ramus as Ramon

Rafi Gauron as Rec

Alec Baldwin as Alec Baldwin

Marlon Williams as Marlon Williams

Brandi Carlile as Brandi Carlile


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Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Cameron Crowe and produced by Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce.  The screenplay was also written by Cameron Crowe.

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Rated:  R (movie contains language, drug content and brief nudity)
Run Time:  2h 2min
Release Date:  September 22, 2000 (USA)
Genre:  Romance, Comedy, Drama, Music
Director:  Cameron Crowe
Studio:  DreamWorks Pictures
Budget:  $60 Million
Box Office:  $47.4 Million

Almost Famous stars Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Angarano, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jimmy Fallon, Peter Frampton, Jay Baruchel, Rainn Wilson, Marc Maron, Eric Stonestreet, Ken Sussman, Nick Swardson, Terry Chen and John Fedevich.

Almost Famous is a coming of age story of 15-year old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) who writes for the school paper and is a huge music fan.  William is inspired by the seminal bands of the time and gets one of his articles published in Cream Magazine.

Meanwhile, Ben Fong-Torres (Terry Chen), the editor of Rolling Stone magazine contacts William to give him an assignment to interview the up and coming band Stillwater for the magazine. William embarks on an eye-opening journey with the band and travels with them to secure interviews with Stillwater’s lead guitar player, Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup) and lead singer Jeff Bebe (Jason Lee).

Russell takes a liking to young William and his new acquaintance, and invites William and veteran groupie Penny Lane (Kate Hudson), on the road with them so William can finish his interview.

Movie Quotes

“Music, you know, true music – not just rock n roll – it chooses you. It lives in your car, or alone listening to your headphones, you know, with the cast scenic bridges and angelic choirs in your brain. It’s a place apart from the vast, benign lap of America.” – Lester Bangs 
“I didn’t invent the rainy day, man, I just own the best umbrella.” – Dennis Hope

“I have to go home.” – William Miller
“You are home.” – Penny Lane

“So, you’re talking to Ben Fong-Torres, right? Here’s what you do. Tell him it’s a think piece about a mid level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom. [Chuckles] He’ll wet himself.” – Lester Bangs

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Movie Stars

Billy Crudup as Russell Hammond

Frances McDormand as Elaine Miller

Kate Hudson as Penny Lane

Jason Lee as Jeff Bebe

Patrick Fugit as William Miller

Zooey Deschanel as Anita Miller

Michael Angarano as Young William Miller

Anna Paquin as Polexia Aphrodisia

Fairuza Balk as Sapphire

Noah Taylor as Dick Roswell

Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs

Jimmy Fallon as Dennis Hope

Peter Frampton as Reg

Jay Baruchel as Vic Munoz

Rainn Wilson as David Felton

Marc Maron as Angry Promoter

Eric Stonestreet as Sheldon the Desk Clerk

Ken Sussman as Lenny

Nick Swardson as Insane Bowie Fan

Terry Chen as Ben Fong-Torres

John Fedevich as Ed Vallencourt


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Walk The Line

Walk the Line is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by James Mangold and produced by James Keach and Cathy Konrad.  The screenplay was written by Gill Dennis and James Mangold based on the books ‘Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words and Cash: The Autobiography both written Johnny Cash.

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Rated:  PG-13 (movie contains some language, thematic material and a depiction of drug dependency)
Run Time:  2h 33min
Release Date:  November 18, 2005 (USA)
Genre:  Romance, Drama, Music
Director:  James Mangold
Studio:  20th Century Fox
Budget:  $28 Million
Box Office:  $187 Million

Walk the Line stars Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts, Dan John Miller, Larry Bagby, Shelby Lynne, Tyler Hilton, Shooter Jennings, Waylon Payne, Rhoda Griffis and James Keach.

Walk the Line is the autobiographical story of Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix) and his rise to fame in the 1950’s. A chronicle of Cash’s life, from his early childhood days growing up on an Arkansas cotton farm where he struggles under the scorn of his father (Robert Patrick) to his rise with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny takes an interest in music. Anxious to leave Arkansas, when he was old enough he joined the Air Force and got stationed in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar in a German music store and starts writing his own music.

After the Air Force, he returns home and proposes to Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) and they move to Memphis, Tennessee where Johnny works as an unsuccessful  door-to-door salesman who so desperately wants to be a musician and practices with his band consisting of Johnny and two mechanics who also play guitar and bass. They get together weekly to practice gospel songs.

While working as a salesman, he was walking when he hears music coming from an alley and he follows it to a small building with the back door open. He peeks in the door and sees Elvis Presley recording a song. The door is quickly shut but in that moment he discovers a man named Sam Phillips (Dallas Rogers) who can help him pursue his dreams.

Phillips agrees to give him and his band a tryout. Stopping them half way through their song, Phillips doesn’t believe the song touches Johnny and encourages him to play a song that would make a difference if he had only one shot at singing a song. He slowly starts playing a song he wrote while in the Air Force and Phillips loves it and they wind up making an entire record.

Soon after, Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two started playing on a short multi-city tour, promoting his songs. This is where he meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). Trouble ensues as the tours get longer and his feelings for June get stronger. However, Cash’s volatile lifestyle and drug addiction threatens to keep them apart.

Movie Quotes

“If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there in the gutter dying, and you had time to sing *one* song. Huh? One song that people would remember before you’re dirt. One song that would let God know how you felt about your time here on Earth. One song that would sum you up. You tellin’ me that’s the song you’d sing? That same Jimmy Davis tune we hear on the radio all day, about your peace within, and how it’s real, and how you’re gonna shout it? Or… would you sing somethin’ different. Somethin’ real. Somethin’ *you* felt. Cause I’m telling you right now, that’s the kind of song people want to hear. That’s the kind of song that truly saves people. It ain’t got nothin’ to do with believin’ in God, Mr. Cash. It has to do with believin’ in yourself.” – Sam Phillips 
“You can’t wear black. It looks like you’re going to a funeral.” – Vivian Cash
“Maybe I am…” – Johnny Cash

“Y’all can’t walk no line!” – June Carter

“Get yourselves a pine box, boys. Nobody follows The Killer!” – Jerry Lee Lewis

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Movie Stars

Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash

Reese Witherspoon as June Carter

Ginnifer Goodwin as Vivian Cash

Robert Patrick as Ray Cash

Dallas Robert as Sam Phillips

Dan John Miller as Luther Perkins

Larry Bagby as Marshall Grant

Tyler Hilton as Elvis Presley

Waylon Payne as Jerry Lee Lewis

Shooter Jennings as Waylon Jennings

James Keach as Warden

Rhoda Griffis as Five and Dime Manager


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