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BFI Southbank
16/12/2019
- 28/12/2019
Lambeth,
London
BFI Southbank
16/12/2019
- 28/12/2019
Lambeth,
London
Broadway Cinema
15/12/2019
- 15/12/2019
Nottingham
Chichester Cinema at New Park
14/12/2019
- 14/12/2019
Chichester
CULTUREPLEX
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Manchester
Curzon Cinema & Arts
12/12/2019
- 12/12/2019
Clevedon
Glasgow Film Theatre
20/10/2019
- 21/10/2019
Glasgow
Hebden Bridge Picture House
24/11/2019
- 24/11/2019
Hebden Bridge
HOME
08/12/2019
- 08/12/2019
Manchester
Mareel (Shetlands)
17/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
Lerwick
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
18/11/2019
- 18/11/2019
Maidenhead
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
13/01/2020
- 13/01/2020
Pershore
Regal Cinema (Melton Mowbray)
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Melton Mowbray
Rex Cinema (Wilmslow)
20/10/2019
- 20/10/2019
Wilmslow
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
17/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
Dumfries
Savoy Cinema
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Stockport
Scotsman Picturehouse
30/11/2019
- 01/12/2019
Edinburgh
Storyhouse
14/12/2019
- 14/12/2019
Chester
The Dukes
20/10/2019
- 20/10/2019
Lancaster
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Belper
The Stella Cinemas
24/01/2020
- 24/01/2020
Dublin 6
Totnes Cinema CIC
30/10/2019
- 03/11/2019
Totnes
Tyneside Cinema
24/11/2019
- 24/11/2019
Newcastle upon Tyne
Watershed
15/12/2019
- 15/12/2019
Bristol
BFI Southbank
16/12/2019
- 28/12/2019
Lambeth,
London
BFI Southbank
16/12/2019
- 28/12/2019
Lambeth,
London
Broadway Cinema
15/12/2019
- 15/12/2019
Nottingham
Chichester Cinema at New Park
14/12/2019
- 14/12/2019
Chichester
CULTUREPLEX
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Manchester
Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
18/11/2019
- 18/11/2019
Maidenhead
Number 8 Community and Arts Centre
13/01/2020
- 13/01/2020
Pershore
Regal Cinema (Melton Mowbray)
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Melton Mowbray
Rex Cinema (Wilmslow)
20/10/2019
- 20/10/2019
Wilmslow
Savoy Cinema
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Stockport
Scotsman Picturehouse
30/11/2019
- 01/12/2019
Edinburgh
Storyhouse
14/12/2019
- 14/12/2019
Chester
The Dukes
20/10/2019
- 20/10/2019
Lancaster
The Ritz Cinema - Belper
03/11/2019
- 03/11/2019
Belper
The Stella Cinemas
24/01/2020
- 24/01/2020
Dublin 6
Totnes Cinema CIC
30/10/2019
- 03/11/2019
Totnes
Curzon Cinema & Arts
12/12/2019
- 12/12/2019
Clevedon
Watershed
15/12/2019
- 15/12/2019
Bristol
Glasgow Film Theatre
20/10/2019
- 21/10/2019
Glasgow
Mareel (Shetlands)
17/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
Lerwick
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre
17/11/2019
- 17/11/2019
Dumfries
Hebden Bridge Picture House
24/11/2019
- 24/11/2019
Hebden Bridge
HOME
08/12/2019
- 08/12/2019
Manchester
Tyneside Cinema
24/11/2019
- 24/11/2019
Newcastle upon Tyne
Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
The second of four adaptations of the classic musical melodrama, recently updated to acclaim by Bradley Cooper in 2018, George Cukor’s (The Women, My Fair Lady, A Philadelphia Story) epic 1954 version of A Star is Born features an Oscar nominated Judy Garland and James Mason as the lovers on opposing ends of fame, and is widely considered one of the greatest musicals of all time.
Meeting inebriated former matinee idol Norman Maine (Mason) on stage, talented aspiring singer Esther (an effervescent Garland) saves him from a potentially embarrassing incident. Grateful, he asks her out to dinner and, impressed by her talent, aims to help her succeed. Losing touch and facing obstacles, it’s a while before he is able to do so, but when he does her career flourishes – leading her (renamed ‘Vicki Lester’) to international glory while his star, conversely, remains on the wane.
Generating an entire world within its generous running time, Cukor’s version boasts superb songs by Harold Arlen and George Gershwin including the sublime and devastating The Man Who Got Away and a truly extraordinary performance from Garland. Intended as her comeback role, four years after the suspension of her MGM contract following a suicide attempt, she seems to identify with both Esther’s dreams and Norman’s downfall in her raw, intense and thrillingly vulnerable turn.
