[NABS-L] A Star Is Born

Mon Aug 1 13:23:44 UTC 2022

Hey all,
I don’t see the zoom link.
Can we have it again?
Thanks

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 1, 2022, at 6:05 AM, Steve Cook via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Everyone is invited and feel free to share!
> 
> 
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind of SC is inviting everyone to movie
> night for the audio described movie A Star Is Born from 2018. Be sure to
> join us on Friday, August 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM eastern using the below Zoom
> information. More about the movie is below the Zoom information and we hope
> to see you on Friday! 
> 
> 
> 
> If you have any suggestions about upcoming movies to show, please send them
> to Steve Cook at cookcafe at sc.rr.com <mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com> . Coming on
> Friday, September 2, 2022 at 8:00 PM Eastern is the movie American Underdog,
> the Kurt Werner Story in honor of football season starting!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rated: R
> 
> Run Time 2 hours and 16 minutes
> 
> 
> 
> Jackson "Jack" Maine (43 years old), a famous country rock singer privately
> battling an alcohol and drug addiction, plays a concert. His main support is
> Bobby, his manager and older half-brother. After a show, Jack goes out for
> drinks and visits a drag bar where he witnesses a tribute performance to
> Édith Piaf by Ally (31 years old), who works as a waitress and
> singer-songwriter. Jack is amazed by her performance, and they spend the
> night talking to each other, where Ally discusses her unsuccessful efforts
> in pursuing a professional music career. Ally shares with Jack some lyrics
> she has been working on, and he tells her she is a talented songwriter and
> should perform her own material.
> 
> 
> 
> Jack invites Ally to his next show. Despite her initial refusal, she attends
> and, with Jack's encouragement, sings "Shallow" on stage with him. Jack
> invites Ally to go on tour with him, and they form a romantic relationship.
> In Arizona, Ally and Jack visit the ranch where Jack grew up and where his
> father is buried, only to find that Bobby had sold the land, and it was
> converted to a wind farm. Angered at his betrayal, Jack punches Bobby, who
> subsequently quits as his manager. Before doing so, Bobby reveals that he
> did inform Jack about the sale, but Jack was too inebriated to notice.
> 
> 
> 
> While on tour, Ally meets Rez, a record producer who offers her a contract.
> Although visibly bothered, Jack still supports her decision. Rez refocuses
> Ally away from country music and towards pop. Jack misses one of Ally's
> performances after he passes out drunk in public; he recovers at the home of
> his best friend George "Noodles" Stone, and later makes up with Ally. There
> he proposes to Ally with an impromptu ring made from a loop of a guitar
> string, and they are married that same day at a church ministered by a
> relative of Noodles.
> 
> 
> 
> During Ally's performance on Saturday Night Live, Bobby reconciles with
> Jack. Later, Ally and an inebriated Jack have a fight about Ally's growing
> artistic success. Jack drunkenly criticizes Ally's new image and music. Her
> success appears to be outpacing his own recent decline in popularity. By
> comparison, Ally is nominated for three Grammy Awards. At the Grammys, a
> visibly intoxicated Jack performs in a tribute to Roy Orbison and, later in
> the evening, Ally wins the Best New Artist award. When she goes up on stage
> to receive her award, a still inebriated Jack staggers up to her, where he
> publicly wets himself and passes out. Ally's father, Lorenzo, berates a
> semi-conscious Jack, while Ally attempts to help Jack sober up. Jack joins a
> rehabilitation program shortly thereafter. While recovering in rehab for
> about two months, Jack discloses to his counselor that he tried to commit
> suicide by hanging at 12 years old. He also mentions that he has hearing
> problems due to tinnitus, which has been getting worse.
> 
> 
> 
> Jack tearfully apologizes to Ally for his behavior. While returning home,
> Jack admits to Bobby that it was him he idolised and not their father. Ally
> asks Rez to bring Jack to perform with her European tour, and Rez refuses,
> prompting Ally to cancel the remainder of the tour so she can care for Jack.
> Later, Rez arrives at their home to await Ally; while waiting, Rez confronts
> Jack and accuses him of nearly ruining Ally's career and stating that Jack
> will certainly relapse again. That evening, Ally lies to Jack and tells him
> that her record label has canceled her tour so she can focus on her second
> album. Jack promises that he will come to her concert that night, but after
> Ally leaves, he hangs himself in their garage. Ally, grief-stricken and
> inconsolable after Jack's suicide, is visited by Bobby, who tells her that
> the suicide was Jack's own fault and not hers. The closing scenes reveal a
> flashback of Jack working on a song about his love for Ally, which he never
> finished writing. Ally sings this song as a tribute to Jack, introducing
> herself for the first time as Ally Maine. The film ends with a close-up of
> teary-eyed Ally looking up to the heavens.
> 
> 
> 
> Cast
> 
> Bradley Cooper as Jackson "Jack" Maine, an established singer-songwriter and
> alcoholic. He is Ally's mentor and husband.
> 
> Lady Gaga as Ally Maine, a singer-songwriter who is discovered by Jack and
> later becomes his wife.
> 
> Sam Elliott as Bobby Maine, Jack's older half-brother and manager.
> 
> Rafi Gavron as Rez Gavron, a music producer and Ally's manager.
> 
> Andrew Dice Clay as Lorenzo, Ally's father.
> 
> Anthony Ramos as Ramon, Ally's friend.
> 
> Dave Chappelle as George "Noodles" Stone, a retired musician and Jack's best
> friend.
> 
> Drena De Niro as Paulette Stone, Noodles's wife.
> 
> Greg Grunberg as Phil, Jack's driver.
> 
> Additionally, Shangela appears as the drag bar MC, Willam Belli as drag
> queen Emerald, and Ron Rifkin as Jackson's rehab therapist Carl. Rebecca
> Field portrays Gail, while Michael Harney portrays Wolfie, a friend of
> Lorenzo. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real appear as Jackson's band, Eddie
> Griffin appears as a local preacher and Luenell appears as a cashier. Marlon
> Williams, Brandi Carlile, Alec Baldwin, Halsey and Don Roy King cameo as
> themselves.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NABS-L mailing list
> NABS-L at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NABS-L:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/elizabeth.sprecher103%40gmail.com