[NFBP-Talk] A Star Is Born

Mon Aug 1 11:17:31 UTC 2022

Good morning, I don’t see the link to watch.

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 7:09 AM Steve Cook via NFBP-Talk <
nfbp-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Everyone is invited and feel free to share!
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> 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!
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> If you have any suggestions about upcoming movies to show, please send
> them to Steve Cook at 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!
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> Rated: R
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> Run Time 2 hours and 16 minutes
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Cast
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> Bradley Cooper as Jackson "Jack" Maine, an established singer-songwriter
> and alcoholic. He is Ally's mentor and husband.
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> Lady Gaga as Ally Maine, a singer-songwriter who is discovered by Jack and
> later becomes his wife.
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> Sam Elliott as Bobby Maine, Jack's older half-brother and manager.
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> Rafi Gavron as Rez Gavron, a music producer and Ally's manager.
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> Andrew Dice Clay as Lorenzo, Ally's father.
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> Anthony Ramos as Ramon, Ally's friend.
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> Dave Chappelle as George "Noodles" Stone, a retired musician and Jack's
> best friend.
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> Drena De Niro as Paulette Stone, Noodles's wife.
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> Greg Grunberg as Phil, Jack's driver.
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> 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.
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