Talk:A Star Is Born (2018 film)

Sources for development

 * https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/lukas-nelson-talks-lady-gaga-neil-young-bradley-cooper-w518656
 * https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8469492/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-entertainment-weekly-interview
 * https://www.nme.com/news/film/lady-gaga-says-working-bradley-cooper-star-born-changed-2364963
 * https://www.eonline.com/news/958948/why-bradley-cooper-and-lady-gaga-had-to-remake-a-star-is-born-together
 * https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/09/a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-lady-gaga-ew-cover/
 * https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/jay-cassidy-editor-a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-lady-gaga-interview-video-news/
 * https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/a-star-is-born-how-bradley-cooper-edited-lady-gaga-performances-of-shallow-and-ill-never-love-again-1202015586/
 * https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/11/a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-lady-gaga-sam-elliott
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 * https://pagesix.com/2018/12/03/this-was-bradley-coopers-inspiration-for-singing-in-a-star-is-born/
 * https://ew.com/awards/2018/12/03/oscars-2019-sound-categories-star-is-born-quiet-place-first-man/
 * https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/mark-ronson-a-star-is-born-shallow-interview-news-846257931/
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 * https://variety.com/2018/film/spotlight/shangela-steals-show-star-is-born-1203081582/
 * https://okmagazine.com/photos/bradley-cooper-shares-jacket-a-star-is-born-japan-premiere/
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/12/12/box-office-bohemian-rhapsody-and-a-star-is-born-swallowed-up-the-entire-oscar-season/
 * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/12/11/jennifer-lopez-reveals-will-smith-almost-made-star-born/
 * https://www.thewrap.com/star-is-born-writer-eric-roth-working-with-bradley-cooper-lady-gaga/
 * https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/star-is-born-vox-lux-and-pop-music-as-villain.html
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/01/13/box-office-spider-man-mary-poppins-bumblebee-lady-gaga-mule-vice-oscars/#6e843abcb71c
 * https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/makeup/2019011166514/lady-gaga-makeup-artist-reveals-surprising-process-a-star-is-born-character/
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 * https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/international-news/article/bradley-cooper-creates-history-at-the-bafta-awards-with-a-star-is-born/344927
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 * https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/8498642/a-star-is-born-disturbing-familiarity-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper
 * https://deadline.com/2019/03/a-star-is-born-box-office-profit-2018-1202580798/

— IB [ Poke ] 05:17, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

The film’s basis
It is claimed that the film is ‘A remake of the 1937 film of the same name’, but this is not accurate. In the credits for the film, they mention the script for the 1954 and 1976 versions of the film, but explicitly not the 1937 version. A better way to state the above, would be ‘A remake based on the 1954 and 1976 films of the same name’. CannedMan (talk) 20:33, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

MGM is a studio credit on this film.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is a studio credit on this film. Can we add that in? 98.235.131.222 (talk) 20:49, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

Does Ally have a maiden name
The following discussion is moved from my user talk page following the deletion of "Ally Campana" as her character's maiden name in the cast list in the main article here. Still not cleared up. CodexJustin (talk) 17:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * SNUGGUMS; The character of Ally played by Gaga starts the movie as portraying the daughter of Andrew Dice Clay as Lorenzo Campana, Ally's father. Her name changes midway through the film after the marriage. Since she appears as both the pre-marriage character and the after marriage character in the film, with the name change, both names should appear in the character descriptions. CodexJustin (talk) 15:25, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * You can't just presume one automatically shares their father's last name. Children can sometimes have their mother's last names instead even outside of cases where a father and/or child changes a last name for non-marriage purposes. Also, Ally is never at any point referred to with that last name, not even in the credits. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:09, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * SNUGGUMS; Both reliable sources at Vice and also at Vulture disagree with you here  and here . The article I think should go with reliable sources. CodexJustin (talk) 17:50, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I hadn't seen those pieces before, though they seem to be pulling that name out of nowhere when the film doesn't use it for her at all. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 19:20, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
 * SNUGGUMS; Now I am finding the NY Times here also taking a position that it is Ally Campana. When I asked someone about your name change comment above, their position was that changing back to the maiden name of a mother is rare and usually only happens when after a divorce the child is in the custody of the mother and the mother changes her name back after the divorce is granted. In this case, the plot of the film goes in the other direction with Gaga growing up with her father as the single parent and not her mother. With reliable cites going with Ally Campana as the maiden name, then it might be worth a mention with a cite added in the Casting section. Maybe you can make an edit with improved wording. CodexJustin (talk) 14:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Again, the film doesn't at any point call her by that last name, not even during the credits where she's just listed as "Ally". That was the bigger point I'm trying to make and you seem to be missing. I also have no recollection of anybody in the movie calling Ally's father "Campana" either nor any cast members using it when discussing A Star Is Born. Comments from the actors/writers would be better things to go by in this case (if I've missed something and someone involved in the movie has mentioned it). While I do know that The New York Times is overall a trustworthy source, they also don't have any discernible basis for "Campana". As for mothers' maiden names, it is true that doesn't happen much outside of cases where the mother has full custody or the child has a poor/strained relationship with the father, but you still shouldn't be so quick to just assume a child will automatically have their father's last name when he has any custody. Parents and children can theoretically have their last names legally changed to something completely unconnected to their families so I wouldn't rule that out. <b style="color:#009900">SNUGGUMS</b> (<b style="color:#009900">talk</b> / <b style="color:#009900">edits</b>) 15:24, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Running time
Running time should be in two lines; 136 minutes (Theatrical Cut) 148 minutes (Extended Cut) 2.49.100.119 (talk) 11:07, 6 June 2019 (UTC)