History Film / AStarIsBorn2018

* EvilBrit: Rez is presented as more or less the villain of the film (or unlikable at best), being [[FalseFriend toxic toward Ally]] at worst for most of the film, creating Ally's image as a manufactured pop star, and then [[spoiler: he more or less nudges Jackson towards suicide. Even worse]].

''A Star is Born'' is a 2018 [[{{Romance}} romantic]] {{musical}} {{drama}} directed by Creator/BradleyCooper (in his directorial debut), starring himself and Music/LadyGaga. It's also the fourth version of ''A Star is Born'' to be made, following the original film in [[Film/AStarIsBorn1937 1937]] and the remakes in [[Film/AStarIsBorn1954 1954]] and [[Film/AStarIsBorn1976 1976]]. Like the 1976 version, it is set within the music industry.

Creator/SamElliott, Creator/GregGrunberg, Creator/{{Shangela}}, Creator/WillamBelli, Creator/DaveChappelle, Creator/AndrewDiceClay, and Lukas Nelson (son of Music/WillieNelson) also appear, while Music/{{Halsey}} and Creator/AlecBaldwin {{cameo}} as themselves. All the musical numbers in the film were performed live on set, and feature compositions by Gaga, Nelson, Cooper, Music/JasonIsbell, and Mark Ronson.

** “I’ll Never Love Again” [[spoiler: Used as the finale of the film to great effect and clearly part of Lady Gaga’s “For Your Consideration” package]].

* BadassBaritone: Bobby has one, purely due to being played by Sam Elliott. Jack has one as well, [[spoiler: though it quickly becomes apparent that he's mimicking Bobby's voice, and his actual speaking voice is significantly softer.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Ally does this a few times on stage.

Creator/SamElliott, Creator/GregGrunberg, [[Series/RuPaulsDragRace Shangela Laquifa Wadley]], Creator/WillamBelli, Creator/DaveChappelle, Creator/AndrewDiceClay, and Lukas Nelson (son of Music/WillieNelson) also appear, while Music/{{Halsey}} and Creator/AlecBaldwin {{cameo}} as themselves. All the musical numbers in the film were performed live on set, and feature compositions by Gaga, Nelson, Cooper, Music/JasonIsbell, and Mark Ronson.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Ally's father can be considered this. Though he's had success at running a coach company, he still clings to his failed attempt at stardom himself, remembering when a famous singer said that he had more raw singing talent than Music/FrankSinatra. Ironically, this leads to him discouraging and inadvertently insulting his own daughter.

* DeathByChildbirth: Starting off the tragedy that was Jackson's life was the fact that his mother died giving birth to him, leaving him without a mother and a father who could have cared less about him.

** "Shallow" seems to be getting the most focus in its advertising campaign, and it's a major plot point in the film itself, as it's Ally's introduction to the music world.

* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted. On the night they meet, Ally hurts her hand by punching a {{Jerkass}} bar patron who was harassing Jackson. The rest of their night together is spent with Jackson nursing her hand with frozen veggies and gauze.

* DiegeticMusical: The film has a original soundtrack, and all the songs are performances in front of live crowds or for television.

* {{Fanservice}}: Both leads.

* FunctionalAddict: Jackson is often too drunk or high to even stand up straight, but is a ConsummateProfessional whenever he goes on stage. At the Grammys some people notice something is off as he plays back-up guitar for a musical number, but after a shaky start he kicks in and does as well as he usually does. [[spoiler: Things don't fully fall apart until Ally accepts the award for best breakout artist, as he wanders on stage in a daze and even soils himself]]. This actually reflects comments made by a number of actors and musicians, especially in live performances, as they could be drunk, high or sick but when they have their craft to perform they suddenly have all the strength and clarity they need.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jackson's biggest drive to clean up his act is for Ally's sake, not his own. In the end, he realizes he wants her to be happy even if he's not in the picture.

* MissingMom: Ally's mother was a drunk who abandoned the family.

* PromotedToParent: ...Jackson's dad died when he was 13, and his older brother, Bobby, apparently took care of him after that. As adults, Bobby works as Jackson's manager and still takes a paternal attitude toward him, and is still the one to manage his behavior (up until their falling out).

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Though it's left ambiguous as to the actual age gap between the brothers is in the film, in real life Bradley Cooper and Sam Elliott have a thirty years age gap, so at the very least Bobby is old enough to have been closer to being an age more appropriate to being his brother's father instead of older sibling when he was born. Related to that...

''A Star is Born'' is a 2018 [[{{Romance}} romantic]] {{musical}} {{drama}} directed by Creator/BradleyCooper (in his directorial debut), starring himself and Music/LadyGaga. It's also the third remake (and fourth version overall) of the 1937 film [[Film/AStarIsBorn1937 of the same name]], the second having been made [[Film/AStarIsBorn1954 in 1954]] and the third [[Film/AStarIsBorn1976 in 1976]]. This version most closely resembles the 1976 version, starring Music/BarbraStreisand and Kris Kristofferson, which was also a music story.

This [[SimilarlyNamedWorks is not related to]] the 1948 film ''Film/ASongIsBorn''

* PromotedToParent: Jackson's dad died when he was 13, and his older brother, Bobby, apparently took care of him after that. As adults, Bobby works as Jackson's manager and still takes a paternal attitude toward him, and is still the one to manage his behavior (up until their falling out).

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The film doesn't depict Rez facing any consequences for more or less driving Jackson to suicide, though as the film ends shortly after that point, it is fairly likely Ally dumped him as her manager, ''or'' Rez may have felt personal guilt in the aftermath.]]

* BlackBestFriend: Noodles is this to Jack.

* HateSink: Rez Gavron is Ally Campano's manager who arranges for her to take on a more flashy image and more poppy songs. He demands that her husband Jackson "Jack" Maine not accompany her on her tour later after Jack gets out of rehab, which results in Ally wanting to cancel the tour. Rez berates Jack, who thought Rez was corrupting Ally's image, to his face for threatening to tank her career just with his presence and this results in Jack being DrivenToSuicide. On top of that, Rez is [[KarmaHoudini not shown after]] to feel guilt for what has happened or face any consequences either.

Creator/SamElliott, Creator/GregGrunberg, [[Series/RuPaulsDragRace Shangela Laquifa Wadley]], Creator/WillamBelli, Creator/DaveChappelle, Creator/AndrewDiceClay, and Lukas Nelson (son of Music/WillieNelson) also appear, while Music/{{Halsey}} and Creator/AlecBaldwin {{cameo}} as themselves. All the musical numbers in the film were performed live on set, and feature compositions by Gaga, Nelson, Cooper, [[Music/Jason Isbell]], and Mark Ronson.

Creator/SamElliott, Creator/GregGrunberg, [[Series/RuPaulsDragRace Shangela Laquifa Wadley]], Creator/WillamBelli, Creator/DaveChappelle, Creator/AndrewDiceClay, and Lukas Nelson (son of Music/WillieNelson) also appear, while Music/{{Halsey}} and Creator/AlecBaldwin {{cameo}} as themselves. All the musical numbers in the film were performed live on set, and feature compositions by Gaga, Nelson, Cooper, [[Music/DriveByTruckers Jason Isbell]], and Mark Ronson.

Jackson Maine (Cooper) is a veteran musician who discovers [[StarvingArtist struggling singer]] Ally (Gaga) in a night club, and quickly takes her under his wing. Their mentor-protege relationship [[MentorShip soon turns romantic]], but as Ally's career takes off under Jackson's guidance, his begins winding down, which leads to strife between them.

* EvilBrit: Rez is presented as unlikable at best and [[FalseFriend toxic toward Ally]] at worst for most of the film, creating Ally's image as a manufactured pop star, and then [[spoiler: he more or less nudges Jackson towards suicide. Even worse]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:''We’re far from the shallow now.'']]

-->''"I'll always remember us this way."''

** Cooper's Jackson Maine was originally known as Norman Maine (1937 & 1954) and then John Norman Howard (1976).
** Gaga's Ally is named Esther in every past adaptation (last name Blodgett in 1937 & 1954, Hoffman in 1976). In the first two films Esther adopts the {{stage name}} Vicki Lester.

* HateSink: Rez, full stop. Not only is he devoid of any redeeming qualities but [[spoiler:it's heavily implied that his abusive speech directed at Jackson is what causes the latter to commit suicide. The fact that the movie [[KarmaHoudini doesn't show Rez getting any comeuppance]]]] only increases the hate for him.