At the 49th Academy Awards, the film won Best Original Song for its love theme ' Evergreen'. Reviews praised its performances and musical score, but criticized the screenplay and runtime. A huge box office success, grossing $80 million on a $6 million budget in North America, the film became the 2nd highest-grossing that year. A Star Is Born premiered at the Mann Village Theater on December 18, 1976, with a wide release by Warner Bros.
Starring Barbra Streisand as an unknown singer and Kris Kristofferson as an established rock and roll star who fall in love, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline. A Star Is Born is a 1976 American musical romantic drama film directed by Frank Pierson, written by Pierson, John Gregory Dunne, and Joan Didion.
