A Star Is Born (1954)
Drama, Music, Romance • 2h 34m
Overview
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Amanda Blake, Irving Bacon, Hazel Shermet, James Brown, John Alban, Laurindo Almeida, Leon Alton, Rudolph Anders, David Armstrong, Phil Arnold, Nadine Ashdown, Gertrude Astor, Jack Baker, George Becwar, Don Beddoe, Rodney Bell, Oscar Blank, Lennie Bluett, Lulu Mae Bohrman, Willis Bouchey, Marshall Bradford, Ruth Brady, Paul Brinegar, Tex Brodus, Sheila Bromley, Paul Bryar, Benny Burt, Boyd Cabeen, George Calliga, Kathryn Card, John Carlyle, Beth Carter, Spencer Chan, Chick Chandler, Lauren Chapin, Beulah Christian, Samuel Colt, Heinie Conklin, Charles J. Conrad, Tom Cound, Oliver Cross, Russell Custer, Blythe Daley, Havis Davenport, Rudy Del Campo, Harry Denny, Eddie Dew, Alan DeWitt, Joe Dougherty, Helen Eby-Rock, Jack Ellis, Jean Engstrom, Harry Evans, Rex Evans, Franklyn Farnum, Timothy Farrell, Frank Ferguson, Elizabeth Flournoy, Bess Flowers, Almeda Fowler, Raoul Freeman, Nacho Galindo, Kenneth Gibson, Joe Gilbert, Joseph Glick, Jack Gordon, Wilton Graff, Marion Gray, Robert Haines, Charles Halton, Joseph Hamilton, Sam Harris, Ray Heindorf, Percy Helton, Louis Jean Heydt, Al Hill, Stuart Holmes, Olin Howland, Robert F. Hoy, James Hyland, Bob Jellison, Jay Johnson, Dick Johnstone, Arlene Karr, Fred Kelsey, Jack Kenney, Tom Kingston, George Kitchel, Allen Kramer, Frank Kreig, Henry Kulky, Nancy Kulp, Richard LaMarr, Carl M. Leviness, Paul Levitt, Carey Loftin, Robert Locke Lorraine, Frank Marlowe, Mae Marsh, Strother Martin, Dorothy Martinson, Louis Mason, Nita Mathews, Ila McAvoy, Jack McCoy, Philo McCullough, Don McKay, Heidi Meadows, Joseph Mell, Harold Miller, Nolie Miller, Patrick Miller, Todd Miller, Wade Miller, Mort Mills, John Monaghan, Hal J. Moore, Monette Moore, Charles Morton, Jack Mower, George Nardelli, Tom Nolan, Anton Northpole, Barry Norton, Ron Nyman, William H. O'Brien, Monty O'Grady, Pat O'Malley, Leonard Penn, Barbara Pepper, Jack Pepper, Hilda Plowright, Mel Pogue, Murray Pollack, Ezelle Poule, Frank Puglia, Grandon Rhodes, Don Richards, Leoda Richards, Kay Riehl, Larry Rio, Lotus Robb, Walter Rode, Patricia Rosemond, Riza Royce, Henry Russell, Loretta Russell, Dick Ryan, John Saxon, Bernard Sell, Patrick Sexton, Harry Seymour, Joan Shawlee, Don Shelton, Charles Sherlock, Dick Simmons, Reginald Simpson, Arthur Space, Bert Spencer, Buddy Spencer, Eileen Stevens, Robert Stevenson, Robert Strong, Grady Sutton, Kay Tapscott, Dub Taylor, Wayne Taylor, Al Thompson, Ted Thorpe, Louis Tomei, Emerson Treacy, Dale Van Sickel, Valerie Vernon, Ralph Volkie, Geraldine Wall, Ruth Warren, Charles Watts, Harte Wayne, Richard Webb, Duff Whitney, Shirley Whitney, Josephine Whittell, Frank Wilcox, Jean Willes, Tom Wilson, Eric Wilton, Stephen Wyman, Mary Young
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: John Lasseter
Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray
Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray (every version since the 2000 DVD release, including the 2010 2D Blu-ray, has animation errors. The majority of those were corrected for the 3D rerelease.) The 4K Blu-ray is merely upscaled from the 2K render.
Stereo Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
5.1 AC3 Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
The 1997 DTS LaserDisc is a virtually untouched transfer of the theatrical 5.1 mix and should theoretically sound the best being that DTS has higher bitrates than AC3. However, the original pressing of the DTS LaserDisc has an error where the right channel is 8.5db lower than the rest. This is an easy fix in a program like Audacity, and if you can find a corrected transfer, like the ones on various fan projects online, it should be the best sounding version of the film.
The AC3 audio on Side 2 of the CLV LaserDisc has the LFE channel muted. This was left intact for the CAV release.
The 2000 and 2005 UK DVD has an error where one of the shots is brightened up way too high (when the rest of the toys hold onto Slinky as he clings onto Woody during the moving truck rescue). Plus the end credits are interlaced (the PSP UMD video is the only way to get that version of the credits without interlacing).
The 4K Blu-ray has a further remixed Atmos track.
Director: John Lasseter
Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray
Original theatrical render: 35mm scans or 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
Digital render: 2010 3D Blu-ray (every version since the 2000 DVD release, including the 2010 2D Blu-ray, has animation errors. The majority of those were corrected for the 3D rerelease.) The 4K Blu-ray is merely upscaled from the 2K render.
Stereo Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
5.1 AC3 Mix: 1996 Disney Deluxe Edition CAV LaserDisc boxset
The 1997 DTS LaserDisc is a virtually untouched transfer of the theatrical 5.1 mix and should theoretically sound the best being that DTS has higher bitrates than AC3. However, the original pressing of the DTS LaserDisc has an error where the right channel is 8.5db lower than the rest. This is an easy fix in a program like Audacity, and if you can find a corrected transfer, like the ones on various fan projects online, it should be the best sounding version of the film.
The AC3 audio on Side 2 of the CLV LaserDisc has the LFE channel muted. This was left intact for the CAV release.
The 2000 and 2005 UK DVD has an error where one of the shots is brightened up way too high (when the rest of the toys hold onto Slinky as he clings onto Woody during the moving truck rescue). Plus the end credits are interlaced (the PSP UMD video is the only way to get that version of the credits without interlacing).
The 4K Blu-ray has a further remixed Atmos track.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: George Roy Hill
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: James Cameron
2013 MGM Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray if you MUST have the mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix
Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731
The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: James Cameron
2013 MGM Blu-ray, or 4K Blu-ray if you MUST have the mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
2013 MGM Blu-ray for non AI transfer, 2001 MGM DVD for a purist version with original colors and the international mono mix
1991 Image Entertainment LaserDisc for the US mono mix, 2001 MGM DVD for the International mono mix
Comparison between the US and International mixes: https://vimeo.com/246332731
The 4K Blu-Ray and the 2001 MGM DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray are basically the same see cap
Director: George Cukor
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray are basically the same see cap
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: George Cukor
Director: Michael Mann
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Director: Michael Mann
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Theatrical Cut: Old Warner Bros DVD or fan restoration
Revised Cut: 2012 Japan Blu-ray for less revisionist colors, 2022 Disney 4K Blu-ray is controversially regraded and too dark overall.
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Richard Linklater
Director: Paul King
Director: Paul King
Director: F. Gary Gray
Director: F. Gary Gray
Director: Peter Farrelly
Director: Peter Farrelly
Director: William Dieterle
Director: William Dieterle
Director: Griffin Dunne
Director: Griffin Dunne
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