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Overview

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6.1/10   2,224 votes
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Director:
Frank Pierson
Writers:
William A. Wellman (1937 story) and
Robert Carson (1937 story) ...
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Release Date:
17 December 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Musical | Romance more
Plot:
A has-been rock star falls in love with a young, up-and-coming songstress. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Slit you own wrists, it's faster and more fun more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Barbra Streisand ... Esther Hoffman

Kris Kristofferson ... John Norman Howard

Gary Busey ... Bobbie Ritchie
Oliver Clark ... Gary Danziger
Venetta Fields ... One of the Oreos
Clydie King ... One of the Oreos
Marta Heflin ... Quentin
M.G. Kelly ... Bebe Jesus
Sally Kirkland ... Photographer
Joanne Linville ... Freddie
Uncle Rudy ... Mo
Paul Mazursky ... Brian
Stephen Bruton ... Speedway
Sammy Lee Creason ... Speedway (as Sam Creason)
Cleve Dupin ... Speedway
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rainbow Road (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
139 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Barwood Films more

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Trivia:
Kris Kristofferson did not get along with the director. According to Kris, Frank Pierson, himself a WW2 veteran, looked down on Kristofferson for being in the army, but not going to war in Vietnam. Kristofferson later said: "I was too drunk to give a shit." more
Goofs:
Continuity: After John Norman crashes his motorcycle, and Esther runs to him, there are dirty hand prints on the back of her blouse before John Norman pulls her down in the dirt and puts his hands on her back. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ruth Gordon/Chuck Berry (#2.12)" (1977) more
Soundtrack:
CRIPPLED CROW more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Slit you own wrists, it's faster and more fun, 27 December 2007
1/10
Author: thisisperfection from United Kingdom

Really an amazing pile of pap!

A predictable, slow moving, soul destroying, mind numbing movie to which, slitting your own wrists with a rusty bread knife seems... well, almost necessary.

The acting is over done for the thin dialogue, every scene is at least twice as long as it needs to be, the intricate details of how this career is collapsing or that career is rising is just far too dreary and mundane for words. The music would be good if you didn't have to sit through the movie, but really, three good songs is not enough reward for the effort required to watch the movie.

Watching this film I prayed to God for narcolepsy or for someone to shoot me.

Never, ever, ever again.

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