Sarah Wooley. Strhující drama Sarah Wooleyové o natáčení filmu Zrodila se hvězda. Zvuk Peter Ringrose, Keith Graham a Andy Garrett. Na klavír hraje Peter Ringrose. Koordinace produkce Jenny Mendez. Režie Abigail le Fleming.
Osoby a obsazení: Judy Garland (Lydia Wilson), Sid Luft (Carl Prekopp), Harold Arlen (Nigel Lindsay), Ira Gershwin (Allan Corduner), Jack Warner (David Hounslow), George Cukor (Samuel James), Warnerova sekretářka (Andi Bickers), Taylor (Ian Dunnett Jr.), John Meyer (Nuhazet Diaz Cano).
Natočeno 2024. Premiéra 3. 11. 2024 (BBC Radio 3, 20:00 h.; 89 min.).
Lit.: anonym: Star. Drama on 3. In web BBC Radio 3, listopad 2024 (článek). – Cit.: Compelling drama from Sarah Wooley about the making of the movie ‚A Star Is Born‘, Judy Garland’s 1950s comeback bid.
1952. Judy Garland, let go by MGM for her erratic behaviour, is determined to make a comeback. She and soon-to-be husband Sid Luft start their own production company and get the rights to remake classic 30s film ‚A Star Is Born‘ as a musical. This time, they will be in control.
Who better to write the music than Judy’s lifelong friend Harold Arlen, the composer of her biggest hit ‚Over the Rainbow‘? Arlen was responsible for some of the most famous songs in the world: ‚It’s Only a Paper Moon‘, ‚Stormy Weather‘, ‚That Old Black Magic‘ – he sound-tracked the first half of the twentieth century. He recruits Ira Gershwin to write the lyrics and everyone gets to work.
But Judy’s demons are never far away, and everyone has underestimated the power of the Hollywood machine…
This is a story about love, friendship and struggle, set against the backdrop of McCarthy’s America, where loyalty has become a complicated thing and compassion is in short supply.