- Actors: Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert Reed
- Directors: Robert Wise
- Writers: William Fairchild
- Producers: Saul Chaplin
- Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: April 20 2004
- Run Time: 176 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0001FR54I
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #24,883 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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For Julie Andrews fans, Star! will be something more than just a legendary albatross around Old Hollywood's neck--after all, Julie is onscreen virtually every minute of this film, singing and dancing and flouncing around in an endless parade of over-the-top costumes. Seeing her tackle a variety of Noel Coward tunes and a nicely understated "Someone to Watch Over Me" is pleasant, but it's easy to see why this three-hour musical failed to click with 1968 audiences. A biopic of the celebrated stage star Gertrude Lawrence (puckish Daniel Massey plays Coward, Lawrence's childhood chum), the movie staggers around between the big production numbers. Its social message--independent Lawrence just needed a man to boss her around--was just as grating in the age of The Graduate as it is now. "Isn't this kind of thing a little out of date?" someone asks the aging Lawrence; Star! provides its own answer. --Robert Horton
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Julie Andrews stars as British stage legend Gertrude Lawrence, a glamorous, flamboyant and charismatic personality - A woman who is both "maddening and infuriating" and "probably the most beautiful and entrancing creature ever to walk onto a stage." Robert Wise's lavish musical recalls the golden era of musical theatre, from 1912 to 1940. Lawrence rise from irrepressible chorus girl in English music halls to become the toast of two continents. Her lifelong friend Noel Coward (Daniel Massey) provides witty commentary as Gertie finds company in a number of suitors, in search of a love to equal that of an audience.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST ANDREWS,
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This review is from: Star (DVD)
Wow what a film.... But as a biography is falls short on information about Gertie. However; as a Julie Andrews-extravaganza it is pure GOLD! Her timing and talent is beyond Poppins, Maria Von Trapp and Victor/Victoria:-))))
3.0 out of 5 stars
Top Julie,Average Movie,
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This review is from: Star (DVD)
Noel Coward said of this movie,"It will undoubtedly be a marvelous commercial film,and Julie Andrews and Danny willbe wonderful;so will all those nostalgic,unforgettable songs. But it won't bear the slightest possible resemblance to the Gertie we knew".Coward,who was one of Gertrude Lawrence's best friends and wrote some of Daniel Massey's(who played him)dialogue,was so right!"STAR!" is two films in one.First,it's basically nothing more than a routine Hollywood musical biogrpahy,full of more fiction than fact.Robert Wise,Saul Chaplin, and Twentieth Century-Fox spent far too much money on the sumptuous sets and costumes(which do look beautiful in Ernest Laszlo's gorgeous Technicolor photography).They should have spent it on William Fairchild's banal script.And who said it had to be three hours?Wise and editor William Reynolds should have cut it by at least one hour. But secondly, "STAR!" is also a Julie Andrews star vehicle, and on that level it works.Vocally and dramatically,this is one of Julie's best performances.Although she was wrong for the part due to differences in voice and personality, Julie is winning and winsome here.And she's never looked better on film!And,oh, that soundtrack!Gershwin,Porter,Weill,and the others have rarely been perfromed so well(magnificent work by arranger/conductor Lennie Hayton and his crew!). All in all,though, this is just a typical big-budget 1960s musical-entertaining for an evening,but nothing more.Not the horror most critics and fans called it,but not a classic,either. For a much better musical bio,try Doris Day's "Love Me Or Leave Me".
1.0 out of 5 stars
Missing STAR!,
By GREGORY G. STANGAL (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star (DVD)
I own the VHS version of STAR! and the Laser Disc too. Both are compete versions of the film. Now I purchased the DVD of STAR! and find it pales to both the VHS and Laser Disc. What happened to the intermission title and Enter-act music? We are talking about a minute and a half of music. The DVD even talks about the intermission music and how to control the presentation of the second act. This is totally unexceptable. I think I will return this DVD and get my money back. I'll stick to the beautiful complete version on Laser Disc.
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