Star! (1968)

Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with 'Julie Andrews' , acting, singing and dancing.

Director:

Robert Wise

Writer:

William Fairchild

Stars:

Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig

Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julie Andrews	...	Gertrude Lawrence
Richard Crenna	...	Richard Aldrich, Producer
Michael Craig	...	Sir Anthony Spencer
Daniel Massey	...	Noel Coward
Robert Reed	...	Charles Fraser
Bruce Forsyth	...	Arthur Lawrence
Beryl Reid	...	Rose
John Collin	...	Jack Roper
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Andre Charlot, Producer
Richard Karlan	...	David Holtzmann, Gertrude's Attorney
Lynley Laurence	...	Billie Carleton
Garrett Lewis	...	Jack Buchanan
Anthony Eisley	...	Ben Mitchell
Jock Livingston	...	Alexander Woollcott
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Dan

Storyline

Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with 'Julie Andrews' , acting, singing and dancing.

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Plot Keywords:

actress | singing | fashion show | stock footage | price of fame | 

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Taglines:

The Love Affair of the Century - Between a Woman, and the World!

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Genres:

Biography | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

22 October 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Loves of a Star!

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$4,000,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Robert Wise Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

176 min 120 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

3,040 individual costumes were produced at a cost of £315,000. Julie wore 125 different outfits costing £144,500, including 96 different gowns.

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Goofs

In the number "Burlington Bertie" the banana skin thrown onstage by Gertie disappears.

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Quotes

Noel Coward: Close personal relationships are bloody difficult, my darling but they do get easier with time. Loneliness gets harder.

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Crazy Credits

The only credits seen at the beginning of the film are those for a fictional black-and-white short subject about Gertrude Lawrence. The film's real credits all appear at the end. However, the Twenieth-Century Fox logo is shown only in black-and-white, and with tinny 1940's-style sound recording, as part of that fictional newsreel. We never see the logo in color and stereophonic sound, although twentieth-Century Fox released "Star!"

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Has Anybody Seen Our Ship"
from the play "Tonight At 8"
Written by Noel Coward
Performed by Julie Andrews and Daniel Massey

User Reviews

phenomenal!

I tell all my friends I own one of the biggest flops in movie history but it is also one of my favorite movies of all time, and they look at me like I'm nuts. Well, the people of the late 60s who didn't see this movie and therefore made it flop are the ones who are nuts. Star! is an absolutely wonderful movie. It's so big and bright and loud and irreverant and stimulating that I can't help but watch it over and over again. I don't care if I'm not getting an accurate picture of Gertrude Lawrence-I'm getting my favorite actress doing what she does like no one else can (singing, dancing, and giving a wondeful performance). The costumes are awesome, the musical numbers are supurb (especially "Saga of Jenny"-where else do you see Julie doing gymnastics?), and Julie is never more in her element. The frivolity of this movie will stick with you for days, long after the songs finally get out of your head. Congrats to Julie for doing so well in this, and I'm sorry it's taken over thirty years for people to recognize a cinematic gem when they see one.