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Frank Pierson ‘s “ My Battles With Barbra And Jon ” is/was a New West article that was published just after the 12.19.76 opening of Pierson, Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters ‘ A Star Is Born. I mentioned Pierson’s piece in yesterday’s “ Soggy Speculation Thickens ” post, but a link on the Barbara [Streisand] Archives website has ...
Frank Romer Pierson (May 12, 1925 – July 22, ... Jon Peters on the film led him to write the article "My Battles with Barbra and Jon" for The Village Voice. ...
Frank Pierson: Writer and director who won an Oscar and two Emmys. ... His article "My Battles with Barbra and Jon" described his struggle with the film's star, Barbra Streisand and the producer ...
A Star Is Born is a 1976 American musical romantic drama film directed by Frank Pierson, written by Pierson, John Gregory Dunne, and Joan Didion.It stars Barbra Streisand as an unknown singer and Kris Kristofferson as an established rock and roll star who fall in love, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline.
Star ’s director, Frank Pierson, wrote a damning article about the film in which he trashed Streisand and Peters. “My Battles with Barbra and Jon” was released in two magazines (New York and New West) one month before the film came out! The article was a character assassination of Streisand and Peters, and Pierson definitely talked “out ...
Hollywood: “My Battles with Barbara and Jon” by Frank Pierson, 1976, 2, Box: 23, Folder: 25. Budd Schulberg papers, MS-978. Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts.
Pierson told his version of the story in a scathing New West magazine article, "My Battles with Barbra and Jon." According to People magazine, Kristofferson stayed above the fray by arriving on the set "at 5 a.m. with a couple of six-packs to chase his daily quart-and-a-half ration of tequila."
