The First Wives Club [videorecording] / [presented by] Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Robert Harling ; produced by Scott Rudin ; directed by Hugh Wilson.
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FilmPublisher number: 326127 | Paramount PicturesPublication details: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c1998.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792153138
- 9780792153139
- Director of photography, Donald Thorin; editor, John Bloom; music, Marc Shaiman.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Three women plot revenge on their two-timing husbands in this comedy. Brenda (Bette Midler), Elise (Goldie Hawn), and Annie (Diane Keaton) were close friends in college, but 27 years after graduation they've lost touch with each other, and it's not until a mutual friend of the three commits suicide that they meet at the funeral for the first time in years. It seems that their friend grew despondent after her husband left her for a younger woman, and all three find themselves in similar situations. Elise is an actress who finds herself out of work now that she's seen the shady side of 40, and her husband and producer Bill (Victor Garber) is demanding a divorce (and half of her fortune). Brenda helped her husband Morton (Dan Hedaya) open a profitable chain of discount electronics stores, but now that his commercials have made him a minor celebrity, he's taken up with a much younger (and thinner) woman. Annie has allowed her husband Aaron (Stephen Collins) to use her as a doormat throughout their marriage, and she's at a loss now that he's leaving her. After comparing notes, Brenda, Elise, and Annie decide that it's time to do something about their problems, and they hatch an elaborate blackmail scheme that will win them control of their ex-husband's businesses and allow them to do something positive with the money they helped earn. Heather Locklear and Ivana Trump both make cameo appearances. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the novel by Olivia Goldsmith.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Originally released as motion picture in 1996.
Title from disc surface.
Director of photography, Donald Thorin; editor, John Bloom; music, Marc Shaiman.
Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Bronson Pinchot, Marcia Gay Harden, Victor Garber.
Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
Rated PG.
DVD.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.