Beaches / Touchstone Pictures presents ; in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Bruckheimer/South production ; a Garry Marshall film ; produced by Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell, Bette Midler, Margaret Jennings South ; screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue ; directed by Garry Marshall.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 39995 | Touchstone Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0788859145
- 9780788859144
- Beaches (Motion picture)
- Director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; film editor, Richard Halsey ; music, Georges Delerue.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on a novel by Iris Rainer Dart, Beaches traces the 30-year oil-and-water friendship between free-spirited Bronx Jew CC Bloom (Bette Midler) and uptight San Francisco WASP Hillary Essex (Barbara Hershey). The two meet as children in Atlantic City (played by Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds) and are reunited in the 1960s, when CC is a struggling singer and Hillary is trying to break free from her staid upbringing by becoming an activist. The two ladies room together, then fall out when both are attracted to off-Broadway producer John Pierce (John Heard). CC wins John, but she quickly outgrows him as she matriculates into a bawdy performer. The recently patched-up friendship between CC and Hillary is torn asunder again when Hillary and her new husband express distaste for CC's performing style. Comes the 1970s, and CC and Hillary are reunited after shedding their respective spouses. Broke again, they once more become Manhattan roommates. Their bond strengthens, but there is tragedy in store for the duo. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
English or French dialogue optional English SDH and French subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, James Read, Lainie Kazan.
Director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; film editor, Richard Halsey ; music, Georges Delerue.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Based on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.
Special features: bloopers; music video: 'Wind Beneath My Wings' by Bette Midler; "AFI's 100 years ... 100 songs with Bette Midler"; Mayim Bialik remembers Beaches; Barbara Hershey screen test; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.
Special features: Widescreen enhanced for 16x9 televisions -- Beaches bloopers -- 1989 Grammy Award-winning Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year "Wind beneath my wings" music video performed by Bette Midler -- AFI's 100 years ... 100 songs with Bette Midler (clip) -- Mayim Bialik remembers Beaches -- Barbara Hershey screen test -- Audio commentary with director Garry Marshall -- Theatrical trailer -- Language: English Dolby digital surround ; French Dolby digital surround -- Subtitles: English, French.