Beaches with Bette Midler: DVD Cover

    Beaches
    a.k.a. Beaches Director: Garry Marshall Cast: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/26/2005
    • Original Release: 1988
    • Rating: Rated PG13
    • Sales Rank: 8,588

    Viewer Rating: (11 ratings)

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    Features

    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; Dolby Digital surround sound; Widescreen (1.85:1) - enhanced for 16x9 televisions; French language track and subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Opening Titles/"Under the Boardwalk" [15:37]
    2. Best Friends [9:03]
    3. Careers [15:01]
    4. Marriages [13:41]
    5. Growing Apart [4:03]
    6. Friends Again [11:12]
    7. New Productions [5:49]
    8. Summer at the Beach House [6:59]
    9. "Wind Beneath My Wings" [10:54]
    10. "The Glory of Love"/End Credits [14:17]

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    Editorial Reviews

    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, All Movie Guide

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    Simply amazingby Anonymous

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    March 05, 2008: Beaches is so sad. But very amazing and true. i watched it and was so stunned i wasnt the same for a few days. at the end is was really got me crying. how amazing was their friendship, that it lasted for that long, after all they went through. you get to know the characters, so what happens to them affects you. what happens to barbara hershey just killed me. no pun intended. amazing movie. amazing cast. i love it. so so much

    Friendship as it should beby Anonymous

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    November 06, 2006: Barbara Hershey does the best acting job in this tearjerker of friends and torn-apart relationships. The melodramatic actorship/acting of Bette Midler is a wonderful contrast to Barbara Hershey's character as a laid-back Tidewater aristocratic British reserve whereas Bette Midler gives strength to Hershey and the best qualities of each became imbued on each other.


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