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Beaches is a 1988 American musical comedy drama film based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart.It was directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.
Bette Midler (/ b ɛ t ˈ m ɪ d l ər / bet MID-lər; [1] [2] born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. [3] Throughout her five-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy ...
This is a list of plays that have been adapted into feature films.Entries are sorted alphabetically by the title of the play. The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the film's director.
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to the Academy Award-nominated 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. Midler performs most of the tracks on the album, released on the Atlantic Records label. The album also reunited her with producer Arif Mardin.
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Beaches is a 1985 novel written by Iris Rainer Dart about two friends, struggling actress Cee Cee Bloom and the conventional Bertie White. The story follows them through their life as young girls until their mid-to-late 30s.
Children's book(s) Film adaptation(s) Abeltje (1953), Annie M. G. Schmidt: The Flying Liftboy (1998) The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions (冒険者たち ガンバと15ひきの仲間, Boukenshatachi: Ganba to 15-hiki no Nakama) (1972), Atsuo Saitō: The Adventurers: Gamba and His Fifteen Companions (1984)
With backing vocals by the Harlettes and choreography by Toni Basil, [5] Midler's performances became known for their exhausting singing and dance routines. In a 1973 Rolling Stone review of one of her shows, writer Ed McCormack stated: "Watching Bette and the girls work out, the raw awkward sexual energy of it all makes you think of Tina Turner."