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Beaches [videorecording] / 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.

Marshall, Garry, (director.). Donoghue, Mary Agnes, (screenwriter.). Midler, Bette, (producer,, actor.). South, Margaret Jennings, (producer.). Bruckheimer, Bonnie, (producer.). Hershey, Barbara, 1948- (actor.). Heard, John, 1945- (actor.). Gray, Spalding, 1941-2004 (actor.). Read, James, 1952- (actor.). Kazan, Lainie, (actor.). Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992 (composer (expression)). Dart, Iris Rainer. Beaches. (Added Author). Touchstone Pictures. (Added Author). Silver Screen Partners IV. (Added Author). Touchstone Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, James Read, Lainie Kazan. (Cast).

Summary:

Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0788859145
  • ISBN: 9780788859144
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
Based on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart.
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.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Dante Spinotti ; film editor, Richard Halsey ; music, Georges Delerue.
Participant or Performer Note:
Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, James Read, Lainie Kazan.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
Language Note:
English or French dialogue optional English SDH and French subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

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Subject: Female friendship > Drama.
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Genre: Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library PN 1997 .B43 2005 30775305496839 Media Library-Circulating Collection Available -

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