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Beaches [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures presents in association with Silver Screen Partners IV ; a Bruckheimer/South production ; produced by Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell, Bette Midler, Margaret Jennings South ; screenplay by Mary Agnes Donoghue ; directed by Garry Marshall.

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.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Special edition
  • Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video, [2005]
  • Distributor: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988.
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.
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, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
Language Note:
English or French dialogue, French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Subject: Dart, Iris Rainer > Film adaptations.
Female friendship > Drama.
Terminally ill > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 21 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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