| | | Friends come and go...but there's always one you're stuck with for life.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital Surround Sound, Featurette, Audio Commentary, Blooper Reel, Music Video, Deleted Scenes, Theatrical Trailer, French Subtitled
As special as the everlasting friendship it celebrates, this Special Edition DVD lets you relive Beaches and all its touching and funny moments, and includes outstanding never-before-seen bonus materials. When the irrepressible C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey) first meet under the boardwalk at the beach, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, career changes, marriages, jealousy, and more. From the boardwalk in Atlantic City to the beach house on the Pacific, Beaches will remind you of what being a true friend means.
"...as a vehicle for Midler, it's dynamite." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"...a bicoastal crowd-pleaser, a tenderhearted, two-hanky melodrama..." Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Editor's Note
The chance meeting of two young girls from totally different backgrounds becomes the friendship of a lifetime. As they lead their separate lives, they come to realize and later rely on the strength that their friendship provides. Academy Award Nominations: Best Art Direction.
Plot Summary
The story of a deep friendship, lasting from childhood to beyond death, between two very different women -- one a poor but ambitious Jewish girl from the Bronx who goes on to become a famous Broadway star, and the other an attractive WASP from a wealthy San Francisco family who starts out with all the advantages in life yet manages to find nothing but disappointment.
| Features | Audio Commentary With Director Garry Marshall | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Barbara Hershey Screen Test | | Bloopers | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Theatrical Trailers | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Surround Sound | | Subtitles: French | | AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs With Bette Midler Featurette | | Deleted Scenes | | Widescreen Presentation | | Mayim Bialik Remembers Beaches Featurette | | Blooper Reel | | 1989 Grammy Award-Winning Song Of The Year And Record Of The Year Wind Beneath My Wings Music Video --Performed By Bette Midler | | Audio Commentary with Director Gary Marshall | | Barbara Hershey Screen Test Featurette |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 8/10/2007 |
| Running Time: 123 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 3999503 | | UPC: 00786936281552 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1989) | | | Albert Brenner, Garrett Lewis, Nominee, Best Art Direction: Set Decoration | |
Nominee (1989) | | | Oscar, Albert Brenner, Garrett Lewis, Best Art Direction: Set Decoration |
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