Beaches
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Overview
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.
Main Cast & Crew
Garry Marshall - Director
Bette Midler
Barbara Hershey
John Heard
Spalding Gray
Lainie Kazan
James Read
Grace Johnston
Mayim Bialik
Marcie Leeds
Details
- Format: DVD (Special Edition)
- Run Time: 123
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 786936281552
- Genre: Drama
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: August 2002
Related Categories:
Movies > Dramas
Related Keywords:
Friends
Tear Jerker
Illness
Recommended
Melodrama
Heartwarming
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More Details
Synopsis:
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.
Notes:
Estimated budget $20 million.
Shot in Metrocolor.
Eugenia Weston designed Bette Midler's makeup and Bob Mills applied it; Barbara Lorenz was Ms. Midler's hairstylist.
Critically-lauded screen debut of young actress Mayim Bialik, who in the early 90s became the star of a popular television sitcom called "Blossom".
Working titles for the film were "Friends" and "Remember Me."