Beaches
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.
Plot
Cecilia Carol "C.C." Bloom, a New York actress and singer, receives a note during a concert rehearsal in Los Angeles and hurriedly leaves to be with her friend Hillary Whitney, a San Francisco heiress and lawyer. She drives overnight and reflects on their lifelong friendship.
More details
| author | Mary Agnes Donoghue |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City San Francisco |
| director | Garry Marshall |
| editor | Richard Halsey |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | aclu american civil liberties union atlantic city beach house broadway broadway star connect dive bar engage heart transplant heiress hide human rights inheritance los angeles meet new jersey new york obsess sing single parent stage mother talk viral cardiomyopathy young girl |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Production Design |
| producer | Bette Midler Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell Margaret Jeuth |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Ambassador Hotel |
| theme | female buddy musical tragicomedy |