Beaches 1988

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 123 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: female buddy

director: Garry Marshall

Score: 6 / 10

Beaches (also known as Forever Friends) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue and based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.

Plot

Middle-aged Cecilia Carol "C.C." Bloom, a New York actress and singer, receives a note during a rehearsal for her upcoming Los Angeles concert. She leaves in a panic to travel to the side of her friend Hillary Whitney, a San Francisco heiress and lawyer. Unable to get a flight to San Francisco because of fog, she rents a car and drives overnight, reflecting on her lifelong friendship with Hillary.

Cast

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 best friend bond broadway connect date dive bar engage falcon first time grow up heart transplant heiress hide human rights inheritance john doe los angeles love triangle meet new jersey new york obsess off-broadway on the beach opening night singing telegram singing telegrams single parent stage mother talk viral cardiomyopathy whitney whitney family 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 tragicomedy