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Release Date:
21 December 1988 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Friendship You'll Always Remember... In The Film You'll Never Forget more
Plot:
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years. full summary | full synopsis
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Friendship
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Singer
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Victim
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Wasp
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Best Friend
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
"Nine" Dominates Satellite Award Nominations! See Complete List!
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(From Manny the Movie Guy. 30 November 2009, 10:52 AM, PST)
The Satellites Have Launched. What Are They Orbiting?
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Simply great!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bette Midler | ... | Cecilia 'CC' Carol Bloom | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Hillary Whitney Essex | |
| John Heard | ... | John Pierce | |
| Spalding Gray | ... | Dr. Richard Milstein | |
| Lainie Kazan | ... | Leona Bloom | |
| James Read | ... | Michael Essex | |
| Grace Johnston | ... | Victoria Cecilia Essex | |
| Mayim Bialik | ... | Cecilia 'CC' Carol Bloom (age 11) | |
| Marcie Leeds | ... | Hillary Whitney Essex (age 11) | |
| Carol Williard | ... | Aunt Vesta | |
| Allan Kent | ... | Mr. Melman | |
| Phil Leeds | ... | Sammy Pinkers | |
| Lynda Goodfriend | ... | Mrs. Myandowski | |
| Nikki Plant | ... | Iris Myandowski | |
| Michael French | ... | Head Waiter |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Forever Friends
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Runtime:
123 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
UK:12 (re-rating) (2002) |
UK:15 (original rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Peru:PT |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:Btl |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:L
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Trivia:
Taylor Neff was considered for the role of Hillary Whitney Essex (age 11).
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Goofs:
Factual errors: The staff and characters in a new play stay up awaiting the daily newspaper reviews for the production they've just opened, one of the papers they read from is Village Voice, a weekly which does not print overnight play reviews.
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Quotes:
Young Hillary:
Be sure to keep in touch C.C. ok?
Young C.C.: Well sure we're friends aren't we?
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Young C.C.: Well sure we're friends aren't we?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Supernatural: The Real Ghostbusters (#5.9)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
I Know You By Heart
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There are good movies and there are those you'll never forget that you can see many many times. Beaches definitely goes into the latter category Actually I didn't get to see it until a few years ago, maybe because I'm a guy and this kind of movies aren't what guys usually rent but as one grows up, so does the appreciations for sensitive movies like Beaches.
The book is even better and I wish they had made the movie even longer with more stories from the novel.
I recommend Beaches to both women and men, if you think you couldn't cry from a movie - watch this and see if you're wrong - I was...