Beaches (1988)

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers (WGA):

Iris Rainer (novel)
Mary Agnes Donoghue (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 December 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Tagline:

The Friendship You'll Always Remember... In The Film You'll Never Forget

Plot:

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | New York | Lawyer | Singer | Letter

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Bette Midler	...	CC 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 Essex
Mayim Bialik	...	Cc - Age 11
Marcie Leeds	...	Hillary - 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
Robert Ball	...	Harry
Frank Campanella	...	Doorman
Diane Frazen	...	Marjorie
Michael Elias	...	Seedy Bar Patron
Patrick Richwood	...	T. Kuhn
Tracy Reiner	...	Dept. Store Clerk
Zachary Weintraub	...	ACLU Worker
Nicky Blair	...	Tavern on the Green Maitre d'
Joshua Levinson	...	Tavern on the Green Doorman
Lori Marshall	...	Tavern on the Green Patron
Jenifer Lewis	...	Diva (as Jenifer Jeanette Lewis)
Charlotte Crossley	...	Diva
Julie Bond	...	Diva (as Julie Burrows)
Kimberly Morgan	...	Diva
Andrea Paris	...	Diva
Adrienne Parker	...	Diva
Melissa Bremner	...	Peasant
Laura Fremont	...	Peasant
Charles McGowan	...	Peasant
Todd Niles	...	Peasant
Caitlin McLean	...	Peasant
Ken Miller	...	Peasant
Bill Bohl	...	Peasant
Steven Majewicz	...	Phillipe De Brassiere
Joe Grifasi	...	Otto Titsling
Mona Lyden	...	Actor 1
Bill Applebaum	...	Actor 2
Eddie Mekka	...	Actor 3
Karin Calabro	...	Actor 4
Keith McDaniel	...	Actor 5
David Michael Giugni	...	Actor 6
Lucinda Crosby	...	TV Interviewer
Jack W. Larson	...	Lawyer
Judith Baldwin	...	Screaming Woman
Doris Hess	...	Maura
Jane Dulo	...	Hillary's Neighbor
Lisa Savage	...	Michael's Mistress
Frank Buxton	...	Doctor
Steve Restivo	...	Pink Palm Bartender
Maureen Jennings	...	Horse Teacher
Kathleen Marshall	...	Delivery Room Nurse #1 (as Kathi Marshall)
Julie Paris	...	Delivery Room Nurse #2
Clara Huff	...	I.C.U. Nurse #1
Barbara Marshall	...	I.C.U. Nurse #2
Scott Marshall	...	Car Rental Agent
Cindy Riegel	...	Airport Attendant
Mariann Aalda	...	Ticket Seller
Bo Sabato	...	Hollywood Bowl Stage Manager
Michael A. Salcido	...	Miami Limo Driver
Anne Betancourt	...	Miss Valdez
Harvey Keenan	...	Man in Bagels
Lugene Britton	...	Limo Driver
Arnold McCuller	...	Hollywood Bowl Backup Singer
Carla Earle	...	Hollywood Bowl Backup Singer
Katherine Singleton	...	Hollywood Bowl Backup Singer
Ken Gibbel	...	Cowboy Actor
Harvey Miller	...	The Movie Director (as Harvey Alan Miller)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hector Elizondo	...	Judge (uncredited)
Don Feldstein	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Whit Hertford	...	Tom (uncredited)
Garry Marshall	...	Audition Director (uncredited)
Marc Shaiman	...	Pianist (uncredited)
Lori Sigrist	...	Twin Cousin (uncredited)
Terri Sigrist	...	Twin Cousin (uncredited)

Directed by
Garry Marshall

Writing credits (WGA)
Iris Rainer		(novel) (as Iris Rainer Dart)
Mary Agnes Donoghue		(screenplay)

Produced by
Nick Abdo	....	co-producer
Bonnie Bruckheimer	....	producer (as Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell)
Bette Midler	....	producer
Teri Schwartz	....	executive producer
Margaret South	....	producer (as Margaret Jennings South)

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Dante Spinotti		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Halsey

Casting by
Mike Fenton
Lynda Gordon
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Albert Brenner

Art Direction by
William Barclay		(as Bill Barclay)
Frank Richwood

Set Decoration by
Michael Bird
Garrett Lewis

Costume Design by
Robert De Mora

Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums	....	makeup artist
Bob Grimaldi	....	hair stylist: second unit
Ed Jackson	....	makeup artist: second unit
Renate Leuschner	....	hair stylist (as Renate Lauchner-Pless)
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair stylist
Bob Mills	....	makeup artist
Allen Payne	....	hair stylist
Eugenia Weston	....	makeup artist
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
William S. Beasley	....	unit production manager
Roger Paradiso	....	production manager: second unit
Jayne Armstrong	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Abdo	....	second unit director
Bettiann Fishman	....	second second assistant director
Jeff Okabayashi	....	trainee assistant director
Ken Ornstein	....	first assistant director: second unit
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
Ellen H. Schwartz	....	second assistant director

Art Department
William Barclay	....	art director: second unit (as Bill Barclay)
Richard Baum	....	assistant property master
Michael Bird	....	set decorator: second unit
Tim Dent	....	lead man
Harold Fuhrman	....	set designer (as Harold L. Fuhrman)
Ann Miller	....	property master
Joe F. Nelson	....	stand-by painter
Richard Dean Rankin	....	construction coordinator (as Richard Rankin)
Tom Shaw Jr.	....	property master
Rick Young	....	assistant property master
Peg McClellan	....	illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Lon Bender	....	supervising sound designer
John Boyd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Fredrick	....	sound editor (as George Fredericks)
Devon Heffley Curry	....	adr editor
Robert Knudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harrison D. Marsh	....	utility sound technician (as Harrison Marsh)
Joseph A. Mayer	....	adr editor (as Joe Mayer)
Dan M. Rich	....	sound editor (as Dan Rich)
Louis Sabat	....	boom operator: second unit
Frank Smathers	....	sound editor
Douglas Vaughan	....	boom operator
James E. Webb	....	sound (as Jim Webb)
Linda Whittlesey	....	sound editor
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	sound editor (as Mike Wilhoit)

Special Effects by
Alan E. Lorimer	....	special effects
Tony Parmelee	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Erickson	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Evans	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Amorelli	....	rigging gaffer (as Michael Amorelli)
Martin G. Beazell	....	second assistant camera (as Marty Beazell)
Angelo Di Giacomo	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael Genne	....	camera operator
Louis Goldman	....	still photographer: second unit (as Lou Goldman)
Chris Hammond	....	electrician
Chip Largman	....	othello theatrical lighting designer
Michael Laws	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Jane O'Neal	....	still photographer
Frederick Louis Perdue	....	rigging grip (as Frederick Perdue)
Ray Quinlan	....	gaffer: second unit
Richard Redlin	....	second company grip
Scott M. Robinson	....	key grip (as Scott Robinson)
Bill Silic	....	gaffer (as William M. Silic)
Michael Stone	....	director of photography: second unit (as Mike Stone)
Robert Ward	....	key grip: second unit (as Bobby Ward)
Sandy Williams	....	dolly grip (as Walter 'Sandy' Willimas)
Ken Sax	....	special photography (uncredited)

Casting Department
Judith Bouley	....	location casting: San Francisco second unit
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting: second unit (as Sylvia Faye)
Jory Weitz	....	casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Dennison	....	costumer
James Roberts	....	wardrobe: second unit
Diana Wilson	....	costumer
Pamela Wise	....	costumer (as Pam Wise)
Susan J. Wright	....	wardrobe: second unit
Lois DeArmond	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Ursula Schrader	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Terence Anderson	....	apprentice film editor (as Terence Anderson Jr.)
Colleen Halsey	....	supervising assistant film editor (as Colleen Kincaid)
Robyn Lewis	....	post-production coordinator
Stephen L. Meek	....	apprentice film editor (as Stephen Meek)
Michael Nash	....	first assistant editor
Bruce Pearson	....	color timer
Angel Pine	....	assistant editor
Arthur Schmidt	....	additional film editor

Music Department
Steven Halpern	....	music coordinator
Arif Mardin	....	music producer
Jack Joseph Puig	....	music engineer
John Richards	....	music mixer
Marc Shaiman	....	music supervisor
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Edward Iacobelli	....	transportation captain: second unit
Tom F. Thomas	....	transportation coordinator
Marco Paul	....	unit driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Adell Aldrich	....	script supervisor (as Adell Aldrich-Chavez)
Victoria Alley	....	assistant choreographer
Bari Carrelli	....	assistant: Mrs. Jennings
Gregg L. Daniel	....	assistant to producer
Huw Davies	....	location manager
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Craig Dietrich	....	production assistant
Eileen Eichenstein	....	production coordinator: second unit
Diane Frazen	....	executive assistant: Mr. Marshall
Robert Gonzales	....	assistant production auditor (as Robert Michael Gonzales)
Judy Hallin	....	production assistant
Wendy S. Hallin	....	production assistant
Amy Herman	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Christie Johnston	....	production coordinator
Kathy Landing	....	assistant: Bonnie Bruckheimer
Ellen Lent	....	location manager: San Francisco (as Ellen Winchell)
Amy Lynn	....	production assistant
Kathleen Marshall	....	production assistant (as Kathi Marshall)
Keith McDaniel	....	assistant choreographer
Thomas J. Peel	....	assistant choreographer
Clara Quisenberry	....	medical technical advisor
Blair Richwood	....	assistant: Garry Marshall
Steve Rose	....	location manager: second unit
William T. Schneider	....	location manager
Michelle Skoby	....	assistant: Mr. Schwartz
Sara Spring	....	assistant production coordinator
Allen E. Taylor	....	production accountant
Philip E. Thomas	....	production assistant
Dee Dee Wood	....	choreographer
Jacqueline Roberts	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)

Thanks
Barbara Marshall	....	thanks (as Barbara Sue Wells)

Production Companies

• All Girl Productions
• Silver Screen Partners IV
• Touchstone Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1991) (USA) (TV)
• Touchstone Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Gativideo (198?) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Completion Bond Company  completion bond
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

"Forever Friends" - Hong Kong (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

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 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Tavern on the Green - Central Park at W. 67th Street, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

All Girl Productions

Trivia:

The library where Barbara Hershey researches her disease in is called Dennison Library. It is located at Scripps College, a competitive women's liberal arts college in Claremont, California. The library was originally designed to be a chapel before becoming a library, which is why it has such a unique and beautiful look.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in a revolving door.

Quotes:

CC Bloom:OK, stay in. But will you at least get out of those pajamas? You've been in them for over a week!
Hillary:So what? Who the hell are you, the clothes police?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Russell Brand/Chris Brown (#36.15)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Wind Beneath My Wings

Midler & Hershey Were Great Together

Was not very certain if I really wanted to view this film, some times Midler can be way out in left field. However, in this film Bette Midler, (CC Bloom),"That Old Feeling",'97 plays a very self-centered person who will stop at nothing to get what she wants and if it is a career on the stage, just forget about love or a husband and children. Barbara Hershey,(Hillary),"Riding the Bullet",'04, is a childhood friend of CC Bloom and in some ways they help each other, even though they are complete opposites. There is plenty of comedy, lots of fighting, and more drama than you can handle. Midler sings outstanding songs we all know by heart and it is a very entertaining film, but very very SAD!