The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.
- Director
- Writers
- Bill Kerby(screenplay by)
- Bo Goldman(screenplay by)
- Michael Cimino(story)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Bill Kerby(screenplay by)
- Bo Goldman(screenplay by)
- Michael Cimino(story)
- Stars
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 5 wins & 12 nominations total
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- Director
- Writers
- Bill Kerby(screenplay by) (story by)
- Bo Goldman(screenplay by)
- Michael Cimino(story) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
- Taglines
- The legend of "The Rose" continues...
- Genres
- Certificate
- R
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was originally titled "Pearl", which was a biographical movie based on Janis Joplin's life. When approached with the script for "Pearl", Bette Midler believed it was too soon after Joplin's death to portray her life in a movie. Re-writes were then made, with Midler's guidance, that deleted some portions of the original script, and embellished other parts of the story. Then the re-written script was named "The Rose", and Midler agreed to the lead role.
- GoofsThe Rose shoots up heroin in a phone booth, even though she has no water - a necessity for intravenous usage of a powdered narcotic.
- Quotes
Rose: Ain't it just grand layin' there late at night in your bed, waitin' for your man to show up? And when he finally does, at oh about 4 o'clock in the mornin', with whiskey on his breath, and the smell of another woman on his person... Oh honey, I can smell another woman at 500 paces. That's a easy one to catch.
[crowd gets really noisy]
Rose: Oh, the women are getting nasty. So what do you do when he comes home with the smell of another woman on him? Do you say, "Oh honey, let me open up my loving arms and my loving legs. Dive right in, baby, the water is fine"? Is that what you say, girls?
[the women in the crowd scream "No!"]
Rose: Or do you say, "Fuck this shit! I've had enough of you, you asshole! Pack your bags. I'm putting on my little waitress cap and my fancy high-heeled shoes, I'm gonna go find me a real man. A good man, a true man."
- Crazy creditsLyrics of "The Rose" are displayed at the end of the credit crawl, scrolling to the ending of the song.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 14 minutes from this film for its 1984 network premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,174,648
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $793,063
- Nov 11, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $29,174,648
- Runtime2 hours 5 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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