Beaches Movie Review 1988

Based on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart about two girls whose friendship survived the test of time. The friendship is renewed once more when one of the now middle-aged women learns that she is dying slowly of a fatal disease.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, Female Bonding, Atlantic City, Disease of the Week, Women, Terminal Illness

Screenplay

Mary Agnes Donoghue

Cast

Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, James Read, Mayim Bialik

Cinematography

Dante Spinotti

Director

Garry Marshall

Music

Georges Delerue

Producer

Buena Vista