Spiagge

Titolo originale: Beaches
Regia: Garry Marshall |
Anno: 1988
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Dramma
Tag: loss of loved one | female friendship | class differences | buddy | death of mother | childhood friends | dying young | cardiomyopathy | loving | dramatic | intense | adoring | comforting |
Cast: Bette Midler | Barbara Hershey | John Heard | Spalding Gray | Lainie Kazan | James Read | Grace Johnston | Mayim Bialik | Marcie Leeds | Carol Williard | Allan Kent | Phil Leeds | Lynda Goodfriend | Nikki Plant | Michael French | Robert Ball | Frank Campanella | Diane Frazen | Michael Elias | Patrick Richwood | Tracy Reiner | Zachary Weintraub | Nicky Blair | Joshua Levinson | Lori Marshall | Jenifer Lewis | Charlotte Crossley | Julie Bond | Kimberly Morgan | Andrea Paris | Adrienne Parker | Ken Gibbel | Harvey Miller | Héctor Elizondo | Whit Hertford | Garry Marshall | Lori Sigrist | Terri Sigrist | Karin Calabro |

C. C. (Midler) e Hillary (Hershey) si conoscono da quando, a undici anni, sgambettavano sulla spiaggia di Atlantic City. Una è di povera estrazione, l'altra viene da una famiglia ricca. Una vive a San Francisco, l'altra sta a New York. Nasce tra le due una forte amicizia, basata su uno scambio assiduo di lettere. Passano gli anni e Hillary, dopo essersi laureata in legge, raggiunge l'amica, divenuta nel frattempo cantante, a New York. È attratta dalla sua indipendenza, così decide di restare con lei. Quando si innamorano dello stesso uomo, cominciano i guai.

Approfondimenti

The beach house is cottage number 13 at Crystal Cove in Newport Beach, CA. It has been made it into [...] D
According to Shelley Winters (in a 1989 appearance on the Sally Jessy Raphael (1983)), Bette Midler [...] D
Five years after this film, director Garry Marshall appeared in an uncredited role of a man dressed [...] D
In the book, CC's husband, John Pierce, is revealed to be a pedophile. This subplot was not included [...] D
In the DVD commentary, Director Gary Marshall says that, during the scene at the Pink Palm, when Cec [...] D
The 1988 movie trailer included in the DVD incorrectly states that Barbara Hershey was an Academy Aw [...] D
Diane Frazen's debut. D
The film was famously referenced in the Seinfeld episode Seinfeld: The Understudy (1995) in which Je [...] D
Barbara Hershey's character comes down with viral cardiomyopathy, most commonly caused by the Coxsac [...] D
The script was originally called Remember Me. D
Joe Grifasi (Otto Titsling) also appears with Bette Midler in Big Business as the hotel employee tha [...] D
The Barbara Hershey screen test scenes were filmed on the Plaza Hotel lobby set of Affari d'oro (198 [...] D
Mayim Bialik did not actually sing on camera. Bette Midler wanted someone who sounded like she did a [...] D
A recipe for "The Stinger," CC Bloom's drink at the bar, is featured in the book Cocktails of the Mo [...] D
Lainie Kazan didn't want to play CC's mother, but eventually said yes in order to work with Bette Mi [...] D
The musical number "Oh Industry" is heavily influenced by the work of performance artist/musician La [...] D
The mansion used for Hillary Whitney's home in California was later used in the movie Real Women Hav [...] D
The song about Otto Titsling, the inventor of the brassiere, was first introduced by Bette Midler on [...] D
Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds reunited to spoof a recreation of the scene where CC and Hilary meet f [...] D
In the scene where CC (Bette Midler) comes back to her apartment building she has an exchange with t [...] D
A remake starring Idina Menzel and Nia Long came out in 2017 as a 87 minute TV movie. Menzel played [...] D
Lainie Kazan, who plays CC's mother, is only five years older than Bette Midler, her on-screen daugh [...] D
In the posters for Sizzle 76, it says "A Garry Marshall Production." D
A planned television movie sequel, starring Barbara Eden in the Bette Midler role, was never filmed. D
Anne Archer and Donna Mills both auditioned for the role of the adult Hillary Whitney Essex. D
Barbara Hershey had collagen lip injections to make herself look younger (she was 40 at the time and [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Music in th [...] D
The library where Barbara Hershey's character researches her disease is the Dennison Library at Scri [...] D
Taylor Neff was considered for the role of Hillary Whitney Essex (age 11). D