Bette Midler exploded onto the screen with her take-no-prisoners performance in this quintessential film about fame and addiction from director Mark Rydell. Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road. Incisively scripted and beautifully shot\u2014by Vilmos Zsigmond, with assistance on the dazzling concert scenes by a host of other world-class cinematographers, including Conrad L. Hall, L\341szl\363 Kov\341cs, Owen Roizman, and Haskell Wexler\u2014this is a sensitively drawn and emotionally overwhelming melodrama that made the popular singer into a movie star as well.

1979

R

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Movie

1.2:1

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