I ordered this cd for the song "Baby Mine". It was the mother/son dance song at my son's wedding. It was exactly what I was looking for. The item came exactly as described and shipped quickly. Great seller!

Maybe it's because I've had this album in possession since I was roughly 8, but I think it's just great. But let it be clear- "Wind Beneath My Wings" is definitely NOT the best track.
Every track is great, and it's so nice to see such diversity in a soundtrack. And by the same woman in each track (minus the last one).
Bette Midler does wonders, really. She goes from '80s ballad, to '80s Boardwalk remake (and actually surpassing the original in my opinion), to blues to a pop song duet in the middle, to a sexual comedy piece, and even manages a very sad Randy Newman piece, called "I Think It's Going To Rain Today". This is my favourite track, as well as the ever-depressing "Baby Mine".
Too much to offer. Wonderful-music-overload.

I don't even like the film all that much!

If you love the movie you'll love this special edition as if the movie wasn't special enough. It has to be Gary Marshall's masterpiece. Highly Recommended but bring your box of tissues. Get ready for the fetal position!

Beaches is a very good movie.
I bought it cause i really like this movie.

For all people who have life time long friendships, everlasting bonds and wonderful friends, this movie is a total must.
Bette Midler, as always is fantastic both singing and acting.
Recommended as an awesome 'chic flic'.

This is a terrific movie for a guy to watch with his wife or girlfriend. I saw it with my wife this past Saturday night. About 4:00, I walked to a nearby Ice House and had a few Shiner Bocks. On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store and got two more six-packs of Shiner -- Shiner Black, a new dark lager they just started making. It's very rich, with a mild hint of a coffee bouquet. I downed a couple while waiting for the pizza to arrive -- we ordered a giant deluxe pizza from a nearby restaurant -- and then we started watching the movie. I drank more beer and ate as much pizza as I could hold, and then drank all of the rest of the beer. I was able to time things such that the last bottle of Shiner fell empty about the time the closing credits started rolling, then I took a hot shower and went right to bed. GREAT beer I mean movie!

Thank you for offering this movie. My husband has really enjoyed it...my croup waited to let me know

We watched Beaches and it kept skipping and stopping. I must say that I was disappointed.

Even Joan Crawford would have passed on this old-time "weeper." Do yourself a favor--because no afternoon will ever be rainy enough, and no boyfriend inattentive enough to eat a pound of chocolate and sit through this.

Was very pleased with quick response and shipment of movie. Would do business with again. Thanks.

I remember seeing this movie at the theater when it came out in the late 1980s. Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey star in the movie. The movie depicts the characters of Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey as young girls meeting in Atlantic City, NJ. Bette's character is auditioning for a show and Barbara's family is visiting the beach. The movie shows the two friends as they move their various stages in their lives. Bette's chatacter becomes a big star and Barbara's character an attorney and mom. Sadly, Barbara's character dies from cardiomyopathy at the end of the movie. I guarantee that you will laugh and cry throughout the entire movie. It's a pretty touching and heartwarming movie. It's just, overall, a great movie!

I had a good time with Beaches, though some of the humor is truly cornball, including the pink rabbit
suit and the fainting in the hospital.

For my money, Bette Midler does a much better acting job in "Stella," which came two or three years after
Beaches, and which lets Midler play a broader range of emotions. It's funnier and sadder. Midler should
have had a nomination for "Stella."

One of the most touching tales of friendship. everytime i watch this movie i just cry.Barbra Hershey is just great and as for Bette Midler she comes out smelling like a rose.
if you believe in friendship you should have this is your library.

It took a while to receive my order but it came in mint condition. Overall, no real complaints.

Having watched the film before, I bought this for my daughter's birthday and thought it was fantastic. I particularly liked the bonus section video of 'wind beneath my wings' also the documentary by Gary Marshall, just brillaint. Highly recommended.

Loved the movie, Loved the soundtrack! Of course Wind Beneath My Winds is my favorite song. It gets to me every time I hear it.

I absolutely love this movie!!!! It is one of a few movies that I can watch over and over and over and over again, and never get tired of it. Both Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey gave magnificent performances, portraying what a true, loving friendship is all about. I love the scene when CC tells Hillary she ended their friendship and didn't even tell her. I know exactly how that feels (RC). And, the producers were point on in picking Mayim Bialik to play the young CC, she was perfect match. I get misty everytime, at the same scenes. Wonderful acting of a wonderful story!!

I love this movie! This is a great chick flick and best friend (BF) flick. I cry everytime I watch it!

Love this movie. Very emotional. I owned it on VHS and eventually I played it so often I ended up replacing it on DVD. I always thought Bette Midler had a great voice, but the story very much outwayed any singing. I cry a little everytime I watch it. It will always be a part of my movie collection.

Barbara Hersheys character does not die of cancer. She is taken ill and dies of cardiomyopathy...a condition of the heart.

This wonderful contrast in characters depicts the strength of women friendships. Midler's dominant character learns that Hershey, though seemingly weaker, is where she has always drawn her strength. This movie uses every emotion, and the bittersweet ending, full of hope.

It's my favorite movie of all time. Thanks, Garry, for this magnificent story!

I am a huge fan of Bette Midler and thought her acting in this movie was sensational; I love the movie as well. All of the songs on this soundtrack album are excellent. This is a great album to have, the fact that there are only ten songs on it doesn't bother me at all (I have this album on all three formats: LP, cassette tape and CD). Every song on this soundtrack album is worth many listens, especially "Wind Beneath My Wings", which I believe is the most memorable song on here (and my most favorite song of hers). I also love "Oh Industry", with its weird sounding intro, instrumentation and lyrics. The final song, "The Friendship Theme", which closes out the album, is great as an instrumental, a piano being the only instrument played in this song. "Otto Titsling" has got to be the funny title on this album, as funny as the scene in the movie that this song is heard in. "I Know You By Heart" is excellent, with Bette dueting with David Pack. "Baby Mine" is soft and sweet with Bette's beautiful voice blending so wonderfully with the piano. "I've Still Got My Health" is fine with its jazz sound. "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" is great, too, but has a little bit of a sad sound to it. "Under the Boardwalk" is great. I heard the earlier version of it (I don't know who the vocalists were on it), but didn't like it too much. Bette's version of this song is more enjoyable with an upbeat sound; the other version was bland and too mellow. "The Glory of Love" is great to listen to as well. When Bette's character sings it at the end of the movie, it's really touching to see her raise her hand and wave to Hillary (Barbara Hershey's character) in heaven. So, for those of you who are big fans of Bette Midler, I strongly advise you to buy this movie and get the soundtrack album as well. No Bette Midler music library should be complete without this title. Get them while you can!!

... staying together trough the good and the bad. I wept for the entirety of this film. Funny thing though, it turns out I had been sitting on a tack.

My best friend used to joke that I was Bette Nidler and that one day I'd be watching him die. Weirdly, it worked out that way. We both loved this film. Like the classic soaps of earlier days, they pulled you in and won you over and then
* bang* tragedy. Beautifully acted, smartly directed this is a perfect tearjerker for those days you need a good cry or a hardcore melodrama.

Beaches by director Garry Marshall is such a tearjerker. I cry everytime I watch this movie. Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey are great actress'. They play two life-long friends with nothing in common. They go through many ups and downs of their friendship, but somehow they work it through amid all the broken relationships, births, and deaths. Beaches is a classic movie, it's a movie I shall never forget. The soundtrack is great as well, featuring the hit "Wind beneath my wings." Beaches is a such a little gem.

I will cry at anything it seems, My Girl & Armageddon floor me everytime, and I sometimes even cry at Neighbours. So I just knew by reading the blurb of this, that I would cry.

It's amazing these days that a friendship can span three decades - so far my longest friendship has lasted nearly 10 years. And we've been through a lot, but never had a serious argument. As the old saying goes, guys, jobs, etc come & go, but friendships last forever.

In this, the friendship starts at the age of roughly 11, and the young actresses who play Barbara Hershey & Bette Midler's characters are excellent. The little actress who plays CeCe Bloom at 11 is the spitting image of Bette Midler - poor child! She's got the hair, the wide smile and the mannerisms down pat, and it's so funny to watch her. It's a shame Mayim Bialik hasn't done much else, it's mainly voice work she does now (most notably she voices a character in Extreme Ghostbusters.) They become penpals, and the relationship is played out through letters, until they finally get together. The film spirals from there, from husbands, to divorces, to arguments, to children.

It's predictable, and I did find Bette Midler's character just a little irritating, but that wasn't due to Bette Midler. It was just the way she played the character she annoyed me, she was so self centered. Barbara Hershey's character was fun, kinda the sidekick to CeCe, and Barbara actually got collagen injections in her lips to look younger, as she was playing her character through such a long period.

Of course you know Barbara's character is gonna get ill, but it's the way it's done, it's very subtle to start with, she starts looking more tired, and then it snowballs, and it's shocking how they manage to make her look so awful, she deteriorates really quickly, and I have to say the makeup artists did an excellent job there.

The funniest line in this film is my title for this review. "Over the shoulder boulder holders" is the perfect way to describe those annoying things called bras.

I've heard "Wind Beneath My Wings" many times before, and it's an extremely powerful song. What made a bigger difference was watching what was happening on screen, and listening to the lyrics, it brought a whole new meaning to the song, a meaning that I never got before. Well, that was me. Thankfully, I was watching this alone at the time, cos it would have been really embarrassing for someone to see me crying the way I did. To say Beaches had an effect on me is the understatement of the year. Even after I'd switched it off, I was still going about the house in tears. I'll never hear "Wind Beneath My Wings" the same again.

Unfortunately, I bought the bog standard, no frills, DVD, not realising that there was a special edition. But I'm quite happy with the edition I have. I'd probably cry through the extras too.

I'll probably watch this again (I still force myself to watch Armageddon & My Girl now & again, just because I love them that much), and I'll probably cry even more now I know what's coming. It's a terrific film, and is definitely the ultimate chick flick. It's also directed by Garry Marshall, so watch out for a cameo by Hector Elizondo.

Thank you for the prompt service your company provided. I had been looking for this movie as a gift for a family member. Should have turned to you first. It was exactly what I wanted.
Thank you.

Alisa Hughes

Abraham Lincoln's law partner once wanted to read some maudlin poetry to Abe. Once he was done, Lincoln said "The people who like this sort of thing will find it the sort of thing they like."

Beaches is fine. It is obviously a chick flick. Bette Midler has some real opportunities to sing. The acting is good. The problem is that the plot is so predictable.

"Beaches" is a film about two best friends from two very different worlds. Barbara Hershey plays the role of a well-to-do young woman, who on summer vacation at her father's beach house, as a child (played by a child actress), befriends another little girl played by the girl from "Blossom," who is from Brooklyn and is from the "wrong side of the tracks," but has dreams of making it big someday in show business as a singer.

Fast forward, they grow up, become succesful in their own right, but take very different paths--only to be reunited again.

Sadly, one of the characters develops cancer and passes away leaving her best friend to raise her daughter as her own.

I highly recommend this film to anyone, who enjoys a heart-felt drama, but be prepared to have the kleenex box beside you because you will definitely shed some tears, at least, I did.

The good thing is that it's only a movie and not based on a true story, which is how I coped with it, but still cried.

Buy it or rent it, but either way, make sure and view this delightful, heart-warming film because you'll be glad that you did--I know that I am.

Incidentally, "Did you ever know that you're my hero" is the main song played by the unforgetably-talented Bette Midler.

*(Not recommended for younger chldren due to adult themes such as death.)*

Me and my mom rented this movie from our public library looking for a lood chick flick. We got one but it wasn't good at all.
It follows two girls who meet one the beach one day and they become friends for life. It skips about ten years when there in there early twentys and they are still friends. A little strange but still the same they are still friends. They meet in New York where Midler is a struggling actress. Midler invites the other one to life with her, which she does. It goes on trough love, sadness, death and many things that would make a good movie, but in here it was just too much.
It is over two ours and gets very boring. I found a lot of scenes twored the end that just drag the movie on. It gets VERY boring VERY fast. Midler caries the story on her shoulders and she just plays it her usual happy-go-lucky character she always plays. If you want a good chick flick see it but if you want a RELLY good movie, don't. It isn't that good.

This was originally released as a CD and LP in 1985. It is 40 minutes long. There is a new remastered version, with extra tracks and bonus CD that is a Bruford infomercial.

On the original LP, the two sides were completely different. Side A was a waste, and Side B was OK. It is all piano and drum music.

The music on side A is peppy little ditties. Some of it sounds like circus music, other parts like what would be in a rodeo or for a Western movie. It's all just a bunch of silly inconsequential bits. Maybe something you would hear at a childrens concert.

Things are better on the second side. There are some nice little drum solos from Bruford and piano solos from Moraz. Then there some very good discordant piano/drum duets.

I bought the new remastered version of this CD based on the rave reviews given on Amazon. I am not too happy about it.

Be warned, that most of the CD is not what you would expect from Moraz, and mostly not like what Bruford has done before.

Good friends are hard to find. Some people go through life finding real friends. There will be friends but there is only one true friend who'll stand by you through thick and thin. Beaches is an example of friendship that started from childhood until the death of one friend.
Hilary and Claire met in Atlantic City when they were children and kept in contact with each other through letters until they were grown. Hilary shows up in New York and stays with Claire. Their relationship is tested when a man enters their lives. He helps Claire with her career but their marriage doesn't last. Claire is too wrapped up in her career to be focused on a real relationship. But Claire doesn't go astray from her dreams unlike Hilary.
Hilary wanted to break from her elite roots but she found herself returning when her father died and she married a lawyer who cheated her out of a marriage with another woman. She was forced to return to law when she got pregnant with her daughter and no husband to support her. Then tragedy strikes.
Bette Midler is a multitalented woman who can display her acting and singing abilities. She evolves into her character who is pretty much a diva. Barbara Hershey is innocent yet strong as her character who displays manners of old wealth.
This is a movie that will make the viewer value the meaning of friendship and why it is important to havae people in their life.

I loved Beaches so much! I watched the movie on the WE network, but it was still good enough for me to pick up the DVD. The movie remind me so much of friendship with my best friend, that I love so dearly. I don't know how I would go on if I lost my friend to a terminal illness, cause we're so much like sisters. The movie just so heartfelt and tender hopefully every friend of a friend will get this movie.

The title of the movie derives from its story, which starts on one beach (on the east coast where two young girls meet and form a lifelong friendship) and ends on another (on the west coast where the two, now grown women, part forever). Romantics will love the film, which should also appeal to anyone who likes a good story well told. The performances are spot on and the script doesn't miss a step. As one of the characters is a singer, there are some great songs and musical numbers, memorably performed by Bette Midler. The extras include a director's commentary and outtakes as well as on interesting and entertaining interview where Mayim Bialik recalls her experiences of the making of the film (and boy, can she talk). The Barbara Hershey screen test is interesting in that it takes place at locations other than those in the film, thus providing in effect, alternative takes. The packaging is however a let down. The cover art is unimaginative and a leaflet contains only chapters, surely a waste of time if scene selection is available on the disc. A cast listing would have been preferable.

I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it and to this day I still love it so much. The plot is so well-written and the friendship between Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey's characters are very well acted and make you truly believe in them. I advise this movie to anyone who wants a movie where you'll cry a lot, laugh some and leave with just a great feeling of friendship.

Beaches is my favorite movie of all time!! I showed it to my friends at school and most had already seen it and LOVED it and we are in teh 7th grade now if it is liked by 7th graders you knwo it is great!!!! I love this movie and i would definitely advise you to watch it with your best friend, your mother, your sister, your aunt, anyone you will all cry your heart out!! the Best Tear jerker since Terms of Endearment
LH