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The Rose
on DVD (1979)
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| Starring: |
Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Barry Primus, Harry Dean Stanton, David Keith, Rudy Bond, Will Hare |
| Director: |
Mark Rydell |
| Studio: |
20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
129 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
Bette's best |
| Genres: |
Drama |
| Languages: |
English |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released: |
06/05/2002
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Brief synopsis of The Rose
In this authentic, entertaining, and tragic film, Bette Midler plays Rose, a talented but exhausted, alcoholic rock star whose entire life is controlled by her cutthroat manager, Rudge (Alan Bates). Taking a bleak look at the downside of the music industry, THE ROSE chronicles the precipitous fall of this fictional rock & roll diva (modeled after Janis Joplin) as she nears a concert date in her home town that she hasn't been to in years. Pulled down by raging alcoholism and drug addiction, as well as her own insecurities, Rose's life begins to deteriorate to the point of complete self-destruction, all the while begging Rudge for a break in her grueling tour schedule. This raw, uncompromising, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking film includes several incredible musical performances by Midler in actual concert settings. THE ROSE is Midler's first role as an actress, and she embodies the alternately frenetic, worn-out, enraged, and sweetly insecure star with an almost inconceivable power, especially when interacting with her love, the faithfully adoring Dyer (Frederic Forrest).
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
Trapped by the usual conventions of rock-star biopics — drugs, booze and blues — Bette Midler, playing a singer loosely based on Janis Joplin, is only really effective during her raunchy concert numbers. For the rest of the film she's at the mercy of a script as ridiculous as the hairstyles. Alan Bates gives a skilful performance that makes his ruthless manager a plausible man you love to hate, but Midler just muddles through.
Halliwell's Film Guide
An unattractive, hysterical, foul-mouthed show business biopic roughly based on Janis Joplin, this does afford an undisciplined night-club talent a role to get her teeth into.
New York Times
"...So many finely drawn episodes, so much brittle, raunchy humor and such an unexpectedly alluring performance from Bette Midler in the title role..."
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