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Rose (The)
- Director: Mark Rydell
- Writer: Michael Cimino; Bo Goldman
- Producer: Anthony Ray; Aaron Russo
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A thoroughly impressive debut from Midler...she's practically in every shot and deserved the Oscar nomination.
Her performance is mindful, forceful and mighty.
The vocals are shattering...especially: Stay with me Baby....
If the filmmakers declared that this was - indeed - a bio-pic of Ms Joplin then, perhaps, the audience might have been blown away by the tragedy of a real life...
Still...they were blown away by a fiction.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Bette Midler plays The Rose, a female rock star strikingly similar to Janis Joplin. The film follows Rose's career during her last tour, as she's determined to return to her Florida hometown. Although a success, she's exhausted and lonely but continued working by her gruff and greedy manager. Though loud and brassy, Rose is an insecure alcoholic and former drug user who seems to crave approval in her life. She begins a romance with a limousine driver, who's actually an AWOL sergeant from the United States Army. Her rock and roll lifestyle of Drugs, Sex, and Rock and Roll and constant touring lead her to an inevitable breakdown.
Cast & Characters
Bette Midler as Mary Rose Foster;
Alan Bates as Rudge Campbell;
Frederic Forrest as Huston Dyer;
Harry Dean Stanton as Billy Ray;
Barry Primus as Dennis;
David Keith as Pfc. Mal;
Sandra McCabe as Sarah Willingham;
Will Hare as Mr. Leonard;
Rudy Bond as Monty;
Don Calfa as Don Frank;
James Keane as Sam;
Doris Roberts as Mrs. Foster;
Sandy Ward as Mr. Foster, Rose's Father;
Michael Greer as Emcee;
Claude Sacha as Female Impersonator