| The Rose | 
 enlarge | Director: Mark Rydell
Actors: Bette Midler, Jonathan Banks, Alan Bates, Luke Andreas, Hildy Brooks
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 5214
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 125
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2007587D
UPC: 024543075875
EAN: 0024543075875
ASIN: B00005JLN2
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
Release Date: August 19, 2003
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Bette Midler plays a Janis Joplin-like singer overwhelmed by stardom and its excesses. Mark Rydell (On Golden Pond) directs what is a kind of hybrid showcase for Midler's concert talents and a standard pop biopic, with the usual rhythms of desire, success, betrayal, failure, and such. Alan Bates is the best thing about the movie as the Rose's ruthless manager, and Harry Dean Stanton and Frederic Forrest add some interesting seasoning. But as a whole, the film can't rise above its mixed purposes or cliches. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
An exhausted rock star turns to drugs alcohol and a lover when her greedy manager will not let her quit Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/19/2005 Starring: Bette Midler Frederic Forrest Run time: 134 minutes Rating: R
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 Extra Special October 29, 2008
I was extremely pleased with this choice of Bette Midler's work. She performed well in this role!
THE ROSE September 20, 2008
SERVICE WAS FAST . DVD WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION . THIS DVD IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE VHS TAPE WHICH I ALSO HAD .
Bette's Movie September 18, 2008
"The Rose" belongs to Bette Midler, no doubt about it, although I found the performances by all the actors to be quite believable and spot on. Throwing all of herself into this role, Bette Midler must have been exhausted at the end of shooting. It was exhausting just watching her character unravel. I have an insight and I may be wrong, as I am no psychiatrist, but I feel strongly that Mary Rose suffered from borderline personality disorder; she showed all the symptoms: fear of abandonment, alcohol/drug abuse & addiction, impulsive rage, impulsive sexual liasions, self-loathing, striking out at the one who loved her most, to name a few. Even though she was a fictional character, albeit loosely based on Janis Joplin, she felt real to me. Her reckless self-destruction was painful to see and I must admit I wept for her. This is the film to see if you appreciate strong, gutsy performances by excellent actors.
Like another reviewer here, I also enjoyed seeing a very young David Keith in the role of her bodyguard, as he has always been a favorite actor since I first saw him in "Officer and a Gentleman".
 Not described correctly September 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not described as "full" or "wide" screen on line. 2 copies I purchased were "wide" screen and I returned them very unhappy as I really wanted the movie and 1 for a gift.
The Rose July 10, 2008
"The Rose" is a fabulous movie, especially if you remember the 60's and Janis Joplin. Bette Midler did her best acting in this film, portraying an unhappy rock star who just wants to be loved. I've loved this film since it first came out..... I own it on VHS, now I own it on DVD, and if some other media comes out in the future, I'll probably buy it on that, too! It's a classic that I never tire of watching.
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