Beaches (film)

Beaches also known as Forever Friends, is a 1988 American comedydrama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the Iris Rainer Dart novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.

The story of two friends from different backgrounds, whose friendship spans more thanyears through childhood, love, and tragedy Cecilia Carol C.C. Bloom Bette Midler, a New York actress and singer, and Hillary Whitney Barbara Hershey, a San Francisco heiress and lawyer. The film begins with middleaged C.C. receiving a note during a rehearsal for her upcoming Los Angeles concert. She leaves the rehearsal in a panic and tries frantically to travel to her friends side. Unable to get a flight to San Francisco because of fog, she rents a car and drives overnight, reflecting on her life with Hillary.It is 1958, a rich little girl Hillary Marcie Leeds meets child performer C.C. Mayim Bialik under the boardwalk on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hillary is lost and C.C. is hiding from her overbearing stage mother Lainie Kazan. They become fast friends, growing up and bonding through letters of support to each other. A grownup Hillary goes on to become a human rights lawyer, while C.C.s singing career is not exactly taking off. They write to each other regularly and give updates on their lives. Hillary shows up at the New York City dive bar where C.C. is performing, their first meeting since Atlantic City. She moves in with C.C. and gets a job with the ACLU. C.C. is now performing singing telegrams, leading to a job offer from John John Heard, the artistic director of the Falcon Players, after she sings his birthday telegram. ........

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