The Rose
by Mark Rydell
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Actor: Alan Bates, Bette Midler, Hildy Brooks, Jonathan Banks, Luke AndreasDirector: Mark Rydell
Cinematographer: Vilmos Zsigmond
Composer: Paul A. Rothchild
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Rose
DVD Review: Horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
Hard to believe this mess was so highly regarded back in the 70s when it first appeared. Midler is very unattractive by today's standards and the plot here, such as it is, is very standard fare. Modeled on the Janis Joplin story, it completely misses the mark, and the music isn't even close to anything Joplin herself did. Interesting as a period piece that has not held up.DVD Review: Brings back the 60's to Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Its well worth price just to watch Directors commentary in Bonus Features.
Loved watching movie again after so many years. Will watch many more times.
DVD Review: Bette Lifts the Movie and the Music
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw The Rose when it came out way back in the late 1970's. I loved it then, and its nice to watch it now and see it has stood the test of time. A young Bette takes this movie andRUNS with it, displaying a GREAT rock and blues SOUND. The best song WAS and is the title song, however. I don't think anyone else could have done the songs as WELL or played the Rose...If you love Bette, then you'll love this movie. It's
a fine additon to any movie collection.
My only criticism, is the songs beyond the title song...Not that memorable and not good rock , but Bette's performanace lifts the whole
movie... The Divine Miss M! Atreides
DVD Review: Extra Special
Summary: 5 Stars
I was extremely pleased with this choice of Bette Midler's work. She performed well in this role!DVD Review: THE ROSE
Summary: 5 Stars
SERVICE WAS FAST . DVD WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION . THIS DVD IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE VHS TAPE WHICH I ALSO HAD .
Description of The Rose
In an Oscar-nominated performance, Bette Midler portays a rock star whose success is laced with so much booze, drugs and hard-living, it eventually causes her downfall. Trapped in a self-created hell Rose begs her manager (Alan Bates) for time off from her concert tour. When he refuses, she seeks compfort and love in the arms of a handsome driffter (Frederic Forrest), but even he cannot handle her life of excess. Electrifying musical numbers, including the hit song "The Rose" make the film a pop culture classic.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 clich?s. --Tom Keogh
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