| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 757 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 757.
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| Note |
Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Barry Primus, Sandra McCabe, David Keith, Harry Dean Stanton, Will Hare, Rudy Bond, Don Calfa, James Keane, Doris Roberts, Sandy Ward, Michael Greer, Claude Sacha, Michael St. Laurent, Sylvester, Pearl Heart. |
| Credits |
Film editor, Robert L. Wolfe ; costumes designed by Theoni V. Aldredge ; music arranged and supervised by Paul A. Rothchild ; production designed by Richard MacDonald ; director of photography, Vilmos Zsigmond. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1979 motion picture. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Note |
Widescreen (1.85:1). |
| Summary |
Rose is one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Her life of constant sex, drugs and rock and roll, along with constant touring, prove to be too much to handle. Nominated for four Academy Awards. |
| Note |
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features director Mark Rydell). Disc 2: Bette Midler (March 2015 interview); Mark Rydell (December 2014 interview, the director discusses the making of the film with his friend the filmmaker Charles Dennis); Vilmos Zsigmond (December 2014 interview, the director of photography talks about the film with cinematographer John Bailey); "Today" (segment from the June 27, 1978 episode of NBC's Today, Tom Brokaw interviews singer and actor Bette Midler and director Mark Rydell on one of the locations for The rose); Gene Shalit and Bette Midler (interview, originally aired on NBC News on November 8 and 9, 1979, film critic Gene Shalit talks to Bette Midler about her performance in The rose). Insert includes an essay by music critic Paula Mejia. |
| Subject |
Women rock musicians -- Drama.
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Rock musicians -- Drama.
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Substance abuse -- Drama.
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Success -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Fame -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Drama.
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Award Winners.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Musical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Rydell, Mark, 1934- film director.
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Worth, Marvin, film producer.
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Russo, Aaron, film producer.
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Ray, Anthony M., film producer.
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Kerby, Bill, screenwriter.
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Goldman, Bo, 1932- screenwriter.
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Midler, Bette, actor.
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Bates, Alan, 1934-2003, actor.
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Forrest, Frederic, actor.
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Primus, Barry, 1938- actor.
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McCabe, Sandra, actor.
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Keith, David, 1954- actor.
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Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017 actor.
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Hare, Will, 1919-1997, actor.
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Bond, Rudy, 1912-1982, actor.
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Calfa, Don, 1940- actor.
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Keane, James, 1952- actor.
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Roberts, Doris, 1925-2016 actor.
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Ward, Sandy, actor.
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Greer, Michael, 1943-2002, actor.
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Wolfe, Robert L., 1928-1981, film editor.
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Aldredge, Theoni V., costume designer.
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Rothchild, Paul A., 1935-1995, arranger of music.
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MacDonald, Richard, 1919-1993, production designer.
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Zsigmond, Vilmos, director of photography.
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Dennis, Charles, 1946- interviewer (expression)
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Bailey, John, 1942 August 10- interviewer (expression)
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Brokaw, Tom, interviewer (expression)
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Shalit, Gene, 1936- interviewer (expression)
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Mejia, Paula, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781604659962 |
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1604659963 |
| Standard No. |
715515146517 |
| Music No. |
CC2484DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC2484D The Criterion Collection |
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CC2484D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2484D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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