The Rose (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray) R
She gave and gave, until she had nothing left to give
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 14 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 21, 2015
- Originally Released: 1979
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Bette Midler | |
Performer: | Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, David Keith, Will Hare & Rudy Bond | |
Directed by | Mark Rydell | |
Edited by | Robert L. Wolfe | |
Screenwriting by | Bo Goldman | |
Composition by | Paul A. Rothchild | |
Produced by | Marvin Worth | |
Director of Photography: | Vilmos Zsigmond |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Were it not a fictional feature film, The Rose might very well be considered one of the best concert documentaries of the 1970s.
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Q Network Film Desk
Rating: 3/5 --
For rock fans, this is pretty sacred stuff. It has its emotional moments.
Kansas City Kansan
...So many finely drawn episodes, so much brittle, raunchy humor and such an unexpectedly alluring performance from Bette Midler in the title role...
New York Times
...Bette Midler nearly jumps off the screen...
Rolling Stone
It's impossible to watch this peculiarly unstirring account of the collapse of a bedraggled, bedrugged rock star... without getting many a giggle out of the abundant cliches and superfluous howlers.
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Washington Post
Rating: 3/5 --
Powerful story, brilliant central performance
Shadows on the Wall
For all of the considerable heat [Midler] generates; she can't -- all by herself -- give The Rose what it most needs. Like so much of rock music, it has more noise than meaning.
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Cleveland Press
Product Description:
In this authentic, entertaining, and tragic film, Bette Midler plays Rose, a talented but exhausted, alcoholic rock star whose entire life is controlled by her cutthroat manager, Rudge (Alan Bates). Taking a bleak look at the downside of the music industry, THE ROSE chronicles the precipitous fall of this fictional rock & roll diva (modeled after Janis Joplin) as she nears a concert date in her home town that she hasn't been to in years. Pulled down by raging alcoholism and drug addiction, as well as her own insecurities, Rose's life begins to deteriorate to the point of complete self-destruction, all the while begging Rudge for a break in her grueling tour schedule. This raw, uncompromising, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking film includes several incredible musical performances by Midler in actual concert settings. THE ROSE is Midler's first role as an actress, and she embodies the alternately frenetic, worn-out, enraged, and sweetly insecure star with an almost inconceivable power, especially when interacting with her love, the faithfully adoring Dyer (Frederic Forrest).
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