In an Oscar-nominated performance, Bette Midler portrays 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 comfort and love in the arms of a handsome drifter (Frederic Forrest), but even he cannot handle her life of excess. Electrifying musical numbers, including the hit song The Rose makes the film a pop culture classic. Bette Midler’s fictional role bears striking similarities to Janis Joplin, who many say was the film’s inspiration. Like Joplin, Midler’s character performs while drinking Southern Comfort, she is called “Rose” as Joplin was called “Pearl” and she returns home to flaunt her success, just as Joplin showed up at her high school reunion.
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Bette Midler, Frederic Forrest, Barry Primus, Harry Dean Stanton, Jonathan Banks, Alan Bates, Doris Roberts, David Keith, Sylvester, Jack Starrett, Don Calfa, Chip Zien, Rudy Bond, Victor Argo, John Dennis Johnston, Pat Corley, James Keane, Michael Greer, Sandy Ward, Harry Northup, Cherie Latimer, Will Hare, Hugh Gillin, Jack O’Leary, Seamon Glass, Sandra Seacat, Hildy Brooks, Dennis Erdman, Luke Andreas, Constance Cawlfield, Kathryn Grody, Jeffrey Wiessman, Phil Rubenstein, Larry Guardino, Keith David, Dian Van Patten, David Garfield, Steve Hunter, Rodney Dillard, Doug Dillard.
