"Female friendship Drama." . . "Friendship Films." . . "Terminally ill Drama." . . "Terminally ill." . . "Bruckheimer/South Productions." . . "Films for the hearing impaired." . . "Beaches (Motion picture)" . . . "Film adaptations" . "Film adaptations"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Beaches [described version]"@en . . "They met on a beach when they were very young, brassy C.C. Bloom (Bette Midler) and classy Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey). Through good times and bad times, through broken marriages and budding careers, they still had each other. And together, they would face their greatest challenge ... as only best friends could. Hershey is splendid, and Midler will astound you all over again with her comedic and musical talents in this critically acclaimed box office smash. BEACHES glows with warmth, humor, and tenderness.... This is one friendship you'll enjoy every minute of." . . . . . . . . . . "Musical films"@en . . . "Beaches (Motion picture)" . "Beaches (Motion picture)"@en . . . . "Explores the thirty year relationship between two very different women who meet at the beach and become best friends."@en . "Explores the thirty year relationship between two very different women who meet at the beach and become best friends." . . . . "Comedy films" . "Comedy films"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "A story of life-long friendship through good times and bad."@en . "A story of life-long friendship through good times and bad." . . . "Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease."@en . . . . "A story of friendship. Brassy C.C. Bloom and classy Hillary Whitney share their ups and downs, from good times to bad, through broken marriages and budding careers. Through it all they had each other, and together they would face their greatest challenge." . . . . . . . "Drama"@en . "Drama" . . . "Feature films"@en . "Feature films" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Traces the friendship of two very different women who meet on a beach as young girls, through good and bad times, career and marriage changes until together they must face a final challenge as only best friends can."@en . . . "Fiction films"@en . "Fiction films" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Features"@en . . . . . "Brassy C.C. Bloom and classy Hilary Whitney share their ups and downs, from good times and bad, through broken marriages and budding careers. Through it all they had each other and together they would face their greatest challenge."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"When the irrepressible C.C. Bloom and the shy and proper Hillary Whitney first meet under the boardwalk, all the 11-year-olds have in common is the need for a best friend. Worlds apart in lifestyle and location, their friendship ebbs and flows through a lifetime of highs and lows. From the boardwalk in Alantic City to a beach house on the Pacific, Beaches will remind you what being a true friend really means\"--Container." . "Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease. Includes a music video with Bette Midler; audio commentary with Garry Marshall; deleted scenes; blooper reel; and much more."@en . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" . . . . . . . . . . . "Two very different women meet at the beach and become best friends. This story covers 30 years of their lives." . . "Beaches"@en . "Beaches" . . . . . . "Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease. Featured for the first time on Blu-ray." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Videocassettes" . "Brassy C.C. Bloom and classy Hillary Whitney share their ups and downs, from good times and bad, through broken marriages and budding careers. Through it all they had each other and together they would face their greatest challenge." . "Brassy C.C. Bloom and classy Hillary Whitney share their ups and downs, from good times and bad, through broken marriages and budding careers. Through it all they had each other and together they would face their greatest challenge."@en . "Beaches [DVD]" . . . . . . . . . . . "Feature films [DVD]" . . . . "DVS Home Video." . . "DVD-Video discs." . . "Closed captioned." . . "Female friendship." . . "Feature films." . .