that her self-centeredness and obsession with her career have him feeling left behind, and he asks for a divorce. After the argument, Hillary ignores C.C.'s letters, throwing herself into being a dutiful, but unchallenged, wife. finds out that Hillary has stopped working as a lawyer, she accuses her of giving up on her dreams. perform on Broadway, where she has become a star. Hillary and Michael travel to New York to see C.C. and John spend a lot of time together, start dating and eventually marry. After her father passes away, Hillary spends time at her family beach house with lawyer Michael Essex, eventually marrying him. When Hillary returns home to care for her ailing father, the two friends resolve their issues about John, as John does not have romantic feelings for C.C. Hillary and John sleep together on the opening night of C.C.'s first lead role in an off-Broadway production. is now performing singing telegrams, leading to a job offer from John, the artistic director of the Falcon Players, after she sings his birthday telegram.Ī love triangle ensues as Hillary and John are instantly attracted to one another, leaving C.C. is performing, their first meeting since Atlantic City. Hillary shows up at the New York City dive bar where C.C. Hillary becomes a human rights lawyer, while C.C.'s singing career does not exactly take off. They become fast friends, growing up and bonding through letters of support to each other. is hiding from her overbearing stage mother. met in 1958, under the boardwalk on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Unable to get a flight to San Francisco because of fog, she rents a car and drives overnight, reflecting on her lifelong friendship with Hillary. She leaves in a panic to travel to the side of her friend Hillary Whitney, a San Francisco heiress and lawyer. Middle-aged Cecilia Carol 'C.C.' Bloom, a New York actress and singer, receives a note during a rehearsal for her upcoming Los Angeles concert.

It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.ĭespite generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing $59 million in the box office.Ī sequel, based on the 1991 novel Beaches II: I'll Be There was planned with Barbara Eden but never filmed. Beaches (also known as Forever Friends) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue and based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel of the same name.

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