Dr. Ralph H. Wolfe Viewing Center

Call Number: VHS01307

by Mark Rydell; Bette Midler; Alan Bates; Frederic Forrest;

Format: VHS

Language: English

Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Video, 2003, 1984.

Notes:  Originally released in 1979 (100 min.); Nominated for four 1980 academy awards;

Summary: Midler plays a burned-out rock star whose hard-driving manager won’t give her a rest. She goes on a self-destructive binge of sex, and drinking, and kidnaps a chauffeur. Loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin.

OCLC #: 506125232

Also: Available on DVD at DVD00442

Added: July 16, 2010