Divine Madness
by Michael Ritchie
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Actor: Bette Midler, Diva Gray, Irving Sudrow, Jocelyn Brown, Ula HedwigDirector: Michael Ritchie
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Bette Midler
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Writer: Bruce Vilanch
Writer: Jerry Blatt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Divine Madness
Movie Review: Essential to Have
Summary: 5 Stars
This is so good. I watch it over and over again, and now I think she sang rather well in it (in hindsight). Also, I've seen her live, (during her No Frills tour ..or whatever it was called) but wow, she was so good, I was an even more impressed fan. So, I have to recommend Art or Bust, her cable special, too.
Summary of Divine Madness
IN 1980, THE HEAD USHER AT THE PASADENA CIVIC AUDITORIUM GIVESHIS CREW A PEP TALK: HE WANTS TONIGHT'SBETTY MIDLERSHOW TOGO SMOOTHLYAudacious, brazen, funny, and perhaps the unconscious inspiration for Madonna's shows, Divine Madness makes an absolute spectacle of itself. Bette Midler's raunchy, entertaining persona is on high in this concert film filmed in Pasadena. Midler tells dirty jokes, berates herself and the audience, and most of all belts out (some may say shrieks out) covers of Bruce Springsteen and rock and swing classics. Somewhere between "Everything's Comin' Up Roses" and "Vogue," Midler seems a bridge between eras, that of burlesque, do-anything-to-please-'em showmanship and shocking, pyrotechnic exhibitionism and aloofness. (A hint at just how old this 1980 movie feels, Midler unabashedly makes a reference to Georgie Jessel!) Directed by Michael Ritchie, whose Smile and The Bad New Bears were interesting takes on America, Divine is also a slice of the American experience. It's dirty enough to be fun and clean enough to stay just this side of bawdy. That used to be a fine American tradition. Note: The songs "Shiver Me Timbers" and "Rainbow Sleeve," which appeared in the theatrical release of this picture, are not included in this DVD. That's a shame because with Midler, more is more. --Keith Simanton
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