Divine Madness
by Michael Ritchie
Our Price: $9.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $1.68 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Bette Midler, Diva Gray, Irving Sudrow, Jocelyn Brown, Ula HedwigDirector: Michael Ritchie
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Divine Madness
Movie Review: Good DVD But Should Be Better
Summary: 3 Stars
While this is one of my all time favorite Bette shows, the sound quality on this DVD is a bit soft. The film really needs to have a full restoration done to it. Additionally, in this day and age the fact that the full length version has still not been released is a crime. Once again, Rainbow Sleeve and Shiver Me Timers is missing. Also, there is footage of the song My Mother's Eyes that was performed as part of this show, but again this has not been included on the DVD. I think that it is high time that a special edition needs to be released with the FULL version and not this ancient 'home video' version.
Summary of Divine Madness
In 1980 the head usher at the pasadena civic auditorium gives his crew a pep talk: he wants tonights betty midler show to go smoothly Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Jocelyn Brown Diva Gray Run time: 86 minutes Rating: R Director: Michael RitchieAudacious, 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
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in 15 DVD Divas
Carrie (Special Edition)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2001-08-28; DVD
Best price: $5.56
Price in other shops:
Romy and Michele's High School ReunionRelease date: 1999-08-24; DVD
Best price: $6.16
Price in other shops:
Roseanne - The Complete First SeasonRelease date: 2005-08-30; DVD
Best price: $9.94
Price in other shops:
The First Wives ClubParamount; Release date: 1998-12-01; DVD
Best price: $3.93
Price in other shops:
9 to 5 - Sexist, Egotistical, Lying Hypocritical Bigot Edition - WidescreenTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2006-04-04; DVD
Best price: $7.33
Price in other shops:
Marlene Dietrich - The Glamour Collection (Morocco/ Blonde Venus/ The Devil Is a Woman/ Flame of New Orleans/ Golden Earrings)Universal; Release date: 2006-04-04; DVD
Best price: $16.72
Price in other shops:
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Special Aniversary Collector's Edition)Paramount; Release date: 2006-02-07; DVD
Best price: $10.28
Price in other shops:
Chicago (Widescreen Edition)Chicago; Release date: 2003-08-19; DVD
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Girls Will Be GirlsTWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2004-03-16; DVD
Best price: $5.61
Price in other shops:
Ellen DeGeneres - The Beginning / Here and NowRelease date: 2005-10-11; DVD
Best price: $9.00
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
GypsyLION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT; Release date: 2005-03-15; DVD
Best price: $39.75
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss MRelease date: 1995-08-29; Music CD
Best price: $3.66
Price in other shops:
Bette Midler - Jackpot - The Best Bette ( Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track)Release date: 2008-09-23; Music CD
Best price: $13.99
Price in other shops:
Beaches (Special Edition)MIDLER,BETTE; Release date: 2005-04-26; DVD
Best price: $4.76
Price in other shops:
Bette Midler - Live at LastRelease date: 1993-10-19; Music CD
Best price: $16.69
Price in other shops:
Big BusinessMIDLER,BETTE; Release date: 2002-08-13; DVD
Best price: $4.45
Price in other shops:
Bette Midler - Mud Will Be Flung TonightRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $9.98
For the BoysRelease date: 2001-04-17; DVD
Best price: $5.87
Price in other shops:
The RoseRelease date: 2003-08-19; DVD
Best price: $4.44
Price in other shops:
Bette Midler - The Divine Bette MidlerSony; Release date: 2005-06-28; DVD
Best price: $1.84
Price in other shops: