This was a movie that I had heard little about until I found the DVD in a "cheap" bin in a bog box store. It was worth every single penny--and then some. For those of us born in post WW II America, we were familiar with the end of the big bands era (our mothers and fathers played the 78 rpm records and sang with and danced to them),. We watched the early TV shows of the 1950s on those tiny little screens in Black and White, and we watched the horrors of the Viet Nam conflict brought into our living rooms on the nightly news. This was a very good movie.
nice little interview - they'd probably been at that press junket for quite a while. The movie IS about forgiveness and the journey one takes with other people. I've been going back to the opening numbers over and over during covid - there's something about performing for soldiers, men and women on the line, that touches me deeply and this movie captures that. I've never been a rabid Bette fan, nor James Caan, but this is a lovely duet of a film. (Gotta say Caan did another great old fashioned forgiveness movie with KISS ME GOODBYE, playing the ghost of Sally Field's tap dancing husband. He was intolerable, letting his talent pave his way thru life and hurting people along the way.) Bette would have more fun in Hocus Pocus after this. Thanks for posting!
Bette Midler And I Met And almost fell in love . I will never forget how she was so nice to me . spending so much of her to time with me . asking me all kinds of personal questions ? Like do I have a Girl friend ? Are you married ? And so much more ? The most 2 questions that will always stand out in my mind is ? Do you like Kids ? And am I gay ? I'm not making this up Bette fans " she did asked me lots of questions and there is so much more between us and what happened to us ? Why not share our time together to the world am I right ? All though this has been so many years ago . I really Believe with all my heart that she still remembers me . I didn't see Bette As A Star " just a very nice lady spending a lot of her time with me . She told me she just bought a house , And this is what inspired me to write such a pretty song about us . All Bette Fans is welcome to sing my song about Bette And I . And when you do " put yourself in my place being with Bette ...Bette something's you just can't Forget ....copyright 2016. On you tube and Most Bette sites ...
@@user-jl7ym4en5b This guy is some kind of nut, he posts on almost every single clip that features Bette. Is it any wonder why celebrities stick to their own and don’t like to get to know “fans”? I wouldn’t either.
@@Gemmarose9012 No, it really is not. Agree 100% with you. This however is sad because there are much more ”normal” loving fans than those kind of creeps but there is always some weirdos among us who don’t know any boundaries.
Interviewer is TOO SERIOUS! It's NOTa talk w/ scientists who've cured a horrid disease! THEY'RE 2 HIGHLY PAID PERFOREMERS! Bette's had her share of not so pleasant co-workers. He was miserable in "Kiss Me Goodbye".
@@alicehenderson7983 No. I was referencing her not so very pleasant o-stars. James Caan, ( her co-star in : For The Boys"), I foundd him to be awful in " Kiss Me Goodbye". That film ('82), starred Sally Fields * Jeff Bridges. A great ensemble piece. All co-stars, complained abt. workong with James Cann. And all reviews pointed to Caan as the weakest link in the film ( overacting). It was a remake of the French film, "Donna Flluer(sp), & Her Two Husbands".
@@user-jl7ym4en5b But that made Caan perfect - he was a womanizer, not completely true to anyone but himself and his image. KMG was a farce also about the myth of celebrity - "Everybody loved Jolly!" and Sally Field has a moment of ' well, not everyone' . Caan is not universally loved in FOR THE BOYS - matter of fact, he's tolerated as a figurehead who uses power unwisely and this can be said about most of his roles. KMG is also about how someone's memory can be glorified, covering up the realities, while the living are still scrambling. Overall, KMG was a big step for Jeff Bridges(fresh from TRON and going into Against All Odds), a great role for Sally who would go on to her second Oscar next in Places In the Heart, a superb supporting cast and Caan understood his own myth. Plus, Caan was playing into the farce aspect of the role where others (except Sally)had to play straight. (He may not have been so nice at the Kraft table or early morning makeup chair, but I wouldn't dismiss it.)
@@mdmphd You mk some great points & gave equal time to all supporting characters. A GREAT group of actors. I get your assessment of the character, "Jollly", but everything about Caan bothers me. Love J. Bridges, I flew on United 2x LAX to NYC he was so nice & put me on the list as his guest for Letterman. And Bridges' "Rupert" was perfect - he's a natural ... all the way back to " he Last Picture Show".Check him out in "The Door In The Floor". The film deserved 4 Oscar nods! Sally is a heck of an actress. She was my neighbor for ,6 yrs... that's another 50 page thesis, ( let's just say, she was the right person to play "Sybill" 😃). Caan ? I can't put my finger on it. I don't like his acting, ( esp. his supposed charming "Jolly" moments). I did love the revered quips/references abt. him by Claire ?, (Sally's film " mother'). Brilliant! Perhaps I find Caan so unattractive, (& those horrid hairweaves), that it supercedes my being able to see anything in him/ to him esp. comic acting talent. I cld not even stand him in "Chapter Two". A fun NYC film. BTW, this interview that we're posting below. Oh my, Bette is brilliant, but I went off of her for a bit, (when SHE became "an enterprise" of sorts? And her rearlly sad ballads, up to 83's "No Frills" ,( well, even "Bette of Roses"I). But this interview ! ... I'm hearing a bit of moaning abt all of the hard work involved in "For The Boys". I say look at the wire transfer that went into your bank account & stop telling the general populous "how hard it is". Again, yes "Jolly" was well written , but Caan & his ascots as this EVER fun "charming" hubby, is so implausible. Such poor casting.
@@user-jl7ym4en5b Have liked Jeff Bridges since he took King Kong seriously (and he had hair that matched and at times was better than Jessica's!). I will look for Door in the Floor. I'm a big, bigtime Field fan - she has the ability to pluck at my heartstrings, something most others can't. I was too young for Gidget but caught FLying Nun a bit, and her final girl turn in Home for the Holidays, followed by Sybil sealed the deal. I was quite sad to read her autobiography and hear of her trouble with her stepfather and later male life partners (Burt - another self-centered X). Caan - take him or leave him - he specializes in unlikable characters working through his problems in life, usually myopically. I'd forgotten about those ascots - were they supposed to make him artistic and theatrical? Hmmm. INteresting that the character of Jolly specializes in tap, something one usually practices and does alone. He has a lot of anger and frustration brewing in anything I can think of. I just thought of someone - Kevin Kline as Jolly! He probably wasn't established enough, but oh the chemistry. Claiiiiirrrrre... Trevor. I wanted to do that without IMDB. B actress with a great sense of sarcasm. There was also Mildred Natwick in one short scene, Michael Ensign, Paul Dooley as the Priest performing an exorcism on a dog... - it was loaded with character actors, which I miss about older films. They all made little roles sparkle. Re: Bette - I was in public radio and hosted a love songs show for a stretch, so having Wind Beneath my Wings/Hero and WQhitney's I Will Always Love You requested EV'ery night... Nothing will kill your love of music faster than being forced to play it over and over. Bette could, and did, often go flat, but her music was all heart. Her cover of Do You Wanna Dance is a good example. Bette's very best was The Rose, followed by her Mama Rose in Gypsy. Thanks for chatting!!
In my view this was a great movie. Great music, wonderful cast and a beautiful storyline. I enjoy any movie Bette Midler is in.
This was a movie that I had heard little about until I found the DVD in a "cheap" bin in a bog box store. It was worth every single penny--and then some. For those of us born in post WW II America, we were familiar with the end of the big bands era (our mothers and fathers played the 78 rpm records and sang with and danced to them),. We watched the early TV shows of the 1950s on those tiny little screens in Black and White, and we watched the horrors of the Viet Nam conflict brought into our living rooms on the nightly news. This was a very good movie.
I didnt hear about this film until xmas day of 91 when I opened a bag and saw that my mother had bought me this sound track.
My favorite movie!
Usually I hate war movies but this one is amazing absolutely beautiful 😊
nice little interview - they'd probably been at that press junket for quite a while. The movie IS about forgiveness and the journey one takes with other people. I've been going back to the opening numbers over and over during covid - there's something about performing for soldiers, men and women on the line, that touches me deeply and this movie captures that. I've never been a rabid Bette fan, nor James Caan, but this is a lovely duet of a film. (Gotta say Caan did another great old fashioned forgiveness movie with KISS ME GOODBYE, playing the ghost of Sally Field's tap dancing husband. He was intolerable, letting his talent pave his way thru life and hurting people along the way.) Bette would have more fun in Hocus Pocus after this. Thanks for posting!
Bette Midler And I Met And almost fell in love . I will never forget how she was so nice to me . spending so much of her to time with me . asking me all kinds of personal questions ? Like do I have a Girl friend ? Are you married ? And so much more ? The most 2 questions that will always stand out in my mind is ? Do you like Kids ? And am I gay ? I'm not making this up Bette fans " she did asked me lots of questions and there is so much more between us and what happened to us ? Why not share our time together to the world am I right ? All though this has been so many years ago . I really Believe with all my heart that she still remembers me . I didn't see Bette As A Star " just a very nice lady spending a lot of her time with me . She told me she just bought a house , And this is what inspired me to write such a pretty song about us . All Bette Fans is welcome to sing my song about Bette And I . And when you do " put yourself in my place being with Bette ...Bette something's you just can't Forget ....copyright 2016. On you tube and Most Bette sites ...
Was your song ever recorded?
@@user-jl7ym4en5b This guy is some kind of nut, he posts on almost every single clip that features Bette. Is it any wonder why celebrities stick to their own and don’t like to get to know “fans”? I wouldn’t either.
@@Gemmarose9012 No, it really is not. Agree 100% with you. This however is sad because there are much more ”normal” loving fans than those kind of creeps but there is always some weirdos among us who don’t know any boundaries.
Interviewer is TOO SERIOUS! It's NOTa talk w/ scientists who've cured a horrid disease! THEY'RE 2 HIGHLY PAID PERFOREMERS! Bette's had her share of not so pleasant co-workers. He was miserable in "Kiss Me Goodbye".
Kiss me Goodbye, what movie is that, is it a Bette Midler in it
@@alicehenderson7983 No. I was referencing her not so very pleasant o-stars. James Caan, ( her co-star in : For The Boys"), I foundd him to be awful in " Kiss Me Goodbye". That film ('82), starred Sally Fields * Jeff Bridges. A great ensemble piece. All co-stars, complained abt. workong with James Cann. And all reviews pointed to Caan as the weakest link in the film ( overacting). It was a remake of the French film, "Donna Flluer(sp), & Her Two Husbands".
@@user-jl7ym4en5b But that made Caan perfect - he was a womanizer, not completely true to anyone but himself and his image. KMG was a farce also about the myth of celebrity - "Everybody loved Jolly!" and Sally Field has a moment of ' well, not everyone' . Caan is not universally loved in FOR THE BOYS - matter of fact, he's tolerated as a figurehead who uses power unwisely and this can be said about most of his roles. KMG is also about how someone's memory can be glorified, covering up the realities, while the living are still scrambling. Overall, KMG was a big step for Jeff Bridges(fresh from TRON and going into Against All Odds), a great role for Sally who would go on to her second Oscar next in Places In the Heart, a superb supporting cast and Caan understood his own myth. Plus, Caan was playing into the farce aspect of the role where others (except Sally)had to play straight. (He may not have been so nice at the Kraft table or early morning makeup chair, but I wouldn't dismiss it.)
@@mdmphd You mk some great points & gave equal time to all supporting characters. A GREAT group of actors. I get your assessment of the character, "Jollly", but everything about Caan bothers me. Love J. Bridges, I flew on United 2x LAX to NYC he was so nice & put me on the list as his guest for Letterman. And Bridges' "Rupert" was perfect - he's a natural ... all the way back to " he Last Picture Show".Check him out in "The Door In The Floor". The film deserved 4 Oscar nods! Sally is a heck of an actress. She was my neighbor for ,6 yrs... that's another 50 page thesis, ( let's just say, she was the right person to play "Sybill" 😃).
Caan ? I can't put my finger on it. I don't like his acting, ( esp. his supposed charming "Jolly" moments). I did love the revered quips/references abt. him by Claire ?, (Sally's film " mother'). Brilliant!
Perhaps I find Caan so unattractive, (& those horrid hairweaves), that it supercedes my being able to see anything in him/ to him esp. comic acting talent. I cld not even stand him in "Chapter Two". A fun NYC film.
BTW, this interview that we're posting below. Oh my, Bette is brilliant, but I went off of her for a bit, (when SHE became "an enterprise" of sorts? And her rearlly sad ballads, up to 83's "No Frills" ,( well, even "Bette of Roses"I). But this interview ! ... I'm hearing a bit of moaning abt all of the hard work involved in "For The Boys". I say look at the wire transfer that went into your bank account & stop telling the general populous "how hard it is".
Again, yes "Jolly" was well written , but Caan & his ascots as this EVER fun "charming" hubby, is so implausible. Such poor casting.
@@user-jl7ym4en5b Have liked Jeff Bridges since he took King Kong seriously (and he had hair that matched and at times was better than Jessica's!). I will look for Door in the Floor. I'm a big, bigtime Field fan - she has the ability to pluck at my heartstrings, something most others can't. I was too young for Gidget but caught FLying Nun a bit, and her final girl turn in Home for the Holidays, followed by Sybil sealed the deal. I was quite sad to read her autobiography and hear of her trouble with her stepfather and later male life partners (Burt - another self-centered X). Caan - take him or leave him - he specializes in unlikable characters working through his problems in life, usually myopically. I'd forgotten about those ascots - were they supposed to make him artistic and theatrical? Hmmm. INteresting that the character of Jolly specializes in tap, something one usually practices and does alone. He has a lot of anger and frustration brewing in anything I can think of. I just thought of someone - Kevin Kline as Jolly! He probably wasn't established enough, but oh the chemistry.
Claiiiiirrrrre... Trevor. I wanted to do that without IMDB. B actress with a great sense of sarcasm. There was also Mildred Natwick in one short scene, Michael Ensign, Paul Dooley as the Priest performing an exorcism on a dog... - it was loaded with character actors, which I miss about older films. They all made little roles sparkle.
Re: Bette - I was in public radio and hosted a love songs show for a stretch, so having Wind Beneath my Wings/Hero and WQhitney's I Will Always Love You requested EV'ery night... Nothing will kill your love of music faster than being forced to play it over and over. Bette could, and did, often go flat, but her music was all heart. Her cover of Do You Wanna Dance is a good example. Bette's very best was The Rose, followed by her Mama Rose in Gypsy.
Thanks for chatting!!