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There are times in Ritchie's Divine “Madness” when he seems to be trying to turn a live Bette Midler stage concert into a Hollywood genre musical. He opens as if “Divine Madness” is going to be a traditional concert film. Bette charges on stage, the audience cheers, there's an electric performance feel.
94 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $5,318,098. 1981, Bette Midler in Amsterdam promoting the film. Divine Madness is a 1980 American concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler and the Harlettes during her February 13–15, 1980 concerts at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena ...
A National Treasure Chest. Divine Madness is a 1980 concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler during her 1979 concert at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium. The 94-minute film features Midler's stand-up comedy routines as well as 16 songs, including "Big Noise From Winnetka," "Paradise," "Shiver Me Timbers," "Fire Down Below ...
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- The Ladd Company, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Michael Ritchie
Divine Madness: Directed by Michael Ritchie. With Bette Midler, Jocelyn Brown, Ula Hedwig, Diva Gray. Movie comedy queen Bette Midler reigns supreme in this rocking, rolling concert movie bash. The Divine Miss M at her trashiest, flashiest, heavenly best!
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- 3 min
- Michael Ritchie
Sep 25, 1980 · DIVINE MADNESS, directed and produced by Mi- chael Ritchie; written by Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler and Bruce Vilanch; director of photography, William A. Fraker; edited by Glenn Farr; music...
Shortly after her Oscar-nominated breakthrough role in The Rose (1979), Bette Midler was filmed (by director Michael Ritchie) performing a live mixture of music and comedy at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
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Divine Madness is a 1980 concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler during her 1979 concert at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium.
