Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds.

Tagline: Friends come and go but there's always one you're stuck with for life.

Rich girl Hillary Whitney (Leeds) and child performer Cecilia "CC" Carol Bloom (Bialik) meet on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, and become friends, growing up (Hershey and Midler) to support each other and vie for the love of the same man.

Included on the soundtrack was Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings", which became an immediate smash hit.

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