Beaches (1988 film)

Beaches
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Garry Marshall
Written by	Mary Agnes Donoghue
Based on	Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart
Produced by	Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell Bette Midler Margaret Jeuth
Starring	Bette Midler Barbara Hershey
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Richard Halsey
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV All Girl Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	December 21, 1988 (1988-12-21)
Running time	123 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[2]
Box office	$57 million[3]

Beaches (the working title as Remember Me) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue and based on Iris Rainer Dart's 1985 novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.

Depending on the region, the film also goes by titles such as Forever Friends (alternately), Throughout Life (France), Girlfriends (German), The Friends (Greece & Denmark), Eternally Friends (Hispanic), On the Beach (Russia), Deeper Love Than Sisters (Taiwan), and Song on the Beach (Turkey).