Bette Midler Movie The Rose
Germana Layng
She co-starred with Woody Allen in the 1991 film Scenes from a Mall, again for Paul Mazursky. In the film, Allen's character reveals to his author wife Deborah, played by Midler, after years of a happy marriage, that he has had an affair, resulting in her request for divorce. The movie performed poorly,[34] and received a mixed reception by critics.[35][36][37] Midler fared somewhat better with her other 1991 project For the Boys, on which she reteamed with The Rose director Mark Rydell. A historical musical drama, it tells the story of 1940s actress and singer Dixie Leonard, played by Midler, who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer, to entertain American troops. While the film received a mixed reception from critics, Midler earned rave reviews for her portrayal. The following year she was awarded her second Golden Globe and received her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.[38]
The rose has quite the pedigree. Its parents are "Sunny Sky" and "Pope John Paul II." "He's the father and he is high maintenance," said breeder Brad Jalbert. "That's where it gets the size of the bloom."
The idea for this honor came from Amy Goldman Fowler, a friend of Midler's who was looking for ways to support the New York Restoration Project, which Midler founded to plant community gardens and trees in the city. When the rose becomes available at retail-which won't be for at least 18 to 24 months-$1 from each sale will go to the NYRP in perpetuity.
Fowler, an expert on vegetables who has a book on melons coming out in September, isn't an authority on roses. So she turned to Scanniello, who not only has clients in the Hamptons but is also the botanical garden's chief rosarian.
For now, the "Divine Miss M," as the rose is called, has found a home at the botanical garden, sharing a bed with a light pink "Wedding Bells" variety. Nearby are hybrids named for Julie Andrews and Maggie Smith.
"I've always wanted to have a rose named after me," Midler said as she got ready for an NYRP dinner celebrating those who had a hand in getting the rose named for her. "When I lived in Los Angeles, I had a book of roses and the way they described them-Madame Bluh bluh bluh, Princess This. That must be the most beautiful, the scent must be overwhelming."
Scanniello said the tradition of rose naming really took off when Empress Josephine (Napoleon's first wife) began giving the flowers at Malmaison names like "Cuisse de Nymphe emue," which translates to "blushing thigh of an aroused nymph."
Furthermore, it teaches us that just because there is suffering doesn't mean we should run from it. In fact, the five or six most powerful lines in the song are dedicated to making this point. It is suffering, hardship, and not getting what we want that ultimately teaches us how valuable life is and how deeply it should be appreciated. Instead of running from these things under the naive illusion that life is supposed to be perfect, it is better to accept them (not in a defeatist way, of course).
I guess ultimately I feel encouraged by Midler's words that some winter another seed will grow into the rose of love, for both me and my former beloved. Hopefully one day my mother can look down on me and see that I grew up happy and loved by someone willing to dance with me.
@JemmaDilemma This is exactly why I chose this song as the main one at her funeral. She only showed me love , as her only child, on her death bed. I was 55 whan she passed with me holding her hand last year, 55 lost years, but she loved roses and am tending her many roses in her memory
This touching ballad, written by songwriter Amanda McBroom, was the title track to the 1979 film The Rose,'' starring Bette Midler. The film was based loosely on the life of Janis Joplin, a talented singer / songwriter who died of a heroin overdose in 1971 at the age of 27.
One day in 1977, McBroom was driving down the freeway when Leo Sayer's hit singleMagdalena'' came on the radio. A line in the song caught her attention: Your love is like a razor; my heart is just a scar.'' She loved the lyric, but didn't agree with the simile.
InThe Rose,'' McBroom acknowledges that love can be a painful process that can leave a person feeling hurt and vulnerable. However, she also describes the wonderful moments that one might miss out on if they never take a chance on love, and encourages those without hope to remain optimistic:
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose
McBroom won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but was not nominated for an Academy Award. With her `divine' performance, Bette Midler was awarded the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Read more: musicbanter.com/lyrics/Bette-Midler-The-Rose.html
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