The Rose (movie)

The Rose is a 1979 film which tells the story of a 1960s drug-addled rock music star whose life comes unraveled when she travels to her home town in Florida to put on a concert in order to show the people she grew up with that she had "made it." The story is loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin. The movie stars Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus and David Keith.

Plot summary

Mary Rose Foster alias The Rose is an ill-fated 1960s rock music singer who succumbs to the pressures of performing by indulging in alcohol and drugs. Her sweetheart Houston Dyer is the former chauffeur and AWOL Army sergeant who naively tries to save her from self destruction, while her British manager Rudge Campbell is ultimately blamed for not preventing her inevitable downfall. The story mirrors any one of a number of popular singers who have fallen victim to the excess of success.

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