The Rose

1979 · 129 min · dir. Mark Rydell

The Rose is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Mark Rydell, and starring Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, Barry Primus, and David Keith. Loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin, the film follows self-destructive rock star Mary Rose Foster in the late 1960s, who struggles to cope with the pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager Rudge Campbell. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.