Why is the movie “Beaches” so widely renowned?”
Thank you for inviting me to appear before your highly respected forum. The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches is widely renowned for its role in fostering public discourse about the challenges facing your community, our nation, and the world. I appreciate the opportunity to address one of those challenges today. The American Petroleum Institute, or API as it is typically referred to, represents an industry directly employing nearly two million Americans, with another four million jobs indirectly tied to the oil and natural gas industry. Our 400 members are largely public companies owned by tens of millions of average Americans, who have invested their hard-earned savings on the expectation of a reasonable return on their investment risk. In fact, 41 percent of industry equities are held in pension funds and IRAs, and another 30 percent is in mutual funds. Less than 1-1/2 percent is held by company senior officers and directors. In fact, I suspect many of you in this room have a direct own
Beaches (AKA Forever Friends), is a 1988 Academy Award-nominated movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel of the same name by Iris Rainer Dart. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, Lainie Kazan, Mayim Bialik and Marcie Leeds. The film’s theme song, Hot 100 #1 “Wind Beneath My Wings” went on to win Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1990. Cast * Bette Midler as Cecilia “CC” Carol Bloom * Barbara Hershey as Hillary Whitney Essex * John Heard as John Pierce * Spalding Gray as Dr. Richard Milstein * Lainie Kazan as Leona Bloom * James Read as Michael Essex * Grace Johnston as Victoria Cecilia Essex * Mayim Bialik as Cecilia “CC” Carol Bloom (age 11) * Marcie Leeds as Hillary Whitney Essex (age 11) * Carol Williard as Aunt Vesta Awards and nominations Included on the soundtrack was Bette Midler’s performance of “Wind Beneath My Wings”, which became an immediate s
