Divine Madness!

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Divine Madness!
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Written by Jerry Blatt
Bette Midler
Bruce Vilanch
Starring Bette Midler
Music by Tom Jans
Cinematography William A. Fraker
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of Canada September 13, 1980 (Toronto Film Festival)
Flag of the United States September 26 (limited)
Flag of Finland April 17, 1981
Running time 95 minutes (Theatrical Motion Picture Release) 87 minutes (Home Video Version)
Country U.S.A.
Language English
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Divine Madness! is a concert documentary about Bette Midler directed by Michael Ritchie. It is a documentary about a Bette Midler concert.

Richie actually filmed three different concerts and cut them together to look like one; careful choreagraphy ensured that the viewer never sees any of the 20 cameras used at the concerts.

It was released in 1980 to relative critical success, Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert giving it three and a half stars saying that the film's only weakness was that there was not "enough close-up shots of the audience".

Note- Shiver Me Timbers and Rainbow Sleeve was edited out of the Home Video Version.

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