Divine Madness
“A National Treasure Chest”
Divine Madness is a 1980 concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler during her 1979 concert at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium. The 94-minute film features Midler's stand-up comedy routines as well as 16 songs, including "Big Noise From Winnetka," "Paradise," "Shiver Me Timbers," "Fire Down Below," "Stay With Me," "My Mother’s Eyes," "Chapel of Love/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Do You Want to Dance," "You Can’t Always Get What You Want/I Shall Be Released", "The E-Street Shuffle/Summer (The First Time)/"Leader of the Pack" and "The Rose".
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Cast
9 people
Bette Midler
Self - The Divine Miss M
Known for
Hocus Pocus 2
The Stepford Wives
Jocelyn Brown
Self - The Harlettes
Also in
Just the Two of Us
Tribute to the Funk - Live in Paris
Ula Hedwig
Self - The Harlettes
Also in
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Diva Gray
Self - The Harlettes
Known for
Everyone Says I Love You
Irving Sudrow
Self - Head Usher
Tony Berg
Self - Band Vocals
Also in
I Need You (To Be Wrong): The Making of Interrobang
Jon Bonine
Self - Band Vocals
Joey Carbone
Self - Band Vocals
Randy Kerber
Self - Band Vocals
Known for
The Eddy
Michael Ritchie Director · Bette Midler Writer Bruce Vilanch Writer
Worldwide gross $5.3M · United States release September 26, 1980 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,318,098
Production
The Ladd Company
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1980
Premiere · Toronto Film Festival
United States · September 26, 1980
Theatrical
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