For the Boys

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film musical drama film

For the Boys is a 1991 musical drama film starring Bette Midler as a USO entertainer whose decades-long performing career is set against the backdrop of multiple American wars.

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For the Boys canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical drama film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
character Dixie Leonard ⓘ
Eddie Sparks ⓘ
cinematographyBy Peter James ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mark Rydell ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
editedBy Peter E. Berger ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
follows USO entertainers ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasAccoladeNominationFor Bette Midler ⓘ
hasPosterCaption Theatrical release poster ⓘ
hasTheme aging and career longevity ⓘ
impact of war on entertainers ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
personal sacrifice ⓘ
leadActor Bette Midler ⓘ
James Caan ⓘ
musicBy Dave Grusin ⓘ
narrativeTimeSpan 1940s to 1980s ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays United Service Organizations ⓘ
producer Allan Carr ⓘ
Bonnie Bruckheimer ⓘ
productionCompany Allan Carr Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1991-11-22 ⓘ
releaseYear 1991 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 138 ⓘ
screenwriter Lindy Laub ⓘ
Marshall Brickman ⓘ
Neal Jimenez ⓘ
setDuring Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
starring Arye Gross ⓘ
Bette Midler ⓘ
George Segal ⓘ
James Caan ⓘ
Patrick O’Neal ⓘ
surface form: Patrick O'Neal

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Bette Midler → notableWork → For the Boys ⓘ
Mark Rydell → notableWork → For the Boys ⓘ
Mark Rydell → directed → For the Boys ⓘ
Lindy Laub → notableWork → For the Boys ⓘ
Lindy Laub → coWrote → For the Boys ⓘ
Dixie Leonard → appearsIn → For the Boys ⓘ
Dixie Leonard → createdFor → For the Boys ⓘ
Eddie Sparks → appearsIn → For the Boys ⓘ
Eddie Sparks → narrativeFocusIn → For the Boys ⓘ
Eddie Sparks → createdFor → For the Boys ⓘ
Arye Gross → notableWork → For the Boys ⓘ