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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 12/01/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy, Comedy of Manners, Buddy Film, Feminist Film See Also: First Wives Club, First Wives Club [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint]

Three women plot revenge on their two-timing husbands in this comedy. Brenda (Bette Midler), Elise (Goldie Hawn), and Annie (Diane Keaton) were close friends in college, but 27 years after graduation they've lost touch with each other, and it's not until a mutual friend of the three commits suicide that they meet at the funeral for the first time in years. It seems that their friend grew despondent after her husband left her for a younger woman, and all three find themselves in similar situations. Elise is an actress who finds herself out of work now that she's seen the shady side of 40, and her husband and producer Bill (Victor Garber) is demanding a divorce (and half of her fortune). Brenda helped her husband Morton (Dan Hedaya) open a profitable chain of discount electronics stores, but now that his commercials have made him a minor celebrity, he's taken up with a much younger (and thinner) woman. Annie has allowed her husband Aaron (Stephen Collins) to use her as a doormat throughout their marriage, and she's at a loss now that he's leaving her. After comparing notes, Brenda, Elise, and Annie decide that it's time to do something about their problems, and they hatch an elaborate blackmail scheme that will win them control of their ex-husband's businesses and allow them to do something positive with the money they helped earn. Heather Locklear and Ivana Trump both make cameo appearances. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Bette Midler - Brenda Morelli Cushman
Goldie Hawn - Elise Elliot Atchison
Diane Keaton - Annie McDuggan Paradise

Hugh Wilson's comedy The First Wives Club comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish subtitles are accessible, and the soundtracks are both closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the theatrical trailer. This is a solid release from Paramount that boasts strong sound quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide