Barbra Streisand
'SIXTY-NINE' - BRYAN ADAMS FANCLUB FROM HOLLAND
DUET 'I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE’ WITH BARBRA STREISAND
Bryan has been invited by Barbra
Streisand to sing a duet together.
Last october they have completed a song
for her film "The Mirror Has Two Faces".
The song, ‘I Finally Found Someone’ was
written by Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange,
Barbra Streisand and Marvin Hamlisch and
has been released in the US on November
6th.
Release-date in Europe: December 21st
(with B-sides: 'Star', 'I Think About
You' and 'Do To You').
Click here for the complete songtext!
Barbra Streisand is no stranger to the
world of filmsoundtracks. The multi
Oscar/Grammy/Emmy/Tony/Peabody/Golden
Globe Awardwinner earned one of her two
Academy Awards for ‘Evergreen’, the
lovetheme from "A Star Is Born", which
was named Best Song and reached no. 1
in 1977.
Barbra later wrote the score to "Nuts"
(1987), a film she also starred in and produced.
In total Barbara has made 38 albums in her career of
which the latest was the 1994 platinum plus double CD
"Barbra - The Concert", recorded live at Madison Square
Garden.
"The Mirror Has Two Faces"
(by Debbie Seagle)
American Bryan Adams fans were treated this winter to a
new movie - The Mirror Has Two Faces - and the soundtrack
included a romantic duet by Bryan and the ever popular
Barbara Streisand. The song, "I Finally Found Someone",
was written by Bryan and the song also produced a music
video which featured clips from the production of the new
film, as well as glimpses of Bryan and Barbara hanging out
together. Still photos of these clips were used for the
CD single design.
The central characters in this story are played by Barbara
Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Mimi Rogers, Lauren Bacall and
Pierce Brosnan. Rose (Barbara Streisand) is a professor
of literature at Columbia University. She is brilliant
and passionate in her teaching abilities but is very plain
and understated in her appearance. In sharp contrast her
sister, played by Mimi Rogers, is glamorous and bubbly.
The two sisters are always being compared by their mother
(Lauren Bacall) who never misses an opportunity to point
out that Rose should be more like her sister. She is
encourage to "fix herself up" so she can meet a nice man
and settle down.
Enter Jeff Bridges, also a professor at Columbia university,
in the mathematics department. He is also brilliant, but
does not have the same style and finesse as Rose. He also
longs for companionship but becomes flustered when he is
around women he is sexually attracted to. This is demon-
strated in a scene from the movie where an old girlfriend
of his shows up unexpectedly at a lecture he is giving.
He stammers and stumbles, and is unable to conduct his
lecture.
Rose’s sister is newly married to the handsome Pierce Bros-
nan and she wants desperately for her sister to be as happy
as she is. She answers a personal ad for Rose, placed by
the math professor, and tells him all about her sister.
He agrees to check out Rose by attending one of her lectures.
When he sees her he is instantly taken with her intellect,
her way with her students, and the subject of romantic
literature which she is speaking about. Her lecture is very
moving and she asks the question, "Why do people want roman-
tic love?"
The couple get together for a date and they fall in love.
They begin a relationship without any sexual contact involved.
Eventually they decide to get married and again, the stipula-
tion is that there be no sexual relationship. He insists that
he wants her as his soul-mate only. Rose agrees and they are
married but she quickly becomes tired of the odd arrangement
and she decides to leave her husband. In his depression, he
decides to travel to Europe on an extended holiday.
While he is abroad, Rose decides to finally fix herself up and
begins working out, buying new clothes and doing her hair and
make-up differently. She begins to look so fabulous that her
new brother-in-law makes a pass at her. One of the most
poignant moments in the movie is when she tells her brother-
in-law, "I used to think you were too good for me, but now I
realize that I am too good for you." Clearly now she sees the
other face in her mirror - the glamorous and exciting Rose.
She reconciles with her mother for always criticizing her and
comparing her to her sister and the two become close.
Eventually Rose’s husband comes back to the States and is
flustered by her attractiveness. It is obvious that she is
still in love with him and the movie ends with a scene where
they meet and dance in the streets - a happy ending is implied.
It is at this part of the movie, with them embracing each other
that Bryan and Barbara can be heard singing "I Finally Found
Someone."
The movie was already in cinemas in the States on November 15th
and it will be in the European cinemas sometime in January 1997.