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Sadie Ratliff/Sadie Shelton
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Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, each playing two roles, as sets of identical twins mismatched at birth.The nature versus nurture farce adapts The Comedy of Errors, but with female siblings in contemporary society: one of each twin being reared in a wealthy urban setting, while the others grew up in a poor rural environment.
Jun 10, 1988 · Big Business: Directed by Jim Abrahams. With Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann. Two couples of sisters from New York and from the countryside discover that they are connected in an incredible way.
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- Comedy
- Jim Abrahams
- 1988-06-10
Photography by. Dean Cundey. “Big Business” opens with a scene in which two sets of twins are mixed up, so that in later life each set will contain one Bette Midler and one Lily Tomlin. This ought to have inspired a funny movie, but instead what it inspires is an endless and dreary series of scenes in which the various twins just barely ...
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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Bette Midler. ... Sadie Shelton / Sadie Ratliff. Lily Tomlin. ... Rose Shelton / Rose Ratliff. Fred Ward.
Back in West Virginia, Rose Ratliff's longtime boyfriend, professional miniature-golfer Roone Dimmick (Fred Ward), is heartbroken to learn that Rose left for New York City without telling him. Determined to get her back, Roone takes a bus to New York and tracks her down at the Plaza Hotel. Upon his arrival, he mistakenly embraces Rose Shelton.
Big Business (1988) Big Business (1988) Big Business (1988) Big Business (1988) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis Two sets of twins born in the small town of Jupiter Hollow are mixed up by a ...
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Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, each playing two roles, as sets of identical twins mismatched at birth. The nature versus nurture farce adapts The Comedy of Errors, but with female siblings in contemporary society: one of each twin being reared in a wealthy urban setting, while the others grew up in a poor rural environment.
