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Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 American comedy film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet ("...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune..."). It is the tenth film of Touchstone Pictures.
- $52.9 million
- Alan Silvestri
- January 30, 1987
Jan 30, 1987 · Outrageous Fortune: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky. Two women unknowingly share the same man, but when he disappears, both go out looking for him and enter his surprisingly dangerous life.
- (8.5K)
- Comedy
- Arthur Hiller
- 1987-01-30
Bombastic wannabe actress Sandy Borzinsky (Bette Midler) and persnickety Hollywood hopeful Lauren Ames (Shelley Long) land in the same popular acting class and immediately find they can't stand ...
- (173)
- Arthur Hiller
- R
- Shelley Long
Midler and Long discover that their drama teacher ( Robert Prosky) is a spy, that Coyote is in the class to spy on him, that there are people who want to kill them, and that it's up to them to chase all over the West and endure untold physical risks until the mystery is solved.
Synopsis. In New York City, Lauren Ames (Shelley Long) and Sandy Brozinsky (Bette Midler) take an immediate dislike to each other when they meet for the first time while auditioning for an acting class under the great Russian acting teacher Stanislav Korzenowski (Robert Prosky).
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Overview. Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski.
Proper, refined Lauren and loud, brash Sandy meet in an acting class and immediately dislike each other. Soon after starting the class, they each start seeing someone, unaware that it is the same man, Michael Sanders.