Big Business

Big Business

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Mistake In Person | Wealth

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  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Jim Abrahams
  • Cast(s): Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 37min
  • Music: Lee Holdridge
  • Award(s): American Comedy 1989 (Won)
    American Comedy 1989 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Swapped, Outcome
  • Story:
    In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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6.4/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
Ratings

6.4/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
American Comedy Award

Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Leading Role | 1989 | Bette

Nominations
American Comedy Award

Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Leading Role | 1989 | Lily

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Just before the cameras rolled on each of her Rose Shelton scenes, Lily Tomlin would spin around in a circle several times until she got dizzy, in order to exhibit the air-headed qualities of her character.

The structure of the film was based loosely on "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare.

This movie was originally written for Barbra Streisand (Bette Midler's role) and Goldie Hawn (Lily Tomlin's role).

The stereophonic sound on the film does not kick in until the end of the prologue ready for the transition to modern day. The sound, until that point, is mono.

The production company couldn't get the rights to film at the actual Plaza Hotel in New York, so it had it recreated on sound stages. To recoup construction costs, Disney built a sitcom around it, The Nutt House (1989). It was an expensive flop.

Popular Dialogues

"Sadie Shelton: Is this how we dress for the office? You look like a blood clot!"

"Sadie Shelton: Do you want one of the board members to see you? They'll say you're a sniveling, hysterical, pre-periodic twit! Rose Shelton: I have a right to my own feelings Sadie and I am not a twit. I may be pre-periodic and I may be hysterical. So what? Sadie Shelton: So there are drugs for those things, and we make most of them!"