Outrageous Fortune (1987)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Leslie Dixon (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

The CIA is trailing them. The KGB is tracking them. The phone company is tracing them. The police are chasing them. The cowboys are herding them. And the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?

Plot:

Lauren and Sandy are total opposites who end up in the same acting class and who don't know they are sharing a lover...

Plot Keywords:

Acting | Faked Death | Money | CIA | Buddy Comedy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins

Cast

Shelley Long	...	Lauren Ames
Bette Midler	...	Sandy Brozinsky
Peter Coyote	...	Michael Sanders
Robert Prosky	...	Stanislav Korzenowski
John Schuck	...	Agent Atkins
George Carlin	...	Frank Madras
Anthony Heald	...	Weldon
Ji-Tu Cumbuka	...	Cab driver
Florence Stanley	...	Ticket agent
Jerry Zaks	...	Tobacco clerk
John DiSanti	...	Police lieutenant
Diana Bellamy	...	Madam
Gary Morgan	...	Agent Fanansky
Christopher McDonald	...	George (as Chris McDonald)
J.W. Smith	...	Gilroy, Dealer #1

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

The title is taken from the Shakespearean play "Hamlet", Act 3, Scene 1, line 58, which is the famous "To be or not to be" speech. In the movie, Long's character confesses to a classmate at the beginning of the movie that she someday hopes to play Hamlet.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Lauren and Sandy are on the conveyor belt in the bowels of the Albuquerque airport, Lauren throws a suitcase at the CIA agent right before he hits his head on the light fixture. As she picks up the bag, it's a duffel bag. Quickly it changes to a suitcase. By the time it hits his head, it's morphed into yet a third piece of luggage.

Quotes:

Sandy: You know what I bet? I bet you haven't been laid in about a year.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

The Last Time

Too outrageous!

Average 80's formula comedy that delivers just enough for the viewer not to really regret watching this one.It all rides on Long and Miler who carries the film despite too outrageous and clumsily handled gun encounters which were critical for the credibility of the story.Too bad becouse the story had something going for it.Do not expect much but it does ok for Long and Midler fans and for fans of those comedies with action scenes towards the end.....