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Outrageous Fortune (1987)
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Overview
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Writer:
Leslie Dixon (written by)
Release Date:
30 January 1987 (USA)
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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...
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Faked Death
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Money
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CIA
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Buddy Comedy
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 2 wins
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Birthday Suits: Deserve's Got Nothin' To Do With it
(From FilmExperience. 22 November 2009, 10:47 AM, PST)
Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88
(From FilmExperience. 5 July 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 22 November 2009, 10:47 AM, PST)
Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88
(From FilmExperience. 5 July 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)
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Great Star Duo!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
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100 min
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Iceland:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
West Germany:12
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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.
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Factual errors: When they are at the airport in NYC and the ticket agent pulls up potential flights for the two ladies to take, she reads flight 225 going through Kansas City, but if you look at the computer screen it reads Eastern Airlines Flight 225 going through Atlanta not Kansas City.
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Quotes:
Lauren:
Excuse please. I vas hoping you were to... how do I to say?
Ticket Agent: You say it quickly, I'm off in three minutes.
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Ticket Agent: You say it quickly, I'm off in three minutes.
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Movie Connections:
References North by Northwest (1959)
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Soundtrack:
Something Special (Theme From 'Outrageous Fortune')
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Bette Midler and Shelley Long... make one of the best female pairs ever! They are an absolute scream! It would be wonderful if we were to see them in another film together. This movie is one of the best under-rated comedies I have ever seen!
Funny action/mystery plot is very winning that packs both power and energy. A must see for anyone that loves a good comedy... however... is on the adult side of things....
U will laugh your ass off!