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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bette Midler | ... | Sadie Shelton / Sadie Ratliff | |
| Lily Tomlin | ... | Rose Shelton / Rose Ratliff | |
| Fred Ward | ... | Roone Dimmick | |
| Edward Herrmann | ... | Graham Sherbourne | |
| Michele Placido | ... | Fabio Alberici | |
| Daniel Gerroll | ... | Chuck | |
| Barry Primus | ... | Michael | |
| Michael Gross | ... | Dr. Jay Marshall | |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Binky Shelton | |
| Nicolas Coster | ... | Hunt Shelton | |
| Patricia Gaul | ... | Iona Ratliff | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Garth Ratliff | |
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Norma MacMillan | ... | Nanny Lewis |
| Joe Grifasi | ... | Desk Clerk | |
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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 following a big business deal to closedown the Jupiter Hollow factory. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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10 June 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$6,112,577, 12 June 1988Gross USA:
$40,150,487Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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[turns around and walks away after door closes in her face]
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Sadie Shelton: [Rushing to the elevator] Hold the door. Hold the door! Hold the door![turns around and walks away after door closes in her face]
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I rushed right out and located the DVD of "Big Business," even though I knew that Disney had a bad reputation for minimal value in extras on their DVD releases. That situation has improved over time, and seeing BB in wide screen made it all worthwhile. This movie started out funny for me and has gotten better with repeated viewings. It has an excellent pedigree with Jim Abrahams directing and Dean Cundey manning the camera, and the leads are definitely up to the challenge of dualie roles.
It is unusual for a comedy to have the strong viewpoint and values expressed in this movie. Fred Ward's Rune talks about the simple pleasures of living in the rural country and you know that somebody involved with the script knew those pleasures personally. The characters rarely become stereotypes. Even the secondary characters are treated with respect.
Dean Cundey, Director of Photography, must have been specializing in trick photography as he went on to shoot "Back to the Future 2" and "3" with even better results. The effects budget for BB was high enough to keep the believability intact.
To me this is an all-around enjoyable light comedy.