Big Business
1988
Two sets of female twins are mixed up at birth. One set becomes the chief executives of a Manhattan conglomerate, while the other set succeeds at becoming poor country bumpkins. They all accidentally meet up at New York's Plaza Hotel, and from then on it's chaos all the way... Read more
| Starring | Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Edward Herrmann, Fred Ward |
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| Director | Jim Abrahams |
| Genres | Children, Comedy |
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Big Business
Two sets of female twins are mixed up at birth. One set becomes the chief executives of a Manhattan conglomerate, while the other set succeeds at becoming poor country bumpkins. They all accidentally meet up at New York's Plaza Hotel, and from then on it's chaos all the way...
| Starring | Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Edward Herrmann, Fred Ward |
|---|---|
| Director | Jim Abrahams |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Children, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 15 Mar 2004 Production year: 1988 |
| Format | DVD |
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Hailed by some critics as the greatest Laurel and Hardy comedy ever filmed, this has the dynamic duo fighting back in an orgy of reciprocal destruction. They're door-to-door salesmen selling Christmas trees in sunny California, up against their ever-wrathful stooge, James Finlayson — he of the pop-eyes and belligerent moustache — as a householder driven to take apart, bit by bit, their car, while they tear up his house and garden. Stan's crocodile tears win over the on-guard policeman, but Ollie's giveaway grin ruins any chance of a happy-ever-after finale. Even from them this is outstanding.
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Two sets of identical twins, one of each having been accidentally swapped at birth by a short-sighted nurse, are... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
You must watch this film!!!!
If you don't watch this film you're crazy!!! Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin's performances are amazing. This is the funniest film I've ever seen... 'Take a purge'
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
I loved this film!
This is such a funny film. I was laughing out loud and never without a smile on my face. I think they stole the plot from Shakespeare! It was just the best FEEL GOOD film .
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