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1987 Certificate 15
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Two struggling actresses are forced together in a dangerous CIA plot that takes them across the country in a wild comic adventure. The objects of their chase - a two-timing romeo and a deadly poisonous bacteria that could destroy the world... Read more

Starring Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote, George Carlin
Director Arthur Hiller
Genres Comedy

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Outrageous Fortune

Two struggling actresses are forced together in a dangerous CIA plot that takes them across the country in a wild comic adventure. The objects of their chase - a two-timing romeo and a deadly poisonous bacteria that could destroy the world...

Starring Bette Midler, Shelley Long, Peter Coyote, George Carlin
Director Arthur Hiller
Studio WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 19 Jul 2004
Production year: 1987
Format DVD
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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Bette Midler and Cheers star Shelley Long team up for this buddy-buddy comedy to play two women from different sides of the tracks who find they have the same two-timing boyfriend (Peter Coyote, in a serious piece of miscasting — it's hard to believe one woman would be after him, let alone two). Director Arthur Hiller manages to keep the action and comedy rolling along at a fairly boisterous rate, and he's helped considerably by the assured performances of Midler and Long, who refuse to let the humour lapse for a second.

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  • Lauren (Long) and Sandy (Midler) share the same two-timing lover (Coyote), a fact they only discover after he has... read more on Time Out

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Outrageously Funny

    Classic 1980s comedy with Bette Midler and Shelly Long as perfectly matched adversaries who both think they have found Mr. Right. The only problem being its the same Mr. Right, and then he stages his own death!

    What follows is a mad-cap chase as they try to find him in order to confront him. Somehow the CIA, KGB and assorted under cover agents get involved.

    Fast paced and funny, the film slips by quickly and you will want to watch it again.

      • P King from West of England
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Very Much an 80's Classic

    This film is brilliant slapstick through and through.

    Bette Midler and Shelly Long both revel in playing polar opposite characters and that is the reason this film is so watchable.

    The plot is total non-sense, the costumes are 'so' 80's the continuity people must have been drunk but all this adds to the laughs and helps us see the actresses shine.

    Best scene: Midler and Longs comedy attempt to pretend to be cops: Cagney and Lacey wannabe - hilarious!

    ENJOY over and over!

      • A customer from UK
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