Big Business (1988)

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Synopsis
Thanks to a mix-up at birth, two sets of twins are separated and grow up in radically different social circles. The four baby girls grow up to be Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin-and Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. One of the Midlers is a ruthless New York CEO, while one of the Tomlins is her air-headed "save the whales" business partner. Thousands of miles away in a Southern industrial town, a blue-collar Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin work for a company that the white-collar Midler plans to devour in a hostile takeover. The "poor" Midler and Tomlin head to New York to argue against the takeover, inevitably getting mixed up with the "rich" Midler and Tomlin. Three of the four twins team up to save the small-town company, while CEO Midler remains as nastily greedy as ever. Clear enough? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Nicolas Coster	Hunt Shelton
Patricia Gaul	Iona Ratliff
Daniel Gerroll	Chuck
Seth Green	Jason
Joe Grifasi	Desk Clerk
Mary Gross	Judy
Edward Herrmann	Graham Sherbourne
Norma Macmillan	Nanny Lewis
Michele Placido	Fabio Alberici
J.C. Quinn	Garth Ratliff
Deborah Rush	Binky Shelton
John Vickery	Hotel Manager
Fred Ward	Roone Dimmick
Michael Gross	Dr. Jay Marshall
Bette Midler	Sadie Shelton/ Sadie Ratliff
Barry Primus	Michael
Lily Tomlin	Rose Shelton
John Hancock	Older Harlan

Production Crew

William Barclay	Art Director
Bonnie Bruckheimer-Martell	Associate Producer
Steven Saxton	Associate Producer
Raymond Stella	Camera Operator
Howard Feuer	Casting
Dean Cundey	Cinematographer
Michael Peyser	Co-producer
Steve Tisch	Co-producer
Lee Holdridge	Composer (Music Score)
Michael Kaplan	Costume Designer
Jim Abrahams	Director
Harry Keramidas	Editor
Dorothy Fields	Featured Music
Jimmy McHugh	Featured Music
Johnny Burke	Featured Music
Eugenia Weston	Makeup
Michael Lorenz	Makeup
Louis Prima	Musical Performer
Jim Abrahams	Producer
Michael Peyser	Producer
Steve Tisch	Producer
William Sandell	Production Designer
William S. Beasley	Production Manager
Dori Pierson	Screenwriter
Jim Abrahams	Screenwriter
Leslie Dixon	Screenwriter
Marc Reid Rubel	Screenwriter
Michael Peyser	Second Unit Director
James Tocci	Set Designer
Martha Johnston	Set Designer
Richard C. Goddard	Set Designer
A. Johnson	Songwriter
Barry Mann	Songwriter
Cynthia Weil	Songwriter
Dorothy Fields	Songwriter
E. Shostakovich	Songwriter
Frank Mills	Songwriter
Harry Rabinowitz	Songwriter
Jerry Leiber	Songwriter
Jimmy McHugh	Songwriter
Johnny Burke	Songwriter
Louis Prima	Songwriter
Marc Shaiman	Songwriter
Mike Stoller	Songwriter
Richard Wilbur	Songwriter
Steve Winwood	Songwriter
Will Jennings	Songwriter
Thomas D. Causey	Sound/Sound Designer
Dream Quest Images	Special Effects
Frank Ferrara	Stunts
William Erickson	Stunts

Genre
Comedy

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