Big Business
Directed by	Jim Abrahams
Produced by	Michael Peyser Steve Tisch
Written by	Dori Pierson Marc Reid Rubel
Starring	Bette Midler Lily Tomlin
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Cinematography	Dean Cundey
Editing by	Harry Keramidas
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date	1988
Running time	97 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Big Business is a 1988 comedy film starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler. Its premise was two pairs of identical twins who were mixed up as babies. One Midler-Tomlin pair ends up in a rich urban family, while the other pair ends up in a poor rural family, and coincidentally the rich twins seek to strip mine the small town, called Jupiter Hollow, in which the poor twins live. Both pairs run into each other at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in this comical farce. Image File history File links Big-business. ... Jim Abrahams (born 10 May 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin) is an American movie director and writer. ... Bette Midler, on the cover of her 1973 album of the same name This is about the performer also called The Divine Miss M; for her eponymous albums, see her list of albums. ... Tomlin as The West Wings Deborah Fiderer. ... The Touchstone lightning logo, used from 1986 to 2003. ... // Events Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis Cocktail, also starring Tom Cruise... // Events Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis Cocktail, also starring Tom Cruise... Tomlin as The West Wings Deborah Fiderer. ... Bette Midler, on the cover of her 1973 album of the same name This is about the performer also called The Divine Miss M; for her eponymous albums, see her list of albums. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... The Plaza Hotel as seen from the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan For the music festival PlazAid, click here The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in Manhattan, currently... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...

Cast

• Bette Midler - Sadie Shelton / Ratliff
• Lily Tomlin - Rose Shelton / Ratliff
• Michael Gross - Dr. Jay Marshall
• Barry Primus - Michael
• Michele Placido - Fabio Alberici
• Fred Ward - Roone Dimmick
• Seth Green - Jason
• Daniel Gerroll - Chuck
• Edward Herrmann - Graham Sherbourne

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Trivia

• The movie was originally written for Barbara Streisand (Midler's role) and Goldie Hawn (Tomlin's role).
• The structure of the film was based loosely on "The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare.
• The production company couldn't get the rights to film at the actual Plaza Hotel in New York, so it had it recreated on sound stages. To recoup construction costs, Disney built a sitcom called "The Nutt House" around it. It was an expensive flop.
• Jim Abrahams said he staged one of the boardroom scenes based on an experience he had when a large agency used many employees to get him to sign with them.