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Big Business

Movie (1988)

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.

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Released:	Jun 10th, 1988
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Bette Midler
plays Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton

Lily Tomlin
plays Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton

Fred Ward
plays Roone Dimmick

Edward Herrmann
plays Graham Sherbourne

Michele Placido
plays Fabio Alberici

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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.
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 around it, The Nutt House. It was an expensive flop.
Although Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin play twins, Tomlin is actually six years older than Midler.

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