Big Business
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Big Business is a 1988 comedy film starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler as mismatched twins separated at birth who collide in a series of farcical corporate and small-town mix-ups.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Big Business canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Comedy of Errors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Bette Midler
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Edward Herrmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Lily Tomlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ Michele Placido NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Gaul NERFINISHED ⓘ Seth Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Dean Cundey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jim Abrahams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Jane Kurson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterRelationship | twin sisters separated at birth ⓘ |
| featuresPerformance |
Bette Midler in dual roles
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Lily Tomlin in dual roles ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corporate satire
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mistaken identity ⓘ small-town versus big-city values ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Comedy of Errors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Rose Ratliff
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Rose Shelton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadie Ratliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Sadie Shelton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | PG ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lee Holdridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | multiple roles played by same actor ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Two sets of mismatched twins separated at birth meet years later, causing farcical confusion between a rural town and a big corporation. ⓘ |
| producer |
Dudi Appleton
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Roger Birnbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dori Pierson
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Marc Reid Rubel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New York City
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rural town in West Virginia ⓘ |
| starring |
Bette Midler
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Lily Tomlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
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