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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instanceOf comedy film
film
basedOn The Comedy of Errors NERFINISHED
castMember Bette Midler NERFINISHED
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
surface form: United States
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
Lily Tomlin in dual roles
filmingLocation New York City
genre comedy
hasTheme corporate satire
mistaken identity
small-town versus big-city values
inspiredBy The Comedy of Errors NERFINISHED
language English
mainCharacter Rose Ratliff NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Roger Birnbaum NERFINISHED
productionCompany Touchstone Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1988
releaseYear 1988
runtime approximately 97 minutes
screenwriter Dori Pierson NERFINISHED
Marc Reid Rubel NERFINISHED
setting New York City
rural town in West Virginia
starring Bette Midler NERFINISHED
Lily Tomlin NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s

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Lily Tomlin notableWork Big Business