'80s Roulette: BIG BUSINESS

Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin co-star with Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin as we kick off a new recurring feature

I have every single movie released in the United States on a hard drive and once a week, I’m going to hit shuffle and review whatever film comes up first.

Welcome to ‘80s Roulette!

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JUNE 10, 1988

Big Business
Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido, Daniel Gerroll, Barry Primus, Michael Gross, Deborah Rush, Nicolas Coster, Patricia Gaul, J.C. Quinn, Norma MacMillan, Joe Grifasi, John Vickery, John Hancock, Mary Gross, Seth Green, Leo Burmester, Lucy Webb, Roy Brocksmith, Lewis Arquette, Eddie Cordell, Ritch Brinkley, Tony Mockus Jr., Carmen Argenziano, Maureen McVerry, Fred Parnes, Danny Chambers, Lois De Banzi, Al Mancini, Nicholas Rutherford, Hunter von Leer, Andy Epper, Andi Chapman, Chick Hearn, Troy Damien, Ryan Francis, Louis Rukeyser, Kymberly Gold, Michelle Gold, Traci Lee Gold, Crystal Field, Everett Quinton, Sandy Davis, Natalie Dolishny, Nancy Lazarus, Shirley Mitchell, Charles Middleton, Irving Hellman, Judy Armstrong, Tom La Grua, Matthew James Carlson, Brianne Sommers, Alice Gruenberg, Jane Butenoff, Louise Yaffe
cinematography by Dean Cundey
music by Lee Holdridge
screenplay by Dori Pierson & Marc Rubel
produced by Michael Peyser and Steve Tisch
directed by Jim Abrahams
Rated PG
1 hr 37 mins

Two pairs of twins gets mixed up when they’re born, only to cross paths 40 years later as part of a crazy corporate takeover of a smalltown business.

There’s so much storytelling done before they even finish the opening credits for this film that it’s kind of dizzying, but then again, Jim Abrahams was used to rapid-fire visual storytelling.