Outrageous Fortune

1987
15
1h 39m

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Bette Midler and Shelley Long in Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Two women unknowingly share the same man, but when he disappears, both go out looking for him and enter his surprisingly dangerous life.Two women unknowingly share the same man, but when he disappears, both go out looking for him and enter his surprisingly dangerous life.Two women unknowingly share the same man, but when he disappears, both go out looking for him and enter his surprisingly dangerous life.

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6.2/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Featured review

6/10

The plot thickens

Shelley Long and Bette Midler make a wonderful comedy team and the first half of the movie makes the most of this - snappy dialogue and quickfire direction make for a marvellously funny first hour. Unfortunately, the plot then takes over a convoluted spy story - and the thicker the plot, the fewer the laughs. Pity somebody didn't sort it out - this could have been one of the best comedies in donkey's years.

latics
Jan 16, 1999
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Trivia
Both Shelley Long and Bette Midler were promised top billing when they signed to do the film. Neither one wanted to give up top billing to the other. So west of the Mississippi River, Long got top billing and Midler got top billing east of the Mississippi.

Goofs
At one point, both Lauren and Sandy hide in automatic dryers that are turned on. First, most automatic dryers wouldn't function with the weight of a human in it. Second, if both of them are in dryers at the same time, who turned them on?

Quotes
Lauren: Where are we? We've been going for miles and I haven't seen a single white person on the street.
Sandy: There's one.
[Lauren looks out of taxi cab window]
Sandy: Oops. They got 'em.
Lauren: That's not funny.

Crazy credits
As the credits roll over the freezeframe of the curtain call, Long and Midler can be heard bickering about Long's performance in the play.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Radio Days/Critical Condition/Outrageous Fortune/Restless Natives (1987)

Soundtracks
Something Special
(Theme From Outrageous Fortune (1987))
Performed by Patti LaBelle (as Patti La Belle)
Written by Howie Rice and Allan Rich
Courtesy of MCA Records