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Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, each playing two roles, as sets of identical twins mismatched at birth.The nature versus nurture farce adapts The Comedy of Errors, but with female siblings in contemporary society: one of each twin being reared in a wealthy urban setting, while the others grew up in a poor rural environment.
Tomlin made her film debut in the Robert Altman film Nashville (1975). She then starred in the successful comedy films The Late Show (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), and All of Me (1984). She took supporting roles in Shadows and Fog (1991), Short Cuts (1993), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and A ...
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) [1] is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin started her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning her career to acting across stage and screen.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 8 Cop: Atlantic Releasing Corporation: James B. Harris (director/screenplay); James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry, Randi Brooks, Steven Lambert, Christopher Wynne, Jan McGill, Vicki Wauchope, Melinda Lynch, John Petievich, Dennis Stewart, Annie McEnroe
The film marked Tomlin's first leading role in 27 years, after co-starring with Bette Midler in the 1988 comedy film Big Business. [ 16 ] Most of the cast was made up of actors with whom Weitz had previously worked.
Bette Midler (/ b ɛ t ˈ m ɪ d l ər / bet MID-lər; [1] [2] born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. [3] Throughout her five-decade career Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy ...
Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Bette Midler talk with him and to the camera about working with Bruce, and we also watch Bruce help others prepare for Liz Taylor's 65th birthday, Bill Clinton's 50th birthday, and an AIDS awards banquet where Vilanch lets his emotions show.
Lily Tomlin was offered the female lead but wanted her partner Jane Wagner to rewrite the script. Director Michael Winner said Tomlin "felt we mustn't go for the laugh. Well, in a comedy laughs don't hurt." [1] Tomlin left the project. Picker says Bette Midler wanted to make the film "but we couldn't come to an arrangement." Eventually Madeline ...