Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Leslie Dixon (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

The CIA is trailing them. The KGB is tracking them. The phone company is tracing them. The police are chasing them. The cowboys are herding them. And the Indians are hunting them. Are they going to fall for all of that?

Plot:

Lauren and Sandy are total opposites who end up in the same acting class and who don't know they are sharing a lover...

Plot Keywords:

Acting | Faked Death | Money | CIA | Buddy Comedy

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins

Cast

Shelley Long	...	Lauren Ames
Bette Midler	...	Sandy Brozinsky
Peter Coyote	...	Michael Sanders
Robert Prosky	...	Stanislav Korzenowski
John Schuck	...	Agent Atkins
George Carlin	...	Frank Madras
Anthony Heald	...	Weldon
Ji-Tu Cumbuka	...	Cab driver
Florence Stanley	...	Ticket agent
Jerry Zaks	...	Tobacco clerk
John DiSanti	...	Police lieutenant
Diana Bellamy	...	Madam
Gary Morgan	...	Agent Fanansky
Christopher McDonald	...	George (as Chris McDonald)
J.W. Smith	...	Gilroy, Dealer #1

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

Bette Midler was three months pregnant when filming began and six months pregnant when it wrapped.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The sign at the border of Tres Cruces is misspelled as Tres Crucas.

Quotes:

Sandy Brozinsky: Look, Frank. We're not just jerking you around. Some guys are after us because one of them stole a virus that's gonna kill and destroy all the plants and all the trees all the way around. We stole it back, so now they're gonna kill us. You get it?
Frank: Jesus. The sixties sure were good to you, weren't they?
Lauren Ames: Frank, that's right. Think back to the sixties. People did things for each other.
Frank: They were wasted.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Hamlet (#11.9)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Get Out Of Denver

Looking for an original unedited version of this movie.

I saw this movie originally when it was first released at the theaters. I again saw it later when it made it to cable, eg. HBO, Cinemax. ect. I loved the movie but then saw the edited version when it came to network. They cut out a lot of the adult humour. Examples: When Bette says "Gee, you thought I was going to go in and pee on him." verses edited version "Gee, you thought I was going to go in and spit on him". Then the tobacco shop scene: Bette says: "How about a blow job" and then the edited version: "How about a party". Also several scenes cut from the edited version: Bette with Peter Coyote having sex in a chair, seen from behind the chair. The scene at the police station where Bette tells the cop needle dick, pencil dick, ect. when she is trying to make him get the picture. My point is that for some reason this edited version is the only one you can get on tape now. I bought one from Hastings music store and it was this edited version- 99-100 minutes version. Don't know why you can't get the original unedited version of this movie, my favourite comedy of all times.