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Release Date:
10 June 1988 (USA)
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Tagline:
Mixed up at birth, two sets of twins finally meet their match.
Plot:
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night...
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1 win
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(7 articles)
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(From Fangoria. 3 November 2009, 7:52 AM, PST)
Blu-Ray Review: Jonathan Demme’s ‘Stop Making Sense’ With The Talking Heads
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Better and Better every time
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bette Midler | ... | Sadie Ratliff / Sadie Shelton |
 | Lily Tomlin | ... | Rose Ratliff / Rose Shelton |
 | Fred Ward | ... | Roone Dimmick |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Graham Sherbourne |
 | Michele Placido | ... | Fabio Alberici |
 | Daniel Gerroll | ... | Chuck |
| Barry Primus | ... | Michael |
| Michael Gross | ... | Dr. Jay Marshall |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Binky Shelton |
 | Nicolas Coster | ... | Hunt Shelton |
 | Patricia Gaul | ... | Iona Ratliff |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Garth Ratliff |
| Norma MacMillan | ... | Nanny Lewis |
 | Joe Grifasi | ... | Desk Clerk |
| John Vickery | ... | Hotel Manager |
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97 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Australia:PG |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Peru:PT |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:6 |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:L
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Jane Lew, the town where the doctor provides direction to the closest hospital, is an actual town in West Virginia. Jupiter Hollow is a commune, less than eight miles from Jane Lew, in the town of Weston, WV.
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Continuity: In the beginning, when Dr. Jay is handed the glass of cider by Nanny Lewis, and he sips it, there's only a tiny bit left. But when Mr. Stokes comes in with the Sheltons moments later, it's more than half full.
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Quotes:
Binky Shelton:
How in God's name could you drive me out here to Hickville, West Virginia when I'm fourty months pregnant?
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Movie Connections:
References Over the Top (1987)
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ON BROADWAY
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List: The mirror gagmore
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I love this movie! It is one of the most quotable, re-watchable movies I have ever seen.
I constantly find people who not only love this movie, but like me could
quote it in it's entirety! Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin are perfect, as is the entire ensemble! So many little jokes that only multiple viewings can pick out! For me, Big Business is a guilty pleasure that I feel no guilt in watching...in excess!