Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300276932 Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 6300276937 Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Release Date: October 30, 2001 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 1987 Sales Rank: 2526
Description: Lauren (Shelley Long, THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE) is refinement, regimentation, and ballet slippers. Sandy (Bette Midler, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB) is brassy, bossy, and stiletto heels. They meet and it's hate at first sight. But these two opposites are shocked to discover a common bond: They share the same boyfriend -- a handsome schoolteacher (Peter Coyote, RANDOM HEARTS) who mysteriously and conveniently disappears. Mr. Right wronged them ... and when they decide to track the scoundrel down, they're thrown together in a cross-country pursuit for better or worse ... mosty for worse! Brilliantly cast and deviously written, this racy, riotous comedy provides sidesplitting laughs of outrageous proportions!
Amazon.com: Sometimes a movie works despite all its faults. Outrageous Fortune has a flimsy, formulaic script, so-so production values, and an odd combination of stars, but somehow it's engaging and fun. Shelley Long and Bette Midler play two struggling actresses--one a hoity-toity priss and the other a brassy slob--who learn they've been sleeping with the same guy (Peter Coyote) when he gets blown up in a terrorist assault and they confront each other in the morgue. When they discover that he's still alive, the bickering pair track him down, traipsing across the U.S. in high heels, pursued all the way by government agents, using their dubious acting talents to get them out of tough situations. The absurd plot keeps things moving and director Arthur Hiller (Silver Streak, The Out of Towners) gets cheerful performances out of everyone, particularly the strong supporting cast--including Robert Prosky (Broadcast News, Mrs. Doubtfire) as a pompous acting teacher, comedian George Carlin as a burnt-out would-be Indian, and the underused John Schuck (M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs. Miller) as a long-suffering agent. Contrived, cliché-ridden, but just absurd enough to entertain. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Hilarious
what do you expect when you mix Middler with Long? great great funny story, about where love could lead you sometimes :) great commedy
Rating: - Outrageous Fortune......
Bette Midler and Shelly Long in some of the most hillarious work of there careers. This is a long time favorite of mine. I would recommend this to any one who appreciates humor. It is perfect for curling ... Read More
Rating: - Bette Midler at her best
Bette Midler and Shelley Long from Cheers are wacky and crazy in a movie about spies and biological warfare. A great movie for adults. Scary climax!
Rating: - Not your ordinary "chick flick"
Outrageous Fortune is outrageously funny ... really fine acting all the way around ... Shelly Long and Bette Midler made a terrific team and played off each other extremely well ... loved George Carlin, his ... Read More
Rating: - Love this movie
This is one of my favorite movies and honestly I don't know why Long and Midler didn't do more movies together. (Maybe they didn't get a long on the set?) Anyway, I thought the women were hilarious and I loved ... Read More
- Hilarious