It was an expensive flop.Īfter the two sets of mis-matched twins meet for the first time, country Sadie comments about city Sadie, “Isn’t she divine?” An obvious reference to Bette Midler’s stage and screen title,”Divine Miss M”. To recoup construction costs, Disney built a sitcom around it, The Nutt House (1989). The production company couldn’t get the rights to film at the actual Plaza Hotel in New York, so it had it recreated on sound stages. To prepare for her performance as Rose Ratliff, actress-comedian Lily Tomlin just before the cameras rolled before a take would whiz around in a circle several times until she got dizzy so as to exhibit the air-headed qualities of this character.
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This movie was originally written for Barbra Streisand (Bette Midler’s role) and Goldie Hawn (Lily Tomlin’s role). From the chest up they look the same to the concierge!ĭid you see the Triplets trying to check into the hotel? Then, when Jupiter Hollow Sadie walks up to the concierge desk, she has a red wrap around HER black bodiced dress. When New York Sadie goes to dinner with Fabio she is wearing a black bodiced bell-dress with red wrap and skirting. Notice subtle costume similarities in the characters. It’s the same cut.Īlso, in Jupiter Hollow, how could Sadie’s hair be pulled back and curled into all those ringlets when wearing it down it’s a short bob? It’s a beautiful Disney Films custom wig for Ms. Notice how Sadie’s jacket in New York is cut – now look at Sadie’s jacket from Jupiter Hollow – the red plaid one. Then she is seen wearing a brown dress with a brown dog and finally a black dress with a black dog. She is initially seen wearing a white dress with a white dog in the scene where Sadie and Rose Ratliff first enter the Plaza. Throughout the scenes inside the Plaza Hotel there is a lady with a dog whose wardrobe changes with each dog color. In the scene where Bette Midler makes her first appearance in NYC, notice how the statue in the elevator lobby is positioned to look like it’s shielding itself from her. The boy in the toy store who plays Bette Midler’s son is a very young Seth Green from “ Can’t Buy Me Love“, “Austin Powers” & “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” fame. In the hotel scenes, Lily Tomlin is featured wearing a concert T-Shirt from rock star Tina Turner‘s 1985 “Private Disaster” tour. The show – co-created by Mel Brooks and starring Cloris Leachman and Harvey Korman – lasted only 10 episodes.Seen about two-thirds of the way through the credits: “Don’t Go, It’s Almost Over.” To recoup the costs, Disney created a sitcom – The Nutt House – to use the same sets. Producers ended up recreating the hotel on sound stages.
Much of the movie takes place at New York's Plaza Hotel, but the hotel wouldn't allow filming there. Would the other actors have improved the final product? Doubtful.Ģ.
Big Business was written for Barbra Streisand (Midler's role) and Goldie Hawn (Tomlin's role). Here are five things you didn't know about Big Business on its 30th anniversary:ġ. What have we been waiting for through the whole movie? For the moment when the four women all meet in the same place at the same time, right? So what happens when they do? After the first shocked moment of mutual recognition – nothing happens!" Though the movie was moderately successful at the box office, it maintains a 40 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Ĭritic Roger Ebert was savage in his review of Big Business, writing: "In a movie of disappointments, the major disappointment is a shocker. The Disney flick (Touchstone technically) didn't have the bawdy humor of the Naked Gun or Airplane movies, and critics weren't generally impressed.
Add in one elderly nurse who mixes and mismatches the two sets of twins delivered and you should have a comedy classic, right?Įh, not so fast. Meanwhile, a local couple find themselves at the same hospital in the same condition at the same time. A business tycoon and his pregnant wife find themselves in the sticks of Virginia when the Mrs.
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