#Bette midler big business movie

Julia Stiles Plays the Prince of Denmark's Girlfri.Big Business: A Comedy of Errors Derivative?.

Book Note: Courting Cate (and Other Amish Shakespe.Romeo, Juliet, Lenny, and the Squigtones.Book Note: William Shakespeare: Scenes from the L. Bette Midler as Sadie Shelton (Bette Midler) Do you want one of the board members to see you Theyll say youre a sniffling hysterical pre-periodic twit.It then goes on to show 'the big reveal'-where all the twins learn that they have twins and that they were mixed up soon after birth. The clip below shows one of the film's opening scenes, explaining the double names. There's plenty of confusion and fun, but it doesn't really pick up on the themes or much of the plot of Comedy of Errors. And one of the sisters from the city doesn't like the idea of the sale one of the sisters from the country is fine with the sale. The country sisters journey to the city to try to thwart the sale. That out-of-place twin always longs for her birth environment.Īs the plot unfolds, we learn that the city sisters are involved in trying to sell the country sisters' furniture business. In this film, the twins are mixed up soon after birth-one of the 'city folks' twins is switched with one of the 'country folks' twins.

But the farce that develops is quite different than Shakespeare's. The film involves two sets of identical twins-that's certain. I put it down with a question mark.Īfter watching the film, I still have the question mark there.

#Bette midler big business movie

For an extreme example, Bette Midler in the movie Beaches invited an old. Someone, somewhere told me that Big Business, the 1988 Bette Midler / Lily Tomlin film, was a derivative version of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. Having an entrepreneurial streak, they may be a business owner or strive to own. While we're on the subject of The Comedy of Errors, let me tell you about another film that I had been meaning to see for some time. Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Mill Creek, 2002. Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, and Fred Ward.