Outrageous Fortune

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Summary: A Great Movie and DVD but.....
Review: I love this movie. It is a classic and one of my all time favorites and I was thrilled when I heard it was going to be released on DVD. The transfer is great as is the sound. My only complaint is that on the DVD package it says the Theatrical Trailer is included on the DVD. It is not. THe only menu options are scene access and audio set-up. Probably a boo-boo on the Buena Vista people. Oh well. Thats all

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Summary: This movie will keep you laughing
Review: I particularly like to watch this movie anytime. It can bring you up, when your feeling down. It always makes me smile. I can't wait 'til it's available again.

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Summary: Outrageous Fun
Review: I saw this movie over 15 years ago when it came out at the theater, and had a lot of fun while watching it. Is most of it probably implausible? Yes. But, it doesn't matter because it is fun to watch Shelley Long(Lauren) interact with Bette Midler(Sandy).

The movie starts out with seeing Lauren and Sandy as struggling actors and trying to find ways of supporting themselves while trying to pursue acting. Lauren is more of the acting snob with experience with Shakespeare, ballet and fencing, while Sandy is a bit more brash with experience in more low budget movies. Each are trying to sign up for an acting course with a arrogant acting teacher played wonderfully by Robert Prosky.

Of course, when the two meet, it is hate and mutual disgust at first sight. While in the class, they continue to hate each other, but eventually they start to have something in common: the same school teacher boyfriend, Michael Sanders(Peter Coyote).

When Michael dies, they both show up at the morgue to identify the body and of course the hilarity ensues. They both realize that this is not their boyfriend, so they start going all over the place to try to find Michael and force him to choose between the two of them.

Having the two of them trying to find Michael leads them to funny encounters at the cigar store and with the taxi cab driver. They even pretend to be detectives, which is just beyond funny.

Eventually, they find out that Michael is headed to New Mexico and they have Federal agents chasing them as well. Michael actually ends up not being who he says that he is, so he is surprised when they find him and he ends up rejecting both of them.

Both women come to realize that through all of their bizarre experiences and even different personalities that they do like each other, especially after Michael rejects them.

Seeing George Carlin playing a down on his luck Indian who ends up helping Lauren and Sandy is great. Carlin can really do nothing wrong. He is a great addition to a really good supporting cast.

Shelley Long and Bette Midler do a great job as playing two bitter struggling actresses who start hating each other and truly become good friends.

I would recommend this movie in a heartbeat to anyone who needs to laugh, because it is simply outrageous.

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Summary: Excellent Female Action Movie
Review: If anyone has been tired of only seeing guys being the action buddies in movie and ladies only being the dramatic leads and/or buddies well here is a female action movie that works mainly due to fine performances by Bette Midler and Shelly Long. There are admittedly some weird elements to this film such as the inclusion of some Russian bad guys who I to this day do not know much about. Bette and Shelly play two ladies who find out they go with the same man who was thought dead but only to find out he isn't. They go on a search for him to show whether he loves one or the other. Only to find out he doesn't want anything to do with either of them and would rather get rid of them. Bette easily and naturally plays the tough, brassy, loud, streettalking New Yorker and Shelly the soft-spoken, proper, very ladylike character. The movie does work even with some of its uneven moments!! It will leave you laughing and wanting more.

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Summary: Outrageously Fortunate
Review: It's like a big screen Laverne & Shirley! Without the Big Ragu. I'm not sure how exactly it's like Laverne & Shirley, but just trust me.

If you know going into this film that it's an 80s comedy with Shelley Long, that Peter Coyote is the leading man (!), and that George Carlin is the wacky supporting character, you pretty much know everything you need to know.

That being said, there's a lot more cliff-jumping than in most 80s comedies, so props to them!


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Summary: V.G
Review: Its lots of fun in this movie (funny) well its very good

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Summary: ABSOLUTELY SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Man what a great movie this is, I have watched it more than 15 times and love it every time! I have personal favorite bits, but the standout is when Bette Midler and Shelley Long improvise themselves as Cagney and Lacey , after telling to the cabbie "Hey, we both know I'll never get another cab out here in Vietnam"/"The cab driver won't kill us, because we're gonna be raped and killed in this building".
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE!!

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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: Midler and Long were hysterical. This was also our introduction to Peter Coyote, who portrayed the appealing bad-boy perfectly. Please re-relase it... I want it in my collection!

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Summary: oh my god.
Review: ok, so i got this movie on one night. seems that armed forces radio and tv will put anything on. seems that i turned to this movie. bette middler and shelley long. let's face it folks... i give it negative two black holes instead of stars. personally i would shoot powdered glass into my eyes before i see this again. other than that great movie!!!

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Summary: Good Movie!
Review: Outrageous Fortune is a good movie, it's entertaining and has some hilarious scenes and a great cast that includes Shelley Long, Bette Midler and Peter Coyote and and I think Shelley and Bette made a great team!