Outrageous Fortune

– Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 39 Minutes
Release Year:
1987
Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

30 Jan 1987

Language:

English, Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writer:

Leslie Dixon

Main Actors:

Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky

Plot:

Lauren and Sandy are total opposites who end up in the same acting class and who don't know they are sharing a lover. When he disappears under mysterious circumstances they refuse to believe that he is dead and are the only ones who are searching for him across several states. Ending up in the western US., they discover he had other interests as they find their lives in danger.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins.

Production:

Touchstone Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%