Big Business 1988   PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann, Michele Placido, Barry Primus, Michael Gross, Deborah Rush, Nicolas Coster, Joe Grifasi
Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin are two sets of twins who get swapped at birth and, throughout the film, end up just missing each other. This could have been a better film with such talented stars. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 03/04/2008 | | I LOVE THIS MOVIE. IT IS TOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| | 01/18/2007 | | GREAT |
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Searching for Paradise 2002  R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Myra Paci
Cast: Susan May Pratt, Chris Noth, Jeremy Davies, John Pierson, Michele Placido, Laila Robins, Josef Sommer, Mary Louise Wilson, Jonathan Lisecki
Recent college grad Gilda (Susan May Pratt) is infatuated with actor Michael De Santis (Chris Noth). She continuously watches a tape of him, and, after her father dies, she uses an excuse of visiting her grandfather to meet Michael. After getting an audience with him by posing as a reporter, she (as well as he) gets something other than what was expected.
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Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of B 1986  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Summer Night
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka, Massimo Wertmuller
[Full title: "Summer Night, With Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil"] Fulvia (Mariangela Melato) reverses roles when she kidnaps infamous kidnapper, Beppe (Michele Placido), and holds him ransom for $100,000. Beppe, however, enjoys the last laugh when Fulvia becomes sexually attracted to him.
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Three Brothers 1980  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Charles Vanel, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Andrea Ferreol, Maddalena Crippa, Sara Tafuri, Marta Zoffoli, Simonetta Stefanelli, Accursio di Leo
The funeral of their mother is the catalyst for the reunion of three grown sons in this excellent movie that was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. Big Business (1988)
2. Lamerica (1994)
3. Searching for Paradise (2002)
4. Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of B (1986)
aka: Summer Night
5. Three Brothers (1980)
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