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Actors: Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Outrageous Fortune |
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Struggling actresses Lauren Ames and Sandy Bronzinsky are rival classmates in a acting class. Ames strives to be a perfectionist which not only angers other students, but especially Bronzinsky. Bronzinsky on the other hand, cheated her way into being approved of a scholarship and taking a very pricey course where the great Stanislov Korzanowski is the lecturer.
Despite their huge differences and hostility, it is pushed aside when they both fall in love with the same man of their dreams- nice and gentle schoolteacher Michael Santers. The two doesn't know they are dating the same man but it is clearly shown that love is the air and there is a good chance they would not stand in each others way.
But love ends abruptly when the sad news of Santers dies in a tragic bomb explosion in a flower shop. Ames and Bronsinsky meets again but this time at the morgue to identify the body.
Fortunately for them, it is not that of Santers which is based on the size of his private part. Setting their differences on the side once again, they go on a search to find Santers only to find themselves overtaken by the CIA and Russian spies. The chase leads them to New Mexico where the two reunite with their lover Santers; but he doesn't give them a happy greeting. Instead he greets them with a gun and tries to shoot them. Michael reveals himself as a agent for the CIA and the Russian spies- whch he is already in trouble with the Russian for stealing the deadly florotoxin, their money and taking it all back to the CIA. Both women is in the middle of a mess and a top secret they will find hard to get out of thanks to Michael.
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Outrageous Fortune |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- bungling spies
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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