Big Business (1988)

Are you the No. 1 fan of Big Business? Create your own Fan Site on Hollywood.com. Click here!

PG | 1 hr 37 mins | Comedy, Romantic Comedy | Released: 6/10/1988 |Box Office Total: $39.6M

Hollywood.com Says

My Friends Say

Hollywood Users Say

Favorites

Write a Review

Rate Movie

	Showtimes & Tickets

	Trailers & Clips

	Photos

	Review

	Cast Interviews

	Premiere Video

	Official Site

	Meet Fans

	Fan Sites

	Forums

	Get a Poster at

Synopsis:

Two sets of identical twins, switched at birth, end up on opposite ends of a corporate labor power struggle.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/10/1988

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Jim Abrahams	Director
Michael Peyser	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Bette Midler	Sadie Shelton
Bette Midler	Sadie Ratliff
Lily Tomlin	Rose Ratliff
Lily Tomlin	Rose Shelton
Fred Ward	Roone Dimmick
Edward Herrmann	Graham Sherbourne
Michele Placido	Fabio Alberici
Daniel Gerroll	Chuck
Barry Primus	Michael
Michael Gross	Dr Jay Marshall
Deborah Rush	Binky Shelton
Nicolas Coster	Hunt Shelton
Patricia Gaul	Iona Ratliff
J C Quinn	Garth Ratliff
Norma MacMillan	Nanny Lewis
Joe Grifasi	Desk Clerk
John Vickery	Hotel Manager
John Hancock	Older Harlan
Mary Gross	Judy
Seth Green	Jason
Leo Burmester	Bum
Lucy Webb	Wenona
Roy Brocksmith	Dr Parker
Lewis Arquette	Mr Stokes
Eddie Junior	Young Harlan
Ritch Brinkley	Mayor Bill Finker
Tony Mockus	1st Board Member
Carmen Argenziano	2nd Board Member
Maureen McVerry	Hilda
Maureen McVerry	Rose Photo Double
Freddie Parnes	Bellboy
Dan Chambers	2nd Male Staffer
Lois DeBanzie	Edwardian Room Hostess
Al Mancini	Waiter
Nicholas Rutherford	Lil Levon
Hunter Von Leer	Petey
Andrew Epper	Zeke
Andi Chapman	Sadie's Secretary
Chick Hearn	Sports Announcer
Troy Damien	Hank Ratliff
Ryan Francis	Merle Ratliff
Melanie Doctors	Sadie Photo Double
Louis Rukeyser	Taxi Victim
Kimberly Goldman	1st Triplet
Michelle Goldman	2nd Triplet
Traci Goldman	3rd Triplet
Crystal Field	Bag Lady
Everett Quinton	Window Dresser
Sandy Davis	Saleslady in Dress Shop
Natalie Dolishny	1st Moramax Employee
Nancy Lazarus	2nd Moramax Employee
Shirley Mitchell	Stockholder
Charles J Middleton	2nd Stockholder
Irving Hellman	3rd Stockholder
Judy Armstrong	YMCA Desk Clerk
Tom LaGrua	Cab Driver
Matt Carlson	Eufus
Brianne Sommers	Woman With Whippet
Alice Gruenberg	Attractive Woman With Yorkies
Jane Butenoff	Professional Hooker in Times Square
Louise Yaffe	Director's Mother in Lobby
Bobby Bruce	Swamp Mud Boy
Tommy Holden	Swamp Mud Boy
Raymond Klein	Swamp Mud Boy
Al Novis	Swamp Mud Boy
Trinidad Serenaders Steel Band	Steel Band
North Hollywood High School Marching Band	Marching Band
Production Credits	Credit
Steve Tisch	Producer
Michael Peyser	Producer
Bonnie Bruckheimer	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Silver Screen Partners III	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Theatrical Distributor
Touchstone Films	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York, New York
Kentucky
Tennesse
Newhall and Los Angeles, California
Writer	Credit
Dori Pierson	Screenplay
Marc Rubel	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Paul Steinke	Production Accountant
Nowell Grossman	Accountant
Patrick Spezialy	Accountant
Isabelle DeGeofroy	Accountant
Art Department	Credit
William Barclay	Art Director - art direction
Richard Goddard	Set Decorator
James E Tocci	Set Designer
William Sandell	Production Designer
Gayle Simon	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Martha Johnston	Set Designer
Leslie Bloom	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Kristine Weaver	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Howard Feuer	Casting
Todd Thaler	Casting
Central Casting Corp.	Casting Agency casting
Central Coast Production Services	Casting Agency casting
Film Camera	Credit
Clyde E Bryan	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Laurel Moore	Photography - stills
Richard Mosier	Camera Assistant - visual effects camera assistant
Raymond Stella	Camera Operator
Mark D Walthour	Lighting Technician
Dean Cundey	Director of Photography
Michael L Stone	Camera Operator
Andy Schwartz	Photography - stills
Larry Dean Davis	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Gary B Kibbe	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Dick Mingalone	Camera Operator
Tom Priestley Jr	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Ira Hearshen	Orchestrations
Marc Shaiman	Music Supervisor
Marc Shaiman	Music Arranger - vocal arranger
Lee Holdridge	Music
George Brand	Music Editor
Marc Shaiman	Music
Michael Fowler	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Rick Riccio	Music - music recording engineer
Physical Effects	Credit
Frank Ferrara	Stunt Coordinator
Danny Aiello III	Stunt Man
William Erickson	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Debra S Kent	DGA Trainee
Nancy Hopton	Script Supervisor
Bruce Allen Humphrey	Assistant Director
Mauri Syd Gayton	Production Coordinator
Janice Polley	Location Manager
William Beasley	Production Manager
Ron Quigley	Location Manager
Jane Evans	Production Coordinator
Richard Coad	Assistant Director
Eric Jewett	Assistant Director
Steve Rose	Location Manager
Dannielle J Weiss	Assistant Director
Stan Mendoza	Location Manager
Stephen Wertimer	Assistant Director
Tony Adler	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Reid Rosefelt	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Raul A Bruce	Boom Operator
Thomas Causey	Sound - sound recording mixer
Edward Steidele	Foley - foley sound effects
Bill Phillips	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Hal Sanders	Sound Editor
Sarah Monat	Foley - foley sound effects
Dennis Maitland	Sound - sound recording mixer
Kim Maitland	Boom Operator
Pieter Hubbard	Sound Editor
John S Coffey	Sound - utility sound
Bruce Lacey	Sound Editor
Terry Porter	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
John Phillips	Sound Editor
Mel Metcalfe	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
David J Hudson	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
David Grannis	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
David Gertz	Sound - sound rerecording
Visual Effects	Credit
Eric Brevig	Visual Effects Supervisor
Dream Quest Images	Special Effects - special visual effects
James Valentine	Special Effects - special visual effects
Dave McCue	Special Effects - special visual effects
Jeff Matakovich	Special Effects - special visual effects
Michael Ferriter	Special Effects - special visual effects
Ronald Longo	Special Effects - special visual effects
Marlo Pabon	Special Effects - special visual effects
Philip Barberio	Special Effects - special visual effects
Leon Stankevich	Special Effects - special visual effects
Michael Backauskas	Special Effects - special visual effects
Bob Scifo	Special Effects - special visual effects
Ken Allen	Special Effects - special visual effects
Terry Moews	Special Effects - special visual effects
Michael Talarico	Special Effects - special visual effects
Pat Kenly	Special Effects - special visual e