Outrageous Fortune (film)

Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 American film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeares Hamlet ...the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune....

Refined but struggling actress Lauren Ames Shelley Long finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski Robert Prosky. Sandy Brozinsky Bette Midler, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. Lauren and Sandy take an instant dislike to each other when they first meet in Korzenowskis class, but unknown to each other, both women begin dating the same man, Michael Santers Peter Coyote.When Michael dies in a gas explosion at a local store, Lauren and Sandy figure out that Michael may have faked his death, and they form an uneven alliance to follow leads across the country to find him and force him to choose between them. During their quest, Lauren and Sandy are chased by CIA agents, as well as Russian assassins who are also after Michael. ........

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