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Simularities to 1988 film Big Business

posted 12 years ago by NostalgiaFan
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I recall on an episode of Entertainment Tonight,Our Relations being compared to a 1988 movie Big Business,where Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin played the same kind of double role.
Bette and Lily played two sets of twins that were mismatched at birth.Years later in their adulthood,both pairs accidenlty wind up in New York City,where hilarious cases of mistaken identity occur.Toward the end of the film,both pairs come face to face in trick photography.
Sound Familiar?
It's been assumed by some that the basic plot for Big Business was stolen from Our Relations.

[–] Richard-Nathan 12 years ago

The plots of both "Big Business" and "Our Relations" are taken from William Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors."

[–] Grendel1950 9 years ago

You can throw in Rogers and Hart's "The Boys From Syracuse" too, but if you want to be particular, Shakespeare stole the plot from Plautus' "Menaechmi" and added a second set of brothers.