Outrageous Fortune is a 1987 film written by Leslie Dixon, directed by Arthur Hiller, and stars Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet . Midler received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture . Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski . Sandy Brozinsky , 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 Korzenowski's class, but unknown to each other, both women begin dating the same man, Michael Sanders . 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.
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| Release date: | January 30, 1987 |
| Directed by: | Arthur Hiller |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ted Field |
| Music by: | Alan Silvestri |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |