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99% Invisible

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2024-08-07

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When you’re watching the opening credits to a movie, it’s not just a list of names. What you’re actually seeing is intense negotiations by Hollywood stars and their agents playing out in text form.

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  • This is 99% invisible.

  • I'm Roman Mars.

  • In 1987, Touchstone Pictures released a buddy comedy called Outrageous Fortune.

  • Outrageous Fortune wasn't a flop, but it was overshadowed by some of the year's bigger movies.

  • RoboCop, Predator, Three Men and a Baby.

  • That's producer Jacob Reid.

  • The main reason I know about Outrageous Fortune is a bizarre rumor I heard in film school.

  • A rumor about how the stars were credited.

  • The film starred Shelley Long and Bette Midler.

  • Or maybe it was Bette Midler and Shelley Long.

  • It depends who you ask.

  • Supposedly the studio somehow promised both actresses they'd be the top billed star of the film.

  • And it got pretty contentious.

  • Here's Bette Midler doing a Q and A the following year.

  • You and Shelley Long were great together in Outrageous Fortune.

  • I was wondering if you guys were going to work together again.

  • I don't think so.

  • No.

  • No, I don't think so.

  • Did you enjoy working with them?