On paper, THE FORTUNE looks like a must-see. It was a "smart grownups making slapstick" comedy starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. The screenplay was written by Adrien Joyce aka Carol Eastman--also the scribe of the classic FIVE EASY PIECES, which starred Nicholson. And the director was Mike Nichols.
THE FORTUNE, released by Columbia Pictures, was critically panned upon its release in 1975. And, aside from a recent showing on Turner Classic Movies (plus some upcoming screenings in NYC as part of a Mike Nichols retrospective), it's pretty much unavailable in the USA. And, like a lot of unavailable films with A-list talent, the want-to-see factor is multiplying faster than rabbit reproduction.
Here are two links to Jeffrey Wells' HOLLYWOOD ELSEWHERE posts discussing Nichols and THE FORTUNE: http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/04/nichols_chat.php
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/04/forgotten_fortu_1.php
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