Death Becomes Her

Synopsis: In 1978, in Broadway, the decadent and narcissist actress Madeline Ashton is performing Songbird, based on Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Then she receives her rival Helen Sharp, who is an aspiring writer, and her fiancé Ernest Menville, who is a plastic surgeon, in her dressing-room. Soon Menville calls off his commitment with Helen and marries Madeline. Seven years later, Helen is obese in a psychiatric hospital and obsessed in seeking revenge on Madeline. In 1992, the marriage of Madeline and Menville is finished and he is no longer a surgeon but an alcoholic caretaker. Out of the blue, they are invited to a party where Helen will release her novel Forever Young and Madeline goes to a beauty shop. The owner gives a business card of the specialist in rejuvenation Lisle Von Rhuman to her. When the envious Madeline sees Helen thin in a perfect shape, she decides to seek out Lisle and buys a potion to become young again. Further, she advises that Madeline must take care of her

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director(s): Robert Zemeckis

Actors: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations.


IMDB:: 6.5
Metacritic:: 56

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: PG-13
Year:: 1992
: 104 min
: 5,016 Views

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Can you believe that? A musical version
of "Sweet Bird of Youth."
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- Who are they kidding?
- Thank God, you wanted to leave.
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Can you believe Madeline Ashton?
Talk about waking the dead.
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I gotta get a drink.
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What do I see
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That's the question
I'm most afraid of
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One that asks me
what I'm really made of
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What do I see
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Much more
than a reflection
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A romance with
sheer perfection
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I see me
I see me
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Actress, woman
star and lover
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Sister, sweetheart
slave and mother
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I see me
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And I like
what I see
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Virgin, temptress
dream of others
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Yes, it's me
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Yes, it's me
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- We see you
- You mean me
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Idol, goddess
shameless hussy
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Diva, princess
lewd and lusty
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She's sensational.
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That's not me
Can't be me
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- Angel devil
- You can trust me
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Mon ami
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I see
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Whoo-whoo
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Everywhere I look, baby
all I see is
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- A contradiction
- Oh, come on
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- A bad addiction
- Knock it off
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- Inspiration to a generation
- Now you're talkin'
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That's you
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That's me
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Wow!
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Oh, boy!
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Whoo!
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Whoo!
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Wrinkled, wrinkled little star...
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hope they never
see the scars.
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Your guests are here,
Miss Ashton.
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A Miss Helen Sharp
with a gentleman.
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- Ahh. How's she look?
- Who?
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Helen, you idiot.
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I don't know.
Smart, I guess, sort of classy.
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Classy? Really?
Compared to whom?
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Oh, sh*t.
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Mad!
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Hel!
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- I don't believe it.
- How are you?
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- It's been so long.
- I know.
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Don't you dare say how long.
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Mad, I'd like you to meet...
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Dr. Ernest Menville, my fiance.
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You were just wonderful.
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Ernest Menville? Dr. Ernest Menville,
the plastic surgeon?
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- Yes. You were so terrific!
- Ernest is quite a fan.
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- I've read all about you.
- That dance number. Boy, oh, boy.
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- I can't believe I'm meeting you.
- He never mentioned a Madeline thing.
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- We're both huge fans.
- I'm sure he doesn't have a... thing.
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Do you?
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Well, I'm so happy
for you... both.
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What ever happened to that,
um, writing thing?
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- Oh, well, um, I'm still trying.
- Helen, don't be modest.
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- She's a brilliant writer, Mrs. Ashton.
- Miss.
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Tell me, Doctor...
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do you think that
I'm starting to need you?
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So...
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have you two set a date?
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- Yes... we have.
- No, actually...
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We see
the upper eyelid skin incision...
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from the medial canthus
to the lateral orbital margin.
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There are two fat compartments
in the upper eyelid, three in the lower.
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Oops. Look at all this bleeding.
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Needle-tip cautery. Quickly, please.
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For heaven's sake,
Helen, it was a dinner.
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The woman wanted
my professional opinion.
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Ernest, you don't know Madeline
the way I do.
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She wants you.
She wants you because you're mine.
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I've lost men to her before.
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She just turns on that flash
and that glitter and they're gone.
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Martin Donovan (born August 19, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley and appeared in many of Hartley's films, such as Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur (1994), and The Book of Life (1998; in which he played Jesus). Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film Collaborator (2011). more…

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