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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
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That's why I wanted you to meet her
before we got married.
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I just had to see if you could pass
the Madeline Ashton test.
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Please...
Please, don't fail.
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I couldn't
take it again.
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07:56,400 -- 00:07:58,914
I don't know
what I'd do.
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Do you know how
silly you're sounding?
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Oh, darling,
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I have absolutely no interest
in Madeline Ashton.
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09:27,280 -- 00:09:30,670
Mrs. Helen Sharp? It's your landlord.
Open the door, please.
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I know you're in there!
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09:33,640 -- 00:09:36,359
I have your final
eviction notice.
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If you don't come out,
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- I'm going to break the door.
- What are you doing here?
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I have the police. If you don't open,
we're going to break the door.
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- Well, speak!
- I'm going to charge you for it too.
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- Lady, let's go.
- You heard what he said.
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You're in trouble.
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Come on. Open it!
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Lady, listen.
You have the right to remain silent.
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If you give up the right
to remain silent...
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Are you nuts?
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Come on.
Get her outta here!
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So...
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what about you, Helen?
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We haven't heard from you
in a while.
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Is there anything...
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you'd like to...
talk about... with the group?
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Yes.
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I would like
to talk about...
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Madeline...
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Ashton.
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Stop! Stop it!
Stop!
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No! No!
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Is this where we are, Helen?
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Six months of therapy.
You're not one pound lighter.
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And we are still talking
about Madeline Ashton!
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- You think I enjoy talking about her?
- Do you think I enjoy it?
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Is that what you think?
You better think again!
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Martin Donovan

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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