| Death Becomes Her | |
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| Title: | Death Becomes Her |
| Directed by: | Robert Zemeckis |
| Written by: | Martin Donovan; David Koepp |
| Produced by: | Robert Zemeckis; Joan Bradshaw; Steve Starkey |
| Music by: | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by: | Arthur Schmidt |
| Production | |
| Production: | Universal Pictures |
| Released: | July 13th, 1992 |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running time: | 104 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Death Becomes Her is an American feature film of the fantasy and dark comedy genres. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis with a script written by Martin Donovan and David Koepp. It was produced by Universal Pictures and premiered in New York City, New York on July 13th, 1992. It opened nationwide in the U.S. on July 31st, 1992. The movie does not squarely fall into the horror genre, but its unconventional narrative and dark satire, along with a healthy dose of body horror, may find some appeal amongst horror fans.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Note: This list only identifies the first 40 members of the cast. For the complete cast list, see this film's page on IMDB.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Meryl Streep | Madeline Ashton |
| Bruce Willis | Ernest Menville |
| Goldie Hawn | Helen Sharp |
| Isabella Rossellini | Lisle Von Rhuman |
| Ian Ogilvy | Chagall |
| Adam Storke | Dakota |
| Nancy Fish | Rose |
| Alaina Reed Hall | Pschologist |
| Michelle Johnson | Anna |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | Vivian Adams |
| William Frankfather | Mister Franklin |
| John Ingle | Eulogist |
| Clement von Franckenstein | Opening man |
| Petrea Burchard | Opening woman |
| Jim Jansen | Second man |
| Mimi Kennedy | Second woman |
| Paulo Tocha | Landlord |
| Mark Davenport | Eviction cop |
| Thomas Murphy | Eviction cop |
| Michael Mills | Police officer |
| Sonia Jackson | Psychiatric patient |
| Jill C. Klein | Psychiatric patient |
| Jean Pflieger | Psychiatric woman |
| Debra Jo Rupp | Psychiatric patient |
| Carol Ann Susi | Psychiatric patient |
| Kay Yamamoto | Psychiatric patient |
| Jacquelyn K. Koch | Messenger girl |
| Anya Longwell | Chagall receptionist |
| Stuart Mabry | Chagall security |
| Colleen Morris | Starlet |
| Jonathan Silverman | Jay Norman |
| Meg Wittner | Woman at book party |
| Carrie Yazel | Girl at Dakota's |
| Michael A. Nickles | Lisle's body guard |
| John Enos | Lisle's body guard |
| Dan Clark | Lisle's body guard |
| Fabio | Lisle's body guard |
| Joel Beeson | Lisle's body guard |
| Ron Stein | Elvis |
| Bonnie Cahoon | Greta Garbo |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "Some people will go to any lengths to stay young forever. But Madeline Ashton and her old friend Helen Sharp are about to go TOO far." Another tagline is "In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't."
- There are a total of seventy-three credited cast members in this film.
- Filming on Death Becomes Her began on December 9th, 1991. Principal shooting wrapped on April 7th, 1992. The movie was primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. The funeral home scenes were shot at Greystone Park & Mansion in Beverly Hills. Shots of the chapel stairs were filmed at Mount St. Mary's College. [1]
- Actress Alaina Reed-Hall is credited as Alaina Reed Hall in this film.
- On the movie aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Death Becomes Her holds a 57% score on the Tomatometer based on 58 critic reviews. It has 33 positive reviews and 25 negative reviews, averaging 6.00 out of 10. The film has a Popcornmeter score of 62% based on more than 100,000 verified user ratings.
- On Letterboxd, Death Becomes Her has a weighted average score of 3.69 out of 5 based on 216,255 user ratings.
- Actress Isabella Rossellini also played Betty Spinelli in the "You, Murderer" episode of Tales from the Crypt, which was co-produced by Death Become Her director Robert Zemeckis.
- "Death Becomes Her" is also the title to episode 3x05 of the Chucky television series on Syfy.
Recommendations[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Death Becomes Her at TCM
- Death Becomes Her at IMDB
- Death Becomes Her at Wikipedia
- Death Becomes Her at Letterboxd.com
- Death Becomes Her at Themoviedb.org
- Death Becomes Her at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Death Becomes Her (1992); Filming & Production.