Death Becomes Her Page #11

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
Director(s): Robert Zemeckis
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
56
PG-13
Year:
1992
104 min
5,265 Views


Siempre viva!

975

01:
20:28,920 -- 01:20:31,514

Live forever!

976

01:
20:31,600 -- 01:20:34,717

Then what?

977

01:
20:34,800 -- 01:20:37,439

What?

978

01:
20:37,520 -- 01:20:40,318

- Then what happens?

- What?

979

01:
20:40,400 -- 01:20:44,075

I don't wanna live forever.

980

01:
20:44,160 -- 01:20:48,073

It sounds good, but what am I gonna do?

What if I get bored?

981

01:
20:48,160 -- 01:20:50,799

- What?

- What if I get lonely?

982

01:
20:50,840 -- 01:20:52,876

Who am I gonna hang around with,

Madeline and Helen?

983

01:
20:52,960 -- 01:20:54,951

What if something happens to me?

What if I get maimed?

984

01:
20:55,040 -- 01:20:57,952

What if I get shot?

What if somebody pushes me down...

985

01:
20:58,000 -- 01:21:00,468

What if I fall down a flight

of stairs or something?

986

01:
21:00,560 -- 01:21:03,916

- But you never grow old.

- But everybody else will.

987

01:
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I'll have to watch

everyone around me die.

988

01:
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I don't think

this is right.

989

01:
21:09,640 -- 01:21:12,234

This is not a dream.

This is a nightmare.

990

01:
21:12,280 -- 01:21:14,510

You people all

have to be stopped.

991

01:
21:14,600 -- 01:21:17,160

Dick, Tom, Harry.

992

01:
21:18,480 -- 01:21:20,710

Get the potion from him!

993

01:
21:26,160 -- 01:21:29,835

- Get him! Get him!

- Relax. He won't get far.

994

01:
21:29,920 -- 01:21:32,229

Not at his age.

995

01:
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Welcome, everyone.

Lisle will be down in a few minutes.

996

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First, I must remind all of you

who staged your own deaths...

997

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22:27,360 -- 01:22:30,079

of our very strict

policy against...

998

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popping up in public

to grab a few headlines.

999

01:
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I won't name names.

You know who you are.

1000

01:
22:41,560 -- 01:22:44,791

I was just trying to have some fun.

That's all.

1001

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Look!

There's Ernest!

1002

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22:49,520 -- 01:22:52,318

Oh, my God!

He still looks like hell.

1003

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I don't think she gave him

the good stuff.

1004

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Look!

1005

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He's still got it!

1006

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Let's go.

1007

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23:02,600 -- 01:23:04,875

Oh, everybody

gather round.

1008

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Lisle will be with us

in a very few seconds.

1009

01:
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Gentlemen, please,

seal the room.

1010

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He's going up.

1011

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Idiot!

1012

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Oh, boy!

1013

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Ernest!

1014

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Ernest!

1015

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- Helen!

- Grab it!

1016

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- L...

- Ernest!

1017

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Ernest! Grab it!

1018

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25:33,200 -- 01:25:35,998

Grab it!

1019

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25:36,080 -- 01:25:38,469

Grab it!

Grab it!

1020

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25:43,360 -- 01:25:46,796

Ernest! Do you still have the potion?

Do you still have it?

1021

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Find it! Find it!

1022

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25:49,520 -- 01:25:52,717

It's the only way

you'll survive if you fall.

1023

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25:52,800 -- 01:25:55,109

Drink it!

Drink it or you'll die!

1024

01:
25:57,080 -- 01:25:58,911

- Oh!

- After you fall,

1025

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25:58,960 -- 01:26:01,838

you can put yourself

back together again.

1026

01:
26:03,600 -- 01:26:06,637

Drink it!

1027

01:
26:06,720 -- 01:26:09,393

- Drink it. Drink it!

- Drink it!

1028

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26:11,360 -- 01:26:13,828

Drink it! Drink it!

1029

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26:15,920 -- 01:26:18,354

You have to!

1030

01:
26:18,440 -- 01:26:20,954

We need you!

1031

01:
26:25,680 -- 01:26:27,796

I'm sorry, dears.

1032

01:
26:27,880 -- 01:26:30,474

You're on your own.

1033

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27:08,320 -- 01:27:10,151

So...

1034

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27:10,240 -- 01:27:12,629

are you gonna be

done soon or what?

1035

01:
27:14,320 -- 01:27:19,110

Oh, yes!

I'm gonna be done very soon.

1036

01:
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That was pretty neat.

1037

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It'd be better for both of you

to get him back.

1038

01:
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- Yes?

- Nothing. It's too late. He got away.

1039

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28:05,680 -- 01:28:07,875

- Damn!

- I said we should go to the airport!

1040

01:
28:07,920 -- 01:28:10,480

- You said no such thing.

- I knew he wasn't coming back here.

1041

01:
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- You have all the answers, don't you?

- Ohh! Look!

1042

01:
28:13,680 -- 01:28:16,558

- I'm peeling already!

- Oh!

1043

01:
28:16,600 -- 01:28:20,036

- Me too!

- Who's gonna fix this?

1044

01:
28:20,080 -- 01:28:22,799

We're in trouble.

Ernest is gone.

1045

01:
28:22,840 -- 01:28:26,799

We can't go back to Lisle's.

She told us to take care of our bodies.

1046

01:
28:26,840 -- 01:28:30,389

- And look at us! We're dead!

- Yeah!

1047

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This is so embarrassing.

1048

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28:33,160 -- 01:28:37,472

You know what this is? This is simply

a question of, uh, maintenance!

1049

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Yeah, this is upkeep. We just have

to be very careful with ourselves.

1050

01:
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We have to take

care of each other.

1051

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I'll paint your ass;

you paint mine.

1052

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- Who could have imagined?

- Yeah.

1053

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28:50,200 -- 01:28:52,839

- You and me... together.

- Yeah, I know.

1054

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Depending on each other.

1055

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Painting each

other's asses.

1056

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- Day and night.

- Oh, yeah. Forever.

1057

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Forever.

1058

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We're gathered here today

to honor the passing...

1059

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of a man of courage

and of vision.

1060

01:
29:19,600 -- 01:29:24,276

Now, Dr. Ernest Menville

always felt life begins at 50.

1061

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And since we know so little

of Ernest before that age,

1062

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29:27,640 -- 01:29:30,154

perhaps in his case,

it's really true.

1063

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Because it wasn't until 50

he met his lovely wife, Claire,

1064

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that he had two sons

and four daughters...

1065

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and then like a

biblical patriarch...

1066

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began to spread

his message of hope...

1067

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to his adopted children

all around the world.

1068

01:
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A brilliant academic

as well as a rugged outdoorsman,

1069

01:
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Dr. Menville pursued with vigor

a variety of pursuits...

1070

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not just to attain

some personal ambition...

1071

01:
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but to enhance

the world for us...

1072

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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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