Death Becomes Her Page #12

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


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and make it a better place

than he found it.

1073

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Oh, and that he did.

1074

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The Menville Marriage

Counseling Clinic,

1075

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the Menville Center

for the Study of Women,

1076

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and of course, Ernest's AA chapter

will carry on long after his death.

1077

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...was for him

a delightful adventure.

1078

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Who among us never knew

Ernest the prankster? Hmm?

1079

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Ernest the storyteller?

1080

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We've all heard his tall tales about

the living dead in Beverly Hills.

1081

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- Ah, but you see...

- Oh, what?

1082

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- You're not crying, are you?

- I'm not crying.

1083

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I have...

something in my eye.

1084

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- Oh!

- Yech!

1085

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Oh! Do you have

that number 9 acrylic?

1086

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Look. I put it in your bag.

1087

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- Oh!

- I must have dropped it somewhere.

1088

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- No. I put it in your bag!

- Well.

1089

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Who could drop a big can of

spray paint for God's sake?

1090

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I had it

when we left the car, okay?

1091

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Let's get the hell

outta here.

1092

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I, for one, honestly believe

this teacher, this benefactor,

1093

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this man,

had in his own way...

1094

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learned the secret

of eternal life.

1095

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And it's here, among us,

in the hearts of his friends.

1096

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And the secret

of eternal youth right here...

1097

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in the lives of his children

and his grandchildren.

1098

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It is my opinion

that our beloved Ernest...

1099

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is one man

who will indeed...

1100

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live forever.

1101

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Blah, blah, blah,

blah, blah.

1102

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What'd you do

with that spray paint can?

1103

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Come on. Get off that. Let me see what

kind of a mess you've made of yourself.

1104

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Oh, yeah,

you're all runny.

1105

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- I must look ridiculous.

- No, I don't think anyone will notice.

1106

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But I think you're gonna need

a little bondo on the chin, babe.

1107

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- I gotta get to the hardware store.

- Oh, now, come on!

1108

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How could you have lost

an entire can of spray paint?

1109

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Why do I have to carry everything?

You get to carry a baby purse.

1110

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- Where did you see it last?

- If I knew, I'd know where it was.

1111

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- An entire can of spray paint.

- Get off it!

1112

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Has that ever worked? When you ask me

where I last saw something?

1113

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Yes. When you lost

your index finger.

1114

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- I didn't lose it. It broke off.

- That's because you crack...

1115

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Help me! My legs aren't working!

Help me!

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Do you remember

where you parked the car?

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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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