Death Becomes Her Page #7

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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595
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51:36,960 -- 00:51:39,269
Stay away from me!
596
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51:39,360 -- 00:51:41,874
You bet I will!
Animal! Psycho!
597
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51:41,960 -- 00:51:44,838
- Don't come near me.
- Wife pusher!
598
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51:44,880 -- 00:51:48,555
Don't come near me,
follow me or talk to me.
599
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51:48,640 -- 00:51:50,835
I don't intend to.
600
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51:51,280 -- 00:51:54,078
I just have to make
a telephone call.
601
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51:57,400 -- 00:52:01,109
I just have to make
a telephone call.
602
00:
52:01,200 -- 00:52:03,270
9-1-1, right?
603
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52:06,360 -- 00:52:10,035
You're in the sh*t house now, pal!
604
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52:11,040 -- 00:52:13,110
Madeline, look at yourself!
605
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52:13,200 -- 00:52:15,919
- Huh?
- Look at yourself!
606
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52:19,640 -- 00:52:21,835
Ernest!
607
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52:21,920 -- 00:52:24,753
My ass!
608
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52:24,840 -- 00:52:28,150
I can see...
my ass!
609
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52:28,240 -- 00:52:32,995
- Something's wrong with your neck too.
- I would say so.
610
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52:33,040 -- 00:52:37,591
I would friggin' well say so!
611
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52:38,920 -- 00:52:41,832
Oh!
Are you okay, honey?
612
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52:41,920 -- 00:52:44,593
Yeah. Oh.
613
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52:48,240 -- 00:52:51,949
Ernest...
614
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52:52,040 -- 00:52:54,235
what's wrong with me?
615
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52:54,320 -- 00:52:57,392
It's a dislocated neck.
That's what it is.
616
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52:57,480 -- 00:53:00,916
It could happen. I've never seen
it happen, but it could happen.
617
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53:01,000 -- 00:53:04,276
Yeah, so? Fix it.
618
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53:04,360 -- 00:53:07,033
- How?
- I don't know. Just do it!
619
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53:07,120 -- 00:53:09,953
I wouldn't know where
to begin, Madeline.
620
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53:10,000 -- 00:53:11,911
For God's sake!
621
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53:17,560 -- 00:53:19,516
Ah!
622
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53:19,600 -- 00:53:21,909
Oh!
623
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53:26,320 -- 00:53:29,995
Honey, I think
I need a doctor.
624
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53:34,160 -- 00:53:37,232
- What's the matter with this guy?
- She's at death's door!
625
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53:37,400 -- 00:53:39,231
Doctor, she's at death's door.
626
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53:39,280 -- 00:53:42,192
Why don't you let me
be the judge of that?
627
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53:42,280 -- 00:53:44,236
What seems to be the problem?
628
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53:44,280 -- 00:53:46,635
I fell down the stairs.
629
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53:46,680 -- 00:53:49,353
Whoopsie.
Anything broken?
630
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53:49,400 -- 00:53:52,153
I don't think so. I mean,
it would hurt, wouldn't it?
631
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53:52,240 -- 00:53:54,708
I should think so, yeah.
632
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53:54,800 -- 00:53:59,032
Maybe my wrist,
but my neck feels sort of sore.
633
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53:59,120 -- 00:54:01,554
Let's have a little look at you.
Which wrist is it?
634
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54:01,640 -- 00:54:03,596
Right.
635
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54:03,680 -- 00:54:06,353
- Does it hurt when I do this?
- No.
636
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54:06,440 -- 00:54:09,318
- How about this?
- Nope.
637
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54:11,240 -- 00:54:14,437
- Ah, okay, this?
- Hmm, no, uh-uh.
638
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54:15,400 -- 00:54:18,631
- This doesn't hurt?
- Uh-uh. No.
639
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54:18,720 -- 00:54:21,439
Are you telling me
it doesn't hurt when I do this?
640
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54:21,520 -- 00:54:24,080
It doesn't hurt.
I told you that.
641
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54:24,120 -- 00:54:27,476
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
642
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54:27,560 -- 00:54:30,677
Okay, what's this you're talking
about with your neck?
643
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54:30,760 -- 00:54:33,957
It hurts when I kinda
turn it, you know?
644
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54:34,000 -- 00:54:36,673
Maybe you just...
645
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54:36,720 -- 00:54:40,315
Okay, right.
I see. Gotcha.
646
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54:40,400 -- 00:54:44,473
- What about shock? Should we check?
- It could be shock.
647
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54:44,560 -- 00:54:46,710
It could be shock.
648
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55:00,880 -- 00:55:03,110
What is...
649
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55:12,480 -- 00:55:14,630
What? What is it?
What's the matter?
650
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55:14,720 -- 00:55:17,280
It's, uh,
it's interesting.
651
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55:17,360 -- 00:55:19,794
It's okeydokey.
652
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55:19,880 -- 00:55:22,997
I think that
just about covers it.
653
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55:23,080 -- 00:55:26,629
- Might I have a little sip of that?
- Of course.
654
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55:28,920 -- 00:55:32,549
Well, I'll tell you what.
We, this, uh, odd thing.
655
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55:32,600 -- 00:55:35,637
Your wrist,
as far as I can tell,
656
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55:35,720 -- 00:55:38,951
it's fractured in three places.
657
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55:39,040 -- 00:55:41,349
And you've shattered,
uh, two, uh, vertebrae.
658
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55:41,440 -- 00:55:44,830
I can't really be certain
without an X ray.
659
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55:44,880 -- 00:55:49,396
But the bone protrusion through
the skin, that's not a good sign.
660
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55:49,480 -- 00:55:52,074
And, uh... your body temperature
is below 80...
661
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55:52,120 -- 00:55:55,078
and, your, your, your...
662
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55:55,120 -- 00:55:57,350
your heart's stopped beating.
663
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55:57,400 -- 00:56:00,676
What the hell does that mean?
664
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56:00,720 -- 00:56:02,995
Exactly! Exactly what...
665
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56:03,080 -- 00:56:06,197
I think...
I'm gonna get a second opinion.
666
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56:06,280 -- 00:56:07,952
Doctor?
667
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56:08,040 -- 00:56:10,634
Well, could be worse.
668
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56:10,720 -- 00:56:13,473
- I'm gonna examine you myself.
- No.
669
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56:13,520 -- 00:56:15,715
- Sit still.
- Don't touch me.
670
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56:15,760 -- 00:56:19,594
- My God, he's right.
- He is not right. Don't be ridiculous.
671
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56:19,640 -- 00:56:21,676
- This is incredible.
- What would it mean if he were right?
672
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56:21,720 -- 00:56:26,077
You're in violation
of every natural law that I know.
673
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56:26,160 -- 00:56:28,071
I, I, I,
I violated what law?
674
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56:28,160 -- 00:56:30,151
In violation of every
natural law that I know!
675
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56:30,240 -- 00:56:34,870
You're sitting there,
you're talking to me, but you're dead!
676
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56:34,960 -- 00:56:37,030
I'm gonna get help!
677
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56:41,440 -- 00:56:44,591
I need a doctor!
Room 147!
678
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56:44,680 -- 00:56:48,832
Hey! Hey!
679
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56:48,920 -- 00:56:54,278
Respiratory therapist
to E.R. Therapist to the E.R.
680
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56:54,400 -- 00:56:57,949
Where are all the doctors?
681
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57:03,600 -- 00:57:06,239
No, no, no!
Not that lab!
682
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57:06,320 -- 00:57:09,153
Everyone clear.
683
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57:09,200 -- 00:57:12,192
- What do we have now?
- No pulse!
684
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57:18,240 -- 00:57:21,038
Where is she?
685
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57:25,320 -- 00:57:28,232
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
I know how difficult this must be.
686
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57:28,280 -- 00:57:30,919
You don't understand.
She didn't...
687
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57:30,960 -- 00:57:33,030
This is very hard to explain.
688
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57:33,080 -- 00:57:35,913
I know it is.
How can anyone explain it?
689
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57:35,960 -- 00:57:38,952
- Where did you put my wife?
- Don't worry about that now.
690
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57:39,040 -- 00:57:41,349
Just give yourself
some time to grieve.
691
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57:41,400 -- 00:57:45,518
- Where did you put my wife?
- She's dead. She's in the morgue.
692
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57:45,560 -- 00:57:49,189
The morgue!
She'll be furious.
693
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58:55,320 -- 00:58:58,551
- Help!
- Yes, it's me, darling.
694
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58:58,640 -- 00:59:01,791
Oh, Ernest!

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