Death Becomes Her

Starring:Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke, Nancy Fish, Alaina Reed Hall, Michelle Johnson, Mary Ellen Trainor, William Frankfather, John Ingle, Clement von Franckenstein, Petrea Burchard, Jim Jansen, Mimi Kennedy, Paulo Tocha, Mark Davenport, Thomas Murphy, Michael Mills (III)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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This 1992 black comedy by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back to the Future trilogy) features some of the most eye-popping special effects of the '90s in its story of a narcissistic star (Meryl Streep) who steals the husband (Bruce Willis) of another woman (Goldie Hawn) and continues her rivalry with her even after death. A magic potion keeps both women going despite the punishment of murderous bullets and fatal plunges, and the joke is that even as they rot they remain vain about appearances. Though he's fashioned a one-note movie, Zemeckis gets a lot of mileage out of such impressive sights as Hawn walking around with a hole in her chest the size of a basketball, and Streep--her head and arms twisted 180 degrees--moving like a broken crab. It's weird, it's sick, it's hilarious, and the stars push the whole project to a classy entertainment. Isabella Rossellini is great as a scantily clad witch who sells the immortality brew. The DVD release has a full-screen presentation, optional French and Spanish soundtracks, optional Spanish subtitles, and Dolby sound. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

I loved this movie. I had no idea what this movie was about and had never seen any trailer of it. I was thinking "another Meryl Streep's melodrama"; but this crazy movie tickled my brain and belly through out the play time. This is one of a kind movie with great star cast and they all are very very funny. Buy yourself a copy because you will never get tired of this movie.

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

this movie is so funny. goldie and merryl streep are hilarious. i wish there was more movies like this. the way madeline's head turns all the other way around is so cool and always wondered how they did that. what a funny movie this was and still is.

I could not wait anymore..........2007-04-21

It is one of the best comedies I`ve ever seen...

Best Potion for youthfulness.......2007-04-13

This is one of the most original films I have ever seen. Meryl, Goldie, and Bruce work well off of each other, which is why the film was a success. Helen and Madeline each woman want Earnest. and they each seek eternal life when they find out about it. Helen and Madeline are both viscious women.

This movie is a dark comedy. very funny. I reccomend this to everyone.

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Death Becomes Her
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Black Comedy | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

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ASIN: 0783223676
Release Date: 1998-01-20

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If Robert Zemeckis's mega-hit Forrest Gump was too sweet for your taste, you may enjoy the undiluted bitterness of his previous movie, a cynical black comedy that was ahead of its time. Death Becomes Her, an outlandish parable about America's obsession with youth and vanity, exposes the corrosive side of Zemeckis's comic sensibility, the sort of scathing satirical edge he gleefully flourished in his overlooked 1980 Used Cars, which has developed a cult following. Meryl Streep has a ball as the deliciously vicious Madeline Ashton, a flamboyantly mannered actress who makes Bette Davis's formidable Margo Channing in All About Eve look like a wallflower. Goldie Hawn is also in razor-sharp comedic form as Madeline's long-time "best friend," Helen. Sensing a bargain she just can't resist, Madeline steals Helen's meek, plastic-surgeon husband Ernest (Bruce Willis) for her own convenience, and the two women become sworn enemies. But the real complications arise when the two are introduced to a secret anti-aging formula by a mysterious and exotic woman (Isabella Rossellini, delightfully ridiculous) that not only smoothes away wrinkles but actually guarantees immortality. As their undying bodies are twisted and mutilated by violent attacks on each other, both women grow increasingly dependent on Ernest for cosmetic repair. The pioneering digital effects inflicted on Streep and Hawn are as grotesque as they are imaginative and hilarious. Like James Cameron (The Abyss, Titanic), Zemeckis loves a technical challenge, and the new visual tools developed for this movie made his later work (in Forrest Gump and Contact) possible. The digital video disc includes a short feature on the movie's production. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews:

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

I could not wait anymore..........2007-04-21

It is one of the best comedies I`ve ever seen...

Best Potion for youthfulness.......2007-04-13

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"I can see right through you!"

Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004S5ST

Customer Reviews:

"I can see right through you!" .......2006-01-27

Rivalry between two women (Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) over a doctor/undertaker (Bruce Willis) leads to extreme measures. They take an elixir that maintains beauty forever with some minor side effects (and a belated warning).

One woman becomes very twisted, the other holier than thou.
Who will he choose?
I will not go into details, as they are the movie. However the great acting and good special effects will hold your attention. One must be prepared to suspend reality.

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One of a kind movie
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very funny movie
I could not wait anymore...
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Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

She-Devil
The First Wives Club
The Witches of Eastwick (Keepcase)
Big Business
Housesitter

ASIN: B00004RCO9

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Customer Reviews:

One of a kind movie.......2007-07-02

Movies.......2007-06-27

I loved this movie! I hadn't seen it in years but what a funny movie to look back on. Great investment into a movie collection.

very funny movie.......2007-05-07

I could not wait anymore..........2007-04-21

It is one of the best comedies I`ve ever seen...

Best Potion for youthfulness.......2007-04-13

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Death Becomes Her [Region 2]
Starring: Meryl Streep , Bruce Willis , Goldie Hawn , Isabella Rossellini , and Ian Ogilvy
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video

( D ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
ASIN: B00004VY1F

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