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Miss Firecracker (1989)
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Release Date:
19 January 1990 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
An explosive comedy!
Plot:
Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest...
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Beauty Contest
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Hunter shines in all but forgotten gem
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Holly Hunter | ... | Carnelle Scott |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Elain Rutledge |
 | Tim Robbins | ... | Delmount Williams |
 | Alfre Woodard | ... | Popeye Jackson |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Mac Sam |
 | Veanne Cox | ... | Tessy Mahoney |
| Ann Wedgeworth | ... | Miss Blue |
| Trey Wilson | ... | Benjamin Drapper |
| Amy Wright | ... | Missy Mahoney |
| Kathleen Chalfant | ... | Miss Lily |
 | Robert Fieldsteel | ... | Tommy Turner |
 | Greg Germann | ... | Ronnie Wayne |
| Avril Gentles | ... | Mrs. Biggs |
| Bert Remsen | ... | Mr. Morton |
| Angela Turner | ... | Caroline Jefferson |
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102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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UK:PG |
Iceland:L |
UK:12 (VHS rating) |
Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) |
UK:U (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG |
Sweden:7 |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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Delmount Williams:
Please, don't make me treat you like dogs. I don't want to treat you like common dogs.
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References Gone with the Wind (1939)
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This film blew me away. It is a gripping tale about a young woman( Hunter) entering a beauty contest without having the looks for it, but enough energy to put all that aside and go for it anyway. Something in her past makes her very determined to try to win the contest. Supporting her efforts are a group of very odd people, among them Glenn, Robbins and Steenburgen, who seem to not want to let on to Hunter that they don't expect her to succeed when she starts out but when they see her on the stage they all, almost anyway, cheer her and become very upset when she ends up fifth runner up. The film is an adapted play and it shows in the limited settings and in some of the dialogue, but overall it is a fine movie. Very warm and entertaining. It is a forgotten gem of a movie in which Hunter shines like a diamond.