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Steel Magnolias (1989)

PG | | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 22 November 1989 (USA)
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A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... M'Lynn Eatenton
... Truvy Jones
... Ouiser Boudreaux
... Annelle Dupuy Desoto
... Clairee Belcher
... Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
... Drum Eatenton
... Spud Jones
... Jackson Latcherie
... Sammy Desoto
... Owen Jenkins
... Aunt Fern
Knowl Johnson ... Tommy Eatenton
... Jonathan Eatenton
... Belle Marmillion
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Pivoting around the lively Truvy Jones' Louisiana beauty parlour, a tightly-knit band of friends, confront griefs, loss, life's unforeseen tragedies and heartaches with what they do best: gossiping and sharing. The spirited diabetic and bride-to-be, Shelby; her always supportive mother, M'Lynn; Truvy's gawky assistant, Annelle; the city's curmudgeon, Ouiser; and the town's former first lady, Clairee, are the warm Southern belles who know how to survive life's challenges with their unwavering friendship. But when Shelby decides to conceive, things will turn upside down.. Written by Nick Riganas

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louisiana | beauty parlor | friendship between women | female bonding | wedding | See All (95) »

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Sometimes laughter is a matter of life and death. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,425,440, 19 November 1989, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$83,759,091

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$95,904,091
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Trivia

Ouiser mentions that she and her friends used to dress up like nuns and go barhopping when they were young. Shirley MacLaine played a woman who dressed up as a whiskey-drinking nun in Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970). She also dressed up as a nun in Cannonball Run II (1984). See more »

Goofs

At the Christmas Holiday Festival, Truvy and Annelle are working the concession stand. Truvy hands a box of food to a woman standing next to Shelby. The woman hands Truvy a bill and has her arm out-stretched for the change. Truvy hands the money to Annelle. The shot changes, Annelle appears to give the change to the woman. It then goes back to the original shot the arm is still outstretched for the change. See more »

Quotes

Clairee Belcher: Ouiser could never stay mad at me; she worships the quicksand I walk on.
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Referenced in Raised by Wolves: Little Orphan Mannie (2015) See more »

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TWO STEP MAMOU
Written by Wayne Toups, Jay Miller and Jean Arceneaux
Performed by Wayne Toups and Zydecajun
Courtesy of Polygram Special Products, a division of Polygram Records, Inc.
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Inside a small circle of friends.
31 August 2003 | by – See all my reviews

"Steel magnolias" is a chronicle of a small circle of friends .The actresses get the lion's share ,which has become unusual ;that alone is cause for celebration,mainly when the cast includes a grumpy sullen Shirley McLaine who overplays as hell,Sally -never without my daughter-Field,A holier-than- thou but good -hearted Daryl Hannah wearing horrible glasses ,a very young Julia Roberts who was more endearing than she is now in such parts as "Brockovich" and of course Dolly Parton -too bad she does not sing-.

The dramatic plot -Shelby's illness- is kept to the minimum,at least in the first hour.Then when the tragedy strikes,Herbert Ross avoids pathos and melodrama (it's not the return of Douglas Sirk).And the last scene is wonderful,Easter meaning a renaissance .As usual,Georges Delerue's score superbly enhances the film :he's so good a musician that even when the movie bores you (Godard's "le mépris" for instance,as far as I'm concerned),his tuneful work survives.
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