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Title: Death Becomes Her (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Meryl Streep | ... | Madeline Ashton | |
| Bruce Willis | ... | Ernest Menville | |
| Goldie Hawn | ... | Helen Sharp | |
| Isabella Rossellini | ... | Lisle Von Rhuman | |
| Ian Ogilvy | ... | Chagall | |
| Adam Storke | ... | Dakota | |
| Nancy Fish | ... | Rose | |
| Alaina Reed-Hall | ... | Psychologist (as Alaina Reed Hall) | |
| Michelle Johnson | ... | Anna | |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | ... | Vivian Adams | |
| William Frankfather | ... | Mr. Franklin | |
| John Ingle | ... | Eulogist | |
| Clement von Franckenstein | ... | Opening Man | |
| Petrea Burchard | ... | Opening Woman | |
| Jim Jansen | ... | Second Man | |
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 ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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"Death Becomes Her" is over 20 years old but I bet it took a potion to remain splendorous for ever. Everything ages, even special effects but the elegance and wit of most of the dialog remains fresh and brisk. "I wasn't the sort of girl who could say the word sexual without blushing" tells Goldie to poor, emasculated Bruce - What happens to Bruce's face is just brilliant. He can't believe it. He is excited and terrified at the same time. A new DVD blue ray edition is overdue, with lots of extra features, please. Why haven't we seen more work like this? I'm a great fan of Martin Donovan and David Koepp, the writers, and this was their second and last collaboration. Koepp went on to write Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible and directed the delightful Ghost Town and Premiun Rush. Martin Donovan does extraordinary work with actors at Playhouse West and the Director's Playhouse of Los Angeles. I sat at three of his sessions and I left inspired and breathless. I asked him about "Death Becomes Her" and our exchange will be posted in his Message Boards here on IMDb. It made me want to see the film again, immediately.