Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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Written by Lona Williams

Directed by Michael Patrick Jann

Running Time: 135 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1999

Rating: 15 Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Filmed in documentary style, this movie focuses upon the build-up to the beauty contest and the way in which the contestants try to win in a small Minnesota town.

Everyone involved in the contest knows that only one thing counts. It isn't talent, fitness, or taking part; it's making sure you are number one and getting to the top in any possible way.

Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), the poor girl who practises her tap routine while beautifying cadavers at the local morgue. Becky Ann Leeman (Denise Richards), the rich girl whose mother Gladys (Kirstie Alley) was the queen in her day. And it's her mum who is organising the whole shindig.

Gradually, Becky and her mum bump off the other contestants - a tractor explosion, bullet to the head, 200-pound overhead light falling off the rig.

One girl is sufficiently accident-prone to avoid Becky's attention. Opening her shirt to show the scar where her dog attacked her, Tess Weinhaus (Shannon Nelson) doesn't seem unduly affected by the experience: "They remade the belly with skin from my butt."

With some hilarious cameos and top lines all delivered in that odd, singsong Minnesota twang, this is a comedy that shouldn't be missed. Yah, you betcha.

Cast

Image for Kirsten DunstKirsten DunstAmber Atkins
Image for Ellen BarkinEllen BarkinAnnette Atkins
Allison JanneyLoretta
Image for Denise RichardsDenise RichardsRebecca 'Becky' Ann Leeman
Image for Kirstie AlleyKirstie AlleyGladys Leeman
Sam McMurrayLester Leeman
Mindy SterlingIris Clark
Image for Brittany MurphyBrittany MurphyLisa Swenson
Image for Amy AdamsAmy AdamsLeslie Miller
Laurie A. SinclairMichelle Johnson
Shannon NelsonTess Weinhaus
Tara RedepenningMolly Howard
Sarah StewartJenelle Betz
Alexandra HoldenMary Johanson
Brooke BushmanTammy Curry

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