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La morte ti fa bella
Titolo originale: Death Becomes Her
Regia:
Robert Zemeckis
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Anno: 1992
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Commedia Fantasy Horror
Tag:
jealousy
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immortality
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beauty
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rivalry
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potion
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drinking
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body horror
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Cast:
Meryl Streep
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Goldie Hawn
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Bruce Willis
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Isabella Rossellini
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Ian Ogilvy
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Adam Storke
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Alaina Reed Hall
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Nancy Fish
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Michelle Johnson
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Mary Ellen Trainor
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William Frankfather
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John Ingle
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Clement von Franckenstein
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Petrea Burchard
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Jim Jansen
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Mimi Kennedy
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Paulo Tocha
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Mark Davenport
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Thomas Murphy
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Michael Mills
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Sonia Jackson
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Jill C. Klein
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Jean St. James
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Debra Jo Rupp
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Carol Ann Susi
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Kay Yamamoto
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Jacquelyn K. Koch
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Anya Longwell
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Stuart Mabray
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Colleen Morris
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Jonathan Silverman
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Meg Wittner
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Carrie Jean Yazel
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Michael A. Nickles
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John Enos III
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Danny Lee Clark
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Fabio
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Joel Beeson
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Ron Stein
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Bonnie Cahoon
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Stéphanie Anderson
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Bob Swain
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Eric Clark
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Dave Brock
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Lydia Peterkoch
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Phillip Irwin Cooper
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Ernest Harada
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Susan Kellermann
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Kevin Caldwell
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Alex Hernandez
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Donna Ekholdt
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Tammy Gantz
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Melissa Martin
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Jeff Adkins
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Cheryl Baxter
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Cameron English
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Edmond Alan Forsyth
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Bob Gaynor
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Don Hesser
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Michael Higgins
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Kenneth Hughes
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Kenneth Knaff
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Glean Lewis
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Keith McDaniel
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Charles McGowan
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Regan Patno
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Lacy Darryl Phillips
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Matt Sergott
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Paul Michael Thorpe
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Sergio Trujillo
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Randy Crenshaw
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Jon Joyce
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Jerry Whitman
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Anthony S. Johnson
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Mike O'Hearn
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Sydney Pollack
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Ai Wan
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Due donne, ex-amiche e grandi rivali, si rivolgono a una moderna fattucchiera che vende loro l'elisir dell'eterna giovinezza: dopo averlo bevuto non invecchieranno più, ma le conseguenze saranno disastrose...
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From when she first took the potion in 1985 to when she gets killed in 1992, Helen enjoyed her etern [...]
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During the description of the plot to kill Madeline, there was a quick shot of the folder being stam [...]
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After he finishes examining Madeline, the E.R. Doctor (Sydney Pollack ) takes a tablet out of his po [...]
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Madeline "dies" four times throughout the film. First is when she is pushed down the stairs and init [...]
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Robert Zemeckis: [a sexy redheaded woman in a red dress] In the film, after years of being mousy and [...]
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In an interview Meryl Streep revealed that she assumed the role of Helen (Goldie Hawn's character) w [...]
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The film's cast includes three Oscar winners: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Sydney Pollack.
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Robert Zemeckis: [revolutionizing visual effects no matter the film genre] The film and other Zemeck [...]
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Besides the negative feedback in test screenings, another reason why several scenes were removed fro [...]
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Helen was originally supposed to take the potion in the final act of the film, leading up to her fig [...]
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This film takes place over the course of 51 years, from 1978 to 2029.
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Helen drinks the potion on October 26, 1985. This is the "present date" (the date Marty goes back in [...]
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The original ending was overall different from the theatrical version. It involves Tracey Ullman's c [...]
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When Ernest is running around the emergency room trying to find a doctor for Madeline, Kurt Russell [...]
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Ernest states that he uses spray paint on corpses because it sticks to dead flesh better.
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For the majority of the movie, Madeline wears white or black and Helen wears red or black. The one e [...]
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Isabella Rossellini used a body double for her nude scene in this film. The body double that stood i [...]
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In the original script, Helen didn't become an obese cat lady. And when Ernest meets up with Helen y [...]
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In a UK television interview, Meryl Streep was asked about this uncharacteristic role, and she repli [...]
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The film won the Best Visual Effects Oscar, BAFTA, and Saturn Awards.
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In several scenes toward the end of the film, references to deceased musicians and actors are visibl [...]
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Body Count: 4
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In the scene where Mr. Chagall abruptly shows up during Madeline's appointment with Anna (Michelle J [...]
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In one of the original proposed endings, Madeline and Helen steal a car from one of the guests at Li [...]
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This film is one of the two films released in 1992 that starred Goldie Hawn. The other film is Mogli [...]
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With a budget of $55 million, the film ended up being a moderate success at the box office by earnin [...]
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At one point, Lisle asks Madeline how old she thinks she is. Madeline answers 38, and Lisle gives he [...]
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During Helen's fantasy when she states her plot to kill Madeline to Ernest, a drugged Madeline is pu [...]
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In the opening scene, Meryl Streep's character is starring in a musical version of La dolce ala dell [...]
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The three main character's names are a play on words. Madeline, Ernest and Helen can be shortened to [...]
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The film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, defeating Batman - Il ritorno (1992) and Alien³ ( [...]
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Among the guests at the party are: Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Elvis Presley, Jim Morr [...]
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One of the early drafts of the script had Lisle being over a hundred years old, instead of 71. It wa [...]
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Filming began on December 9, 1991, and wrapped on April 7, 1992.
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A pneumatic bra was built to create the effect where Meryl Streep's breasts become higher and firmer [...]
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Lisle Von Rhuman (Isabella Rossellini) has 12 minutes of screentime in the film.
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The film's budget was $55 million.
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Even though her character, Madeline Ashton, is portrayed as a 50 or over year old woman throughout m [...]
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In the theatrical ending, Ernest's second wife's name is Claire according to the priest's eulogy. Th [...]
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Lisle states to Madeline that she hasn't seen an Autumn or Winter season in years. These two seasons [...]
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The figure of a nude woman can be briefly glimpsed inside the vial of potion Madeline purchases, sug [...]
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At Helen Sharp's book signing event, upon closer inspection, there's a brooch pinned on one of the s [...]
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Originally, when Ernest enters the hospital's morgue in search of Madeline, a drawer containing the [...]
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The box containing the potion is decorated with the symbol "ankh", an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic [...]
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Even though the film deals with undead people, the words, "undead" and "zombie" are never mentioned.
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During filming, director Robert Zemeckis would say, "Hold onto your butts." Screenwriter David Koepp [...]
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This was the first film that used photo-realistic human skin software.
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Despite the unseen deleted scene where it had explained why the nuns were in the hospital morgue whi [...]
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Though her character, Helen Sharp, is portrayed as a 50 year old woman during the majority of the fi [...]
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In one of the early drafts of the script, Lisle's main desire was to preserve the world's greatest m [...]
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Isabella Rossellini revealed on The David Letterman Show (1980) that she had nothing on but a sarong [...]
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The film was originally going to be a sequel to Racconti dalla tomba (1972). The latter film was a f [...]
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Meryl Streep wasn't thrilled that the film relied heavily on visual effects. Streep claimed that sho [...]
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The exterior of Ernest and Madeline's mansion was shot and is located at 1125 Oak Grove Avenue in Sa [...]
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In the original script, Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp were originally old college friends, instead [...]
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Catherine Bell was Isabella Rossellini's nude body double.
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20 years after the film's release, in 2012, there was talk about a possible television spin-off on B [...]
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Meryl Streep, who portrays Madeline Ashton, and Tracey Ullman, who portrays Toni in some of the film [...]
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In an unreleased deleted scene, Ernest and Madeline's housekeeper, Rose (Nancy Fish), arrives at the [...]
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In the scene where Ernest is spray painting Madeline's lower body with flesh-colored paint while the [...]
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Madeline has mocked and chastised Ernest for being impotent. Yet, ironically, as evidenced by his eu [...]
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Animatronic puppets of Meryl Streep's head were created and used to shoot the scene where a "resurre [...]
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An edited picture from the original ending was used during Ernest's funeral scene. The picture of hi [...]
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Isabella Rossellini (Lisle), Mary Ellen Trainor (Vivian Adams), and Michelle Johnson (Anna) each sta [...]
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Bruce Willis replaced Kevin Kline as Ernest.
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The trailer was narrated by Percy Rodrigues.
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According to the original screenplay, Madeline's lover was a Latin cabana boy named Marcello.
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The shots in the psychiatric clinic where Helen is brought look exactly like those in Qualcuno volà [...]
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During the scene where Helen Sharp gets evicted from her apartment by a group of police officers whi [...]
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There are several scenes featured in the trailer that didn't make it into the final cut of the film. [...]
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Lisle (Isabella Rossellini) makes a reference to Don Quixote. Eight years after this film, Rossellin [...]
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There was a scene in the script where Madeline was talking to her agent. The scene was shot but it n [...]
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Thanks to the technological advancements of this film, Industrial Light & Magic used some of the sam [...]
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Donna Baltron doubled for Meryl Streep during the scene where Madeline had her legs spray painted.
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The potion is depicted in the film as a pink ethereal essence. In the original script, however, it w [...]
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Jennifer Jason Leigh was considered for the role of Helen Sharp.
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In one of the many deleted scenes, especially the scenes concerning Toni (Tracey Ullman), Ernest and [...]
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The scene where the "resurrected" Madeline confronts Ernest, Meryl Streep had to wear a blue screen [...]
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In this film, Helen's hair is light brown and then, red. In real life, Goldie Hawn is a natural blon [...]
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There is a man and a woman inside the potion before Madeline drinks it. Symbols of youth and vitalit [...]
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Lisle's three main assistants are named Tom, Dick, and Harry. These are well-known placeholder names [...]
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Bruce Willis suggested two ideas for the title of the film. These choices were "It's Death, Baby" an [...]
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In the original script, the character of Madeline Ashton was originally conceived as a somewhat less [...]
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This is the second Robert Zemeckis film to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The other Zemeckis [...]
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There's a notable scene in the trailer that's missing in the film involving Madeline, Helen, and Ton [...]
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There has been some controversy over the film's DVD release in the early 2000s. Due to the quality o [...]
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During the scenes where Helen Sharp gets evicted from her apartment and gets therapy at a mental ins [...]
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Tracey Ullman worked just two days filming her now-deleted role, Toni.
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In a 2017 Vanity Fair article after the 25th anniversary of the film's release, the film was stated [...]
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Originally in the script, other celebrities, some of whom were living at the time of production, wer [...]
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Renowned critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave this film a "thumbs down", stating that though the [...]
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In the original script, Madeline and Helen ended up doing a lot of physical damage to one another du [...]
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In one of the proposed original endings, Ernest was meant to die from the long fall at Lisle's mansi [...]
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Meryl Streep accidentally scarred Goldie Hawn's cheek with a shovel during the fight scene.
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The trailer features the theme from I racconti della cripta (1989) by Danny Elfman.
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This is director Robert Zemeckis's eighth film.
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The trailer for this film has several missing scenes that ultimately never made it into the final cu [...]
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Mary Ellen Trainor: Vivian Adams, who talks to Ernest at Helen's book signing.
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In the original ending, Ernest's hand, which was infused by the potion, was shown to have remained y [...]
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In the scene where Madeline punches in the entrance code and enters the gate as Helen slips past her [...]
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The film has often been said to be like an "extended episode" of I racconti della cripta (1989) by f [...]
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When Mr. Chagall is talking to Madeline after he sends his assistant, Anna, away, his eyes keep movi [...]
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The film underwent some major re-editing after negative feedback at test screenings. The entire endi [...]
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Sydney Pollack portrays the E.R. Doctor in an uncredited role. This is the first time that he and Me [...]
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This is Mary Ellen Trainor's third time in a film directed by Robert Zemeckis. The other films that [...]
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After Kevin Kline dropped out of the film and turned down the role of Ernest Menville, Jeff Bridges [...]
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The moment before the shovel fight, Helen knocks Madeline's head and neck backward to where the head [...]
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The former client Isabella Rossellini's character refers to when she uses the quote, "I want to be a [...]
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The street name on the business card in Madeline's purse of Rue La Fleur does exist in California ju [...]
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In the scene where Helen sits down onto a shovel handle, she didn't sit in the way she was expected [...]
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The food that Helen eats before she gets evicted from her apartment and arrested is cake frosting.
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The film was nominated for a Golden Globe, including Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy [...]
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