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Jul 23, 1999 · Drop Dead Gorgeous: Directed by Michael Patrick Jann. With Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Allison Janney, Denise Richards. A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win.
Drop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American satirical mockumentary black comedy film directed by Michael Patrick Jann and written by Lona Williams. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Brittany Murphy, Allison Janney, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, and Amy Adams in her film debut.
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that.
Jul 5, 2019 · “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” the mockumentary about a teen-age beauty pageant in the fictional town of Mount Rose, Minnesota, was released in 1999. Made for somewhere between ten and fifteen million...
47% Tomatometer 74 Reviews. 75% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings. An annual beauty pageant in small-town Minnesota turns ridiculously competitive and ultimately chaotic in this biting comedy.
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Jul 23, 1999 · The climax of "Drop Dead Gorgeous" contains a few cheerfully disgusting scenes that qualify it to open in this Summer of Raunch. But once again, the ideas are funnier than the images. Contestants get food poisoning during their trip to the finals and vomit into the atrium lobby of the host hotel.
Ever since the vivacious but vicious former beauty queen, Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV’s Cheers), has been pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, Valentine, The...
