I’m a woman. A woman, Ernest. From Newark, for Godsakes.
Let’s be Death Becomes Her
by Anonymous | reply 392 | April 16, 2023 5:31 PM |
I'm fat suit Goldie.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 21, 2023 3:27 AM |
I’m the idol, goddess, shameless, hussy.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 21, 2023 3:27 AM |
I’m ME… and I like what I see.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 21, 2023 3:28 AM |
I'm not one lb lighter and I'm still talking about Madeline Ashton.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 21, 2023 3:32 AM |
I’m a warning. And I’m coming to you NOW.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 21, 2023 3:34 AM |
I’m frosting.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 21, 2023 3:35 AM |
I’m the select group. A very select group.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 21, 2023 3:36 AM |
I want to be alone…yah uh uh.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 21, 2023 3:36 AM |
Im a GIRL!
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 21, 2023 3:37 AM |
I’m Rossellini side-boob.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 21, 2023 3:38 AM |
I’m the tricky staircase in Madeline’s mansion.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 21, 2023 3:38 AM |
I'm the pool boy who Lisle tells to "Keep your ass handy!"
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 21, 2023 3:38 AM |
I'm FLAAaaaaciddd!
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 21, 2023 3:39 AM |
I’m the rejuvenating elixir.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 21, 2023 3:42 AM |
I'm the parked car.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 21, 2023 3:42 AM |
I'm the spray paint.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 21, 2023 3:44 AM |
I’m Goldie’s ruined red top.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 21, 2023 3:45 AM |
I'm the oversized green umbrella.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 21, 2023 3:45 AM |
I'm the narcanol.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 21, 2023 3:47 AM |
I'm Madeline's hot young side piece.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 21, 2023 3:49 AM |
I’m acrylic No. 9
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 21, 2023 3:49 AM |
I’m a little Bondo on the chin, babe.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 21, 2023 3:50 AM |
I’m the mental ward psychologist who has had sufficient.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 21, 2023 3:51 AM |
I'm the moments that make life worth living.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 21, 2023 3:52 AM |
I’m the fired choreographer.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 21, 2023 3:55 AM |
I'm the Doctor.
Bone Protrusion is never a good sign.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 21, 2023 3:56 AM |
I’m “Me,” the opening number Meryl performs.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 21, 2023 3:57 AM |
I can see....MY ASS!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 21, 2023 3:57 AM |
We're the ghosts of Siskel and Ebert! We give it "TWO THUMBS UP" (They may be dead thumbs, but at least they're UP!)
This movie is so UNDER-RATED! It is imaginative, funny, well acted, and cutting edge (technologically- at that time) and a fun campy ride!
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 21, 2023 3:58 AM |
I'm neighbors. You can live in Los Angeles for 12 years and NEVER see me.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 21, 2023 3:59 AM |
I'm Bobby O'Brien!
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 21, 2023 4:00 AM |
I'm Madeleine, who will be FURIOUS when I realize I've been taken to the MORGUE!!
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 21, 2023 4:02 AM |
I'm makeup.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 21, 2023 4:05 AM |
I'm a non-binary Gen Z! I identify as a Unicorn. My pronouns are "Kill Dave Chappelle" and "Seaweed"!
WHY COULDN'T THEY HAVE NAMED THIS MOVIE "DEATH BECOMES THEY"!
THIS IS VIOLENCE! LITERAL VIOLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm boycotting Munchies Yogurt in protest!
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 21, 2023 4:07 AM |
I'm the PR woman Helen fired for cruelly saying Madeleine will go to the opening of an envelope. Well, I was ALMOST fired by Helen. 😏😂
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 21, 2023 4:09 AM |
I'm the vanilla frosting. I'm bought in bulk.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 21, 2023 4:38 AM |
I’m tits like ROCKS!!!
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 21, 2023 4:52 AM |
I'm the breathing that Madeline asks me to stop.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 21, 2023 5:07 AM |
I’m the sordid topic of coin. I’m afraid I’m not so simple.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 21, 2023 5:13 AM |
I’m the lost index finger that broke off.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 21, 2023 5:17 AM |
I’m the blood alcohol level of .40.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 21, 2023 5:18 AM |
I’m a plasma separation.
I’m a very traumatic process to ze bodee!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 21, 2023 5:19 AM |
I'm the fat-ass obscuring the newly svelte Goldie.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 21, 2023 5:20 AM |
R42 Then I'm the collagen buff!
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 21, 2023 5:21 AM |
I’m Tracey Ullman’s lost scenes.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 21, 2023 5:23 AM |
I’m the 40 bottles of wine in the Mercedes-Benz SL on top of Mulholland.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 21, 2023 5:23 AM |
I'm the car....I think Mad and Hel forgot where they parked me.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 21, 2023 5:24 AM |
I’m the floating nuns.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 21, 2023 5:24 AM |
I’m “Dark Windows” starring Michael Caine and Madeline Ashton.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 21, 2023 5:25 AM |
I’m Catherine Bell’s bare ass.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 21, 2023 5:25 AM |
R47 is too late. R15 beat you to it!
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 21, 2023 5:27 AM |
I'm the tape getting worn out by being constantly rewound so that someone can watch their nemesis die again... and again... and again...
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 21, 2023 5:31 AM |
I’m the clever little witch who sent seating assignments.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 21, 2023 5:35 AM |
I’m the animal shelter overwhelmed by the turning in of Helen’s 27 cats.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 21, 2023 5:36 AM |
I'm sexual.....
Sexy............
Sex...........
by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 21, 2023 5:40 AM |
I'm the handkerchief wrung out till there's blood.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | March 21, 2023 5:42 AM |
R53 Thank you, Rose!
by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 21, 2023 5:43 AM |
I'm Madonna.
The entire film is basically about what will happen to me in 30 years.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | March 21, 2023 5:51 AM |
I'm the giant hole in Helen's midsection.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 21, 2023 6:04 AM |
I'm Jim Morrison hanging out by the pool.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 21, 2023 6:06 AM |
I’m the eyebrow that can’t be raised without major plastic surgery.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 21, 2023 6:14 AM |
I’m RIGHT! I’m ab-so-lute-ly RIGHT!
by Anonymous | reply 62 | March 21, 2023 6:22 AM |
I am a baaaaaad actress!
by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 21, 2023 6:26 AM |
I’m the natural law. I’m screwed!
by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 21, 2023 6:27 AM |
I’m forever young…and eternally FAT.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | March 21, 2023 6:28 AM |
I’m formaldehyde. What in God’s name…
by Anonymous | reply 66 | March 21, 2023 6:29 AM |
I’m hardware store spray paint. I’m a better option for corpses, because traditional makeup you basically have to grind it into the skin.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | March 21, 2023 6:41 AM |
They don’t write scripts like this anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 21, 2023 6:41 AM |
I’m “it”, I’m awake and in the bath.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 21, 2023 6:44 AM |
I’m Ernest’s morning Screwdriver, yuck… needs more vodka.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 21, 2023 6:45 AM |
R67 Ex-CUSE me!
by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 21, 2023 6:50 AM |
I'm the side effects you tell people AFTER they've drunk the potion.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 21, 2023 6:56 AM |
I’m Glenn Close, laughing hysterically at her nemesis making this type of crap while I’m staring in hit movies and having actual sex with Micheal Douglas at his peak because ole Mike is sex addict. These good times are brief, but can still make an even 80 year old woman squirt like a water fountain when needed
by Anonymous | reply 73 | March 21, 2023 6:57 AM |
I'm Meryl's not-so-positive opinion of the then cutting-edge special effects techniques needed to complete the film.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | March 21, 2023 6:57 AM |
I need to speak to Madeline, who isn’t here.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | March 21, 2023 7:03 AM |
I took the potion on October 26th 1985, WAY before you!
by Anonymous | reply 76 | March 21, 2023 7:05 AM |
I’m the surprising amount of rain in LA.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | March 21, 2023 10:44 AM |
I'm the ability to say SEXUAL, without blushing.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | March 21, 2023 10:49 AM |
I'm the dating people of your age. And the rain.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | March 21, 2023 10:50 AM |
R20 that was Adam Storke, who was Julia Robert's love interest in MYSTIC PIZZA.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | March 21, 2023 11:03 AM |
I'm SONGBIRD! -- the kitschy, musical adaptation of Tennessee Williams' SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | March 21, 2023 11:08 AM |
I'm Tracey Ullman. You'll only see me in the trailers,
by Anonymous | reply 82 | March 21, 2023 11:34 AM |
I'm Meryl's assistant, pushing her boobs up during the rejuvenation scene as the pneumatic bra malfunctioned!
by Anonymous | reply 83 | March 21, 2023 11:42 AM |
I love when they try to rescue Ernest from the roof by throwing the flimsiest of scarves towards him
by Anonymous | reply 84 | March 21, 2023 11:43 AM |
I'm the wigs
by Anonymous | reply 85 | March 21, 2023 11:44 AM |
I'm Madeline's inferiority complex about being born poor which drives her to steal Helen's men and berate Ernest when he calls her a cheap, tacky little tramp.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | March 21, 2023 11:49 AM |
I’m Woody Allen. I would have made a great Ernest. (And no, I didn’t touch Mia’s whackadoo daughter)
by Anonymous | reply 87 | March 21, 2023 12:04 PM |
I'm the Fairbanks Theatre on Broadway.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 21, 2023 12:17 PM |
I'm Kevin Kline, my asking fee was too much!
by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 21, 2023 12:29 PM |
I'm Elvis at the party.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | March 21, 2023 12:44 PM |
I'm the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, beating out ALIEN 3 and BATMAN RETURNS.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | March 21, 2023 12:44 PM |
I’m the very strict policy against popping up in public to grab a few headlines.
I won’t name names. You know who you are, R91
by Anonymous | reply 93 | March 21, 2023 1:03 PM |
I'm the best-selling beauty book "Forever Young"
by Anonymous | reply 94 | March 21, 2023 1:06 PM |
I’m the proposed musical adaptation with Kristin Chenoweth that never went anywhere.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | March 21, 2023 1:09 PM |
I'm Meryl's 14 year-old son cringing at his mom dressed like a sexbomb
by Anonymous | reply 97 | March 21, 2023 1:11 PM |
I’m a homewrecker. I’m a man-eater. And I’m a BAAAD actress!
by Anonymous | reply 98 | March 21, 2023 2:24 PM |
I'm Claire, Ernest Menville's lovely wife
by Anonymous | reply 99 | March 21, 2023 3:39 PM |
I'm Ernest the prankster and storyteller.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 21, 2023 3:41 PM |
I'm Ernest's AA chapter, still carrying on long after he's gone
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 21, 2023 3:43 PM |
Wonderful thread. I rewatched this recently at a revival theater in Hollywood. So good.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 21, 2023 3:45 PM |
I’m not crying. I have something in my eye…
Oh…Oh…OOHHH! Do you have that number 9 acrylic!?
by Anonymous | reply 103 | March 21, 2023 3:47 PM |
I'm the parked car outside the funeral service.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 21, 2023 3:49 PM |
I'm BLAGH BLAGH BLAGH BLAGH BLAGH
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 21, 2023 6:23 PM |
I’m Michelle Johnson, shitting my pants at having to do an accent opposite M!
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 22, 2023 2:46 AM |
I'm the Best Film of 1992.
Fuck you, Clint Eastwood.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | March 22, 2023 2:53 AM |
I'm Madeline's being on the receiving end of Helen's shotgun. I brought this on myself.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 22, 2023 3:22 AM |
R108 Actually, it was Helen on the receiving end of Madeleine's shotgun.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | March 22, 2023 4:22 AM |
I’m the red dye in the pool.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 22, 2023 4:58 AM |
I’m the expression of happiness on Fernando’s face that’s completely inappropriate.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 22, 2023 6:04 AM |
I’m Madeline’s raucous fishwife scream after her finger gets cut by Lisle’s blade. I could wake the dead.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 22, 2023 7:54 AM |
I’m Chagall’s eye twitch.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | March 22, 2023 9:09 AM |
I'm Doberman Pinschers using the elevator.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | March 22, 2023 9:48 AM |
I'm the most beauuuutful face, ever to grace the silver screen.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 22, 2023 9:54 AM |
I'm not being torn to shreds after a fall into a stained glass skylight.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | March 22, 2023 9:56 AM |
I’m Dick, Tom and Harry. I’m supposed to get the potion from him.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | March 22, 2023 10:28 AM |
I’m autumn and winter. Lisle hasn’t seen me in years.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 22, 2023 11:35 AM |
I'm the guy who had a domestic, strangled his wife, pushed her down the stairs to her death, and yet still gets written as the good guy in the end.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | March 22, 2023 12:17 PM |
R119 I'm the "forever" that Ernest just wasn't going to take it for.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | March 22, 2023 12:58 PM |
I'm the warning given to Madeline after she takes the potion.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | March 22, 2023 1:20 PM |
I'm the blender, food processor, and insta-pot used to make the potion.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | March 22, 2023 1:26 PM |
R119 to be fair, those would be considered crimes of passion, committed in the heat of the moment, usually in response to provocation. The implication was that after years of Madeline's verbal abuse, Ernest finally snapped in that instant.
It's not like he was a regular abuser and (attempted) murderer, which implies premeditation and thus a worse offense. Yes, there was the subplot to kill Madeline and make it look like an accident, but all of that was Helen's idea/plan.
Ernest was a passive character. He was either Madeline's or Helen's pawn throughout the movie, until he finally broke free from them in the end and lived happily ever after.
The worst thing Ernest ever did on his own was to cheat on Helen with Madeline and vice-versa later on, but even then he was being manipulated by them to exact revenge on the other.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | March 22, 2023 1:40 PM |
I'm OP's filthy snatch. The entire cast and crew could fit in her roomy uterus.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | March 22, 2023 1:50 PM |
I’m the huge lipstick print on Madeline’s cheek.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | March 22, 2023 2:46 PM |
I'm the F word.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | March 22, 2023 3:01 PM |
I'm the soft, bald, overweight Republican in prison.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | March 22, 2023 3:11 PM |
I'm the sexiest 71 year old woman you've ever seen.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | March 22, 2023 3:23 PM |
I’m the friend of…of…the guy…who was here to…fix…
by Anonymous | reply 129 | March 22, 2023 3:28 PM |
I always wished Ernest took the serum so I could see a youthful, strong, muscular Bruce Willis.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | March 22, 2023 3:41 PM |
I am all of the deleted scenes that will never see light of day. 😢
by Anonymous | reply 131 | March 22, 2023 4:08 PM |
Why don't they release them like other movies have done?
by Anonymous | reply 132 | March 22, 2023 4:19 PM |
R132 Scream Factory apparently wanted to feature them on their Blu-Ray release, but Universal couldn’t find the footage. If it does survive in some fashion, it’s probably not in the studio’s hands.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 22, 2023 4:25 PM |
I'm Rose shlepping up the staircase with a tray full of heavy china and some sliced apple.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | March 22, 2023 4:30 PM |
R133 oh, so it's like a lost silent film in a way. That's a shame.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 22, 2023 4:31 PM |
I’m a true representation of how deranged most women are and a look at the future of how they want all men to be emasculated weaklings.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | March 22, 2023 4:38 PM |
I’m the esthetician’s fake French accent that disappears the moment Mr. Chagall enters the room.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 22, 2023 6:00 PM |
R133 I would be happy with a transfer of a worn out cassette tape from Robert Zemeckis’s basement.
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 22, 2023 6:23 PM |
I’m the naked bimbo yelling out for “Dakota!” when Madeline shows up unexpectedly at her side piece’s house.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 22, 2023 6:38 PM |
I’m Madeline’s bedtime face sling.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | March 22, 2023 6:42 PM |
I’m the Playbill for “Songbird!” lying on the sidewalk outside the theatre, being trampled by the rain.
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 22, 2023 6:44 PM |
“Madeline Ashton! Talk about raising the dead.”
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 22, 2023 6:54 PM |
I'm Goldie's delectable ass revealed in her skimpy lingerie while Meryl's ass is kept covered. The director ain't no fool. Special effects in that era can only take you so far.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | March 22, 2023 7:21 PM |
I'm Tom, Dick, and Harry.
We say little and make room for guests, BUT...we keep our asses handy.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 22, 2023 7:37 PM |
I’m the actress who played Rose on 227, and I’m playing the group therapy facilitator. You knew I looked familiar, but you have no fucking idea what my name is.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | March 22, 2023 7:41 PM |
R145 Marrrrryyyyyyy!!!
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 22, 2023 7:42 PM |
R140 it's called the revolutionary "Face Bra"
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 22, 2023 8:06 PM |
I'm the original script that showed Helen taking the potion after Madeline.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 22, 2023 8:07 PM |
I'm the steamy sex scene between Madeline and Dakota, also from the original script
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 22, 2023 8:07 PM |
I’m New York City, 1978
by Anonymous | reply 150 | March 22, 2023 8:12 PM |
I'm Ernest's rejuvenated hand which allows him to restart his surgery career and afford to start a new life at 50.
I'm also the strange fact the Minister states they know so little about Dr Menville prior to this, despite him being a famous plastic surgeon and husband of a faded movie star.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | March 22, 2023 8:13 PM |
I'm NOT waffling, Ernest.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 22, 2023 8:19 PM |
I'm Madeline's George Washington ponytail.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | March 22, 2023 8:19 PM |
I'm the rehearsed gasp of surprise used to greet Helen when she visits Madeline at her dressing room after the show.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 22, 2023 8:20 PM |
The opening musical act always has me laughing. VIRGIN, TEMPTRESS, STREAM OF LOVERS, YES, IT'S ME. YES, IT'S ME.
IDOL, GODDESS, SHAMELESS HUSSY. DIVA, PRINCESS, LEWD AND LUSTY.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 22, 2023 8:24 PM |
R155 I never knew "Stream of lovers" was the lyric!
by Anonymous | reply 156 | March 22, 2023 8:27 PM |
May have misheard, r156. I am usually laughing out loud at the outrageous ineptitude of the act.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 22, 2023 8:28 PM |
I'm Meryl's amazing figure at age 42 after giving birth a few months before filming
by Anonymous | reply 158 | March 22, 2023 8:30 PM |
I’m Oprah, who had her first prime time special interviewing Meryl and Goldie on the set of DBH.
I was still fat then.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | March 22, 2023 8:30 PM |
I’m Madeline sashaying her feather boa all around while the camera slowly pans to show audience members filing out
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 22, 2023 8:31 PM |
I'm Meryl's mother visiting the set, wondering why her daughter has a blue bag on her head
by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 22, 2023 8:33 PM |
The audience leaving has me falling out laughing too, they are disgusted by the performance
by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 22, 2023 8:33 PM |
I thought Bruce was a great sport throughout this movie, totally convincing as an emasculated wimp. His little-boy rapture at Madeline's musical number and the double take he does when he sees the gun cabinet swing open are hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | March 22, 2023 8:37 PM |
[quote]The audience leaving has me falling out laughing too, they are disgusted by the performance
Whose bright idea was it to musicalize Sweet Bird of Youth -- and with a disco score, to boot. 😂
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 22, 2023 8:53 PM |
I'm the bottle of Elizabeth Taylor's White Diamonds perfume briefly visible when Madeline empties the contents of her purse onto the passenger seat after she stops her car in the middle of the highway.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 22, 2023 9:49 PM |
I'm the tall necklace on an African sculpture on the coffee table that Madeline uses to hold her head up in the following scene when she and Helen ask Ernest for one final touch-up.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 22, 2023 9:51 PM |
I'm the brilliant makeup on Meryl by her long-time collaborative makeup artist J. Roy Helland that subtly ages beautiful 42 year-old Streep into a frumpy yet well-preserved 50 year-old and back to a stunning fresh-faced young woman.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 22, 2023 9:53 PM |
I'm Madeline's almond shaped French manicure and Helen's rectangular jungle-red claws.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | March 22, 2023 9:54 PM |
[quote] I'm the soft, bald, overweight Republican in prison.
R127 Hi Donald. Had no idea you were a Death Becomes Her fan, or a Datalounger for that matter. Looking forward to your LOOOOOONG incarceration at Gitmo! Seems fitting that we should sentence you to serve your time in a "shithole country." 😜
by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 22, 2023 11:48 PM |
[quote] “Madeline Ashton! Talk about raising the dead.”
I’m Mimi Kennedy, who spoke that line when exiting the theater in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | March 23, 2023 1:51 AM |
R165 R166 this is part of why I love this thread, I never noticed either detail before!
by Anonymous | reply 171 | March 23, 2023 2:15 AM |
R157 It’s “prima donna” not “stream of lovers”!
by Anonymous | reply 172 | March 23, 2023 2:32 AM |
“Dream of others”!
by Anonymous | reply 173 | March 23, 2023 2:36 AM |
I am the ass of Liesels bodyguard ,told to be kept handy.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | March 23, 2023 2:41 AM |
R148 / R149.
Yes, the final filming script is much better.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | March 23, 2023 2:45 AM |
I’m the shithouse Ernest is in now, pal!
by Anonymous | reply 176 | March 23, 2023 2:57 AM |
I’m the dinner Helen and Ernest will finish before acting quickly.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | March 23, 2023 3:46 AM |
I’m just another drunk driver.
by Anonymous | reply 178 | March 23, 2023 3:48 AM |
R172, LMAO
by Anonymous | reply 179 | March 23, 2023 3:53 AM |
I’m the blood squeezed out of Helen’s hands by a twisting tissue.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | March 23, 2023 4:10 AM |
I’m the preposterous yet thoroughly enjoyable storyline.
by Anonymous | reply 181 | March 23, 2023 5:09 AM |
I’m Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert who both gave Death Becomes Her a 'thumbs down', commenting that while the film had great special effects, it lacked any real substance or character depth.
Ummm that was the point, dumbasses.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | March 23, 2023 5:30 AM |
I'm the paint in the eye, to add a little color
by Anonymous | reply 183 | March 23, 2023 8:26 AM |
I'm R136 erectile dysfunction.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | March 23, 2023 8:29 AM |
R159, I love to track down that full special.
It was right before the weight loss. Oprah was as big as a house and looked miserable.
The girls both looked awesome in their stage makeup.
The interview was ripe with tension. Oprah threw some thinly veiled shade (as only Oprah can do) at both Meryl and Goldie, but particually at Goldie regarding her age, and then ended the interview abruptly. It was a shit show.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | March 23, 2023 9:28 AM |
I'm Death Valley, Helen's intended burial ground
by Anonymous | reply 186 | March 23, 2023 9:33 AM |
R123. Uh, no, I would argue the worst thing he did was murder his wife, whether it was premeditated or not. Sure he's not a "regular" abuser or murderer (yay! not a serial killer!) but the murder was a pretty bad look. They probably should have had Helen do it.
It's not like a judge would go "Oh, you murdered you're wife. What's your defense?" and he could go, "Oh she was a total bitch who implied I had erectile disfunction."
No sane court would say "Oh, that's fine then. INNOCENT! You can go."
Willis' character arc is definitely about growing from becoming a weak, spineless fool willing to go along with, and commit, actual murder because he can't stand up to the women in his life, to a strong man who actually can make decisions and actually separate himself from those toxic influences. And that would play out fine EXCEPT for the abuse and murder for which he receives no comeuppance. Divorce is always a decision it's never to late to make.
But this is a camp comedy classic with 90's sensibilities so you do have to let some things slide. It's just arguably not worth this kind of analysis.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | March 23, 2023 9:39 AM |
R185 is that when Oprah pulled her little truck across the stage or was that another time she lost weight?
by Anonymous | reply 188 | March 23, 2023 9:40 AM |
R187 it isn't that deep. He pushed her in the heat of the moment and of course if he stood trial he would get jail, just like Madeline threatened him with. He didn't accidentally kill her as he chose to seize the opportunity and push her, but he didn't purposefully lead her to a trap.
Let's just say his comeuppance is forever telling tales of the living dead in Hollywood, which no one believes.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | March 23, 2023 9:57 AM |
R189. Oh absolutely, it's not that deep.
It's campy fun but that part is just the one thing about the film that annoys me.
by Anonymous | reply 190 | March 23, 2023 10:00 AM |
R190 maybe Ernest's punishment was believing God had spared Madeline as they were meant to be together "It's a Miracle!" only to find out it was all down to a potion, and that he was loved by neither of them, just a pawn in their rivalry.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | March 23, 2023 10:16 AM |
I’m the proposed Bravo TV series. Like the musical, I went nowhere.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | March 23, 2023 10:33 AM |
I'm M's horribly ugly nose. How did I get such a career w the ugliest mug, man.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | March 23, 2023 10:36 AM |
I'm Ernest screaming like a girl when Madeline shoots Helen.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | March 23, 2023 12:07 PM |
I'm the suffocating cats in fat Helen's cupboard.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | March 23, 2023 12:08 PM |
I'm the trust fund Helen plundered to pay for the potion
by Anonymous | reply 196 | March 23, 2023 12:16 PM |
Do we think Madeline went on to have a movie comeback after Ernest disappears or did she and Helen just retreat from life? It would be hard to explain the excessive spray paint on you list of demands!
by Anonymous | reply 197 | March 23, 2023 12:18 PM |
[quote] The interview was ripe with tension. Oprah threw some thinly veiled shade (as only Oprah can do) at both Meryl and Goldie, but particually at Goldie regarding her age, and then ended the interview abruptly. It was a shit show.
I remember the interview and there was no tension or shade thrown. It was a very light and superficial interview (very non Barbara Walters).
by Anonymous | reply 198 | March 23, 2023 1:26 PM |
I’m the TV series adaptation on Bravo in 2012. Thank god I was aborted, especially if Andy Cohen was the father!
by Anonymous | reply 199 | March 23, 2023 1:31 PM |
I'm the "something funny" Helen suspects Ernest of doing with Madeline's body.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | March 23, 2023 1:40 PM |
I’m R187 writing a pearl-clutching essay worthy of Helen Sharp’s neurosis about “domestic abuse and spousal murder” in Death Becomes Her, only to end with “It's just arguably not worth this kind of analysis” after dribbling on for several paragraphs.
by Anonymous | reply 201 | March 23, 2023 1:47 PM |
I'm the inexact science of timing a death, therefore no one can tell the call to Helen came after the fall.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | March 23, 2023 2:15 PM |
I’m the phone records the police might check, you poor, sweet thing.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | March 23, 2023 2:36 PM |
I'm the last time Madeline worked. I mean real work.
by Anonymous | reply 204 | March 23, 2023 2:37 PM |
I'm the unclear communication over the script which led Meryl to initially assume they wanted her to play Helen.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | March 23, 2023 2:52 PM |
I'm Helen blowing out the candles and licking her lips below her "NEVER" AGAIN" altar as dances out the door to put her plan in motion.
by Anonymous | reply 206 | March 23, 2023 3:27 PM |
I'm Madeline's powder blue tracksuit (?) paired with black pumps and lingerie.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | March 23, 2023 3:28 PM |
I'm Lisle's cokenail.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | March 23, 2023 3:29 PM |
I'm Helen Mirren and if I'd been cast you could have been sure I would have got my kit off to show you the WHOLE transformation
by Anonymous | reply 209 | March 23, 2023 3:43 PM |
I’m Glenn Close and if I were cast you would’ve got full tit and beaver.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | March 23, 2023 3:45 PM |
I'm Helen's asymmetrical hairdo that somehow looks great.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | March 23, 2023 4:02 PM |
I'm Isabella Rossellini's eyebrows. I've never looked so good.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | March 23, 2023 4:02 PM |
I'm scared as hell. Of the body I thought I once knew.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | March 23, 2023 4:03 PM |
I'm loving you.
by Anonymous | reply 214 | March 23, 2023 4:03 PM |
I'm all a man needs in a world of a fraus; just a good hand.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | March 23, 2023 4:06 PM |
Of course OP chooses the line Goldie Hawn doesn’t remember.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | March 23, 2023 4:33 PM |
I’m the Tracey Ullman cut everyone wants to see.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | March 23, 2023 4:33 PM |
I'm the arched eyebrow as Madeline's suspicions about that bitch Helen are confirmed when she follows her and Erin outside..
by Anonymous | reply 218 | March 23, 2023 4:36 PM |
R197 In order for an actress to have a comeback, she has to have talent worth bringing back. Between the opening musical scene (which stunk out loud), and the hammy Colombo-style VHS Helen was watching during her eviction, I think it's safe to say Madeline Ashton wasn't nearly as talented as she believed she was.
Also, she was almost certainly a diva on set, and who needs that shit?
by Anonymous | reply 219 | March 23, 2023 4:41 PM |
Madeline Ashton seemed like she would be homophobic.
by Anonymous | reply 220 | March 23, 2023 4:42 PM |
I'm the miles-long dining table in Helen's fantasy sequence.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | March 23, 2023 6:04 PM |
I'm the flash and glitter Madeline uses to dazzle Helen's men away from her.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | March 23, 2023 6:04 PM |
I'm the ballroom full of unexceptional looking party guests, all somehow immortal recipients of Lisle's potion.
by Anonymous | reply 223 | March 23, 2023 6:07 PM |
I'm the overweight woman at the book party. Helen hired me to step out of the way at just the right moment in order to fool her rival.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | March 23, 2023 6:09 PM |
I'm the impressive quantity of empty liquor bottles piled into the Mercedes in Helen's fantasy sequence. I'm every bit as cartoonish as R221's table or the "Abnormal" brain, and a cheeky visual cue that Helen's fantasy is a bit whimsical.
by Anonymous | reply 225 | March 23, 2023 6:21 PM |
I'm "Yes! No! Oh, damn!"
by Anonymous | reply 226 | March 23, 2023 7:15 PM |
R220, really? She seems like a fag hag. The only people besides Ernest Menville who would have stayed through the entirety of Songbird! were probably all gay
by Anonymous | reply 227 | March 23, 2023 7:24 PM |
I'm Madeline's huge Warhol that sticks out like a sore thumb in the entry.
by Anonymous | reply 228 | March 23, 2023 7:38 PM |
I'm the lax security team at the hospital that allowed Madeline to make her way to Ernest in the middle of a surgery with a bottle of champagne and two glasses.
by Anonymous | reply 229 | March 23, 2023 7:39 PM |
I'm Alan Silvestri's wonderfully dramatic and evocative score.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | March 23, 2023 7:40 PM |
I'm Meryl's uncanny animatronic robot stand-in used when blue screen wouldn't do the trick.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | March 23, 2023 7:41 PM |
I'm Ingrid Bergman's eldest daughter Pia Lindstrom walking out of a movie theater the opening weekend, overheard saying to a friend, "Well, I see yet again my sister played the weirdo."
by Anonymous | reply 232 | March 23, 2023 7:41 PM |
I'm the cute little brooch Lisle gifts to all her clients that they seem compelled to wear with every outfit.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | March 23, 2023 7:43 PM |
I'm the two-piece bathing suit Helen won't be wearing for a while.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | March 23, 2023 7:45 PM |
I'm the stomach hole super-imposed onto the incorrect woman's shadow cast by the fireplace as Ernest leaves Madeline and Helen to duke it out.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | March 23, 2023 7:58 PM |
I'm the Ernest Menville Center for Women.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | March 23, 2023 8:02 PM |
I'm the original ending that saw Madeline and Helen, decades later, still looking beautiful but bitter and unhappy, running into a happy, fulfilled, elderly Ernest.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | March 23, 2023 8:15 PM |
I’m Mary Ellen Trainor. I was married to Robert Zemeckis and had a cameo in the film. We divorced after twenty years of marriage. And now I’m dead, like, for reals!
by Anonymous | reply 238 | March 23, 2023 8:16 PM |
I'm Thelma and Louise, the movie Meryl and Goldie originally wanted for themselves.
by Anonymous | reply 239 | March 23, 2023 8:16 PM |
I’m Jonathan Silverman. My part was cut from the movie but you can see me briefly in the scene of Helen Sharp’s book party.
(Some people also refer to me as the poor man’s Matthew Broderick, which is fair.)
by Anonymous | reply 240 | March 23, 2023 8:21 PM |
I have watched Death Becomes Her dozens of times.
I watched Thelma & Louise once (and that was enough).
by Anonymous | reply 241 | March 23, 2023 8:23 PM |
I can see RIGHT THROUGH YOU.
by Anonymous | reply 242 | March 23, 2023 8:30 PM |
I'm the Madeline Ashton Test. Please don't fail. I don't know what I'd do.
by Anonymous | reply 243 | March 23, 2023 8:32 PM |
I'm the Mom from That '70s Show who has a cameo appearance as one of the mental patients in Helen's psych ward.
by Anonymous | reply 244 | March 23, 2023 8:33 PM |
I'm the profound psychological breakthrough Helen has on the psych ward when she realises she needs to eliminate Madeline Ashton.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | March 23, 2023 10:50 PM |
Related to R245 I'm the time lapse of at least 7 years between Helen taking the potion (1985) and finally putting her plan into action (1992). What the hell happened in me?!
by Anonymous | reply 246 | March 23, 2023 10:50 PM |
I'm the reference to the last time they had met (12 long years ago). What happened there?
by Anonymous | reply 247 | March 23, 2023 10:52 PM |
Hahaha I've never seen this detail before but at the webpage linked at R175 (and below) they actually created Madeline's filmography!
I'm the guest spot on Murder, She Wrote obviously and I resent Ernest implying I was not real work!
by Anonymous | reply 248 | March 23, 2023 10:59 PM |
I'm the zombie lesbian sex Madeline and Helen had one evening while they were painting each other's asses.
by Anonymous | reply 249 | March 23, 2023 11:28 PM |
R249 is that when Madeline's index finger just broke off?
by Anonymous | reply 250 | March 23, 2023 11:34 PM |
I'm the royalties from "Forever Young" which keep the gals in style
by Anonymous | reply 251 | March 23, 2023 11:35 PM |
R249 I'm the inability to ever feel pleasure again.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | March 23, 2023 11:37 PM |
Wow that original script from 1987 stank
by Anonymous | reply 253 | March 23, 2023 11:52 PM |
That Madeline filmography is a hoot-and-a-half! The only thing missing is the no doubt extensive array of commercials she did over the years.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | March 23, 2023 11:54 PM |
I'm so happy for you, uh, both.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | March 24, 2023 12:11 AM |
I’m Madeline’s fingernails clawing the bannister, an homage to the gorgon’s claws scratching a stone pillar in Clash of The Titans.
Lisle emerging from the pool looks like a stylistic homage to Clash of the Titans. She looks like she is wearing high heels as she steps out of the water.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | March 24, 2023 12:14 AM |
R254 Damn I wish "Tornado" was an actual movie. Nothing like star studded disaster movies.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | March 24, 2023 12:30 AM |
I’m the parties at Helen’s parents’ house that Madeline was never invited to.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | March 24, 2023 1:43 AM |
R254 who created that?
by Anonymous | reply 259 | March 24, 2023 1:47 AM |
I'm She-Devil rebooted. Meryl doesn't have much range and of course, neither does Goldie... I'm also the foreshadowing that this is what she will slowly morph into in real life... (this and her character in The First Wives Club)
by Anonymous | reply 260 | March 24, 2023 1:48 AM |
David Koepp himself, apparently, R259! I do admire a writer who has the time to imagine his characters' milieu. Another fun detail: that Madeline has been on The Tonight Show nine times. At first glance, that seems much for a gal like her, but then you consider how many times someone like Angie Dickinson or Dyan Cannon appeared.
by Anonymous | reply 261 | March 24, 2023 2:07 AM |
I'm Siempre Viva
by Anonymous | reply 262 | March 24, 2023 2:10 AM |
I’m 37 years worth of ass paintings.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | March 24, 2023 2:12 AM |
I’m twenty-eight... no, twenty-three.
by Anonymous | reply 264 | March 24, 2023 2:12 AM |
I’m the sordid topic of coin.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | March 24, 2023 2:15 AM |
R260, could you just not breathe?
by Anonymous | reply 266 | March 24, 2023 2:18 AM |
Lewks like she lost a few pou... we're leavin'!
by Anonymous | reply 267 | March 24, 2023 2:20 AM |
I'm the random floating nuns
by Anonymous | reply 268 | March 24, 2023 2:21 AM |
I'm the taking the potion, but still seeing my body rot before my very eyes (which I never quite caught)
by Anonymous | reply 269 | March 24, 2023 2:25 AM |
I’m the little piece of meat!
by Anonymous | reply 270 | March 24, 2023 2:25 AM |
I'm the pileup Madeline almost causes as she gets a horrified look at her self in the rearview mirror!
by Anonymous | reply 271 | March 24, 2023 5:43 AM |
I’m Don Quixote, tilting at nature’s windmill.
…drink it!
by Anonymous | reply 272 | March 24, 2023 5:57 AM |
Wow I just read the script which includes the deleted scenes. I knew that Ernest puts Madeline in the freezer but didn't know they had the maid Rose find her next morning. Madeline opens her eyes and tells her to shut the door!
Lots of good lines they lost, lots more swearing than the final version. Some good lines missing which I guess the actors ad-libbed?
by Anonymous | reply 273 | March 24, 2023 10:10 AM |
R273 I’m not sweat, honey, I’m just defrosting.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | March 24, 2023 10:14 AM |
R74 Watching the Golden Girls has really sharpened that wit, buddy guy.
by Anonymous | reply 275 | March 24, 2023 11:55 AM |
Another surprise from the script was Rose the maid has more lines and is a bit cheekier with Madeline.
After she finds Madeline in the kitchen she wakes Ernest like the scene before and he asks "Is it up yet?" and she replies "Yes sir, it's in the freezer!"
by Anonymous | reply 276 | March 24, 2023 12:46 PM |
I'm the pink magical potion which is just a mix of Pepto Bismol and Perrier.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | March 24, 2023 12:47 PM |
I'm my own stupidity at not realising before that Lisle wants Ernest to drink the potion so he can remodel and preserve her clients! I thought she just wanted the cheque!
by Anonymous | reply 278 | March 24, 2023 12:51 PM |
I'm the mini wipers on the Mercedes at R271.
Why do I exist?
by Anonymous | reply 279 | March 24, 2023 2:10 PM |
Zemeckis should have made a prequel 2-3 years later focusing mostly on the Lisle character. Where did she come from? How did she get the potion? It would have been interesting.
by Anonymous | reply 280 | March 24, 2023 3:07 PM |
I'm the echoing of Madeline's heels through cavernous halls.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | March 24, 2023 3:13 PM |
I'm soap and water. Might as well use me: I'm as good as a collagen buff, and much cheaper.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | March 24, 2023 3:15 PM |
I'm the fatal crunch of Madeline's neck.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | March 24, 2023 3:15 PM |
I'm smart, I guess, sort of classy.
by Anonymous | reply 284 | March 24, 2023 3:16 PM |
R284 oh yeah? Compared to WHOM?!
by Anonymous | reply 285 | March 24, 2023 4:51 PM |
I'm Madeline and Helen's gray, dusty vaginas.
by Anonymous | reply 286 | March 24, 2023 6:54 PM |
I'm the 90 year old churchgoer who discovers the broken pieces of Madeline and Helen's bodies on the ground.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | March 24, 2023 7:06 PM |
I'm the convoluted subplot of Ernest faking his death to get away from Mad and Hel
by Anonymous | reply 288 | March 24, 2023 7:14 PM |
I'm the right choice. The only choice.
by Anonymous | reply 289 | March 24, 2023 7:46 PM |
I'm the joke that Helen ran 48 miles a day to lose the weight
by Anonymous | reply 290 | March 24, 2023 9:32 PM |
I’m the apology for that little “thing” downstairs.
by Anonymous | reply 291 | March 24, 2023 9:35 PM |
I'm the check Madeline writes to Lisle. I bet I'm minuscule compared to what Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol paid. Murder She Wrote residuals aren't that big.
by Anonymous | reply 292 | March 25, 2023 9:20 AM |
R292 that was my money! Anything Madeline had left she owed me a long time ago
by Anonymous | reply 293 | March 25, 2023 10:12 AM |
R292 The prop check turned up at auction a few years ago. The amount written on it was $1,000,000, which tallies with interviews Streep gave where she mentioned that figure.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | March 25, 2023 1:10 PM |
[quote][R254] Damn I wish "Tornado" was an actual movie.
It is, starring Bruce Campbell.
(Just pretend the blonde, female lead is Madeline.) 😁
by Anonymous | reply 295 | March 25, 2023 1:20 PM |
I’m…sorry if this has been posted already!
Mostly still photos but has some live action shots from the original trailer. Plus a glimpse of Bruce and Tracey in their old age makeup at the end.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | March 26, 2023 1:22 AM |
I’m…I’m…well, I’m not sure what the fuck this is.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | March 26, 2023 3:11 AM |
I’m Lisle’s nipple hiding necklace.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | March 26, 2023 3:29 AM |
R296 It looks like they edited this film pretty masterfully. The excised footage looks corny.
It’s a really fun and campy movie, but a longer form of it with the subplot relationship between Willis’ and Ullman’s characters probably would have held the audience’s interest. And that’s too bad because Ullman is so funny and so talented.
The set design and special effects were amazing.
I think they found the excised footage on a video cassette at a tag sale? I may be misremembering that detail.
It’s a really bitchy, campy old film, and a real guilty pleasure. I can see why it’s so popular here. These characters are so easy to identify because I see pieces of my friends in them. The insecurities, vanity, preening narcissism, bossiness, demanding and selfish behaviors. It’s all pretty gay and pretty fantastic. I like the cars, too.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | March 26, 2023 1:03 PM |
I’m divorce. In California? I’m exactly what she wants you to do!
by Anonymous | reply 300 | March 26, 2023 1:31 PM |
R297 Someone filled in for the lighting technician on that crappy set there.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | March 26, 2023 1:32 PM |
I'm the very nervous stunt driver who had to stop the car an inch from Goldie's face.
by Anonymous | reply 302 | March 26, 2023 6:51 PM |
R302 surely that scene was spliced
by Anonymous | reply 303 | March 26, 2023 6:59 PM |
R303 or done in reverse. That’s how they did the scene in Home Alone where MC almost gets hit by the Wet Bandits’ van.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | March 27, 2023 5:08 AM |
R303 It was spliced from multiple takes. You can see a rotoscoping halo around Goldie’s hair. It’s especially visible on HD prints.
by Anonymous | reply 305 | March 27, 2023 8:23 AM |
No, I saw the behind-the-scenes.
It was a very skillful stunt driver and a very trusting Goldie.
Everyone always makes a big deal about Michelle Pfeiffer doing her own whip stunts in Batman Returns but never this.
by Anonymous | reply 306 | March 27, 2023 9:31 AM |
R306 Really? I have always wondered about that. I suspected they filmed it in reverse and sped up the video playback and added the sound effect of the tire squealing.
by Anonymous | reply 307 | March 27, 2023 9:37 AM |
I'm Madeline's new blue eyes
by Anonymous | reply 308 | March 27, 2023 9:48 AM |
I'm the hardware store owner who made a fortune for 37 years selling paint to two strange looking women.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | March 27, 2023 2:46 PM |
I'm the unstoppable stench of decomp meaning neither got laid since 1992
by Anonymous | reply 310 | March 27, 2023 4:36 PM |
R310 That part got cut out of the film, but was in the deleted scenes.
Ernest put Madeline in the freezer on that first night to help slow her decomposition. He presumably later embalmed her (which stinks, but not like a rotting corpse). But he never embalmed Helen. He just filled in the giant hole in her abdomen (probably with sawdust and cotton, so she shouldn't go swimming).
Helen was bound to stink after a few days.
by Anonymous | reply 311 | March 27, 2023 4:41 PM |
R311 good point! I'd forgotten that detail. Maybe he also embalmed Helen after Madeline asks him to fix her?
by Anonymous | reply 312 | March 27, 2023 5:41 PM |
This movie is one of my favorites. Of course it's campy, over-the-top fun, not to be taken seriously. But the implications are too ghoulish to contemplate. Imagine your soul being trapped in a rotting body. DBH has inspired a nightmare where I peeled flesh-colored paint off myself to reveal the grey skin underneath. Woke up sweating.
by Anonymous | reply 313 | March 27, 2023 7:18 PM |
I'm Dakota trying to lie faster.
by Anonymous | reply 314 | March 27, 2023 8:05 PM |
I'm the cut scene where Dakota tries to charm Madeline back post-potion. He knows which side his bread is buttered. Ernest overhears this and it contributes to why he attacks her.
I always wondered where Madeline was heading to all dressed up, I assumed she was off to some bar to get hit on by hunks
by Anonymous | reply 315 | March 27, 2023 8:59 PM |
R315 She was off to pull a Debbie, and dance in a sailor bar
by Anonymous | reply 316 | March 27, 2023 9:02 PM |
R316 I can totally see Madeline doing that! She might have even given them an impromptu rendition of "I See Me!"
by Anonymous | reply 317 | March 27, 2023 10:06 PM |
I'm the improbably long night which sees them attend Helen's book party at 8, come home, go to the cheating little gigolo Dakota, take the potion from Lisle, return home to be murdered, end up in the morgue via an emergency room, get put back together by Ernest, kill Helen, fight, make up then get made up again, all by the morning..
by Anonymous | reply 318 | March 27, 2023 10:10 PM |
I'm Madeline's wonderful snarl towards Ernest when she tells the Doctor "I fell down the stairs.."
by Anonymous | reply 319 | March 27, 2023 10:23 PM |
Actually there are so many little moments you can't get from reading the script that make the characters hilarious. Like Madeline camping it up when she berates Ernest at the top of the stairs, all that's missing is a snap of her fingers
by Anonymous | reply 320 | March 27, 2023 10:25 PM |
R318, that was due to editing. Madeline’s embalming took place the following day. It followed the freezer scene, which occurred the morning after. That’s why the sky is lighter out when he’s spray painting her following the formaldehyde pickup.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | March 28, 2023 1:54 AM |
I’m the group of women in the psychology session who lose their shit when Helen mentions Madeline again!
by Anonymous | reply 322 | March 28, 2023 2:22 AM |
I'm Gene Roddenberry again reviewing Madeline's screen test for the role of Number One in my pilot for Star Trek. Her acting was OK but Majel was better on her knees. Well that's showbiz Mad.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | March 28, 2023 2:33 AM |
I'm the mirror on the ceiling Madeline shrieks at following a romp with Dakota
by Anonymous | reply 324 | March 28, 2023 2:49 PM |
R321 good point. I guess they may have cut the freezer scene/morning as they also cut the scene where Ernest visits Helen at her hotel to break up with her on the night Mad "dies", otherwise it makes no sense Helen waiting an entire day to visit and find out what's going on.
by Anonymous | reply 325 | March 28, 2023 3:13 PM |
I'm Lisle's waterproof high heels.
by Anonymous | reply 326 | March 28, 2023 5:36 PM |
I’m the dubbed lines in the old network TV versions.
“Make some room for my friend, for Pete’s sake! But…keep yourself handy.”
“You’re on a short horse now, pal!”
“I can see…my BUTT!”
by Anonymous | reply 327 | March 29, 2023 8:23 PM |
R327 how do they dub "tits like rocks"?
by Anonymous | reply 328 | March 29, 2023 8:27 PM |
R328 Probably “boobs like rocks” or something. I’m afraid I don’t remember that scene but I recall the others.
by Anonymous | reply 329 | March 30, 2023 12:50 AM |
R327 I actually started using the phrase "You're on a short horse now!" It's a colorful little metaphor in its own right, and implies one is stuck, or moving quite slowly and unproductively.
by Anonymous | reply 330 | March 30, 2023 4:53 AM |
I'm the romance with sheer perfection
by Anonymous | reply 331 | March 30, 2023 12:08 PM |
I'm the vanity mirror with marquee lightbulbs.
by Anonymous | reply 332 | March 30, 2023 1:30 PM |
I’d rather be the enormous, room-sized mirror Madeline uses to check out her new body before heading out to the sailor bar.
by Anonymous | reply 333 | March 30, 2023 2:04 PM |
Anyone guess why Madeline drapes that huge scarf over herself, hiding her new hot bod? Was it fashion or to make the special effects easier when her body twists?
by Anonymous | reply 334 | March 30, 2023 2:12 PM |
I'm Ernest crashing his car into an ambulance at the hospital and then screaming "SHE'S AT DEATH'S DOOR!!!".
by Anonymous | reply 335 | March 30, 2023 2:49 PM |
I’m the Pseudo French business names.
L’Messenger Service, L’Hospital Beverly Hills.
by Anonymous | reply 336 | March 30, 2023 4:09 PM |
I'm Madeline realizing I'm at the morgue and I'm furious!
by Anonymous | reply 337 | March 30, 2023 5:48 PM |
I'm the little detail in Sydney Pollack's terrific uncredited ER Doctor cameo, taking out a nitro-glycerine tablet and placing it under his tongue. Then moments later taking a shot of liquor from Ernest's hip flask endangering his life again.
Doc probably didn't see the morning.
by Anonymous | reply 338 | March 30, 2023 5:58 PM |
Why is this thread grayed out!
by Anonymous | reply 339 | March 30, 2023 6:05 PM |
Nevermind.
by Anonymous | reply 340 | March 30, 2023 6:05 PM |
I'm the measly ten years you're allowed to continue your career after taking the potion before you have to disappear from public view forever. One decade out of all eternity hardly seems like enough time to get your money's worth. What happens if you don't comply?
by Anonymous | reply 341 | March 30, 2023 6:59 PM |
[quote] What happens if you don't comply?
I hope you never need to find out the 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 reason I keep Tom, Dick, and Harry nearby
by Anonymous | reply 342 | March 30, 2023 7:25 PM |
Until this thread, I always thought the name was Lisl Von Woman.
by Anonymous | reply 343 | March 30, 2023 8:15 PM |
I'm Helen's ginger growler!
by Anonymous | reply 344 | March 30, 2023 8:32 PM |
I'm Madeline's young hand, daintily wriggling my jeweled fingers.
by Anonymous | reply 345 | March 30, 2023 8:56 PM |
I’m Ernest’s dartboard, surrounded by all his missed shots. Like Madeline’s rusty gash, he hasn’t hit the target in years.
by Anonymous | reply 346 | March 31, 2023 3:56 AM |
I'm the perfectly good stethoscope being angrily thrown in the garbage by the doctor who can't believe Madeline doesn't have a heart beat.
by Anonymous | reply 347 | March 31, 2023 11:10 AM |
I'm the "good stuff" Mad and Hel believe Lisle didn't give to Ernest as he still looks like hell.
by Anonymous | reply 348 | March 31, 2023 12:10 PM |
I'm madder than hell!
(Mad + Ern + Hel)
by Anonymous | reply 349 | March 31, 2023 12:17 PM |
I'm the assumption that yes, Dr. Pollack was literally scared to death.
by Anonymous | reply 350 | March 31, 2023 1:19 PM |
I'm Mr. Chagall who doesn't want to look at Anna anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 351 | March 31, 2023 1:32 PM |
I'm Madeline's surprise Tony Award nomination for that notorious flop 'Songbird"!
by Anonymous | reply 352 | March 31, 2023 1:44 PM |
I'm the goof in the funeral scene where Madeline cackles at something inside the program but then points to the back cover to amuse Helen.
by Anonymous | reply 353 | March 31, 2023 2:54 PM |
R353 To be fair, those things are usually a joke from cover to cover.
An alcoholic will have the Serenity Prayer.
A grouch who beat her kids will have the phrase "Salt of the Earth" under her poorly-chosen photo.
The family will add a clause, like "In lieu of flowers, please send a bottle of Four Roses."
by Anonymous | reply 354 | March 31, 2023 3:04 PM |
I’m the twinky chorus boys dressed as bellhops.
by Anonymous | reply 355 | March 31, 2023 3:49 PM |
I'm the anachronistic disco break in the middle of the "I See Me" opening number in SONGBIRD!
by Anonymous | reply 356 | March 31, 2023 5:17 PM |
We are Cameron English and Charles McGowan from the bellhop/chorus boy dance troupe. Seven years earlier we each had a featured role in Richard Attenborough’s “A Chorus Line” film adaptation.
One of us died young 😔 👻.
by Anonymous | reply 357 | March 31, 2023 5:19 PM |
I'm Madeline's decent singing voice which doesn't fit with the terrible things the theatre-goers are saying upon exit
by Anonymous | reply 358 | March 31, 2023 5:36 PM |
I'm the impossibility of the fact that Helen is shot in the stomach and blown backwards, landing in the fountain on her back, while moments later she emerges from a face-down position.
by Anonymous | reply 359 | March 31, 2023 8:26 PM |
I’m Catherine Bell, working with Amalgamated Dynamics to devise the boob and butt lift techniques.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | March 31, 2023 8:46 PM |
Who got to push up the Streep cleavage? That explains why she was wearing that loose tracksuit for those scenes too
by Anonymous | reply 361 | March 31, 2023 10:03 PM |
I'm the little easy beasy baby purse.
by Anonymous | reply 362 | April 1, 2023 12:05 AM |
I'm the awesome Jaws-like music theme.
by Anonymous | reply 363 | April 1, 2023 4:19 PM |
I the 666 number clearly visible on Madeline's scarf when Lisle puts a pin on her after she drinks the potion.
by Anonymous | reply 364 | April 2, 2023 12:33 PM |
I'm the warning.
by Anonymous | reply 365 | April 2, 2023 12:34 PM |
I’m Lisle Von Rhuman. I’m really supposed to be Cleopatra.
by Anonymous | reply 366 | April 2, 2023 12:37 PM |
I'm Dakota's early version of Viagra he needs to get his 7-incher up for Madeline
by Anonymous | reply 367 | April 2, 2023 1:14 PM |
[quote]I'm the impossibility of the fact that Helen is shot in the stomach and blown backwards, landing in the fountain on her back, while moments later she emerges from a face-down position.
Not to mention, how is she able to stand with her spine blown away?
by Anonymous | reply 368 | April 2, 2023 6:57 PM |
[quote] how is she able to stand with her spine blown away?
Obviously because now she is a stiff
by Anonymous | reply 369 | April 2, 2023 7:01 PM |
I'm the implausibility of Madeline and Ernest still sharing a bed and Mad's feigned surprise that his side of the bed isn't slept in
by Anonymous | reply 370 | April 2, 2023 7:06 PM |
I’m a nobody…but I think “I See Me!” is one of M’s finest moments on the big screen along with ‘nehmen Sie das maedchen!’ and the cerulean speech.
by Anonymous | reply 371 | April 2, 2023 7:16 PM |
I'm Anna's rock-hard 22 year old tits.
by Anonymous | reply 372 | April 3, 2023 2:07 PM |
I’m still…wet.
by Anonymous | reply 373 | April 5, 2023 1:04 AM |
I'm the gayness, the drama, the bitchiness and the fabulousness... all in one movie.
by Anonymous | reply 374 | April 5, 2023 12:40 PM |
I’m the lone paparazzo photographing the arrivals at Helen’s book party.
by Anonymous | reply 375 | April 10, 2023 6:36 AM |
I'm the limousine that barely comes to a stop before Ernest and Madeline get out to be photographed by said pararazzo.
by Anonymous | reply 376 | April 10, 2023 2:02 PM |
I'm Rose, Madeline's assistant-turned-maid. I disappear after the first act with no explanation - not because the story allowed it, but because my scenes were clumsily deleted by that dopey half-a-fag Bob Zemeckis.
by Anonymous | reply 377 | April 10, 2023 2:07 PM |
R37 the same thing happened to me and my film is even considered to have "one of the greatest screenplays ever written."
by Anonymous | reply 378 | April 10, 2023 2:43 PM |
R379 That’s interesting news!
Chenoweth would’ve made an interesting Madeline but I’m loving the idea of Hilty playing her.
by Anonymous | reply 380 | April 13, 2023 2:03 AM |
I wonder how they'll stage the opening number?
Have actors in the audience pretending to storm out in disgust?
by Anonymous | reply 381 | April 13, 2023 9:19 AM |
Good question R381! Maybe have her boo-ed.
by Anonymous | reply 382 | April 13, 2023 10:13 AM |
r313 so, like being a DL member or a general fear of mortality, age and increasing disability?
by Anonymous | reply 383 | April 13, 2023 10:30 AM |
I'm Christine Baranski wondering why Meryl and I weren't scouted. The ageism in this business. You can't even play a corpse after a certain age.
by Anonymous | reply 384 | April 13, 2023 10:36 AM |
Just to stay topical…
I’m Viola Van Horn, apparently Lisle’s new name in the musical.
by Anonymous | reply 385 | April 13, 2023 11:28 AM |
I'm Ernest waking up the floor and my Bloody Mary needs more Vodka.
by Anonymous | reply 386 | April 16, 2023 4:37 PM |
Correction: I'm Ernest waking up ON the floor.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | April 16, 2023 4:43 PM |
I’m the references to 12 years when the subtitles imply 14 years have passed. I’m due to a post-production change, as the original script had one of the jumps only be 5 years.
by Anonymous | reply 388 | April 16, 2023 5:08 PM |
I'm the year 2029.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | April 16, 2023 5:17 PM |
I'm Goldies stuntwoman who scales those gates so gymnasticly
by Anonymous | reply 390 | April 16, 2023 5:22 PM |
R388 12 years! 12 long years! How have you been?
by Anonymous | reply 391 | April 16, 2023 5:29 PM |
R391 I have a…waist!
by Anonymous | reply 392 | April 16, 2023 5:31 PM |