In the early 1990s, Robert Zemeckis—fresh off Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Back to the Future Part III —veered into dark satire. The film follows Madeline Ashton (Meryl Streep), a fading Broadway diva, and Helen Sharp (Goldie Hawn), a neurotic author she has tormented since college. Their rivalry over the vacuous plastic surgeon Ernest Menville (Bruce Willis) escalates from social sabotage to attempted murder.
Identifier: death-becomes-her-1992-universal-pictures Collection: feature_films_1990s · universal_pictures · robert_zemeckis METADATA | Field | Information | | :--- | :--- | | Title | Death Becomes Her | | Director | Robert Zemeckis | | Release Date | July 31, 1992 | | Studio | Universal Pictures | | Screenplay | Martin Donovan & David Koepp | | Starring | Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini | | Genre | Satirical Black Comedy / Fantasy / Horror | | Runtime | 104 minutes | | MPAA Rating | PG-13 (for thematic elements, violent images, and sensuality) | | Visual Effects | Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) – Academy Award Winner (Best Visual Effects) | | Preservation Note | Scanned from 35mm interpositive. 4K restoration completed by Universal in 2022. | SUMMARY (Curated for Archive) Death Becomes Her is a venomous, candy-colored fable about vanity, narcissism, and the terrifying consequences of getting exactly what you wish for. death becomes her internet archive
When both women ingest a mystical potion from the enigmatic Lisle Von Rhuman (Isabella Rossellini), they gain eternal life and perfect, unaging bodies. However, immortality does not come with invulnerability. The film’s second half is a grotesque ballet of broken necks, shattered torsos, and bodies held together by spackle and sheer spite. In the early 1990s, Robert Zemeckis—fresh off Who