Archive: Death Becomes Her Internet

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.

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. death becomes her internet archive

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. In the early 1990s, Robert Zemeckis—fresh off Who