Death Becomes Her

**Death Becomes Her** is a UK VHS release by CIC Video and Universal on 5th July 1993 and 28th February 1994.

The film also got aired on Sky Greats in 2nd February 2024.

## Description

Oscar-winning actresses Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star with Bruce Willis in Robert Zemeckis' outrageously entertaining comedy about greed, vanity, sex, immortality, life... and death.

First there's actress Madeline Ashton (Streep), who's gaining more wrinkles than good screen roles. Then, there's her former friend Helen Sharp (Hawn), who loses her fiance to Madeline and subsequently doubles her weight. Finally, there's Madeline's husband Ernest (Willis), a renowned plastic surgeon who spends his nights drunkenly cursing the day he met his wife.

Enter a beautiful enchantress (Isabella Rossellini) who changes their lives - and deaths - forever. It's a fast-paced romp that blends ground-breaking special effects with hilarious dark comedy in a film the Chicago Tribune calls "diabolically inventive".

## Cast

* Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp
* Bruce Willis as Dr. Ernest Menville
* Meryl Streep as Madeline Ashton
* Isabella Rossellini as Lisle von Rhoman
* Ian Ogilvy as Chagall
* Adam Storke as Dakota Williams
* Alaina Reed Hall as Psychologist
* Michelle Johnson as Anna Jones
* Mary Ellen Trainor as Vivian Adams
* William Frankfather as Mr. Roy Franklin
* John Ingle as Eulogist
* Debra Jo Rupp as Patient
* Fabio as Lisle's bodyguard
* Sydney Pollack as Emergency Department Doctor (uncredited)

## Credits

Universal Pictures Presents

A Robert Zemeckis Film

Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep

Death Becomes Her

Isabella Rossellini

Casting By Karen Rea, C.S.A.

Co-Producer Joan Bradshaw

Costumes Designed By Joanna Johnston

Music By Alan Silvestri

Edited By Arthur Schmidt

Production Designer Rick Carter

Director Of Photography Dean Cundey, A.S.C.

Written By Martin Donovan & David Koepp

Produced By Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey

Directed By Robert Zemeckis

## Opening (Rental 1993 Re-Release)

* Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video) [announced by Mark Roman]
* CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
* CIC Cinema Releases
* Jurassic Park trailer [announced by Don LaFontaine]
* CIC Future Video Releases
* Lorenzo's Oil trailer
* CIC Video National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
* Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Long Version)
* Death Becomes Her title card with BBFC PG card (1985-1997)
* Universal Pictures Ident (1990-1997)
* Start of Death Becomes Her (1992)

## Closing (Rental 1993 Re-Release)

* End of Death Becomes Her (1992)
* Closing Credits Film
* CIC Video Warning Scroll

## Opening (Original 1994 Release)

1. CIC Video Warning Screen (1991-1996)
2. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers Trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
3. Housesitter Trailer [announced by John Leader]
4. CIC Video National Captioning Institute Warning Screen (1993-1995)
5. Presented In Dolby Surround Ident (Short Version)
6. Death Becomes Her Title Card with BBFC PG Card (1982-2002)
7. Universal Pictures Ident (1990-1997)
8. Start of Death Becomes Her (1992)

## Trailers and info

### Rental 1993 Re-release

* Video Piracy Warning (CIC Video)
* Jurassic Park
* Lorenzo's Oil

### Original 1994 release

1. The Universal Pictures Big Screen, Best Sellers trailer from 1993 with clips of "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future Part II", "Back to the Future Part III", "Out of Africa", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Kindergarten Cop", "The Blue Brothers", "The Land Before Time", "Twins", "An American Tail", "An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" and "Backdraft".
2. Housesitter