Miss Firecracker (1989)
- Directed by
- Thomas Schlamme
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman in a small Mississippi town enters a beauty pageant to reinvent herself and escape her past. She gathers help from her eccentric cousin and a local seamstress.
quirkysentimentaloffbeatwarmsouthern-gothicaspirationalcharacter-driven
What happens
Miss Firecracker is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme. It stars Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, and Scott Glenn. The film, set in Yazoo City, Mississippi, was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley and is based on her 1984 play The Miss Firecracker Contest. Holly Hunter reprised the role of Carnelle Scott, whom she played in an Off-Broadway production of Henley’s play. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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