# Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

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**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Michael Patrick Jann
**Written by**: Lona Williams
**Starring**: Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards, Kirstie Alley, Allison Janney, Sam McMurray

> *The battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that asks: what if beauty pageants were more like the opening scene of *Hamlet*? The residents of a small Minnesota town prepare for their annual competition, but a string of escalating accidents threatens several contestants. It manages to be a Christopher Guest-style mockumentary with actual attempted murder.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, pitch-black, playful

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