Death Becomes Her (1992)
| Release Date | 31 July 1992 |
| Budget | $40,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $58,000,000 |
| Tagline | Some people will go to any lengths to stay young forever. But Madeline Ashton and her old friend Helen Sharp are about to go TOO far. |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby SR |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Fantasy Comedy, Black Comedy |
| Mood | Comedy on the Edge |
| Themes | Feuds, Immortality, Love Triangles, Witches, Out For Revenge, Faltering Friendships, Infidelity |
| Tones | Humorous, Satirical, Creepy, Irreverent, Campy, Madcap, Fanciful, Cynical, Biting |
| Tags | Actor, Afterlife, Betrayal, Death, Disfigurement, Friendship, Immortality, Love Triangle, Murder, Plastic Surgery, Revenge, Rival, Supernatural Forces, Survivor |
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 American dark slapstick screwball comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, and Bruce Willis. The film focuses on a childish pair of rivals who drink a magic potion that promises eternal youth.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Nancy Fish
Rose, Madeleine's Maid
Petrea Burchard
Opening Woman
Jim Jansen
Man #2
Paulo Tocha
Landlord
Mark Davenport
Eviction Cop
Thomas Murphy
Eviction Cop
Michael Mills
Police Officer
Sonia Jackson
Psychiatric Patient
Jill C. Klein
Psychiatric Patient
Jean St. James
Psychiatric Patient
Carol Ann Susi
Psychiatric Patient
Kay Yamamoto
Psychiatric Patient
Jacquelyn K. Koch
Messenger Girl
Anya Longwell
Chagall Receptionist
Stuart Mabray
Chagall Security
Colleen Morris
Starlet
Meg Wittner
Woman at Book Party
Michael A. Nickles
Lisle's Bodyguard
Danny Lee Clark
Lisle's Bodyguard
Ron Stein
Elvis
Bonnie Cahoon
Greta Garbo
Bob Swain
Andy Warhol
Eric Clark
James Dean
Lydia Peterkoch
Blonde with Jim Morrison
Phillip Cooper
Coroner
Ernest Harada
Coroner
Susan Kellermann
Doctor #2
Kevin Caldwell
Medical Technician
Alex P. Hernandez
Medical Technician
Donna Ekholdt
Sobbing Nun
Tammy Gantz
Sobbing Nun
Melissa Martin
Sobbing Nun
Jeff Adkins
Dancer
Cheryl Baxter
Dancer
Cameron English
Dancer
Edmond Alan Forsyth
Dancer
Bob Gaynor
Dancer
Don Hesser
Dancer
Michael Higgins
Dancer
Kenneth Hughes
Dancer
Kenneth Knaff
Dancer
Glean Lewis
Dancer
Keith McDaniel
Dancer
Charles McGowan
Dancer
Regan Patno
Dancer
Lacy Darryl Phillips
Dancer
Matt Sergott
Dancer
Paul Michael Thorpe
Dancer
Sergio Trujillo
Dancer
Randy Crenshaw
Singer
Jon Joyce
Singer
Jerry Whitman
Singer
Timothy Burchett
Teen in Hospital
Ai Wan
Maid in ancient Greece
Director
Writer
Martin Donovan
Producer
Joan Bradshaw
co-producer
Steve Starkey
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Dean Cundey
Editor
Arthur Schmidt
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Casting Director
Karen Rea
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Production Designer
Rick Carter
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Art Director
William James Teegarden
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Set Decorator
Jackie Carr
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Costume Designer
Joanna Johnston
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Makeup Department
David LeRoy Anderson
assistant prosthetic makeup artist: Ms. Hawn
Lance Anderson
prosthetic makeup artist: Ms. Hawn
Kathryn Blondell
hair stylist: Ms. Hawn
E. Thomas Case
makeup artist: Ms. Hawn
Shirley Crawford
hair stylist
Susan Germaine
key hair stylist
Kevin Haney
prosthetic makeup supervisor
J. Roy Helland
hair stylist: Ms. Streep, makeup artist: Ms. Streep
Michael Mills
makeup artist: Mr. Willis
Greg Nelson
additional makeup artist
Nadege Schoenfeld
body makeup
John Dods
special makeup effects artist
Jake Garber
special makeup effects artist
Scott Oshita
special makeup effects artist
Production Manager
Joan Bradshaw
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David D'Ovidio
second second assistant director: second unit
Marty P. Ewing
first assistant director
Max Kleven
second unit director
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff
second second assistant director
Cherylanne Martin
second assistant director
Carla McCloskey
second assistant director: second unit
Bruce Moriarty
first assistant director: second unit
Ken Ralston
second unit director
Mark Tobey
trainee assistant director
Art Department
Craig B. Ayers Sr.
greensmen
Tom Bartholomew
painter foreman
Daniel R. Bentley
assistant property master
John Berger
set designer
Linda Berger
assistant art director
Max E. Brehme
set dresser
Richard Bruns
construction foreman
Kevin Carrigan
sketch artist
Lauren Cory
assistant art director
Tom Cranham
production illustrator
Erin M. Cummins
assistant art director
Tim Donelan
leadman
Lee B. Drygas
assistant property master
Melissa Feinberg
property master: second unit
Jerry Fitzpatrick
construction coordinator
Bruce Fuselier
set dresser
Steven Jarrard
set dresser
Elliot Jennings
foreman
Martin A. Kline
production illustrator
Elizabeth Lapp
set designer
Scott W. Leslie
set dresser
Dwight Lowell
foreman
David Lowery
production illustrator
Masako Masuda
set designer
Steven M. Miller
greensman
Lauren E. Polizzi
set designer
Caroline Quinn-Decker
art department coordinator
Teri Renteria
construction accountant
David Robbie
plaster foreman
Rick Ross
labor foreman
Robert Simpson
foreman
John Slatsky
drapery foreman
William Solomon
stand-by painter
Paul Sonski
assistant art director
Jeffrey Thomas
greensmen
Warren Williams
foreman
William Kemper Wright
set dresser
Todd Young
foreman
John Zemansky
property master
William Boyd
location foreman
Mike Brooks
propmaker
Richard Bryan Douglas
construction
Joe Elvington
plasterer laborer
Kurt V. Hulett
set dresser
Johnny Knight
carpenter
William H. Phen Jr.
propmaker gangboss
Randal Woodward
gang boss painter
Sound Department
Rick Alexander
sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Bartnof
foley artist
James Bolt
sound re-recording mixer
Mike Boudry
sound recordist
Charles L. Campbell
supervising sound editor
Larry Carow
sound editor
Jeff Clark
sound editor
Andy D'Addario
sound re-recording mixer
Jerry Edemann
assistant sound editor
D.G. Fisher
cable person
Sandra García
foley recordist
Albert Gasser
sound editor
Marilyn Graf
foley recordist
Hilda Hodges
foley artist
Nils C. Jensen
sound editor
Doc Kane
adr mixer
William B. Kaplan
production sound mixer
Angie Luckey
assistant sound editor
Donald J. Malouf
supervising sound editor
Howard Neiman
sound editor
John Pritchett
sound mixer: second unit
Rod Rogers
sound adr assistant editor
Albert Romero
sound recordist
Earl Sampson
boom operator
Corinne Sessarego
adr editor
Larry Singer
adr supervisor
Carolyn Tapp
foley mixer
Thomas Whiting
adr editor
Nicholas James
dialogue editor
Steve Kohler
sound
Special Effects
Donald Elliott
special effects foreman
Alec Gillis
body effects designer
John E. Gray
special effects: second unit
Guy Himber
puppeteer, creature shop mechanical supervisor
Michael Lantieri
special effects supervisor
Dan Ossello
special effects
Tom Pahk
special effects
Jon Porter
special effects
E. Wayne Rabouin
special effects
Gregory C. Tippie
special effects
Brian Tipton
special effects
Tom Woodruff Jr.
body effects designer
Kim Derry
special effects technician
Jeffrey S. Farley
prosthetics lab supervisor: ADI
Erik Haraldsted
fabricator
Eric Roberts
special effects
Wayne Toth
special effects
Visual Effects
Jon Alexander
optical camera operator: ILM
Sandra Almond
visual effects coordinator: ILM
Leslie Arvio
rotoscope artist: ILM
Debra Bainum
rotoscope artist: ILM
Gordon Baker
animator: ILM
Randall K. Bean
senior scanner operator: ILM
Tom Bertino
rotoscope supervisor: ILM
Patricia Blau
executive in charge of production: ILM
Scott Bonnenfant
animator: ILM
Barbara Brennan
computer graphic artist: ILM
Anne Calanchini
visual effects coordinator: ILM
Colin Campbell
effects camera operator: ILM
Geoff Campbell
computer graphic artist: ILM
Doug Chiang
visual effects art director: ILM
Donald Clark
optical camera operator: ILM
Charlie Clavadetscher
effects camera operator: ILM
Richard L. Cohen
computer graphic artist: ILM
Michael Cummins
model maker: ILM
Peter Daulton
visual effects camera operator: ILM
Debbie Denise
visual effects producer: ILM
Rob Doherty
stagehand: ILM
Jeff Doran
optical camera operator: ILM
Lisa Drostova
rotoscope artist: ILM
Timothy Eaton
visual effects editor: ILM
Selwyn Eddy
visual effects camera operator: ILM
Mike Ellis
optical processing: ILM
Rachel Falk
computer graphic artist: ILM
Bob Fernley
optical processing: ILM
Bob Finley III
gaffer: ILM
Ron Fode
assistant effects editor: ILM
Jon Foreman
miniature electronic designer: ILM
Carl N. Frederick
computer graphic artist: ILM
George Gambetta
film scanner operator: ILM
Steve Gawley
supervising model maker: ILM
Tim Geideman
optical processing: ILM
Brian Gernand
model maker: ILM
Joanne Hafner
rotoscope artist: ILM
James Hagedorn
effects camera operator: ILM
Jack Haye
miniature electronic designer: ILM
Robert Hill
visual effects camera assistant: ILM
John Horn
computer graphic artist: ILM
Sandy Houston
computer graphic artist: ILM
Lincoln Hu
CG production co-supervisor: ILM
Peg Hunter
optical line-up: ILM
Keith Johnson
optical camera operator: ILM
Ed Jones
executive in charge of post-production: ILM
Sandra Ford Karpman
computer graphic artist: ILM
Laurel Klick
computer graphic artist: ILM
Brad Kuehn
visual effects optical photography supervisor: ILM
Jennifer Lee
optical line-up: ILM
Jeffrey B. Light
computer graphic artist: ILM
James Lim
optical camera operator: ILM
Michael Lynch
model maker: ILM
Mike MacKenzie
vistaglide engineer: ILM
Greg Maloney
computer graphic artist: ILM
Mickey McGovern
visual effects editor: ILM
Roberto McGrath
assistant effects editor: ILM
Marghi McMahon
model maker: ILM
Richard Miller
model maker: ILM
Jim Mitchell
computer graphic artist: ILM
Terry Molatore
rotoscope artist: ILM
Jack Mongovan
rotoscope artist: ILM
Ron Moreland
computer graphic artist: ILM
Jim Morris
general manager: ILM
George Murphy
computer graphic artist: ILM
Patrick T. Myers
computer graphic artist: ILM
Michael Olague
stagehand: ILM
Kate O'Neill
visual effects camera assistant: ILM
Joe Pasquale
computer graphic artist: ILM
Alan Peterson
model maker: ILM
Joshua Pines
film scanner supervisor: ILM
Vance Piper
visual effects camera assistant: ILM
Ken Ralston
visual effects supervisor
Steve Reding
effects camera operator: ILM
Carolyn Ensle Rendu
computer graphic artist: ILM
Stuart Robertson
computer graphic artist: ILM
Stephen Rosenbaum
computer graphics artist: ILM
Thomas Rosseter
optical line-up: ILM
John Schlag
computer graphic artist: ILM
Andrew Schmidt
computer graphic artist: ILM
Alex Seiden
computer graphic artist: ILM
Mark Siegel
model maker: ILM
Kenneth Smith
optical camera operator: ILM
Thomas J. Smith
computer graphic artist: ILM
Douglas Smythe
CG supervisor: ILM
Mark Sullivan
matte painter: ILM
Wes Takahashi
animation supervisor: ILM
John Teska
visual effects: ADI
Kristen D. Trattner
optical line-up: ILM
Pat Turner
visual effects camera operator: ILM
Bruce Vecchitto
visual effects optical photography supervisor: ILM
Bruce Walters
effects camera supervisor: ILM
Judith Weaver
CG production supervisor: ILM
Robert Weaver
computer graphic artist: ILM
John Whisnant
optical line-up: ILM
Chuck Wiley
model maker: ILM
Debra Wolff
optical line-up: ILM
Leah Anton
digital artist
Joel Aron
lead technical assistant
John Andrew Berton Jr.
CG department manager
Wendy Bonn
visual effects apprentice: ILM
Stunts
Keii Johnston
stunt double: Bruce Willis
Barbara Anne Klein
stunt double: Goldie Hawn
Denise Lynne Roberts
stunt double: Goldie Hawn, stunt double: Meryl Streep
Debby Lynn Ross
stunt double: Goldie Hawn
Walter Scott
stunt coordinator
Scott Sproule
utility stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Antunovich
rigging lighting technician
Josh Bleibtreu
first assistant camera: second unit
Clyde E. Bryan
first assistant camera
Don Burgess
director of photography: second unit
Ron Cardarelli
key grip
Steven Cardarelli
grip
Steve Chandler
assistant chief lighting technician
Peter Clarson
chief lighting technician: second unit
Jack Cooperman
underwater director of photography
Dob Dobkousky
grip
Bob Fillis
rigging lighting technician
Daniel Flannery
theatrical lighting consultant
Jason Garcia
camera loader
Ben O. Graham
lighting technician
Michael Ronald Heath
grip
Bud Heller
key rigging grip
Robert Hernandez
grip
Jeffrey Katelman
best boy
Ian Kelly
video engineer
Sid Lucero
best boy grip
Kurt Marshall
best boy
Patrick Marshall
rigging gaffer
Tom May
key grip: second unit
Raymond Michels
rigging grip
Deana Newcomb
still photographer
John O'Grady
grip
David Owen
still photographer
Keith Roverud
lighting technician
Gary Sneed
lighting technician
Mark Soucie
lighting technician
Chris Squires
camera operator: second unit
Raymond Stella
camera operator
Edward R. Thompson Jr.
lighting technician
Dave Wachtman
dolly grip
O'Shana Walker
lighting technician
Mark Walthour
chief lighting technician
Jolanda R. Wipfli
second assistant camera
Anthony Wong
lighting technician
John Zirbel
lighting technician
Jim Beeby
gaffer
John Flemming
key grip
Mark Gutterud
additional assistant camera
Gregory Lundsgaard
Steadicam operator
Casting Department
Donna Ekholdt
casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patricia Bercsi
costumer
Gilbert S. Hernandez
costumer
Deborah Hopper
costumer
Linda Redmon
costumer
Paul St. John
costumer
Nicole Tapp
seamstress
Barcie Waite
assistant costume designer
Diana Wilson
costumer
Pamela Wise
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt
negative cutter
Susan Adele Colletta
post-production coordinator
Shari Malyn
post-production coordinator
Stephen L. Meek
assistant editor
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
apprentice editor
David Orr
color timer
Preston Richard
negative cutter
Louis Rivera
negative cutter
Lorraine Salk
assistant editor
Carin-Anne Strohmaier
first assistant editor
Lisa Vaughn
post-production coordinator
Music Department
David Bifano
music programmer
Stuart Canin
musician: violin solo
Don Davis
orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent
music contractor
Brad Jeffries
stager: musical sequences
Jo Ann Kane
music services
Kenneth Karman
music editor
William Ross
orchestrator
Dennis S. Sands
music recording mixer
Jacqueline Tager
assistant music editor
Darrell Hall
music editor
Transportation Department
Maylon Houston
transportation captain
Ron Kelley
transportation co-captain
Robert Neilson
transportation coordinator
Roger Bojarski Jr.
driver: honeywagon
William Hogue
driver
Other Crew
Gino Acevedo
puppeteer
Pauline Lomas
stand-in: Meryl Streep
Joe Baker
adr loop group
Julia Bartholomew
production assistant
Carol Bawer
production assistant
Michael Birznieks
assistant: Ms. Hawn
Steven M. Boyd
production assistant
Norman Cabrera
puppeteer
Deborah Cahn
assistant: Mr. Zemeckis
Janine Cavoto
assistant production coordinator
Leslie Cook
assistant choreographer
Burr DeBenning
adr loop group
Rich Delabio
assistant location manager
Stephen J. Eads
assistant: Mr. Willis
Maggie Earle
assistant: Ms. Streep
Bill Farner
adr loop group
Laurie Faso
adr loop group
Sharon Felder
production assistant
Efrain Figueroa
adr loop group
Thomas W. Foster
first aid
Karlene Gallegly
location manager
Gary Gero
animal trainer: dogs
Tim Gonzales
craft service
Richard Greenberg
title designer, producer: main and end title
Lisa Hackler
location projectionist
Patti Hawn
unit publicist
Chris Hunt
puppeteer
Body Jake
physical trainer
Brad Jeffries
choreographer
Johnny Johnson
stand-in: Bruce Willis
Sandra M. Kraft
assistant accountant
Kevin Landry
production accountant
Luisa Leschin
adr loop group
June Kyoto Lu
adr loop group
John Lusby
production assistant
Sherry Lynn
adr loop group
Marina Massaro
assistant: Mr. Willis
Tina Matthies
production assistant
Sandy Mazzola
script supervisor: second unit
Melody McCord
stand-in: Goldie Hawn
Mickie McGowan
adr loop group
Hayley B. Miller
assistant: Mr. Starkey
Tim Monich
dialect coach
Dave Nelson
puppeteer
Christine M. Norton
production assistant
Rick Porras
production associate
Edward Poveda
assistant accountant
Anne Rapp
script supervisor
Penny Runge
plate photography coordinator
Jacqueline A. Shea
production coordinator
Joanie Spates
assistant accountant
Lawrence Steffan
adr loop group
Jesse Stills
assistant: Mr. Donovan
Wayne Toth
puppeteer
Arlene Trainoff
assistant: Mr. Koepp
Melissa Wiechmann
production secretary
Nita Willis
assistant: Mr. Willis
N. Brock Winkless IV
puppeteer
Darrel W. Wright
assistant choreographer
Donna Baltron
stand-in: Meryl Streep, body double: Isabella Rossellini and Meryl Streep
Mark Forbes
animal trainer
Ryan Hintz
post-production accountant
Production Company
Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Argentina Video Home
CIC-Taft Home Video
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MCA/Universal Home Video
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United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP)
Universal Home Entertainment
Universal Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Hansard
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Miscellaneous
Cinema Research
opticals
DeLuxe Laboratories
color timing
FootageWorks
stock footage provided by
MCA Records
soundtrack
Panavision
camera and lenses
RGreenberg Associates
main and end titles designed and produced by
TAJ Soundworks
foley recording
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack
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