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Miss Firecracker is a 1989 comedy film based on a play by Beth Henley. It stars Holly Hunter as a young woman who enters a beauty pageant in Mississippi, hoping to escape her small town life.
Miss Firecracker: Directed by Thomas Schlamme. With Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard. Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Thomas Schlamme
- 1990-01-19
Jul 28, 2011 · Watch the trailer of Miss Firecracker, a comedy film starring Holly Hunter, Tim Robbins and Mary Steenburgen. The film is about a beauty pageant in Mississippi and the characters who participate in it.
- 2 min
- 22.6K
- Millennium Entertainment
A movie adaptation of Beth Henley's play about a beauty contest in a small Mississippi town. Holly Hunter stars as Carnelle, who dreams of winning the crown and the love of her cousin Elain (Mary Steenburgen).
Carnelle Scott (Holly Hunter) is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin Elain (Mary Steenburgen) had...
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- Thomas Schlamme
- PG
- Holly Hunter
1989 · 1 hr 39 min. R. Comedy. Determined to follow in her cousin's footsteps footsteps,CArnelle enlists the help of local seamstress Popeye Jackson in preparing for the "Miss Firecracker" pageant. Starring: Holly Hunter Mary Steenburgen Tim Robbins Alfre Woodard Scott Glenn. Directed by: Thomas Schlamme.
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Carnelle Scott, a young woman from Mississippi, enters a local beauty pageant to escape her dreary life and emulate her cousin Elain's win. She faces challenges, surprises and revelations along the way, as her cousin Elain and her brother-cousin Delmount return to Yazoo City.