Drop Dead Gorgeous
The battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly.
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew.Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that.As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all.
- Director
- Michael Patrick Jann
- Worldwide
- $11M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
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Box Office & Release
Drop Dead Gorgeous returned 1.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Jul 16, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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