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Miss Firecracker
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5.8Unhappy Carnelle Scott is desperate to escape her reputation as Yazoo City's 'Miss Hot Tamale.' She throws herself into a do-or-die effort to win the Mississippi town's big talent contest, an honor won ten years ago by her older sister and unattainable role model Elain.
Released: 1989-04-28102 minDir: Thomas SchlammeComedy
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Cast
- Holly Hunter as Carnelle Scott
- Alfre Woodard as Popeye Jackson
- Mary Steenburgen as Elaine Rutledge
- Tim Robbins as Delmount Williams
- Scott Glenn as Mac Sam
- Trey Wilson as Benjamin Drapper
Themes
- mississippi river
- beauty contest
- based on play or musical
- red dress
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
2,403 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Thomas Schlamme
- Screenwriter
- Beth Henley
- Cast member
- Kathleen Chalfant
- Composer
- David Mansfield
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Albert
- Narrative location
- Mississippi
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 442935
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-01-01
- title
- Miss Firecracker
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set during recurring event
- Independence Day
- review score
- 82%
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