Miss Firecracker
- Holly Hunter: Carnelle Scott
- Mary Steenburgen: Elain Rutledge
- Tim Robbins: Delmount Williams
- Alfre Woodard: Popeye Jackson
- Scott Glenn: Sam Mac
- Veanne Cox: Tessy Mahoney
- Ann Wedgeworth: Miss Blue
- Trey Wilson: Benjamin Drapper
- Amy Wright: Missy Mahoney
- Kathleen Chalfant: Miss Lily
- Robert Field Steel: Tommy Turner
- Greg Germann: Ronnie Wayne
- Avril Gentles: Mrs. Biggs
- Bert Remsen: Mr. Morton
- Angela Turner: Caroline Jefferson
Miss Firecracker is an American comedy film from the year 1989. Directed by Thomas Schlamme, the screenplay was written by Beth Henley on the basis of one's own stage play The Miss Firecracker Contest in the year 1984.
Action
Carnelle Scott lives in a small town in Mississippi and is frustrated. She logs on to a local beauty contest, which takes place annually on July 4th. Her cousin Elain Rutledge won a few years before the title of Miss Firecracker and moved to Atlanta, where she married. Scott hopes that they can leave the city after the victory.
Scott's friends and relatives are convinced she would experience a disappointment. Your bad due to many male acquaintances Image in the city could cost them the title.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times 28 April 1989, the story told in the " young women weep bitter tears because her older sisters prettier than they are," is not new. However, Henley transform some of the " painful openness " in " cheerful stupidity " that WOULD encouragingly. The game of the actresses would be so much "knowledge" have, as if they had once even dreamed of the title. The representations of Tim Robbins and Alfre Woodard were " hidden treasures " of the film. The comedy give much back from the local color of the shooting location.
The lexicon of international film wrote the comedy was " played inimitably in the lead role ."
Background
The movie was filmed in Yazoo City ( Yazoo County, Mississippi). He played in the cinemas of the United States a about 1.85 million U.S. dollars.