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Miss Firecracker is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme. It stars Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, and Scott Glenn. The film, set in Yazoo City, Mississippi, was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley and is based on her 1984 play The Miss Firecracker Contest.
Jan 19, 1990 · 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.
The difference is Popeye wants to help Carnelle all she can, and Delmount affects a careless indifference. The performances by Robbins (the young pitcher in "Bull Durham") and Woodard (nominated for an Oscar for "Cross Creek") are the hidden treasures of the movie.
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.
Carnelle (Hunter), an oversexed hellion who was orphaned as a young child, has always played second fiddle to her beautiful, older, Southern belle cousin -- a past Miss Firecracker contest winner. But Carnelle is ready to turn the tables.
Miss Firecracker. Watch Miss Firecracker with a subscription on Prime Video. Carnelle Scott (Holly Hunter) is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a...
- Comedy, Drama
Jul 28, 2011 · Miss Firecracker - Trailer. Academy Award Nominee Holly Hunter is sensational as Carnelle Scott, a catfish-factory worker from Mississippi whose rep as the town slut can't stop her dream to win...
