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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.
She has determined to live down her image as a hot tamale and finally amount to something. But then the carnival arrives in town for the Fourth of July, and she has a reunion with Mac Sam ( Scott Glenn ), the smooth-talking roustabout who has developed a taste for tamales over the years.
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 beauty pageant, which...
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Summaries. Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay. Carnelle isn't happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest, trying to emulate her cousin Elain's win many years ago.
Miss Firecracker (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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