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Miss Firecracker (1989)

Directed by Thomas Schlamme

Overview

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.

Rated PG | Length 102 minutes

Actors

Holly Hunter | Alfre Woodard | Mary Steenburgen | Tim Robbins | Scott Glenn | Trey Wilson | Ann Wedgeworth | Amy Wright | Veanne Cox | Christine Lahti | Bert Remsen | Kathleen Chalfant | Lori Hayes | Brent Spiner