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| in?=in poetry
| name = Drop Dead Gorgeous
| in2?=in literature
| image = Drop Dead Gorgeous.jpg
| cp=20th century
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| c=21st century
| director = [[Michael Patrick Jann]]
| cf=22nd century
| producer = [[Lona Williams]]
| yp1=2005
| writer = [[Lona Williams]]
| yp2=2006
| starring = [[Kirsten Dunst]]<br>[[Ellen Barkin]]<br>[[Allison Janney]]<br>[[Denise Richards]]<br>[[Kirstie Alley]]<br>[[Sam McMurray]]<br>[[Mindy Sterling]]<br>[[Brittany Murphy]]<br>[[Amy Adams (actress)|Amy Adams]]
| yp3=2007
| music = [[Mark Mothersbaugh]]
| year=2008
| cinematography = [[Michael Spiller]]
| ya1=2009
| editing = Janice Hampton
| ya2=2010
| distributor = [[New Line Cinema]]
| ya3=2011
| released = [[July 23]], [[1999 in film|1999]]
| dp3=1970s
| runtime = 98 min.
| dp2=1980s
| country = {{flagicon|USA}}
| dp1=1990s
| language = [[English language|English]]
| d=2000s
| budget = $15 million
| da=0
| gross = '''Domestic''' $10,571,408[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dropdeadgorgeous.htm]
| dn1=2010s
| website = http://www.ddgorgeous.com/
| dn2=2020s
| imdb_id = 0157503
|dn3=2030s
|}}
}}


'''''Drop Dead Gorgeous''''' is a [[1999 in film|1999]] [[United States|American]] [[dark comedy]] [[film]], directed by [[Michael Patrick Jann]] and starring [[Kirstie Alley]], [[Ellen Barkin]], [[Denise Richards]] and [[Kirsten Dunst]]. Shot in a [[mockumentary]] format, it follows the contestants in a [[beauty pageant]] called the ''Sarah Rose Cosmetics Mount Rose American Teen Princess Pageant'', held in the small town of Mount Rose, [[Minnesota]]. The film is also notable for featuring the debut of the [[Academy Award]] nominated actress [[Amy Adams]].
==Events==
==Works published in English==
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


==Plot==
===[[Canadian literature|Canada]]===
Many Mount Rose girls compete in the pageant simply to have something to do. Other contestants, like Amber Atkins, want to win the scholarship money so they can leave Mount Rose - in Amber's case, so she can become more like her idol, [[Diane Sawyer]]. Rebecca Leeman is the daughter of the richest man in town, and her mother Gladys Leeman - the head of the pageant organizing committee - is a former winner herself. Various business connections between the Leeman Furniture Store and the judges of the pageant (one is an employee) prompt many whispers around town that the contest will be fixed.
* [[Randall Maggs]], ''Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems'' (Brick Books) ISBN 978-1894078627
* [[Nancy Holmes]], ''Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems'', Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 978-1554580330
* [[David Silverberg]], editor, ''Mic Check: An Anthology Of Canadian Spoken Word Poetry'', Quattro Books, ISBN 978-0978280659


Many odd things start happening to people in the run up to the pageant; one of the contestants, Tammy Curry, is blown up while riding a tractor. Brett Clemmens, Rebecca's love interest (who is more interested in Amber), is shot dead in a "hunting accident." Fearing for her life, Amber decides to pull out of the pageant after her mother Annette is injured during an explosion at their trailer. After a pep-talk with family friend Loretta, and a heart-to-heart with her mother, Amber reconsiders. At the dress rehearsal, fellow contestant Jenelle Betz (originally contestant number 8), swaps positions with Amber (originally contestant number 1). When Jenelle walks on stage at the beginning of rehearsal to perform her talent piece, a spotlight falls and hits her in the head, knocking her unconscious and causing her to become deaf like her parents.
===[[New Zealand poetry|New Zealand]]===
====[[Best New Zealand Poetry series|Best New Zealand Poetry 2007]]====
The year's guest editor, who chose 25 poems for inclusion, was [[Paula Green]]. The list appeared at the series website in February 2008.<ref>[http://www.nzetc.org/iiml/bestnzpoems/BNZP07/t1-front1-d2.html Web page titled "Best New Zealand Poetry 2007 / Introduction"] at the Best New Zealand Poetry website, accessed [[April 25]], [[2008]]</ref>


At the pageant (despite her tap costume going missing), Amber performs her tap-dance number to a standing ovation, while Rebecca Leeman sings (appallingly badly) and dances with a Jesus doll on a rolling crucifix. Still, Amber comes in second to Rebecca Leeman. At the victory parade the next day, Rebecca Leeman rides in an elaborate swan float designed by her mother and constructed by her father's Mexican workers.
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* [[Johanna Aitchison]]
* [[Angela Andrews]]
* [[Serie (Cherie) Barford]]
* [[Sarah Jane Barnett]]
* [[Jenny Bornholdt]]
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* [[Alistair Te Ariki Campbell]]
* [[Janet Charman]]
* [[Geoff Cochrane]]
* [[Fiona Farrell]]
* [[Cliff Fell]]
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* [[Bernadette Hall]]
* [[Anna Jackson]]
* [[Andrew Johnston]]
* [[Anne Kennedy]]
* [[Jessica Le Bas]]
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* [[Dora Malech]]
* [[Alice Miller]]
* [[Emma Neale]]
* [[Vincent O’Sullivan]]
* [[Vivienne Plumb]]
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* [[Richard Reeve]]
* [[Elizabeth Smither]]
* [[C. K. Stead]]
* [[Robert Sullivan]]
* [[Alison Wong]]
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Unfortunately, after Gladys Leeman lights the fireworks at the base of the swan, the entire float catches fire, consuming Rebecca in the flames. In her grief and standing by the burnt-out float, Gladys admits to killing Tammy Curry and, it is assumed, causing the other deaths and injuries in the run-up to the pageant in an attempt to get rid of all of Rebecca's competition.
===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
* [[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin]]: ''Selected Poems Gallery Press'', London: Oldcastle and Faber, [[Irish poetry|Irish]] work published in the [[English poetry|United Kingdom]]<ref name=encpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11162&x=1 Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"] at Poetry International website, accessed [[May 3]], [[2008]]</ref>
* [[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]], ''[[Andrew Marvell]]: poems selected by Sean O'Brien'' (Poet to Poet series, Faber and Faber)
* [[Avi Sharon]], translator, [[Constantine Cavafy]], ''The Selected Poems of Cavafy'', Penguin Classic, ISBN 9780141185613


At Rebecca's funeral, Amber is crowned Mount Rose's American Teen Princess and goes on to the state competition. At the State Competition, Amber wins the ''Minnesota American Teen Princess'' title by default after all the other contestants fall ill with seafood-related [[food poisoning]]. (Amber hadn't eaten any because her mother always said "Don't ever eat nothin' that can carry its house around with it. Who knows the last time it's been cleaned.") As winner, Amber gets an all-expenses-paid trip to [[Lincoln, Alabama]], where the national ''American Teen Princess Pageant'' is held. Upon arrival, Amber and the other contestants find that the company has been shut down by the IRS for tax evasion, and the distraught girls (except Amber) wreck the forecourt of the shuttered Sarah Rose Cosmetics building, hurling suitcases. Amber simply sighs and gets back onto the girls' chartered bus.
===[[American poetry|United States]]===
* [[Rae Armantrout]], ''Complete Early Poems'', (Green Integer) <ref>Early collections, from 1978's ''Extremities'' to 1995's ''Made to Seem'' collected here</ref>
* [[Mary Jo Bang]], ''Elegy'', Graywolf Press
* [[Frank Bidart]], '' Watching the Spring Festival'' (Macmillan/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), ISBN 9780374286033


At the end of the film, Gladys Leeman escapes from prison and takes a sniper position on top of a local business, obviously wanting take Amber's life away. A television reporter doing a live remote at the scene is shot, and Amber Atkins quickly picks up her mic and takes her place. The film closes with Amber as anchor of the evening news for a Minneapolis/St. Paul television station.
* [[Charles Bukowski]], ''The People Look Like Flowers At Last: New Poems'', purportedly the "fifth and final" posthumous collection
* [[William Corbett]], ''Opening Day'' (Hanging Loose Press, 2008)
* [[Robert Creeley]], ''Selected Poems, 1945-2005'', edited by Benjamin Friedlander, [[University of California Press]]
* [[Mark Doty]]:
** ''Theories and Apparitions'', London: Jonathan Cape<ref name=mdb>Web page titled [http://www.markdoty.org/id1.html "Mark Doty Books"] at Mark Doty website, accessed [[May 5]], [[2008]]</ref>
** ''Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems'', New York, HarperCollins<ref name=mdb/>
* [[Jorie Graham]], ''Sea Change'' Ecco/HarperCollins
* [[Geoffrey Hill]], ''A Treatise of Civil Power'', [[Yale University Press]], ISBN 978-0300131499
* [[John Hollander]], ''A Draft of Light'', Knopf (in May), his 19th book of poems
*[[Devin Johnston]], ''Sources'', (Turtle Point Press, 2008)
* [[Ted Kooser]], ''Valentines'', University of Nebraska Press
* [[David Lehman]], editor, ''The Best American Erotic Poems: From 1800 to the Present'' (anthology), Scribner
* [[Jackson Mac Low]], ''Thing of Beauty: New and Selected Works'' (edited by [[Anne Tardos]]), (University of California Press)
* [[George Oppen]], ''Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers'' (edited by Stephen Cope), (University of California Press) (publication was 2007, but not available until 2008)
* [[Peter Oresick]], ''[[Warhol-o-rama]]'', [[Carnegie Mellon University Press]]<ref>[http://www.cmu.edu/universitypress/ Web page] at the CMU Press website, accessed [[July 24]], [[2008]]</ref>
* [[Grace Paley]], ''Fidelity'' (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), posthumous
* [[Aram Saroyan]], ''Complete Minimal Poems'', Ugly Duckling Presse ISBN 978-1933254258
* [[Leslie Scalapino]], ''It’s go in horizontal: Selected Poems, 1974-2006'', (University of California Press)
* [[Susan M. Schultz]], ''Dementia Blog'', (Singing Horse Press, 2008)
* [[Frank Stanford]]:
** ''The Singing Knives'', (Lost Roads, 1979 & 2008)
** ''You'', (Lost Roads, 1979 & 2008)
* [[David Wagoner]], ''A Map of the Night'' (University of Illinois Press, ISBN 978-0252075674)
* [[Francis X. Walker]], ''When Winter Come: The Ascension of York'', University of Kentucky Press
* [[Mark Yakich]], ''The Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine'', Penguin


==Cast and Characters==
====Anthologies in the United States====
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Tina Chang]] and [[Nathalie Handal]], editors, ''Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond'',W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 9780393332384
|-
* [[Leslie Pockell]] and Celia Johnson, editors, ''100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits'', Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 9780446177955
! Character
* [[Reginald Shepherd]], editor, ''Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetries'', Counterpath Press, ISBN 9781933996066
! Portrayed by
* [[Jason Shinder]], [[John Lithgow]], [[Billy Collins]], editors, ''The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them'', ISBN 9781402205026
! Talent
! Occupation
|-
|Amber Atkins || [[Kirsten Dunst]] || Tap dancing || Student/Make-Up artist for the deceased
|-
|Annette Atkins || [[Ellen Barkin]] || || Cosmetologist
|-
|Loretta || [[Allison Janney]] || || Promiscuous Neighbor of the Atkins'
|-
|Rebecca Ann "Becky" Leeman || [[Denise Richards]] || Singing || Student/President Lutheran Sisterhood Gun Club
|-
|Gladys Leeman || [[Kirstie Alley]] || || President Mount Rose Civil Servettes/Homemaker
|-
|Lester Leeman || [[Sam McMurray]] || || Furniture Salesman
|-
|Iris Clark || [[Mindy Sterling]] || || Mount Rose Civil Servette/Gladys' right-hand woman
|-
|Leslie Miller || [[Amy Adams]] || Cheerleading || Student/Future Stripper in the Philippines
|-
|Lisa Swenson || [[Brittany Murphy]] || Musical and Dance tribute to New York || Student
|-
|Mary Johanson || [[Alexandra Holden]] || Lip synching to "Don't Cry Out Loud"|| Previous Mount Rose American Teen Princess/Anorexic Hospital Patient
|-
|Jean Kangas || [[Lona Williams]] || || Pageant Judge/Assistant at Leeman Furniture
|-
|Harold Vilmes || [[Michael McShane]] || || Hardware Store Owner/Pageant
|-
|Mrs. Howard || [[Patti Yasutake]] || || Molly's adoptive Mother
|-
|Tina/Seiko Howard || [[Seiko Matsuda]] || || Natural daughter of the Howards
|-
|Hank Vilmes || [[Will Sasso]] || || Mentally-Challenged brother of Harold
|-
|Adam West || [[Adam West|Himself]] || || Host of American Teen Princess Pageant
|-
|Miss Minneapolis || [[Amanda Detmer]] || || Miss Minneapolis/First to exhibit signs of food poisoning
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|Miss Burnsville || [[Samantha Harris]] || || Miss Burnsville
|-
|Colleen Douglas || [[Nora Dunn]] || || State Pageant Coordinator/Co-founder of Minnesota Modeling Academy
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|Terry Macy || [[Mo Gaffney]] || || State Pageant Coordinator/Co-founder of Minnesota Modeling Academy
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|Documentarian || [[Thomas Lennon (actor and screenwriter)|Thomas Lennon]] || || Never Seen but main Interviewer of Documentary Crew
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|Tess Weinhaus || Shannon Nelson || Dog barker || Student
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|Molly Howard || Tara Redepenning || Line dancing || Student
|-
|Michelle Johnson || Laurie Sinclair || Dramatic Monologue || Student
|-
|Janelle Betz || Sarah Stewart || Interpretive Dance and Sign Language || Student
|-
|Tammy Curry || Brooke Elise Bushman || || Student/Died from Tractor Accident
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|Brett Clemens || Casey Garven || || Student/Captain of the Football Team/Died from Sniper fire
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|Pat || Jon T. Olson || || Leslie's Boyfriend and father of her unborn child
|-
|Chloris Klinghagen || Mary Gillis || || Mount Rose Dance Instructor
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|Lars Larson || Tom Gilshannon || || Owner of Funeral Parlor/Amber's Boss
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|Connie Rudrüd|| Kristin Rudrüd || || Spokeswoman St. Paul Pork Products/Former Minnesota American Teen Princess
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|Iona Hildebrandt|| Claudia Wilkens || || Mount Rose American Teen Princess, 1945/Librarian
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|Mayor of Mount Rose|| Dale Dunham || || Mayor
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|Mr. Howard || Richard Narita || || Molly's adoptive Father
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|John Dough || [[Matt Malloy]] || || Pharmacist/Pageant Judge/Pedophile
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|}


==Background==
====Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States====
The movie is set in the fictional town of Mount Rose, Minnesota (which is a reversal of the real town of [[Rosemount, Minnesota|Rosemount]] or a play on [[Montrose, Minnesota|Montrose]]). The accents portrayed in the movie are that of the [[North Central American English|North Central American dialect]] found in the Midwest, notably Minnesota.<ref>http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/dial-map.html</ref>
* [[Michael Almereyda]], editor, ''Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about [[Vladimir Mayakovsky|Mayakovsky]]'' (Macmillan/[[Farrar, Straus, and Giroux]]), ISBN 9780374281359
* [[Robert Frost]], ''The Collected Prose of Robert Frost'', edited by Mark Richardson; Frost was reluctant to publish his collected prose and even said he lost his notes to the [[Charles Eliot Norton Lectures]] he delivered at Harvard in [[1936 in poetry|1936]] (Harvard University Press)
* [[Michael Heller (poet)|Michael Heller]], ''Speaking the Estranged: Essays on the Work of George Oppen'', Cambridge UK: [[Salt Publishing]]
* [[Michael Palmer]], ''Active Boundaries: Selected Essays and Talks'', New Directions (New York, NY), 2008. ISBN 081121754X
* [[Reginald Shepherd]], ''Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry'', University of Michigan Press
* [[Jan Ziolkowski]] and [[Bridget K. Balint]], editors, ''A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia)'', Harvard University Press, ISBN 0976547279 ISBN 9780976547273


Kirsten Dunst's character Amber Atkins was inspired by news reporter [[Diane Sawyer]], who is mentioned throughout the film as Amber's [[Cult image|idol]].
===Other in English===
* [[Kevin Ireland]], ''How To Survive The Morning'', Cape Catley Ltd, ISBN 9781877340178
* [[Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin]]: ''Selected Poems Gallery Press'', London: Oldcastle and Faber, [[Irish poetry|Irish]] work published in the [[English poetry|United Kingdom]]<ref name=encpiw>[http://ireland.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=11162&x=1 Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin"] at Poetry International website, accessed [[May 3]], [[2008]]</ref>


Two [[Melissa Manchester]] songs are featured in the film as songs used in the talent portion by contestants. Mary lip-syncs "Don't Cry Out Loud", while Janelle sings and signs "Through the Eyes of Love".
====Poets in ''[[The Best American Poetry 2008]]''====
These poets appeared in ''[[The Best American Poetry 2008]]'', with [[David Lehman]], general editor, and [[Charles Wright]], guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN 0743299736):


===Filming locations===
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*The giant cow statue at the beginning of the movie is at Bongards' Creameries in [[Bongards, Minnesota]].
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*The funeral home and funeral home scenes near the beginning of the movie were filmed at the Wagner Funeral Home in [[Jordan, Minnesota]].
*[[Tom Andrews]]
*The church funeral scene near the end of the movie was filmed at a church on [[US_212|Highway 212]] outside of [[Cologne, Minnesota|Cologne]].
*[[Ralph Angel]]
*The mall parking lot that Gladys and the ladies pulled into was not the [[Mall of America]]. It was actually [[Eden Prairie Center]] in [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]].
*[[Rae Armantrout]]
*Both the trailer park and the Leeman home are located in [[Lakeville, Minnesota]].
*[[John Ashbery]]
*The high school gym was filmed at Wayzata West Middle School in [[Wayzata, Minnesota]].
*[[Joshua Beckman]]
*Downtown [[Waconia, Minnesota|Waconia]] stood in during the parade scene. The Vilmes' hardware store is called [[Hardware Hank]] and is also located in Waconia.
*[[Marvin Bell]]
*The Airport "[[Howard Johnson's|Ho-Jo]]" was actually the Midway [[Marriott]] Hotel in [[St Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], which has since been torn down and replaced by a [[Target store]]. There are, in fact, no Howard Johnson hotels in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as of today, although there had been at least one Ho-Jo motel located on the 494-Strip area in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]] a few miles from the airport [http://www.highwayhost.org/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Southwest/southwest1.html as recently as the late 80's].
*[[Charles Bernstein]]
* The hospital scenes were filmed in [[Farmington, Minnesota]]
*[[Ciaran Berry]]
* The furniture store scene was filmed at an actual furniture store that had recently gone out of business in [[Chaska, Minnesota]].
*[[Frank Bidart]]
* The interviews were filmed at the WFW in [[Hopkins, Minnesota|Hopkins]]
*[[Robert Bly]]
*[[John Casteen]]
*[[Laura Cronk]]
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*[[Kate Daniels]]
*[[Lydia Davis]]
*[[Erica Dawson]]
*[[Cornelius Eady]]
*[[Moira Egan]]
*[[Peter Everwine]]
*[[Carolyn Forche]]
*[[Chris Forhan]]
*[[John Gallaher]]
*[[James Galvin]]
*[[Louise Gluck]]
*[[Robert Hass]]
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*[[Bob Hicok]]
*[[Brenda Hillman]]
*[[Tony Hoagland]]
*[[Garrett Hongo]]
*[[Richard Howard]]
*[[Mark Jarman]]
*[[George Kalamars]]
*[[Mary Karr]]
*[[Maxine Kumin]]
*[[Adrie Kusserow]]
*[[Alex Lemon]]
*[[Philip Levine]]
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*[[J.D. McClatchy]]
*[[Davis McCombs]]
*[[W. S. Merwin]]
*[[Susan Mitchell]]
*[[Paul Muldoon]]
*[[D. Nurkse]]
*[[Debra Nystrom]]
*[[Meghan O'Rourke]]
*[[Ron Padgett]]
*[[Michael Palmer]]
*[[D. A. Powell]]
*[[Alberto Rios]]
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*[[Tim Ross]]
*[[John Rybicki]]
*[[Ira Sadoff]]
*[[Sherod Santos]]
*[[Frederick Seidel]]
*[[Charles Simic]]
*[[R. T. Smith]]
*[[Patti Smith]]
*[[Dave Snyder]]
*[[Lisa Ross Sparr]]
*[[David St. John]]
*[[Kathryn Starbuck]]
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*[[Alan Sullivan]]
*[[Chad Sweeney]]
*[[Mary Szybist]]
*[[James Tate]]
*[[Natasha Trethewey]]
*[[Lee Upton]]
*[[Dara Wier]]
*[[C. K. Williams]]
*[[Franz Wright]]
*[[Lynn Xu]]
*[[C. Dale Young]]
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*[[David Young]]
*[[Dean Young]]
*[[Kevin Young]]
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==Deleted scenes==
==Works published in other languages==
In the original script, Molly Howard's character and family had more scenes, including the father asking his biological daughter to stay out of the picture, tell her that he doesn't care that she's going to college in Japan or dislikes the United States. By the end of the film, in one of the last scenes, Molly was to be seen boarding a bus marked "Lutheran Orphanage", which is seen in the parking lot of the held-up Food Shack. Michelle Johnson's part during the "Proud to Be an American" scene was cut as well. There are also certain scenes shown in the trailer that didnt make it to the final cut of the movie, such as a scene where Colleen and Terry are wondering whether or not one of the contestants has had a "boob job", and scenes when the girls are learning the dances.
==Awards and honors==
===[[Australian poetry|Australia]]===
* [[C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry]]:
* [[Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry]]:


==External links==
===[[Canadian poetry|Canada]]===
* [http://www.ddgorgeous.com/ Official site]
* [[Archibald Lampman Award]]:
* {{imdb title|id=0157503|title=Drop Dead Gorgeous}}
* [[Atlantic Poetry Prize]]:
* [[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: Canadian:
* [[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: International, in the English Language:
* [[Pat Lowther Award]]:
* [[Prix Alain-Grandbois]]:
* [[Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award]]:


[[Category:1999 films]]
===[[New Zealand literature|New Zealand]]===
[[Category:American films]]
* Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement:
[[Category:Films set in Minnesota]]
* [[Montana New Zealand Book Awards]] (poetry category):
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:1990s comedy films]]
[[Category:Satirical films]]
[[Category:Mockumentaries]]
[[Category:New Line Cinema films]]
[[Category:Teen comedy films]]


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===[[English poetry|United Kingdom]]===
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* [[Cholmondeley Award]]:
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* [[Eric Gregory Award]]:
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* [[Forward Poetry Prize]]:
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**Best Collection:
**Best First Collection:
* [[T. S. Eliot Prize]] (United Kingdom and Ireland):
* [[Whitbread Awards|Whitbread Award]] for poetry (United Kingdom):
** Shortlisted:

===[[American poetry|United States]]===
* [[Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize]]:
* [[National Book Award]] for Poetry:
* ''[[The New Criterion]]'' Poetry Prize:
* [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry]] (United States): [[Robert Hass]] for ''Time and Materials''; and [[Philip Schultz]] for ''Failure''
* [[Wallace Stevens Award]]:
* [[International PEN|PEN Award for Poetry in Translation]]: [[Rosmarie Waldrop]] for ''Lingos I - IX'' by [[Ulf Stolterfoht]] ([[Burning Deck Press|Burning Deck]], 2007)
* [[Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize]] : [[Gary Snyder]]

====From the [[Poetry Society of America]]====
* '''[[Frost Medal]]''': [[Michael S. Harper]]

* '''[[Shelley Memorial Award]]''': [[Ed Roberson]], Judges: [[Lyn Hejinian]] & [[C.D. Wright]]

* '''[[Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award]]''': [[Joanie Mackowski]], Judge: [[Donald Revell]]

* '''Lyric Poetry Award''': [[Wayne Miller]], Judge: [[Elizabeth Macklin]]

* '''Lucille Medwick Memorial Award''': [[Christina Pugh]], Judge: [[Timothy Donnelly]]; finalist: Sally Ball

* '''Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award''': [[Natasha Sajé]], Judge: [[Dean Young]]; finalists: Kevin Prufer & James Richardson

* '''Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award''': [[Carey Powers]], Judge: David Roderick; finalists: Willa Granger & Philip Sparks

* '''George Bogin Memorial Award''': [[Theresa Sotto]], Judge: by [[Prageeta Sharma]]

* '''Robert H. Winner Memorial Award''': [[Jocelyn Emerson]], Judge: by [[Annie Finch]]; finalists: Rachel Conrad & Marsha Pomerantz

* '''Cecil Hemley Memorial Award''': [[Brian Henry]], Judge: [[Norma Cole]]

* '''[[Norma Farber First Book Award]]''': [[Catherine Imbriglio]] for ''Parts of the Mass'', published by [[Burning Deck Press|Burning Deck]], Judge: [[Thylias Moss]]); finalist: Alena Hairston for ''The Logan Topographies'', published by Persea

* '''[[William Carlos Williams Award]]''': [[Aram Saroyan]] for ''Complete Minimal Poems'', published by Ugly Duckling Presse; Judge: [[Ron Silliman]]; finalists: [[Roberta Beary]] for ''The Unworn Necklace'', published by Snapshot Press; and [[Eileen Myles]] for ''Sorry, Tree'', published by Wave Books

==Deaths==
*[[January 21]] &ndash; [[Burton Hatlen]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[Scholarly method|literary scholar]], founding member of the [[National Poetry Foundation]], [[mentor]] and [[teacher]] to [[Stephen King]], who promoted the work of the [[Objectivist poets]] <ref>[http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx?articleid=159261&zoneid=176 UM scholar Hatlen, mentor to Stephen King, dies at 71]</ref> <ref>[http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/burt-hatlen-1936-2008-burt-was.html Burton Hatlen 1936 — 2008] A "cyber-[[tombeau]]" at ''Silliman's Blog'' by poet [[Ron Silliman]] includes comments, tributes, and links </ref>
*[[February 13]] – [[Raúl Salinas (poet)|Raúl Salinas]], 73, [[American poet]], complications of [[liver cancer]]. <ref>[http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/02/14/0214salinas.html Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies: Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.]</ref>
*[[March 16]] – [[Jonathan Williams (poet)|Jonathan Williams]], 79, [[American poet]], [[publisher]] and founder of [[The Jargon Society]]
*[[April 3]] – [[Andrew Crozier]], 64, English poet with connections to American poetry, who edited volumes by American poet [[Carl Rakosi]] <ref>After Rakosi's ''Selected Poems'', published in [[1941 in poetry|1941]], Rakosi dedicated himself to social work and apparently neither read nor wrote any poetry at all. A letter from Crozier to Rakosi asking about his early poetry was the trigger that started Rakosi writing again. His first book in 26 years, ''Amulet'' was published by [[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]] in [[1967 in poetry|1967]] and his ''Collected Poems'' in [[1986 in poetry|1986]] by the [[National Poetry Foundation]].</ref>
*[[April 17]] – [[Aimé Césaire]], 94, [[France|French]] [[Martinique|Martiniquan]] [[poet]] and [[politician]]. <ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/17/europe/EU-GEN-France-Obit-Cesaire.php Aimé Césaire, Martinique poet, has died]</ref>
*[[April 24]] – [[Jason Shinder]], 53, [[American poet]] and [[editor]] <ref>[http://www.provincetownbanner.com/article/banner_daily_update_article/_/57368/Banner_Daily_Update/4/24/2008 Service for Shinder ]</ref>
*[[June 5]] – [[Eugenio Montejo]], 70, [[Venezuela]]n poet{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
*[[July 4]] - [[Thomas M. Disch]], 68, [[American poet]] and novelist; committed suicide.<ref>Ellen Datlow, "Thomas M. Disch (February 2, 1940-July 4, 2008)," sff.discuss.obituaries, 2008-07-06, 15:01</ref>
*[[August 9]] - [[Mahmoud Darwish]], 67, [[Palestinian]] poet; complications following heart surgery.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mahmoud-darwish-palestinian-poet-of-the-resistance-890263.html Mahmoud Darwish: Palestinian 'poet of the resistance']</ref>
*[[September 10]] - [[Reginald Shepherd]], 44, [[American poet]], complications from [[colon cancer]]<ref>[http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/reginald-shepherd-1963-2008-i-write.html Reginald Shepherd: 1963 - 2008]; A "cyber-[[tombeau]]" at ''Silliman's Blog'' by poet [[Ron Silliman]] includes comments, tributes, and links
</ref> <ref>[http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/09/reginald_shepherd_19632008.html Tribute at ''Poetry Foundation''] Shepherd was a frequent contributor to the Poetry Foundation blog called ''Harriet''. Listed here are dozens of tributes and comments from many who were touched in some way by Shepherd and his work</ref>
* [[September 20]] - [[Duncan Glen]], 75, British poet, critic and literary historian<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/duncan-glen-poet-publisher-editor-designer-and-excavator-of-scottish-literature-948530.html The Independent obituary]</ref>
* [[September 29]] - [[Hayden Carruth]], 87, American poet and literary critic <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hayden-carruth-poet-who-produced-work-of-unapologetic-affection--despite-lifelong-struggles-with-mental-illness-950819.html The Independent obituary]</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
{{portal|Poetry}}
*[[Poetry]]
*[[List of poetry awards]]

{{Schools of poetry}}

[[Category:Years in poetry]]
[[Category:2008 works|Poetry]]

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For other uses, see Drop Dead Gorgeous (disambiguation).
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Patrick Jann
Written byLona Williams
Produced byLona Williams
StarringKirsten Dunst
Ellen Barkin
Allison Janney
Denise Richards
Kirstie Alley
Sam McMurray
Mindy Sterling
Brittany Murphy
Amy Adams
CinematographyMichael Spiller
Edited byJanice Hampton
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
July 23, 1999
Running time
98 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box officeDomestic $10,571,408[1]

Drop Dead Gorgeous is a 1999 American dark comedy film, directed by Michael Patrick Jann and starring Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards and Kirsten Dunst. Shot in a mockumentary format, it follows the contestants in a beauty pageant called the Sarah Rose Cosmetics Mount Rose American Teen Princess Pageant, held in the small town of Mount Rose, Minnesota. The film is also notable for featuring the debut of the Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams.

Plot

Many Mount Rose girls compete in the pageant simply to have something to do. Other contestants, like Amber Atkins, want to win the scholarship money so they can leave Mount Rose - in Amber's case, so she can become more like her idol, Diane Sawyer. Rebecca Leeman is the daughter of the richest man in town, and her mother Gladys Leeman - the head of the pageant organizing committee - is a former winner herself. Various business connections between the Leeman Furniture Store and the judges of the pageant (one is an employee) prompt many whispers around town that the contest will be fixed.

Many odd things start happening to people in the run up to the pageant; one of the contestants, Tammy Curry, is blown up while riding a tractor. Brett Clemmens, Rebecca's love interest (who is more interested in Amber), is shot dead in a "hunting accident." Fearing for her life, Amber decides to pull out of the pageant after her mother Annette is injured during an explosion at their trailer. After a pep-talk with family friend Loretta, and a heart-to-heart with her mother, Amber reconsiders. At the dress rehearsal, fellow contestant Jenelle Betz (originally contestant number 8), swaps positions with Amber (originally contestant number 1). When Jenelle walks on stage at the beginning of rehearsal to perform her talent piece, a spotlight falls and hits her in the head, knocking her unconscious and causing her to become deaf like her parents.

At the pageant (despite her tap costume going missing), Amber performs her tap-dance number to a standing ovation, while Rebecca Leeman sings (appallingly badly) and dances with a Jesus doll on a rolling crucifix. Still, Amber comes in second to Rebecca Leeman. At the victory parade the next day, Rebecca Leeman rides in an elaborate swan float designed by her mother and constructed by her father's Mexican workers.

Unfortunately, after Gladys Leeman lights the fireworks at the base of the swan, the entire float catches fire, consuming Rebecca in the flames. In her grief and standing by the burnt-out float, Gladys admits to killing Tammy Curry and, it is assumed, causing the other deaths and injuries in the run-up to the pageant in an attempt to get rid of all of Rebecca's competition.

At Rebecca's funeral, Amber is crowned Mount Rose's American Teen Princess and goes on to the state competition. At the State Competition, Amber wins the Minnesota American Teen Princess title by default after all the other contestants fall ill with seafood-related food poisoning. (Amber hadn't eaten any because her mother always said "Don't ever eat nothin' that can carry its house around with it. Who knows the last time it's been cleaned.") As winner, Amber gets an all-expenses-paid trip to Lincoln, Alabama, where the national American Teen Princess Pageant is held. Upon arrival, Amber and the other contestants find that the company has been shut down by the IRS for tax evasion, and the distraught girls (except Amber) wreck the forecourt of the shuttered Sarah Rose Cosmetics building, hurling suitcases. Amber simply sighs and gets back onto the girls' chartered bus.

At the end of the film, Gladys Leeman escapes from prison and takes a sniper position on top of a local business, obviously wanting take Amber's life away. A television reporter doing a live remote at the scene is shot, and Amber Atkins quickly picks up her mic and takes her place. The film closes with Amber as anchor of the evening news for a Minneapolis/St. Paul television station.

Cast and Characters

Character Portrayed by Talent Occupation
Amber Atkins Kirsten Dunst Tap dancing Student/Make-Up artist for the deceased
Annette Atkins Ellen Barkin Cosmetologist
Loretta Allison Janney Promiscuous Neighbor of the Atkins'
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Leeman Denise Richards Singing Student/President Lutheran Sisterhood Gun Club
Gladys Leeman Kirstie Alley President Mount Rose Civil Servettes/Homemaker
Lester Leeman Sam McMurray Furniture Salesman
Iris Clark Mindy Sterling Mount Rose Civil Servette/Gladys' right-hand woman
Leslie Miller Amy Adams Cheerleading Student/Future Stripper in the Philippines
Lisa Swenson Brittany Murphy Musical and Dance tribute to New York Student
Mary Johanson Alexandra Holden Lip synching to "Don't Cry Out Loud" Previous Mount Rose American Teen Princess/Anorexic Hospital Patient
Jean Kangas Lona Williams Pageant Judge/Assistant at Leeman Furniture
Harold Vilmes Michael McShane Hardware Store Owner/Pageant
Mrs. Howard Patti Yasutake Molly's adoptive Mother
Tina/Seiko Howard Seiko Matsuda Natural daughter of the Howards
Hank Vilmes Will Sasso Mentally-Challenged brother of Harold
Adam West Himself Host of American Teen Princess Pageant
Miss Minneapolis Amanda Detmer Miss Minneapolis/First to exhibit signs of food poisoning
Miss Burnsville Samantha Harris Miss Burnsville
Colleen Douglas Nora Dunn State Pageant Coordinator/Co-founder of Minnesota Modeling Academy
Terry Macy Mo Gaffney State Pageant Coordinator/Co-founder of Minnesota Modeling Academy
Documentarian Thomas Lennon Never Seen but main Interviewer of Documentary Crew
Tess Weinhaus Shannon Nelson Dog barker Student
Molly Howard Tara Redepenning Line dancing Student
Michelle Johnson Laurie Sinclair Dramatic Monologue Student
Janelle Betz Sarah Stewart Interpretive Dance and Sign Language Student
Tammy Curry Brooke Elise Bushman Student/Died from Tractor Accident
Brett Clemens Casey Garven Student/Captain of the Football Team/Died from Sniper fire
Pat Jon T. Olson Leslie's Boyfriend and father of her unborn child
Chloris Klinghagen Mary Gillis Mount Rose Dance Instructor
Lars Larson Tom Gilshannon Owner of Funeral Parlor/Amber's Boss
Connie Rudrüd Kristin Rudrüd Spokeswoman St. Paul Pork Products/Former Minnesota American Teen Princess
Iona Hildebrandt Claudia Wilkens Mount Rose American Teen Princess, 1945/Librarian
Mayor of Mount Rose Dale Dunham Mayor
Mr. Howard Richard Narita Molly's adoptive Father
John Dough Matt Malloy Pharmacist/Pageant Judge/Pedophile

Background

The movie is set in the fictional town of Mount Rose, Minnesota (which is a reversal of the real town of Rosemount or a play on Montrose). The accents portrayed in the movie are that of the North Central American dialect found in the Midwest, notably Minnesota.[1]

Kirsten Dunst's character Amber Atkins was inspired by news reporter Diane Sawyer, who is mentioned throughout the film as Amber's idol.

Two Melissa Manchester songs are featured in the film as songs used in the talent portion by contestants. Mary lip-syncs "Don't Cry Out Loud", while Janelle sings and signs "Through the Eyes of Love".

Filming locations

  • The giant cow statue at the beginning of the movie is at Bongards' Creameries in Bongards, Minnesota.
  • The funeral home and funeral home scenes near the beginning of the movie were filmed at the Wagner Funeral Home in Jordan, Minnesota.
  • The church funeral scene near the end of the movie was filmed at a church on Highway 212 outside of Cologne.
  • The mall parking lot that Gladys and the ladies pulled into was not the Mall of America. It was actually Eden Prairie Center in Eden Prairie.
  • Both the trailer park and the Leeman home are located in Lakeville, Minnesota.
  • The high school gym was filmed at Wayzata West Middle School in Wayzata, Minnesota.
  • Downtown Waconia stood in during the parade scene. The Vilmes' hardware store is called Hardware Hank and is also located in Waconia.
  • The Airport "Ho-Jo" was actually the Midway Marriott Hotel in St. Paul, which has since been torn down and replaced by a Target store. There are, in fact, no Howard Johnson hotels in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as of today, although there had been at least one Ho-Jo motel located on the 494-Strip area in Bloomington a few miles from the airport as recently as the late 80's.
  • The hospital scenes were filmed in Farmington, Minnesota
  • The furniture store scene was filmed at an actual furniture store that had recently gone out of business in Chaska, Minnesota.
  • The interviews were filmed at the WFW in Hopkins

Deleted scenes

In the original script, Molly Howard's character and family had more scenes, including the father asking his biological daughter to stay out of the picture, tell her that he doesn't care that she's going to college in Japan or dislikes the United States. By the end of the film, in one of the last scenes, Molly was to be seen boarding a bus marked "Lutheran Orphanage", which is seen in the parking lot of the held-up Food Shack. Michelle Johnson's part during the "Proud to Be an American" scene was cut as well. There are also certain scenes shown in the trailer that didnt make it to the final cut of the movie, such as a scene where Colleen and Terry are wondering whether or not one of the contestants has had a "boob job", and scenes when the girls are learning the dances.

External links

  1. ^ http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/dial-map.html
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