Don't Cry Out Loud," lip-syncs Mary Johanson (Alexandra Holden), the reigning Mount Rose Teen Princess, with the few ounces of energy she has left after the pressures of pageantry have withered her away.
The equally hard-working cast and crew of "Drop Dead Gorgeous" would benefit from the wise words of said Melissa Manchester hit, written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager in 1976, when the film debuted in 1999.
Written by Lona Williams, director Michael Patrick Jann's cult classic mockumentary follows a Los Angeles documentary crew who descend upon the small town of Mount Rose, where all that's paramount is gearing up for the Sarah Rose Cosmetics American Teen Princess Pageant.
The killer female-led ensemble included Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Kirstie Alley, and Denise Richards as rival mother-daughter duos from opposite sides of the tracks. The cast list goes on - Allison Janney, Brittany Murphy, and also, in her film debut, a then-unknown named Amy Adams.
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