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About the Film

Year

1997

Rating

PG

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

107 MIN

Synopsis

With a ready supply of one-liners and a delightfully retro sense of fashion, Fran Drescher (TV's The Nanny) provides the who, what, when and wear of this funny and smart comedy about a ruler from a land of tyrants and kings - and a hairdresser from Queens. Eager to make her way in the world, hairdresser Joy Miller (Drescher) gets her chance when she's sent to a modern once-upon-a-time land called Slovetzia to tutor the three children of gruff, widowed dictator Boris Pochenko (Timothy Dalton). Joy thinks she's been hired as a beautician. Boris thinks she's been hired as an able science teacher. Science or not, chemistry of another sort begins to work its magic. Joy's spirited openness blows the cobwebs off tradition-bound Slovetzia. And her resourcefulness gives Pochenko's heart a makeover... or does it? The best way to find out is to make an appointment with The Beautician And The Beast!

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Fran Drescher

Joy Miller

Timothy Dalton

President Boris Pochenko

Ian McNeice

Grushinsky

Patrick Malahide

Prime Minister Kleist

Lisa Jakub

Katrina

Michael Lerner

Jerry Miller

Phyllis Newman

Judy Miller

Heather De Loach

Masha Pochenko

Adam LaVorgna

Karl Pochenko

Kyle Wilkerson

Yuri Pochenko

Timothy Dowling

Alek

About the Crew

Director

Ken Kwapis

Producer

Howard W. Koch Jr

Producer

Todd Graff

Executive Producer

Roger Birnbaum

Executive Producer

Fran Drescher

Executive Producer

Peter Marc Jacobson

Writer

Todd Graff

Music Scoring

Cliff Eidelman