3 more movies that open with a lead character dead already or saying they'll be dead by the time it's over

NEWS ITEM "Lovely Bones" is the tale of a murder victim watching her family and killer.

• • • "American Beauty" -- Kevin Spacey remarks, "Remember those posters that say 'Today is the first day of the rest of your life' ...? Well that's true every day but one."


• • • "Sunset Boulevard" -- William Holden says "That's me floating in the pool."


• • • "Milk" -- Sean Penn narration says the tape he's making is only to be revealed "upon his death by assassination."