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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
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Overview
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Writer:
Stu Silver (written by)
Release Date:
11 December 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
Owen asked his friend, Larry, for a small favor...
Plot:
A bitter ex-husband. A put upon Momma's boy. Both want their respective spouse and mother dead, but who will pull it off? full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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2 nominations
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Refreshingly Nasty
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Danny DeVito | ... | Owen |
 | Billy Crystal | ... | Larry |
 | Kim Greist | ... | Beth |
 | Anne Ramsey | ... | Momma |
 | Kate Mulgrew | ... | Margaret |
| Branford Marsalis | ... | Lester |
 | Rob Reiner | ... | Joel |
| Bruce Kirby | ... | Detective DeBenedetto |
| Joey DePinto | ... | Sargeant |
| Annie Ross | ... | Mrs. Hazeltine |
| Raye Birk | ... | Pinsky |
 | Oprah Winfrey | ... | Herself |
| Olivia Brown | ... | Ms. Gladstone |
| Philip Perlman | ... | Mr. Perlman |
| Stu Silver | ... | Ramon |
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88 min | Germany:87 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Canada:PG
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Larry on the train talks to Owen about the perfect beginning of a novel and mentions Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. "It was the best of times it was the worst of times..". Momma then says, 'The night was sultry'. This is a variation of the line,'The night was so very sultry.'. A quote from the same novel.
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Factual errors: The locomotive shown on the train is a switch engine. Switch engines are not used on road trains or Amtrak. Switch engines may be placed in the locomotive consist on road trains, however they are typically either isolated or dead-in-tow.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992)
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Soundtrack:
PUHI PUHI O'SOLE PIPI
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A deliciously nasty black comedy about a middle-aged schlub (Danny DeVito) who wants to bump off his mother and hatches a plan to do so with a bitter divorcée, who wants to bump off HIS ex-wife. The movie is completely unapologetic in its cynicism, and gives us no one to like, but for once that works in the movie's favor rather than as a turn off.
Anne Ramsey, as DeVito's battle axe mom, steals the show in a grotesquely funny performance. Even though she's a horror, you end up rooting for her, because it seems like she could kick both DeVito's and Crystal's asses at the same time with both hands tied behind her back.
Grade: B+