Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mark Rucker

Writers (WGA):

Charles Busch (play)
Charles Busch (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Hollywood...It's a dirty town but someone has to do it!

Plot:

An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge. |

Plot Keywords:

LSD | 1950s | Washed Up Star | Murder | Parody

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Charles Busch	...	Angela Arden / Barbara Arden
Angela Paton	...	Angela's Fan
Jason Priestley	...	Tony Parker
Natasha Lyonne	...	Edith Sussman
Frances Conroy	...	Bootsie Carp
Philip Baker Hall	...	Sol Sussman
Stark Sands	...	Lance Sussman
Josh Hutchinson	...	Policeman
Victor Raider-Wexler	...	Sam Fishbein
Nora Dunn	...	Shatzi Van Allen
Christopher McDaniel	...	Moving Man #1 (as Chris McDaniel)
Tom Hughes	...	Moving Man #2
Stanley DeSantis	...	Tuchman
Paul Vinson	...	Leather Daddy

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and a drug scene.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Aviator Films

Trivia:

In the flashback scene where Angela signs with RCA records, she is flanked by two RCA executives. These executives were played by two of the film's producers, Anthony Edwards (on the right in the glasses) and Dante Di Loreto (on the left.)

Quotes:

Tony Parker: Why do you hate your mother so?
Edith Sussman: I hate her because she's a money-grubbing selfish bitch who ruined my father's life, and a promiscuous slut who spends all my father's hard-earned money on trash like you!
Tony Parker: That's not good enough.

Movie Connections:

References Imitation of Life (1959)

Soundtrack:

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

More research required.....

OK, so I grabbed this based on the fact that Charles Busch was behind "Psycho Beach Party" which is one of my favorite flicks, and I was not terribly disappointed, but this isn't quite as much fun as that film. More research will be required on my part to see who Charles Busch is and see if there are any more movies floating around out there, but since he always seems to want to dress in drag, maybe I might not want to know? We'll see. Anyway, like PSB, this takes place in the 60's, an aging Diva (Busch) is stuck in a loveless marriage and has a gigolo (Priestly). She also has a daughter who is very DEVOTED to daddy (maybe too much so but at least we're spared from seeing TOO much, this ain't no John Waters film). She also has a son that seems to be very confused. About a lot of things. Anyway, the hubby gets killed off with a poisoned suppository (yes, really) and the wife is free to do her thing, until, of course, she finds out he left al his money to the maid (Nora Dunn, of SNL). Things twist and turn as the children plot to get mom to confess, and things turn out to be way different from what they expected. And things are not and WERE not what they seemed. I liked this OK but it's no wild and crazy romp like Psycho Beach Party, that's for sure. Anyway I'll be looking into see more about Charles Busch, as I said, I'm not sure I want to know a whole lot more than I've garnered from watching these two flicks but I'll look anyway. A decent tongue-in-cheek flick, but much more sedate than its predecessor.