However, evidence exists that monas yugo had been tampered with and. We learn that verplanck was selected as a test market when the yugo was being introduced to the united states. Drowning mona dvd 5060092906777 from boulevard entertainment ltd is not a good dvd release. The obnoxious mona is survived by a town full of enemies, aka prime suspects, including her cheating husband william fichtner, his mistress jamie lee curtis, a. Drowning mona is a comedy about the events leading to the untimely death of mona dearly, the grand dame of verplanck, new york, who drowns in her sporty yugo when it careens into the hudson river. An older yugo, since the car hasnt been manufactured since its country went out of business. When police chief rash learns that the brake lines were cut, he looks for a murderer.
The verplanek, new york, as depicted in the movie, is a small working class town north of new york city nestled on the banks of the hudson. When mona midler, a longtime resident of verplanck, drowns after driving her yugo into the river, chief of police wyatt. But when this twist of fate turns out to be an act of murder, chief of police wyatt rash danny devito has his work cut out for him. Drowning mona is a funny and quirky comedy that tanked with critics and audiences alike. All of the yugos used in drowning mona were between the 1986 and 1988 model years, and this movie was filmed in 1999. It strikes me as rather odd then, that one is given a surprisingly small amount of screen time, and the other seems to be sleepwalking through his role. Drowning mona mona dearly bette midler is a cranky, unlikable slob whose own son and husband fear and detest her.
Drowning mona is a 2000 american crime comedy film starring danny devito as wyatt rash, a local police chief from verplanck, new york, who investigates the mysterious death of mona dearly, a spiteful, harddrinking, loudmouthed, abusive woman, hated by all who knew her, who drove her sons car off a cliff and drowned in a river. After we meet the local residents, we understand why theyre driving them now. A fisherman who witnessed monas river plunge describes it in poetic terms. There is more deviant behavior than yugos in this movie verplanck was a. Also boulevard has applied too heavy compression causing anomalies and macro blocking in the video plus unreadable text. Three dog night contributes nearly a quarter of the albums songs, including shambala, sure as im sitting here, never been to spain, and joy to the world, while nazareths love hurts, r. The populace of verplanck is up in arms over drowning mona, a new danny devito comedy that depicts their tiny hudson river hamlet as filled with dirtpoor halfwits. Monas husband phil has a wheel of fortune fetish, and will ferrell. Drowning mona 2000 the recently deceased mona dearly bette midler was many things. About the production there are two days the citizens of verplanck remember well.
Everyone in the town including the cops drives a yugo. The car she is driving is a yugo, and the pics locale is verplanck, new york north of new york city, that actually was a test market for the illfated economy car in. Its like they came up with a bunch of wacky details, but forgot to put a movie. Mar 03, 2000 in addition to monas death and another murder, an extended scene depicts the speculations of three dimwitted members of the towns police force regarding jeffs missing hand. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing drowning mona near you. When her yugo plunges into the lake due to foul play, no one seems to care that she is dead, and everyone is a suspect in drowning mona. There are so many lines and scenes in the movie that are blatantly ripped off from other films, its easy to see that somebody was having the last laugh. After years of driving the town crazy, mona dearly bette midler drove herself into a river. Any movie that tries to wring humor with yugos and funny character names mona dearly, officer rash, bobby calzone is going down for the third time, and no one should bother to throw it a life preserver. Bound by duty to investigate, police chief wyatt rash danny devito soon discovers it wasnt an accident.
In addition to monas death and another murder, an extended scene depicts the speculations of three dimwitted members of the towns police force regarding jeffs missing hand. When her brakes fail and her yugo goes over a cliff into the hudson river, there is little grieving in the quiet hamlet of verplanck, new york. Mar 03, 2000 in the pulpy comedy drowning mona, bette midler, as mona dearly, looks a mess, with a dye job the color of tang, similar to the faded taffy hue of the yugos that dot the front yards of. There where lots of yugos used in the movie, but this was my favorite scene. Its like they came up with a bunch of wacky details, but forgot to put a movie around them. Also in drowning monas favor, at the heart of the movie, is a genuinely positive character, verplanck police chief wyatt rash danny devito. When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. One of the nastiest, mona dearly played excellently by bette midler, is about as mean and surly as they come. Despite all that, i still find it to be a very funny movie and one that i still quote occasionally. William fichtner absolutely steals this movie, as monas battered husband, who likes to play wheel of fortune with jamie lee curtis. Read the drowning mona movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The day the yugo car company introduced yugos to the town at impossibly low prices and the day they fished mona dearly out of the river.
Mar 03, 2000 rage, jealousy, murder, and eastern european automotive engineering combine in this offbeat black comedy. Contributing to the monas problems is that the characters are never really interesting, and there is a noticeable lack of energy in the character roles. Then there are movies like drowning mona that portray it as teeming viper pits of stupidity, cupidity, and sex in cheap motels. D rowning mona is a funny and entertaining albeit rather offbeat and twisted murder mystery about a small town filled to the brim with nasty whitetrash residents. With danny devito, bette midler, neve campbell, jamie lee curtis, casey affleck, peter dobson, will ferrell, william fichtner, raymond oconnor, marcus thomas and yul. There is more deviant behavior than yugos in this movie verplanck was a supposed test community for the infamous car. May 06, 2014 there where lots of yugos used in the movie, but this was my favorite scene. And when she accidentally drives her yugo off a cliff, the local sheriff danny devito starts suspecting. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. In drowning mona everyone drives yugo cars and one day mona borrows her sons yugo and the brakes fail and she drives through a barrier and drowned in the lake. In the pulpy comedy drowning mona, bette midler, as mona dearly, looks a mess, with a dye job the color of tang, similar to the faded taffy hue of the yugos that dot the front yards of. Verplanck, ny, is a small town north of manhattan that has the dubious distinction of being the yugo capital of america. Contributing to the mona s problems is that the characters are never really interesting, and there is a noticeable lack of energy in the character roles.
But the chief gets precious little help from the citizenry, as mona was not one of. The original soundtrack to the black comedy drowning mona features classic rock and soul hits from artists like dave mason, nils lofgren, and dobie gray. So no one finds it unusual when a yellow yugo is seen floating in the river, though seeing someone trapped inside is out of the ordinary. All in all, monas death could be described as a fortuitous accident for everyone whose lives she touched. When monas key wont fit in her yugo, she tries it in her sons. Someone telling a story misheard overalls as ovaries. Bette midler plays mona, a monstrous woman everybody has a reason to hate. No one in the quiet little town of verplanck, new york seems to blink when one of its bestknown and leastliked residents, mona dearly bette midler, drives her yugo into the hudson to her death. An investigation proceeds even though mona is the most loathed resident in town. Drowning mona boasts two of the most gifted comic talents working in movies today bette midler and danny devito. Drowning mona dvd, 2000, closed captioned widescreen for. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep.
Drowning mona, movie, 2000 internet movie cars database. Mona s dim son jeff, whom she constantly denigrated. Watch thisill make a whole movie out of recycled bits of other movies. Ruthless people 1986, the gun in betty lous handbag 1992, throw momma from the train 1987, legacy 2008, clay pigeons 1998. A title card at the beginning of drowning mona helpfully informs us that the manufacturers of the yugo automobiles once tested their vehicles in verplanck, n. In the movies section, there is a note about drowning mona. Mar 02, 2000 the populace of verplanck is up in arms over drowning mona, a new danny devito comedy that depicts their tiny hudson river hamlet as filled with dirtpoor halfwits. Drowning mona doesnt go the distance the plot unravels into cliche by the final scenes, but the comedy works because of its strong characters. As with dragnet, the yugos were provided by zastava. With danny devito, bette midler, neve campbell, jamie lee curtis. May 07, 2014 in drowning mona everyone drives yugo cars and one day mona borrows her sons yugo and the brakes fail and she drives through a barrier and drowned in the lake. When mona s key wont fit in her yugo, she tries it in her sons. Everyones got a beef with her, so when she turns up dead, everyone in the towns a suspect.
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