Double Feature
Throw Momma from the Train
Danny DeVito and Billy Crystal star in a black comedy riff on Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train! Crystal plays a newly divorced sad sack bitter that his ex-wife stole his novel and turned it into her own bestseller. DeVito is the long-suffering momma’s boy eager to get out from his mother’s thumb. But when one suggests trading murders as the perfect alibi, the foul play will spin hilariously out of control. DeVito directs his first theatrical feature film, while director of photography Barry Sonnenfeld adds a stylish & energetic verve to the proceedings (the same year he also helmed Raising Arizona). Plus, Anne Ramsey is unforgettable as DeVito’s domineering mother.
- Director
- Danny DeVito
- Writer
- Stu Silver
- Starring
- Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
- Year
- 1987
- Rated
- PG-13
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 88 minutes
Ruthless People
In this fiendishly funny comedy from the creators of Airplane!, loathsome millionaire Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) is RUTHLESS. How ruthless? When his wife Barbara (Bette Midler) is nabbed by inept kidnappers (Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater), Sam cries tears of joy… and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam takes immediate action – he celebrates! Ruthless People. Raucous… outlandish… one of the top box office hits of the year! (Touchstone Pictures)
- Director
- Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
- Writer
- Dale Launer
- Starring
- Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler
- Year
- 1986
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 94 minutes