Throw Momma from the Train

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American film black comedy film film

Throw Momma from the Train is a 1987 dark comedy film directed by and starring Danny DeVito, loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s "Strangers on a Train."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ black comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ
basedOn	Strangers on a Train (conceptually, not a direct adaptation) ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Barry Sonnenfeld ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Danny DeVito ⓘ
distributedBy	Orion Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Michael Jablow NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
genre	black comedy ⓘ crime comedy ⓘ
hasTagline	Someone’s going to have to kill her. ⓘ
hasTheme	dysfunctional family relationships ⓘ murder-for-hire plot ⓘ writer’s block ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage	Throw Momma from the Train self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_Momma_from_the_Train
inspiredBy	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ Strangers on a Train ⓘ
mainCharacter	Larry Donner ⓘ Mrs. Lift ⓘ Owen Lift ⓘ
MPAARating	PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy	David Newman ⓘ
narrativeLocation	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
notableAwardNomination	Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Anne Ramsey ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	1980s American black comedy films ⓘ
plotSummary	A struggling writer and his student become entangled in a murder scheme involving their hated acquaintances. ⓘ
producer	Larry Brezner NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company ⓘ
publicationDate	1987 ⓘ
runtime	88 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Stu Silver ⓘ
setInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
starring	Anne Ramsey ⓘ Billy Crystal ⓘ Danny DeVito ⓘ Kate Mulgrew ⓘ Kim Greist ⓘ

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this entity surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_Momma_from_the_Train