I Love You to Death

Infobox Film
name = I Love You to Death


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caption = "I Love You to Death" poster
director = Lawrence Kasdan
producer = Jeffrey Lurie
writer = John Kostmayer
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starring = Kevin Kline
Tracey Ullman
William Hurt
River Phoenix
Joan Plowright
Keanu Reeves
music = James Horner
cinematography = Owen Roizman
editing = Anne V. Coates
distributor = TriStar Pictures
released = Start date|1990|4|6
runtime = 96 min.
country = flag|USA
language = English, Italian,
Serbo-Croatian
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amg_id = 1:24101
imdb_id = 0099819

"I Love You to Death" is a 1990 dark comedy film, directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1984, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband Anthony Toto, who was cheating on her. She spent four years in prison for attempted murder.

Plot

Joey Boca (played by Kevin Kline) is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington and has been married to Rosalie (played by Tracey Ullman) for years. Rosalie is horrified to discover than Joey is a womanizer, and has been cheating on her for a long time.

Rosalie doesn't want to allow Joey the pleasure of having every woman he wants, so she refuses divorce. Taking extreme measures, she enlists the help of her mother (played by Joan Plowright), and co-worker Devo (played by River Phoenix) to kill Joey in order to put an end to his infidelity. They also hire two incompetent, drugged-out hitmen (played by William Hurt and Keanu Reeves).

However, Joey proves nigh on impossible to kill. Despite multiple attempts to poison, shoot, and bludgeon Joey to death, he remains blissfully unaware that he is being targeted.

Cast

*Kevin Kline as Joey Boca
*Tracey Ullman as Rosalie Boca
*Joan Plowright as Nadja
*River Phoenix as Devo Nod
*William Hurt as Harlan James
*Keanu Reeves as Marlon James
*James Gammon as Lieutenant Larry Schooner
*Jack Kehler as Sergeant Carlos Wiley
*Victoria Jackson as Lacey
*Miriam Margolyes as Joey's Mother
*Alisan Porter as Carla Boca
*Jon Kasdan as Dominic Boca
*Heather Graham as Bridget
*Phoebe Cates as (uncredited) Joey's Girl at Disco

Trivia

*During production Joan Plowright discovered her husband Sir Laurence Olivier was dying; she completed her remaining scenes in one day and returned to England.

*It is also a song by Type O Negative

External links

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* [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:24101 "I Love You to Death"] at Allmovie
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