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So I Married an Axe Murderer
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.
1993 · Directed by Thomas Schlamme · 93 min · Comedy · Crime · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 20 frames
Tagline
The honeymoon was killer.
Plot
Charlie MacKenzie is a popular local beat poet living in San Francisco who makes his frequent break-ups the subject of his poems. His best friend Tony, a recently promoted police detective, believes that Charlie is afraid of commitment and will identify (or invent) any reason to break up with someone.
While purchasing Haggis for his Scottish-born parents, Stuart and May, he encounters a butcher named Harriet, and is attracted to her. During his visit with his family, Charlie and May discuss his most recent break-up, and May brings up a tabloid article about a bride known as "Mrs. X", who kills her husbands on their honeymoons using an axe.
Charlie goes back to the butcher shop and offers to help Harriet. The two find common bonds and start to date. After staying at her place one night, Charlie meets Harriet's eccentric sister, Rose, who warns Charlie to be careful. He learns Harriet used to live in Atlantic City, was involved with a trainer in Russian martial arts, and screams for someone named Ralph in her sleep. Charlie arranges a dinner with her to meet his parents, who say she is their favourite of all his partners. Charlie reads the article about Mrs. X, which identifies two of her victims as a martial arts expert and a man named Ralph.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Robbie Fox
- Cinematography: Julio Macat
- Edited by: Richard Halsey, Colleen Halsey
- Music: Bruce Broughton
- Production design: John Graysmark
- Produced by: Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods
Cast
- Mike Myers as Charlie MacKenzie / Stuart MacKenzie
- Nancy Travis as Harriet Michaels
- Anthony LaPaglia as Tony Giardino
- Amanda Plummer as Rose Michaels
- Brenda Fricker as May Mackenzie
- Matt Doherty as William "Heed" Mackenzie
- Charles Grodin as Commandeered Car Driver
- Phil Hartman as Ranger John "Vicky" Johnson
- Debi Mazar as Susan
- Steven Wright as Pilot
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Russian, English
- Studios: TriStar Pictures
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $11,585,483
- Themes: scotland, butcher, sister, murder, axe murder
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