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Drowning Mona is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Nicholas Sean Gomez(Nick Gomez) released in USA on 3 march 2000 with Danny DeVito
Drowning Mona (2000)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 march 2000
Length 1h35
Directed by Nicholas Sean Gomez(Nick Gomez)
OriginUSA
Rating56%
Drowning Mona is a 2000 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, loud-mouthed, cruel and highly unpopular woman, who drove her son's car off a cliff and drowned in a river.
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The film's first scene shows Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) leaving her home and trying in vain to unlock her car. Her keys fit her son's car, so she takes that and drives off. In a bend, the brakes fail completely and she drives off a cliff into the Hudson River. This is observed by Clarence, who is fishing there. Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito) later observes that there are no skid marks on the road.Actors
Danny DeVito
(Chief Wyatt Rash)
Neve Campbell
(Ellen Rash)
Bette Midler
(Mona Dearly)
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Rona Mace)
Casey Affleck
(Bobby Calzone)
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