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I Love You to Death movie storyline. Joey Boca (Kevin Kline) is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma, Washington, and has been married to Rosalie (Tracey Ullman) for years. Their marriage seems a typical one until Rosalie discovers in the public library that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time.
Rosalie does not 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 (Joan Plowright), and her young co-worker Devo (River Phoenix), who’s secretly in love with her, to kill Joey in order to put an end to his infidelity. They also hire two incompetent, perpetually stoned hit-men, cousins Harlan and Marlon James (William Hurt and Keanu Reeves).
To her surprise, Joey proves impossible to kill. Even though Rosalie poisons Joey with sleeping pills, he simply gets a stomach cramp, and dismisses it as a virus. When Marlon’s cowardice stops him from being present at Joey’s murder, Harlan shoots Joey, only wounding him behind the ear. Eventually a convict at the local commissary reveals their plan, and when the police arrive they find the wounded Joey in some pain. Joey is taken to the hospital, and Rosalie, her mother, Devo, and the James cousins are arrested
I Love You to Death is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Lawrence Kasdan and starring an ensemble cast featuring Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, Joan Plowright, River Phoenix, William Hurt, and Keanu Reeves.
The screenplay by John Kostmayer is loosely based on an attempted murder that happened in 1983, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where Frances Toto repeatedly tried to kill her husband, Anthony.[3] She spent four years in prison for attempted murder and was released in 1988.
I Love You to Death (1990)
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, William Hurt, River Phoenix, Joan Plowright, Keanu Reeves, James Gammon, Jack Kehler, Victoria Jackson, Miriam Margolyes, Alisan Porter, Michelle Joyner, Heather Graham
Screenplay by: John Kostmayer
Production Design by: Lilly Kilvert
Cinematography by: Owen Roizman
Film Editing by: Anne V. Coates
Costume Design by: Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Set Decoration by: Cricket Rowland
Art Direction by: Jon Hutman
Music by: James Horner
Distributed by: TriStar Pictures
Release Date: April 6, 1990
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