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Writer Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) involuntarily screams "Slut!" whenever anyone mentions his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew). She stole his manuscript and is gleefully living off the fame and luxury the book's acclaim earned her. Donner loudly proclaims to anyone who will listen that he wants her dead. At the same time, he suffers from a writer's block so intense that he is unable to finish even the first sentence of his novel or make love to his girl-friend Beth, played with pretty, intelligent understatement by Kim Griest...
Those who can't do, teach. While teaching a writing class at a local college, Donner meets Owen Lift (DeVito), a rumpled, childish lunatic tormented by his mother. In a conversation about how to write an exciting murder mystery, Owen misinterprets Larry's advice and decides that Larry wants to swap murder targets with him. He plots to get rid of Margaret, convinced that Donner will bump off his Momma in return...
...drug-smuggling ring, and the film never quite persuades us that a smart group like this one would turn on the Murtaugh clan in order to scare off Dad. But it is hard to focus on such fine points, given the dark intensity with which Director Richard Donner stages the nonstop action of the film's final 30 minutes. Among movie bone crackers, he is the one who seems to have an advanced degree in chiropractic. If you are going to submit to a working over, it is nice to be in such expert hands...
...reasonable requirement to have some understanding of those silly machines, but I don't think that this little test will make that true," said Donner...
Others said they knew deadlines weren't strict and were waiting until they had time to take the test. "I don't remember when my deadline was," said Lisa Donner '90. "It was long ago, the last thing on my list of priorities...