
25 Dec 1996

Mother
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

Owen Lift

Larry Donner

Beth Ryan

Mrs. Lift

Margaret Donner

Lester

Detective DeBenedetto
Sergeant

Mrs. Hazeltine

Pinsky

Oprah Winfrey

Ms. Gladstone
Mr. Perlman

Millington

Rosey
Steward

Announcer

Old Man
Reporter
Laughing Woman

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