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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 07/25/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 20 Genres: Comedy, Crime, Crime Comedy, Whodunit, Police Detective Film

Rage, jealousy, murder, and Eastern European automotive engineering combine in this offbeat black comedy. Verplanck, NY, is a small town north of Manhattan that has the dubious distinction of being the Yugo capital of America; the ill-fated import compact was first test-marketed in Verplanck, and nearly everyone in town drives one. So no one finds it unusual when a yellow Yugo is seen floating in the river, though seeing someone trapped inside is out of the ordinary. Verplanck's chief of police, Wyatt Rash (Danny De Vito), discovers that the deceased driver was a prominent local citizen, Mona Dearly (Bette Midler), and the evidence suggests that Mona's death was no accident. But the investigation into Mona's murder is hampered by one rather significant detail: nearly everyone in town hated Mona and wanted her dead. She alienated her son Jeff (Marcus Thomas) and his business partner Bobby (Casey Affleck). Bobby's girlfriend Ellen (Neve Campbell) (who is also Rash's daughter) is convinced that Mona would have tried to drive a wedge into their relationship. Mona's husband Phil (William Fichtner) couldn't stand her and fell into an affair with Rona (Jamie Lee Curtis), the waitress at the local diner. And even Rash's sidekick, Deputy Feege (Peter Dobson), spent too much time on the wrong end of Mona's temper to care that she's dead. Before long, the question is no longer who is a suspect, but who isn't? Drowning Mona was directed by Nick Gomez, who earned positive notices for his independent films New Jersey Drive and Illtown. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Danny DeVito - Chief Wyatt Rash
Bette Midler - Mona Dearly
Neve Campbell - Ellen Rash
Jamie Lee Curtis - Rona Mace
Casey Affleck - Bobby Calzone
Will Ferrell - Cubby

A seasoned cast of comedy veterans headlines this hilarious small-town, black-comedy whodunit, arriving on DVD courtesy of Columbia TriStar Home Video. Presented in both 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen (enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs) and standard 1.33:1 pan-and-scan, and accompanied by closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Surround audio tracks, the disc also features a French Dolby Digital Surround track in addition to optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. Extra features include a feature-length director's commentary, deleted scenes with director's commentary, talent files, and theatrical trailers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide