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'''So I Married an Axe Murderer''' is a 1993 film starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. This was Myers's first movie after achieving success in the ''Wayne's World'' franchise.
The film was not well received by most mainstream critics or at the box office, grossing a total of $11 million domestically. It has since managed to earn somewhat of a cult following on video, with many of its lines and strong Scottish dialects repeated by then-current as well as future fans of Myers's work.
| Contents |
| Plot |
| Cast and characters |
| Production |
| Casting |
| Locations |
| Soundtrack |
| Track listing |
| Other music in the film |
| Reaction |
| DVD |
| References |
| External links |
Plot
Charlie McKenzie (Myers) is a beat poet with Scottish roots and a fear of making a big commitment like marriage. He even proceeds to create outlandish reasons to break up his relationships ("She smelled like soup," or "she was in the mafia" as some of the memorable reasons). This all changes when Charlie meets Harriet (Travis), a butcher whose first date with Charlie has him assisting Harriet on a busy day at her store. This is significant to Charlie, as it allows him to temporarily work the same job as his Scottish father (also played by Myers). Eventually, Charlie continues to date and ultimately gets engaged to Harriet. However, upon learning from several sketchy, ambiguous sources (namely the tabloid rag, ''The Weekly World News'') that Harriet could indeed be a killer on the loose, famous for butchering her husbands on the night of their honeymoon, Charlie wonders if he has made a grave mistake.
Cast and characters
Mike Myers ... Charlie Mackenzie/Stuart Mackenzie
Nancy Travis ... Harriet Michaels
Anthony LaPaglia ... Tony Giardino
Amanda Plummer ... Rose Michaels
Brenda Fricker ... May Mackenzie
Matt Doherty ... Heed (Willie Mackenzie)
Charles Grodin ... Commandeered Driver
Phil Hartman ... John "Vicky" Johnson, Alcatraz Guide
Debi Mazar ... Susan, Tony's Girlfriend
Steven Wright ... Pilot
Production
The film was inspired by the experiences of producer Robert N. Fried, and writer Robbie Fox. The script was developed while Fried was an executive at Columbia Pictures. Fox was a popular, young comedy writer/director who had written and directed a short film for Chanticleer Film's Discovery Program that caught Fried's attention. (Myers contributed extensively to the script, but his name was omitted from the final credits because of Writers Guild of America rules.)
Casting
Rounding out the main cast are Anthony LaPaglia (Charlie's best friend, who works as a San Francisco police officer), Brenda Fricker (playing Charlie's character's mother, Mae), and Myers himself in a dual role also as the main character's Scottish father, Stuart. Myers' portrayal of the Scottish father was derived from a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch, and would later reemerge in the animated character, ''Shrek''.
Mike Myers was not originally set to play his character's father. He simply read the part during early script-reads and rehearsals because an actor had not yet been cast, but the filmmakers enjoyed his interpretation, so they decided to have him play both parts. Myers based his performance on the mannerisms of his own father.
The movie also features cameos by Charles Grodin, Phil Hartman, Michael Richards, Mike Hagarty, Debi Mazar, and Steven Wright. Alan Arkin appears in an uncredited role as Tony's sensitive boss.
Locations
Set in San Francisco, California, the film features many famous sights and neighborhoods of the Golden State metropolis, including the Golden Gate Bridge, the Palace of Fine Arts and Alcatraz. The restaurant where Myers and Travis double date with LaPaglia and Debi Mazar is the Fog City Diner. The exterior shot for the coffee shop where Myers recites his beat poetry is the bar Vesuvio, at Columbus Avenue and Jack Kerouac Alley. The butcher shop used for "Meats of the World" was Prudente Meats on Grant Street in the North Beach Section of San Francisco. Prior to being Prudente Meats, it was known as Jacobi Meats, the oldest Kosher butcher in the city. Today, the building houses an art gallery. The film's sets were actually constructed on warehouses in San Francisco. The final scenes are set at Dunsmuir House.
Soundtrack
Track listing
# Boo Radleys - "There She Goes" 2:18
# Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Brother" 4:04
# Soul Asylum - "The Break" 2:46
# Chris Whitley - "Starve To Death" 3:14
# Big Audio Dynamite II - "Rush" 3:55
# Mike Myers - "This Poem Sucks" 2:04
# Ned's Atomic Dustbin - "Saturday Night" 3:08
# The Darling Buds - "Long Day In The Universe" 4:08
# The Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" 4:15
# Suede - "My Insatiable One" 2:57
# Sun-60 - "Maybe Baby" 3:43
# The La's - "There She Goes" 2:42
Other music in the film
# The Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"
# Ron Gonnelia - "A Touch of Gaelic"
Reaction
''So I Married an Axe Murderer'' was not well-received at the box office. In its opening weekend, the film grossed a total of $3,466,930 in 1,349 theaters. It holds a 50% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
Roger Ebert in his review for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' criticized the film for being "a mediocre movie with a good one trapped inside, wildly signaling to be set free."[1] ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's review felt that "Juggling mirth, romance and murder requires a deft touch -- think of Hitchcock's ''Trouble with Harry''. ''Axe'' is a blunt instrument."[2] Hal Hinson in the ''Washington Post'' praised Myers with "the rare accomplishment of upstaging himself. Other than that, the film's most hilarious moments belong to Alan Arkin, who plays the infuriatingly understanding officer in command of the police station where Charlie's undercover cop friend, Tony (Anthony LaPaglia), works." Janet Maslin's review in the ''New York Times'' said that it came as "a welcome surprise that ''So I Married an Axe Murderer'', which might have been nothing more than a by-the-numbers star vehicle, surrounds Mr. Myers with amusing cameos and gives him a chance to do more than just coast."[3]
DVD
Region 1 DVD artwork
References
1. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930730/REVIEWS/307300302/1023
2. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5948929/review/5948930/so_i_married_an_axe_murderer
3. http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=SO%20I%20MARRIED%20AN%20AXE%20MURDERER%20(PLAY)
External links
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★ Shooting draft of the film's screenplay
★ locations where the film was shot
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