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ERA
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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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I Love You to Death
"With these people trying to kill him, Joey Boca may just live forever."
1990 1h 34m EN
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6.4
MID
★6.4TMDB · 297
ComedyCrimeRomance
Synopsis
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Joey Boca is the owner of a pizza parlour, and has been married to Rosalie for years. When Rosalie discovers that Joey is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time, she goes to extreme lengths to punish him.
“With these people trying to kill him, Joey Boca may just live forever.”
Cast
Kevin Kline
Joey Boca
Tracey Ullman
Rosalie Boca
William Hurt
Harlan James
River Phoenix
Devo Nod
Joan Plowright
Nadja
Keanu Reeves
Marlon James
James Gammon
Lt. Larry Schooner
Jack Kehler
Sgt. Carlos Wiley
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Writers
- John Kostmayer
- Languages
- Italian, English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, shot by Owen Roizman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Anne V. Coates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman and William Hurt carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "With these people trying to kill him, Joey Boca may just live forever.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0099819 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lawrence Kasdan directs. Owen Roizman behind the camera. James Horner scores. Anne V. Coates cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Italian, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
- 3Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, shot by Owen Roizman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Anne V. Coates shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman and William Hurt carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "With these people trying to kill him, Joey Boca may just live forever.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0099819 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 9 themes, including "infidelity", "husband wife relationship", "dark comedy", "gigolo".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Owen Roizman
- Original score
- James Horner
- Editing
- Anne V. Coates
- Production design
- Lilly Kilvert
- Costume design
- Aggie Guerard Rodgers
- Makeup / hair
- Ben Nye Jr.
- Runtime
- 94 min · 1h 34m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Lawrence Kasdan
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- kevin2019★ 6/10
"I Love You to Death" has an almost complete absence of humor which is most regrettable. However, it does have its fair share of twists - the police arriving on the scene almost immediately and everyone being arrested straight away - and this is unquestionably an interesting film, but sadly it is more fascinating than it is entertaining and that is truly a shame because the unfortunate reality is that all the necessary ingredients to make what could have been a first rate comedy are here and it does leave you wondering what someone capable of vividly bringing these characters and the full potential of this absolutely bizarre situation more fully to life would be able to achieve.
Production companies
Who made it
TriStar Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerLynn Isenberg
- Executive ProducerMichael Grillo
- Executive ProducerCharles Okun
- ProducerJohn Kostmayer
- ProducerLauren Weissman
- ProducerJeffrey Lurie
- ProducerRon Moler
- Makeup ArtistBen Nye Jr.
- ProducerPatrick Wells
- ProducerJohn P. Marsh
- HairstylistMarlene D. Williams
- Production DesignLilly Kilvert
- Art DirectionJon Hutman
- StuntsKenny Bates
- EditorAnne V. Coates
- Set DecorationCricket Rowland
- Costume DesignAggie Guerard Rodgers
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- dark comedy
- gigolo
- pizza
- based on true story
- hippies
- tacoma
- cheating husband
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1990-04-06R
Also known as
International titles
- Min kone forstår mig ikkeDK
- Rakastan sinut kuoliaaksiFI
- Jag älskar dig till dödsFI
- Te amare hasta que te mateAR
- Amar-te-ei até te MatarPT
