What are the cars in Drowning Mona?
Everyone in Verplanck, N.Y., drives a Yugo. An older Yugo, since the car hasn’t been manufactured since its country went out of business. We learn that Verplanck was selected as a test market when the Yugo was being introduced to the United States.
Why are all the cars the same in Drowning Mona?
Every character’s automobile has personalized plates. Rona Mace (Jamie Lee Curtis) is an anagram for “a romance”. Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) is an anagram for “only a dream”. Casey Affleck has gone on record saying that both this film and Soul Survivors (2001) were his two least favorite films that he has worked on.
What is the movie Drowning Mona about?
The recently deceased Mona Dearly (Bette Midler) was many things: an abusive wife, a domineering mother, a loud-mouthed neighbor and a violent malcontent. So when her car and corpse are discovered in the Hudson River, police Chief Wyatt Rash (Danny DeVito) immediately suspects murder rather than an accident. But, since the whole community of Verplanck, N.Y., shares a deep hatred for this unceasingly spiteful woman, Rash finds his murder investigation overwhelmed with potential suspects.
Drowning Mona/Film synopsis
What town was Drowning Mona filmed in?
Though set in Verplanck, “Drowning Mona” was shot entirely within an hour’s commute of Los Angeles. Screenwriter Peter Steinfeld says the film was originally going to be set in a mythical north Jersey town near where he grew up, but director Nick Gomez suggested Verplanck, where he shot a commercial 10 years ago.
Who played Bobby in Drowning Mona?
Casey Affleck
Drowning Mona (2000) – Casey Affleck as Bobby – IMDb.
Who wrote Drowning Mona?
Peter Steinfeld
Drowning Mona/Screenplay
Who played Lucinda in Drowning Mona?
Lucinda (Kathleen Wilhoite), the local mechanic specializing in Yugos (which everyone in town drives) informs Wyatt that the car Mona was driving had been tampered with in multiple ways.
What happened to the car Yugo?
Yugo America sold an astonishing 1050 cars in a single day. But what goes up must come down. There were serious quality issues. The end came in 1992, when, during the Yugoslav civil war, Yugo America went bankrupt (for a second time), and the United Nations issued a trade embargo on Serbia that included Yugo parts.
Who sold Yugo cars?
Malcolm Bricklin
The Yugo was marketed in the United States from 1985 to 1992 by Malcolm Bricklin, with a total of 141,651 sold – peaking at 48,812 in 1987 and falling to 1,412 in 1992….
| Yugo | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,150 mm (84.6 in) |
| Length | 3,485 mm (137.2 in) |
| Width | 1,548 mm (60.9 in) |
Who is Shirley in Drowning Mona?
Melissa McCarthy
Drowning Mona (2000) – Melissa McCarthy as Shirley – IMDb.