谋害_老妈
简介
Novelist Larry [ [Donne-r ?)/()B%` il$?ly Crystal) struggles wit -h w`=riter?'!= !s `;@block due to ]`his res:-,entment_. towards his ex- `(wife Mar garet (Kat!e Mulgrew), ?$who _:=sto, l@ [`e his -book a$ $n)+ d garne.$red mainstr\^e a?)m success and critical !;(acclaim ;with it. Ow;en ^Lift (Da_=nny ?DeVi`:to) is a $_timid, mid%?(?dle-age? !d man w\) )h/]\o s=( till liv(* es with :* his![ overbear-+i-#n_ g, abusive mother /(/ Anne R^+^amse.y). Owen fa%nt )_;as- .`izes o* f killing his mother b@ut can't su mmon [)th$/e* @ * `@courage to- #^bring his=% desi#res _into fruitio[ n. As a st )udent i%[] =n Larr+y's community college writ)ing *-/class, %; O]:wen is given advice b =y Larry to view an Alfred Hitch $c oc k film to gain some insight( in ]*to plot de_v[ e:%lopmen :t. He % sees Stranger@s on a !.Train,:?# in whic!/%h two stra\nge*;:rs c]$ ?o +:nspire to commit a @ murd :er %fo\r ea\ c^#h othe.[r, figuring #th-eir[ lack of connecti on \ to the # vi )ctim[ + will, in#;[ ,theo.ry, est*a];blish]= . a perfect alib%i. -Havi^ =[ng overheard Larry-#9s p:u ;blic rant) , that he wish his ex-wife dead, Owen _forms a plan t o/ . kill Ma(rgare (t, believin$g that.$ (Larry w%*i +l *@ @l re.=spon_!d by killing his moth`-er. He [*tra,\cks Mar )gar+e.t down to Hawa(:/ii and / follow`(s h^/er onto a cruis e *:*shi?/p, appa=?: r=ently pushing her o]verb/o a rd while she tr]ies to retri`(eve an earring that fell out. Owen returns[$ from%,! Hawa^*ii to t ^ell Larry of Margaret's de=ath an d t/ hat^ Larry now* % &q_@ ;+uotowes&quo.#t him the\ murder of h`is mother,[# lest he ;=info $ rm - $the police Lar? %ry w a:?s the killer. :%A:(% fter h+ av?$:i+ /n]g spe???n!t the night drink#:ing a:lo; ne dur!%\ing t.@,@he]:_ hours o! f Margar .et's disappeara) )nce, Lar\ry panics b#$ ecause ` h e l@-=a; ( =ck^)s a suffic)_ ient alib(\i. That,-; along% * %^[with a* ne; )ws \* report announci;=%ng th%+?e police suspect / f(oul play, convince s Larry he's the prime sus(+pect. H(-:e decides to@= sta;? y \.with Owen*( and his m)oth=\*e `r i^n an a=]ttempt+!_ to h/ide from$- the]?= po`lice.# Lar*`ry meets +Mr)@s. Lift, ] but despit,e h)er_$ . h *)ar[?sh treatment of#? h im $he re)fu/ses to kill her. E,vent:#ually, when %*Mr!s. ! Lift.` drives Owe-n to t[=he breaking* $ point, L!^arry finally )relents and agr ees+ to ? go throug)_h wit_);@h th_#e murd@e?r. A!* #$fter tw.!o uns /(uccessful,( at =tempts`;, La+rry flees the Lift h@ o%$me=( wh;+?en Mrs.: Lift re$cogni z)$.es hi/*m as +a :/suspect from a n/?e ws broa dca st abou#t his+ ex-wife's disappearan[^ce. He boards a train to Me^]xico and, surpri/ sing^ly?#, Owen and Mrs. Lift :=com$ e ; ]along so as] to a^void ha [v +ing`,) # to l` ie for him. During the jou;=!:r.ney, :!^Larry-'s pat_@ience with Mr+=s. Lift rea) +che- s$\*\ it+#]s pinnacl=`-e when she i]*mpoli*_%tel[y g ives him a\_dvice on writ;i[-n`` +g. He fo![# llo;*, ws[. her to the + caboo*se )-/ with the intent of t$ hrowing her fro@:m the train, but s top@ s s!hort when she almo);st falls off ) on her own. !)*Ow en begins h )avi*=ng second thou %ghts ^# a ,bou !)t having his mother _-*kil-led, a _+[n [d comes*# to he ?* l) %p Larry res+cue [ he`!r.%^$ Mrs:. Lift is grateful a.t@ her son: ? for s\=aving h) ]er, but u- na +p p$^(reciative of Lar@] ry&# *?39s hel *](p(` and kicks ; him, resulting in him losing his bala` nce, landing / on t:/he tracks, and brea )`king ,his l) eg. D^*urin [ g ( his recovery in the+; hos p _%`it.al,@ La] rry dis-,co`+ vers* Margaret is ?$*still alive sh.%% e simply# fell overboard :/ by accident and was res; cued by a Polyn]esia@/n %f]-ish erman whom she -ha;s d-ec; ide_ d to ? marr@ y. Much to )his / .#annoyanc#!(-e, ](Larry le][arns +/Margaret plans to se-:/l*=@l the ri-;ghts of her+ orde\al fo;r $1.5!,. millio^;n dollar:!!s. On t !h@ e advi ,ce o[`f a !fe\ ll.+ow patie$\:n -t, Larry cho [oses ] to fr@ee himse@@lf of his obsessio n^ with his ex-wife and ins# tead focu*%*#s on his own life, thereby fr.eei n\!g him -) o`)f his wri @/ter's +%%block. A year l`^ater, Larry [$h:\as finish!^e \d) a -=*no*vel b;ased on his experiences w ith Owen% and Mrs.-= Lift en` titl ed Throw M \]om`ma from the Trai+n. O([wen vis @ its and i-$%nforms ^h^im ( *@that h is *\mother has d .`ie` *=]d . (of natural cau=?@?[ses) and that # he&# 39s going to $New + Yor_)k City ]^for the re ]lease o@? *f [hi=s ow_ n book. Unfo?#rtu[ nately, Owen)) reveals his b=^@ook is also); a`:_bout t$he, `ir experiences t ogether. Thinking h_!is bo(=o:k =+ has $been s coop-+_ed, an e\ n;%raged Larry *:*%proceeds to: strangle him, but stops )when Ow.?en s how s!]^ ?=[\/him the book is a chi-$?[ldren'] s;[; p op- up boo+k call!#+ed#, Momm]\ a, Ow-en[, and Ow(] en's =+)#Friend%/% Larry with the stor]%_y dras [?tic= a[!(l)`ly al]$tered to be/. sui;table for children. Months ] later, La()_rry**-#,? Owen,_ and# +! L\arry +&]##39*s*. girlfri,@en;+d Beth (Kim\ Gre*_i$+_s[\; t ) vacat@ion toge/[ ther*@ in-+ Ha%`(%wai+%i, reflectin_@-`g on the final chapter of Larry's^,_ book./% Larry and Owe # n#9* s ::! /books h+a [v?$e now become best-sellers, making t.;*he))-/m both s^`=ucces*sful w;-\r#iters as well as clo -se fri%ends.