So I Married an Axe Murderer
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| Directed by | Thomas Schlamme |
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Robert N. Fried Cary Woods |
| Written by | Robbie Fox Uncredited: Mike Myers Neil Mullarkey |
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| Music by | Bruce Broughton |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Edited by | Colleen Halsey Richard Halsey |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $11,585,483 |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | July 27, 1993 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 39:14 |
| Label | Columbia |
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So I Married an Axe Murderer is a 1993 American romantic black comedy film starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis. Myers plays Charlie MacKenzie, a man afraid of commitment until he meets Harriet (Travis), who works at a butcher shop and may be a serial killer. In addition to playing the main character, Myers also plays Charlie's father, Stuart.
This was Myers' first film after achieving success in the Wayne's World franchise and was not well received by most mainstream critics or at the box office, grossing a total of USD $11 million in North America, well below its $20 million budget.
Charlie MacKenzie (Myers) is a beat poet living in San Francisco, after having broken up with yet another woman based on paranoid perception. His friend Tony, a policeman, points out that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of or invent any reason to break up with someone.
Charlie encounters a butcher named Harriet, and the two quickly find common bonds between them. They start to date, and Charlie learns she used to live in Atlantic City, had been involved with a trainer in Russian martial arts, and screams at someone named Ralph in her sleep. After staying at her place one night, Charlie meets Harriet's sister, Rose, who warns Charlie to be careful. As they continue to see each other, Charlie and Harriet fall in love. He arranges a dinner with her to meet his parents, Stuart and May, who both believe in conspiracy theories and get their news from the Weekly World News tabloid. While there, Charlie spots one paper that describes the story about a "Mrs. X", a bride who kills her husbands on their honeymoons using an axe, and matches all the mannerism that Harriet has shown.
Charlie becomes paranoid and asks Tony to investigate Harriet and the Mrs. X story. Tony reveals that the husbands of Mrs. X were all reported missing alongside their wives, assuring that Harriet is unlikely to be Mrs. X. Charlie remains on edge, and after a few more troubled dates, decides to break up with her. Tony later reports that a killer in the Mrs. X story has confessed. Relieved, Charlie apologizes to Harriet by reciting one of his beat poems to her from his rooftop. They make up, and Harriet explains away some of the confusion Charlie had from her history, such as Ralph being the name of a woman she knew.
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