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Ed and His Dead Mother ()


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A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his mother one year after her death, but things take an unexpected turn.

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Mr. Abner
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Ed Chilton
Harper Roisman ...
Judge Fearson
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Storm Reynolds (as Sam Jenkins)
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Uncle Benny
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Big Lar
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Mr. Anderson
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A.J. Pattle
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Mabel Chilton
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Rob Sundheimer
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Telemarketer
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Sam Halibut
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Rev. Praxton
Warren Munson ...
Uncle Bill
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Aunt Sophie
John Walter Davis ...
Cop #1
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Cop #2
Nancy Reed ...
Reverend's wife
Jessie Jones ...
Jury foreperson
Neal Jano ...
Dad
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Mrs. Rhiner

Directed by

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Jonathan Wacks

Written by

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Chuck Hughes ... (written by)

Produced by

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W.M. Christopher Gorog ... producer
Nancy Rae Stone ... co-producer

Music by

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Mason Daring

Cinematography by

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Francis Kenny

Editing by

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Lisa Day

Editorial Department

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Dennis Donahue ... apprentice editor
Christine Griswold ... post-production coordinator
Michael Schulte ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Mike Fenton
Jory Weitz

Production Design by

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Eve Cauley

Art Direction by

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Philip Messina

Set Decoration by

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Jean Alan

Costume Design by

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Julie Rae Engelsman

Makeup Department

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Howard Berger ... special makeup effects artist
Tamara Gold ... assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist
Robert Kurtzman ... special makeup effects
Susan Mallon ... special makeup effects
Greg Nicotero ... special makeup effects (as Gregory Nicotero)
Scott Oshita ... special makeup effects
Susan Reiner ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Melanie Tooker ... special makeup effects

Production Management

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Linda A. Borgeson ... director of post-production
Guy J. Louthan ... executive in charge of production
Nancy Rae Stone ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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David Larson ... additional second assistant director
Dennis M. White ... first assistant director
Eddie Ziv ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Richard Brunton ... swing gang
Scott Burch ... on-set dresser
Scott Edward Collins ... swing gang
Ben Daughtrey ... swing gang
Charles Doane ... lead person
David Galvan ... location paint foreman
Christopher P. Garr ... construction coordinator
John Garr ... property maker
Jeff Hardiman ... laborer
Klaus Hastiann ... swing gang
Deborah Haugen ... on-set dresser (as Deb Haugen)
Tracy Hennigan ... head scenic
Jonathan R. Hodges ... property master
Ray Maxwell ... construction foreman
Pat McNamara ... signwriter
Robin Moglia ... art department coordinator
Kevin Morrissey ... assistant art director (as Kevin L. Morrissey)
Sherry O'Connor ... property person (as Sherry Dreizen)
Denis Rychlick ... property maker
Kent Starks ... laborer
James Teele ... labor foreman
Richard Thomas ... swing gang

Sound Department

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Gregg Barbanell ... foley artist
Marc Deschaine ... assistant sound editor
Ken Ginnaty ... sound intern
Craig S. Jaeger ... sound editor
Douglas Kearns ... sound recordist
Edmund J. Lachmann ... sound editor
Dessie Markovsky ... supervising sound editor
Gregory Melan ... assistant sound editor
Ken S. Polk ... re-recording mixer
Troy Porter ... adr mixer / foley mixer
Emile Razpopov ... supervising sound editor
Stephan Reiset ... assistant sound editor
Ken Richman ... boom operator
Sandi Schwartz ... stereo sound consultant
Brian Slack ... stereo sound consultant: Ultra
Tom Steel ... sound recordist
Ed White ... sound mixer
Kurt Peterson ... sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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John Bisson ... special effects
Richard L. Hill ... special effects pyrotechnics
KNB ... special effects
Jim Mitchell ... special effects assistant
Ian O'Connor ... special effects coordinator

Stunts

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Joni Avery ... stunts
Steven Lambert ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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David Ariniello ... grip
Ron Burchfield ... rigger
Linda R. Chen ... still photographer
John C. Cole ... dolly grip
Roger Dean ... electrician
Mitch Dubin ... camera operator
Cary Fisher ... camera operator
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald ... rigger
Bob Gorelick ... steadicam operator
Gregory Irwin ... first assistant camera
Jeffrey Laszlo ... camera operator
Alex Leyton ... camera operator
Jeffrey S. Lorenz ... second assistant camera
Antonio Mazzucchi ... rigger
Ronald W. McLeish ... gaffer
Roy A. McLeish ... best boy electric
Billy Mears ... dolly grip
Kevin Murphy ... gaffer
Scott Patten ... grip
Jerry Patton ... additional assistant camera
Joe Ritter ... first assistant Steadicam
Paul A. Rothman ... electrician
Walter Royle ... best boy grip (as Walter Royle Jr.)
Robert J. Studenny ... key grip

Casting Department

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Eyde Belasco ... casting assistant
Burton Sharp ... adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Susan Michalek ... assistant costume designer
Patia Prouty ... costumer

Location Management

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Spencer Clarke ... location assistant
Mark Fifer ... location manager
Patrick McIntire ... location manager

Music Department

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Alec Bartsch ... music engineer
Paul Bryan ... musician
Mason Daring ... musician
Kristin Hahn ... music supervisor
Tina Hanson ... music engineer
Tim Jackson ... musician
Stan Jones ... music editor
Duke Levine ... musician
Larry Luddecke ... musician
Win Meyerson ... music supervisor (as Wyn Meyerson)
Chris Rival ... music engineer
Stuart Schulman ... musician

Script and Continuity Department

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Harri James ... script supervisor
Kate Morrison ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Eric Everwijn ... driver
Jeff Hubacek ... transportation captain
Larry Kramer ... driver
Robert McDonald ... driver
Jim Morange ... transportation coordinator
Brian Pennington ... transportation captain
Steve Rinehart ... driver
Dan Walton ... driver

Additional Crew

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Lauren T. Atlas ... office production assistant
Deborah Bacquel ... production accountant
Michele Bravo ... bug wrangler
John Criste ... accounting intern
Shainee Gabel ... production intern
Kelli Georgelos ... craft service
Harrison Gibbs ... production assistant (as R. Harrison Gibbs)
Kristin Hahn ... assistant: Mr. Wacks
Chris Hopkins ... foam sculptor
Pat Hutchinson ... unit publicist
John Joye ... production assistant
Stacy Kramer ... executive in charge of development
Heather Kritzer ... production assistant
Zen Manley ... foam sculptor
Jamie Megan Mascena ... assistant production accountant
Faye Nelson ... production intern
Kathryn Riccio ... production coordinator
Dale Roy Robinson ... assistant production coordinator
Scott Shiffman ... supervising auditor
Jon Van Dyke ... animal trainer
Linda Zechowy ... office production assistant
Bruce Comtois ... teamster (uncredited)
Lev Mailer ... adr voice (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Ed misses his mother, who has been dead for a year. He had lived almost his whole life with her and they had been very close. When a stranger appears one day from the "Happy People Ltd." company and claims that they can bring his mother back to him for $1000, he agrees right away. For a while everything is fine and Ed's mother bakes cakes and takes care of him exactly as before. But then she starts to act more and more strangely: peeling potatoes in the fridge, repainting the kitchen overnight, chasing dogs for meals, jumping over fences, and other things that ordinary elderly mothers usually don't do. Things really get out of hand when Rob (whom Ed's mother had sent to jail) suddenly appears. Written by Mika Perl

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Taglines A family reunion with some minor complications. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Motherhood (United Kingdom)
  • Bon Appetit, Mama (United Kingdom)
  • Bon appétit maman (France)
  • Hol' die Mama aus dem Sarg! (Germany)
  • Ed y su difunta madre (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 93 min
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Budget $1,800,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $673, 21 Nov 1993

Did You Know?

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Trivia When Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) talks to Ed Chilton (Steve Buscemi) on the porch swing, he is holding a June, 1992 edition of Esquire Magazine. The cover depicts then-President George Hubert Walker Bush, with the caption, "What Me Worry: How George Bush Went Mad In the White House." See more »
Goofs Ed's mother's glasses as she jumps the fence. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Ed Gein (2000). See more »
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Crazy Credits Found near the end of the credits about a character who died in a nasty way: Rob Sundheimer...dead but not forgotten. See more »
Quotes Rev. Praxton: Ed, I like to grease the highboard better than anyone and if it was just four or five guys, I'd have no problem with that, but when I come home and find her doing the two-back beast with the entire church council, well by God, that's going too far - especially since half the council is women! That's when I take a stand. That's when I'm counted as a man! That's when I throw my balls up over my shoulder and charge into the fire!
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