27 Sep ’24 A global phenomenon

What if you’re travelling around the world and need to discuss your favourite film with the locals? Worry no more, our handy guide has you covered:

• Argentina ¡Para! O mi mamá dispara
• Austria Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt!
• Brazil Pare! Senão Mamãe Atira
• Bulgaria Спри или мама ще стреля
• Canada Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer!
• Czech Republic Stůj, nebo maminka vystřelí! / Stuj, nebo mamka vystrelí
• Denmark Stop! Eller min mor skyder
• Ecuador Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• Finland Seis! Tai mamma ampuu
• France Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer!
• Georgia Shecherdi! Torem dedachemi gesvris
• Germany Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt!
• Greece Ο μπάτσος της... μαμάς
• Hungary Állj, vagy lő a mamám!
• Italy Fermati, o mamma spara
• Japan 刑事ジョー ママにお手上げ
• Lithuania Stok! Arba mano mama šaus
• Mexico ¡Para! O mi mamá dispara
• Norway Stopp! Ellers skyter mamma!
• Peru Para o mi mamá dispara
• Poland Stój, bo mamuśka strzela
• Portugal Pára! Ou a Mamã Dispara
• Romania Stai, că trage mama! / Stai! sau mama mea trage
• Russia Стой! Или моя мама будет стрелять
• Serbia Stop! Ili moja mama će pucati
• Slovakia Stoj, lebo mamička vystrelí!
• Slovenia Stoj - ali moja mama strelja
• Spain ¡Alto! o mi madre dispara
• Sweden Stopp! Annars skjuter morsan skarpt
• Taiwan 母子威龍
• Turkey Dur! Yoksa Annem Ateş Edecek
• Ukraine Стій! Бо моя мама стрілятиме
• Uruguay ¡Para, o mi mamá dispara!
• Venezuela Para o mi mamá dispara
• Vietnam Đứng Yên Không Mẹ Tao Bắn

27 Jul ’24 Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt!

Mentioned in RobF’s letter; keep watching until you hear the voice they’ve given Tutti!

13 Jul ’24 Does “Pet Sematary” count?

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot was screenwriter Blake Snyder’s first spec sale, bringing in half a million dollars after a bidding war, but he only wrote one other script that got produced.

This didn’t stop him from also writing a screenwriting manual though. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need presents structures and rules, with a “Blake Snyder Beat Sheet” laying out key moments. Its title comes from the rule about making sure the hero does something likeable so the audience roots for them.

It’s been a bestseller since 2005, spawning two follow-ups from Snyder and more since his death in 2009. Some have even blamed it for Hollywood sameyness, so in a roundabout way Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot may have made a lasting impact on movie-making.

13 Jul ’24 Siskel & Ebert’s review

20 Jun ’24 Arnie’s mind games

At the height of their rivalry, often jostling for roles, Arnold Schwarzenegger pretended he wanted to do Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot to trick Stallone into taking it:

Stallone responded to that interview by offering to write, direct and produce a sequel for him.

20 Jun ’24 On location

Want to visit the real places where it was filmed? Old-school Blogger site Filming Locations of Chicago and Los Angeles has a Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot page with photos and more info than the basic IMDB list.