| Better Off Dead | |
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Directed By: |
Savage Steve Holland |
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Produced By: |
Gil Freisen, Micheal Jaffe and Andrew Meyer |
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Written By: |
Savage Steve Holland |
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Distributed By: |
Warner Brothers |
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Released: |
Augest 23rd, 1985 |
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Running Time: |
97 Minutes |
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Grossed: |
$10,297,601 |
Plot[]
Lane Meyer, a geeky loser high school student whose girlfriend dumps him in their senior year for the new captain of the ski team. Crushed by his loss, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. His various pathetic attempts only end in embarassing failure, making matters worse. On top of all this, his father is harassing him about his life and his broken-down car, he is being stalked by a lunatic paperboy, and his ten year-old brilliant gifted brother is quickly becoming Hugh Heffner.
Obsessed with winning Beth back, he challenges the new captain to a deadly ski race down the K-12, the most dangerous slope in California. Meanwhile, the outcast loser neighbor across the street is offering housing for a beautiful French foreign exchange student who decides to help him get back on track. Can he get his car running again? Can he survive the paperboy stalker? Will he win Beth back, or is he better off dead?
Cast[]
John Cusack as Lane Meyer
David Ogden Stiers as Al Meyer
Kim Darby as Jenny Meyer
Diane Franklin as Monique Junet
Curtis Armstrong as Charles De Mar
Amanda Wyss as Beth Truss
Aaron Dozier as Roy Stalin
Scooter Stevens as Badger Meyer
Yuji Okumoto as Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada as Chen Ree
Laura Waterbury as Mrs. Smith
Demian Slade as Johnny Gasparini
Daniel Schneider as Ricky Smith