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Better Off Dead
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6.6High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Released: 1985-08-2397 minDir: Savage Steve HollandComedy, RomanceBudget: $3.5MBox office: $10.3M
Cast
- John Cusack as Lane Meyer
- Amanda Wyss as Beth Truss
- Diane Franklin as Monique Junot
- Aaron Dozier as Roy Stalin
- Curtis Armstrong as Charles De Mar
- David Ogden Stiers as Al Meyer
Themes
- duck
- nerd
- paperboy
- suicidal
- teen comedy
- snow skiing
- aftercreditsstinger
- duringcreditsstinger
- skiing
- hilarious
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- surrealist film
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Savage Steve Holland
- Screenwriter
- Savage Steve Holland
- Cast member
- Yuji Okumoto
- Composer
- Rupert Hine
- Cinematographer
- Isidore Mankofsky
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Utah
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 115845
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1985-10-11
- title
- Better Off Dead
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 77%
- capital cost
- 3500000
- box office
- 10297601
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