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Better Off Dead|John Cusack

Better Off Dead

John Cusack and David Ogden Stiers
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Overview

Lane Myer's (John Cusack) dreams are shattered when his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) decides she prefers the company of a sleazy ski jock over his own. This disheartening news leads Lane to attempt to take his own life in various ways--all of which never seem to work out. But if he can beat Beth's new boyfriend in a ski run down the treacherous K-12, he may be able to win her back. Along the way, Lane also encounters a beautiful French exchange student, a nasal spray-snorting neighbor, a rabid newspaper boy, and dancing hamburgers. "Savage" Steve Holland (ONE CRAZY SUMMER) directs this 1985 cult favorite.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Savage Steve Holland - Director
John Cusack
David Ogden Stiers
Diane Franklin
Kim Darby
Curtis Armstrong
Amanda Wyss
Aaron Dozier
Demian Slade
Scooter Stevens
Yuji Okumoto

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 97
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 097361452241
  • Genre: COMEDIES
  • Rating: PG (MPAA)
  • Release Date: August 2011

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"...[Franklin] is charming as the exchange student trying to win Cusack's heart..." - 10/09/1985 Variety


"...A sharp satire that foreshadowed films like HEATHERS....It's a freak show that makes adolescence look as painful as you remember it..." - 06/13/2003 Entertainment Weekly, p.64


"[A] wonderfully off-kilter iteration of the typical coming-of-age-and-getting-the-girl movie....Genuinely funny..." -- Grade: A- - 07/22/2011 Entertainment Weekly

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