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Better Off Dead...

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Calorie Rating: 136
Released: 1985-08-23
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Revenue 10297601
Studios: A&M Films, CBS Theatrical Films,


High 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.

Director / Directors

Maria Lease
Script Supervisor
Yudi Bennett
First Assistant Director

Jann Dutmer
Second Assistant Director
Fred Lerner
Second Unit Director


Cast

John Cusack
Character: Lane Meyer
Amanda Wyss
Character: Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Character: Monique Junot

Aaron Dozier
Character: Roy Stalin
Curtis Armstrong
Character: Charles De Mar
David Ogden Stiers
Character: Al Meyer

Kim Darby
Character: Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Character: Johnny Gasparini
Laura Waterbury
Character: Mrs. Smith

Dan Schneider
Character: Ricky Smith
Yuji Okumoto
Character: Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Character: Chen Ree

Scooter Stevens
Character: Badger Meyer
Chuck Mitchell
Character: Rocko
Frank Burt Avalon
Character: Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Vincent Schiavelli
Character: Mr. Kerber
Taylor Negron
Character: Mailman
E. G. Daily
Character: Elizabeth Daily

Joe W. Davis
Character: Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)
Peter Ellenstein
Character: Roy's Ski Buddy #3
Edward Mehler
Character: Buster

Thomas Rollerson
Character: Roller Skater
Toby Iland
Character: Nerd #1
Jonathan Charles Fox
Character: Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)

Darren Harris
Character: Nerd #3
Randy Stoklos
Character: Jock #1
Sam High
Character: Jock #2

David Vaughn
Character: Jock #3
Tina Littlewood
Character: Chris Cummins
Steven Williams
Character: Tree Trimmer

Stuart K. Robinson
Character: Tree Trimmer's Helper
Rima Lyn
Character: Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane)
Yano Anaya
Character: Paperboy

Joey Tushnet
Character: Paperboy
Sebastian Dungan
Character: Paperboy
Rick Rosenthal
Character: Smity


Production and Crew







Roy L. Downey
Special Effects

Jim Dunn
Stunt Double



William Strom
Associate Producer
Gary Moreno
Set Decoration

Rupert Hine
Original Music Composer
Andrew Meyer
Executive Producer

Herman F. Zimmerman
Production Design

Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Gil Friesen
Executive Producer
James R. Scribner
Makeup Artist

Brad R. Loman
Costume Design
Jim Dunford
Dolly Grip
Richard Tyler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Jernigan
Transportation Coordinator
Frank M. Holgate
Second Unit Director of Photography
Dick Vandenberg
Sound Effects Editor

John L. Mack
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Huw Davies
Location Manager
Bud Peifer Jr.
Assistant Property Master

William Hooper
Supervising Sound Editor
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nancy Forner
Associate Editor

Jack Clements
Unit Production Manager
Bud Alper
Sound Mixer

Rick Neff
Camera Operator
Fred Lerner
Stunt Coordinator
Gene Ashbrook
Boom Operator

Frederick Hamm
Second Assistant Camera
Ted Roberts
Music Editor
Malcolm Brown
First Assistant Camera

Art Lipschultz
Property Master
David Anderle
Music Supervisor
Shelley Kirkwood
Unit Publicist

Drew Struzan
Art Designer