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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, Warner Bros. Pictures, 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

Fred Lerner
Second Unit Director
Jann Dutmer
Second Assistant Director


Cast

John Cusack
Character: Lane Meyer
David Ogden Stiers
Character: Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Character: Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade
Character: Johnny Gasparini
Amanda Wyss
Character: Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Character: Monique Junot

Scooter Stevens
Character: Badger Meyer
Curtis Armstrong
Character: Charles De Mar
Yuji Okumoto
Character: Yee Sook Ree

Brian Imada
Character: Chen Ree
Laura Waterbury
Character: Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider
Character: Ricky Smith

Chuck Mitchell
Character: Rocko
Aaron Dozier
Character: Roy Stalin
Frank Burt Avalon
Character: Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Vincent Schiavelli
Character: Mr. Kerber
Taylor Negron
Character: Mailman
Elizabeth 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







Jim Dunn
Stunt Double


Roy L. Downey
Special Effects


Gil Friesen
Executive Producer
Herman F. Zimmerman
Production Design

Rupert Hine
Original Music Composer
Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Brad R. Loman
Costume Design

William Strom
Associate Producer

Andrew Meyer
Executive Producer
James R. Scribner
Makeup Artist

Gary Moreno
Set Decoration
Huw Davies
Location Manager

David Jernigan
Transportation Coordinator

Frank M. Holgate
Second Unit Director of Photography
Bud Peifer Jr.
Assistant Property Master
Jim Dunford
Dolly Grip

Nancy Forner
Associate Editor
Richard Tyler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dick Vandenberg
Sound Effects Editor

John L. Mack
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William Hooper
Supervising Sound Editor

Fred Lerner
Stunt Coordinator
Jack Clements
Unit Production Manager

Ted Roberts
Music Editor
Rick Neff
Camera Operator

Gene Ashbrook
Boom Operator
Malcolm Brown
First Assistant Camera
Art Lipschultz
Property Master

Bud Alper
Sound Mixer
Frederick Hamm
Second Assistant Camera
Shelley Kirkwood
Unit Publicist

David Anderle
Music Supervisor