Better Off Dead...(Movie, 1985)

Name: Better Off Dead...
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1985
Duration: T01:37:00
Rating: 3.3

1h 37min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 206 votes)

Better Off Dead is a 1985 American black comedy film written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack as high school student Lane Meyer, who becomes suicidal after his girlfriend breaks up with him shortly before Christmas. Initially met with mixed to negative reviews on release, it has since developed a cult following for its unconventionally surreal and absurdist humor. ()

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About Better Off Dead...

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.

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Better Off Dead... (1985) ORIGINAL Trailer [HD 1080p](Trailer, 1:34)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Utah

Plays in: California

Made by: A&M Films, CBS Entertainment Production

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Hungarian (HU)

Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 10/11/1985

Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Curtis Armstrong, Amanda Wyss, Kim Darby, Dan Schneider, Vincent Schiavelli, Steven Williams, Rick Rosenthal, Chuck Mitchell, Elizabeth Daily, Sebastian Dungan, Yuji Okumoto

Director: Savage Steve Holland

Producer: Michael Jaffe, Gil Friesen

Screenwriter: Savage Steve Holland

Film Editor: Alan Balsam

Director of Photography: Isidore Mankofsky

Composer: Rupert Hine

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Better Off Dead"

"Jobb ha hulla vagy"

"Sapore di hamburger"

"やぶれかぶれ一発勝負"

"やぶれかぶれ一発勝負!!"

Keywords: snow skiing, teen comedy, duck, duringcreditsstinger, suicidal, paperboy, aftercreditsstinger, nerd, skiing

Budget: 3,500,000 USD

Revenue: 10,297,601 USD (= 294%)

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