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Better Off Dead...
Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
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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Cast
John CusackLane Meyer
Amanda WyssBeth Truss
Diane FranklinMonique Junot- Aaron DozierRoy Stalin
Curtis ArmstrongCharles De Mar
David Ogden StiersAl Meyer
Kim DarbyJenny Meyer
Demian SladeJohnny Gasparini- Laura WaterburyMrs. Smith
Dan SchneiderRicky Smith
Yuji OkumotoYee Sook Ree
Brian ImadaChen Ree- Scooter StevensBadger Meyer
Chuck MitchellRocko
Details
- Director
- Savage Steve Holland
- Writers
- Savage Steve Holland
- Release date
- August 23, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Budget
- $3.5M
- Box office
- $10.3M worldwide
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- A&M Films, CBS Theatrical Films
