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Director: Steve Holland     Starring: John Cusack Curtis Armstrong
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UPC: 097361452241
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Sales Rank: 4389
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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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Video Mfg Name Studio: Paramount
Video Release Date Release Date: 8/2/2011
Video Play Time Running Time: 97 minutes
Video Release Year Original Release Date: 1985
Video UPC UPC: 00097361452241
Video Number of Discs Number of Discs: 1

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Video Color Spec Video: Color
Entertainment Reviews
Expert Review Better Off Dead… (1985) - Blu-Ray DVD Review
By: Luigi Bastardo Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 9/5/2011 6:50 PM
It’s a completely common craze when you’re a youngster to indulge yourself in habitual viewings of specific movies. There were several dozen movies that I took particularly profound pleasure in watching on videocassette regularly as I grew up in that illustrious decade that we’ve come to know as “The ‘80s.” Firewalker, The Living Daylights, Jaws: The Revenge; there were many of them....read the full review
Cast & Crew
Video Cast Info John Cusack
Video Cast Info Scooter Stevens
Video Cast Info David Ogden Stiers
Video Cast Info Dan Schneider
Video Cast Info Kim Darby
Video Cast Info Curtis Armstrong
Video Cast Info Amanda Wyss
Video Cast Info Diane Franklin
Video Cast Info Elizabeth Daily - Featured
Video Cast Info Steve Holland - Screenwriter
Video Cast Info Steve Holland - Director

Memorable Quotes

"Ain't that a shame, throwin' away a perfectly good white boy."

Professional Reviews

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

Entertainment Weekly
"...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 p.64

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

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