Better Off Dead... (1985)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Savage Steve Holland
Genres : Comedy, Romance
Status : Released
Released : Aug 23, 1985
Tagline : Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.
Length : 97 minutes
Cast
- John Cusack
- Amanda Wyss
- Diane Franklin
- Aaron Dozier
- Curtis Armstrong
- David Ogden Stiers
- Kim Darby
- Demian Slade
- Laura Waterbury
- Dan Schneider
- Yuji Okumoto
- Brian Imada
- Scooter Stevens
- Chuck Mitchell
- Frank Burt Avalon
- Vincent Schiavelli
- Taylor Negron
- E. G. Daily
- Joe W. Davis
- Peter Ellenstein
- Edward Mehler
- Thomas Rollerson
- Toby Iland
- Jonathan Charles Fox
- Darren Harris
- Randy Stoklos
- Sam High
- David Vaughn
- Tina Littlewood
- Steven Williams
- Stuart K. Robinson
- Rima Lyn
- Yano Anaya
- Joey Tushnet
- Sebastian Dungan
- Rick Rosenthal
- Rich Little
Crew
- Writer : Savage Steve Holland
- Director : Savage Steve Holland
- Stunts : Bill McIntosh
- Stunts : Tom Morga
- Stunts : Bill Hart
- Stunts : Jean Coulter
- Stunts : Wally Rose
- Stunts : Keith Harvey
- Stunts : Johnny Hock
- Stunts : A. Michael Lerner
- Stunts : Greg Wayne Elam
- Stunts : George Fisher
- Stunts : Wayne King
- Stunts : Harvey Parry
- Stunts : Frank Beddor
- Stunts : Sandy Berumen
- Stunts : Kent Hays
- Stunts : Hank Calia
- Stunts : Peter Stader
- Special Effects : Roy L. Downey
- Stunts : Jeff Jensen
- Stunts : Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon
- Stunts : Rick Seaman
- Stunts : Sharon Schaffer
- Stunt Double : Jim Dunn
- Stunts : Debbie Lynn Ross
- Stunts : Dick Warlock
- Stunts : Neil Summers
- Stunts : Mark Yerkes
- Stunts : Bruce Paul Barbour
- Stunts : Chere Rae
- Associate Producer : William Strom
- Set Decoration : Gary Moreno
- Casting : Caro Jones
- Original Music Composer : Rupert Hine
- Editor : Alan Balsam
- Executive Producer : Andrew Meyer
- Production Design : Herman F. Zimmerman
- Hairstylist : Georgina Williams
- Producer : Michael Jaffe
- Director of Photography : Isidore Mankofsky
- Executive Producer : Gil Friesen
- Makeup Artist : James R. Scribner
- Costume Design : Brad R. Loman
- Dolly Grip : Jim Dunford
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Richard Tyler
- Transportation Coordinator : David Jernigan
- Second Unit Director of Photography : Frank M. Holgate
- Sound Effects Editor : Dick Vandenberg
- Costumer : David Roester
- Grip : Jan Gould
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : John L. Mack
- Location Manager : Huw Davies
- Key Grip : Tom Kessenich
- Assistant Property Master : Bud Peifer Jr.
- Supervising Sound Editor : William Hooper
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Don MacDougall
- Associate Editor : Nancy Forner
- Script Supervisor : Maria Lease
- Stunts : Faith Minton
- First Assistant Director : Yudi Bennett
- Second Assistant Director : Jann Dutmer
- Unit Production Manager : Jack Clements
- Sound Mixer : Bud Alper
- Second Unit Director : Fred Lerner
- Camera Operator : Rick Neff
- Stunt Coordinator : Fred Lerner
- Boom Operator : Gene Ashbrook
- Second Assistant Camera : Frederick Hamm
- Music Editor : Ted Roberts
- First Assistant Camera : Malcolm Brown
- Property Master : Art Lipschultz
- Music Supervisor : David Anderle
- Unit Publicist : Shelley Kirkwood
- Gaffer : Jake Jarrell
- Art Designer : Drew Struzan
- Animation : Bill Kopp
- Animation : Jimmy Picker