BETTER OFF DEAD (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
• Plot: After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack) decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can't help but identify with and a host of wonderful comic characters, Savage Steve Holland's writing/directorial debut is a masterful look at those painfully funny teen years.
• Cast: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Diane Franklin, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Aaron Dozier, Frank Burt Avalon, Joe W. Davis, Peter Ellenstein, Vincent Schiavelli, Edward Mehler, Thomas Rollerson, Toby Iland, Jonathan Charles Fox, Darren Harris, Randy Stoklos, Sam High, David Vaughn, Tina Littlewood, Steven Williams, Stuart K. Robinson, Taylor Negron, Rima Delane, Elizabeth Daily, Ron Anello, Dominick Certo, Jude Cole, Robert Gianette, Angie Rubin, Yano Anaya, Joey Tushnet, Sebastian Dungan, Rick Rosenthal, Rich Little, Stevie Mack, Savage Steve Holland
• Director: Savage Steve Holland
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: CBS Productions, A&M Films, Paramount Home Video
• Media Format: Movie