John Cusack
Lane Meyer
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Better Off Dead...
“Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.”
15 · 26 Jan 1986 · 97 min · English
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The film
Synopsis
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 & characters
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
A
Aaron Dozier
Roy Stalin
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
L
Laura Waterbury
Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- Savage Steve Holland
- Writing
- Savage Steve Holland
- Cinematography
- Isidore Mankofsky
- Original music
- Rupert Hine
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