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Better Off Dead

Better Off Dead

Release Date

1985

Director

  • Savage Steve Holland

Cast

  • John Cusack
  • David Ogden Stiers
  • Kim Darby
  • Diane Franklin
  • Demian Slade
  • Amanda Wyss

After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony and embarrassment.

    Lane Meyer (John Cusack) is a teen with a peculiar family and a bizarre fixation with his girlfriend, Beth (Amanda Wyss). When Beth dumps Lane, he decides to kill himself, making bumbling attempts at suicide. Outside of his morbid endeavors, Lane spends time with his oddball buddy, Charles (Curtis Armstrong), and befriends Monique (Diane Franklin), a visiting French student. Eventually, Lane resolves to race Beth's obnoxious new beau on the ski slopes, with unexpected results

    Photo credit: Warner Bros.

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