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Better Off Dead...

19856.6 / 1097 min

Comedy, Romance

Overview

Insanity doesn't run in the family, it gallops.

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.

Cast

John Cusack

Lane Meyer

David Ogden Stiers

Al Meyer

Kim Darby

Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade

Johnny Gasparini

Amanda Wyss

Beth Truss

Diane Franklin

Monique Junot

Scooter Stevens

Badger Meyer

Curtis Armstrong

Charles De Mar

Yuji Okumoto

Yee Sook Ree

Brian Imada

Chen Ree

Laura Waterbury

Mrs. Smith

Dan Schneider

Ricky Smith

Chuck Mitchell

Rocko

Aaron Dozier

Roy Stalin

Frank Burt Avalon

Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Vincent Schiavelli

Mr. Kerber

Taylor Negron

Mailman

E. G. Daily

Elizabeth Daily

Joe W. Davis

Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)

Peter Ellenstein

Roy's Ski Buddy #3

Edward Mehler

Buster

Thomas Rollerson

Roller Skater

Toby Iland

Nerd #1

Jonathan Charles Fox

Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)

Darren Harris

Nerd #3

Randy Stoklos

Jock #1

Sam High

Jock #2

David Vaughn

Jock #3

Tina Littlewood

Chris Cummins

Steven Williams

Tree Trimmer

Stuart K. Robinson

Tree Trimmer's Helper

Rima Lyn

Joanne Greenwald (as Rima Delane)

Yano Anaya

Paperboy

Joey Tushnet

Paperboy

Sebastian Dungan

Paperboy

Rick Rosenthal

Smity

Crew

Savage Steve Holland

Director

Savage Steve Holland

Writer

Frank Beddor

Stunts

Jeff Jensen

Stunts

Sandy Berumen

Stunts

Greg Wayne Elam

Stunts

George Fisher

Stunts

Jean Coulter

Stunts

Bill Hart

Stunts

Keith Harvey

Stunts

Hank Calia

Stunts

Kent Hays

Stunts

Wayne King

Stunts

Johnny Hock

Stunts

Bill McIntosh

Stunts

Tom Morga

Stunts

A. Michael Lerner

Stunts

Wally Rose

Stunts

Harvey Parry

Stunts

Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon

Stunts

Debbie Lynn Ross

Stunts

Rick Seaman

Stunts

Peter Stader

Stunts

Sharon Schaffer

Stunts

Dick Warlock

Stunts

Mark Yerkes

Stunts

Neil Summers

Stunts

Jim Dunn

Stunt Double

Bruce Paul Barbour

Stunts

Roy L. Downey

Special Effects

Chere Rae

Stunts

Gil Friesen

Executive Producer

Michael Jaffe

Producer

Andrew Meyer

Executive Producer

William Strom

Associate Producer

Rupert Hine

Original Music Composer

Isidore Mankofsky

Director of Photography

Alan Balsam

Editor

Caro Jones

Casting

Herman F. Zimmerman

Production Design

Gary Moreno

Set Decoration

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

James R. Scribner

Makeup Artist

Georgina Williams

Hairstylist

Frank M. Holgate

Second Unit Director of Photography

David Roester

Costumer

Bud Peifer Jr.

Assistant Property Master

Tom Kessenich

Key Grip

Jim Dunford

Dolly Grip

Jan Gould

Grip

Huw Davies

Location Manager

David Jernigan

Transportation Coordinator

Nancy Forner

Associate Editor

William Hooper

Supervising Sound Editor

Dick Vandenberg

Sound Effects Editor

Don MacDougall

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard Tyler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

John L. Mack

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Maria Lease

Script Supervisor

Faith Minton

Stunts

Jack Clements

Unit Production Manager

Yudi Bennett

First Assistant Director

Jann Dutmer

Second Assistant Director

Rick Neff

Camera Operator

Fred Lerner

Stunt Coordinator

Fred Lerner

Second Unit Director

Bud Alper

Sound Mixer

Gene Ashbrook

Boom Operator

Malcolm Brown

First Assistant Camera

Frederick Hamm

Second Assistant Camera

Art Lipschultz

Property Master

Jake Jarrell

Gaffer

Shelley Kirkwood

Unit Publicist

Ted Roberts

Music Editor

David Anderle

Music Supervisor

Drew Struzan

Art Designer