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Better Off Dead

(I Love the 80's Widescreen)

Starring: John Cusack & Curtis Armstrong Director: Steve Holland Rated:

Better Off Dead (I Love the 80's Widescreen) Boxart

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Genre: Comedy

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen

Audio:

Dolby Digital - English

Entertainment Reviews:

Variety - 10/09/1985

"...[Franklin] is charming as the exchange student trying to win Cusack's heart..."

Entertainment Weekly - 06/13/2003

"...A sharp satire that foreshadowed films like HEATHERS....It's a freak show that makes adolescence look as painful as you remember it..."

Product Description:

Lane Myer's (John Cusack) dreams are shattered when his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) decides she prefers the company of a sleazy ski jock over his own. This disheartening news leads Lane to attempt to take his own life in various ways--all of which never seem to work out. But if he can beat Beth's new boyfriend in a ski run down the treacherous K-12, he may be able to win her back. Along the way, Lane also encounters a beautiful French exchange student, a nasal spray-snorting neighbor, a rabid newspaper boy, and dancing hamburgers. "Savage" Steve Holland (ONE CRAZY SUMMER) directs this 1985 cult favorite.

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Exerpts:

"Ain't that a shame, throwin' away a perfectly good white boy."

Cast and Crew:

Starring		John Cusack & Curtis Armstrong
Directed by		Steve Holland
Featured		Elizabeth Daily
Screenwriting by		Steve Holland
Performer		David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, Dan Schneider & Scooter Stevens

DVD Details:

Label: Paramount
Originally Released in: 1985
Number of Discs: 1
Rated:
Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: August 5, 2008
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 6,617
Item UPC: 097361378343
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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