Better Off Dead  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)  /  Production Year: 1985  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review 4 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend All-Time Sales Rank: 163 Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 5 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis 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 & Crew Actors:  • John Cusack  • David Ogden Stiers  • Diane Franklin  • Amanda Wyss Writers:  • Steve Holland Producers:  • Michael Jaffe Directors:  • Steve Holland Product Information Features: Features Not Specified Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Production Year: 1985 Release Date: 7/16/2002 Length: 97 mins Rating: PG Chapters: 33 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 871914 UPC Code: 097368719149 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Comedy, Coming-Of-Age Bargains: Under $11 Studios: Paramount Pictures Customers who bought this Title also bought Top Secret!  DVD-Video Lord Of The Rings, The: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Widescreen)  DVD-Video Real Genius  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5, including 5 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Empire Review You're better off dead if you miss this film - 3.25 out of 5  (7/4/2002) For as long as I have owned a DVD player, I have been waiting for the best movie from the eighties to hit my shelves. Now, it seems as if that wait is over thanks to the folks at Paramount who have finally decided to dig into the vaults and release this little comic gem called BETTER OFF DEAD. The movie was the first effort from Savage Steve Holland, whose previous credits revolved around mostly animated characters. In fact, a little bit of trivia is that Steve animated and voiced the Wh   more >> Customer Review one of the funniest movies EVER - 3.5 out of 5  (9/15/2003) Just the other day I was eating lunch with a couple of co-workers. We started talking about movies, to my surprise one person never saw the movie (I give him the benifit of the doubt though, because he is from South America), anyway, the two people who had seen it( me included) started rattling off lines from the movie, I found myself laughing out load at some of them -- sorry i blew p your mom ricky -- do you know the street value of this mountain... and on and on. I a movie can make   more >> Customer Review Best 80's Movie Ever - 3.5 out of 5  (11/19/2002) Who doesn't love John Cusack?   more >> Customer Review Greatest movie ever - 5 out of 5  (7/30/2002) Any idiot that would rate this movie low has no taste. All I can say is classic.   more >>