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Better Off Dead

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. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.

Director

Savage Steve Holland

Year

Genre

comedy, romance

Box Office

$10,297,601

Production

A&M Films,Warner Bros. Pictures,CBS Theatrical Films

Awards

N/A

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Lane Meyer

Al Meyer

David Ogden Stiers

Jenny Meyer

Johnny Gasparini

Badger Meyer

Scooter Stevens

Monique Junot

Mrs. Smith

Laura Waterbury

Ricky Smith

Yee Sook Ree

Chen Ree

Rocko

Beth Truss

Charles De Mar

Curtis Armstrong

Roy Stalin

Roy's Ski Buddy #1

Frank Burt Avalon

Roy's Ski Buddy #2

Roy's Ski Buddy #3

Peter Ellenstein

Mr. Kerber

Vincent Schiavelli

Buster

Roller Skater

Thomas Rollerson

Nerd #1

Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)

Jonathan Charles Fox

Nerd #3

Jock #1

Jock #2

Jock #3

Chris Cummins

Tina Littlewood

Tree Trimmer

Steven Williams

Tree Trimmer's Helper

Stuart K. Robinson

Mailman

Joanne Greenwald

Elizabeth Daily

Elizabeth Daily

The Band

The Band

The Band

The Band

Robert Gianette

Backup Singer

Paperboy

Paperboy

Paperboy

Sebastian Dungan

Smitty

Additional Voices (voice)

The Band

Dennis Crosswhite

Student

Student

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Jenny Myer Lane Myer Lane Meyer Paperboy Charles De Mar Tree Trimmer Monique Junot Mailman Yee Sook Ree Rocko Roy Stalin Mrs. Smith

Who'd like to hold my clipboard Me Me - Better Off Dead

Who'd like to hold my clipboard Me Me

Truly a sight to behold a man beaten - Better Off Dead

Truly a sight to behold a man beaten

How was your day - Better Off Dead

How was your day

Suicide is never the answer little trooper - Better Off Dead

Suicide is never the answer little trooper

Greendale is a bodaciously small town - Better Off Dead

Greendale is a bodaciously small town

I got the recipe from the Ladies' Home Journal - Better Off Dead

I got the recipe from the Ladies' Home Journal

Twenty papers That's two dollars - Better Off Dead

Twenty papers That's two dollars

Two dollars - Better Off Dead

I've been going to this high school for 71 2 years - Better Off Dead

I've been going to this high school for 71 2 years

The K 12 dude - Better Off Dead

Buck up little camper - Better Off Dead

Buck up little camper

Man it's a real shame when folks be throwin' away - Better Off Dead

Man it's a real shame when folks be throwin' away

This is pure snow It's everywhere - Better Off Dead

This is pure snow It's everywhere

Wait a minute Hold it - Better Off Dead

Wait a minute Hold it

And dying when you're not really sick - Better Off Dead

And dying when you're not really sick

I gotta do it He snorts nasal spray - Better Off Dead

I gotta do it He snorts nasal spray

Go that way really fast - Better Off Dead

Go that way really fast

Do you have Christmas in France - Better Off Dead

Do you have Christmas in France

It's real aardvark fur - Better Off Dead

It's real aardvark fur

What's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut like this - Better Off Dead

What's a little boy like you doing with big boy smut...

One night with me and she'll probably go blind with ecstasy - Better Off Dead

One night with me and she'll probably go blind with...

Well you sure got my vote for cutest couple - Better Off Dead

Well you sure got my vote for cutest couple

You look pretty stupid to me Thank you - Better Off Dead

You look pretty stupid to me Thank you

What's that - Better Off Dead

First we have - Better Off Dead

Him And her Mm hmm Mm hmm - Better Off Dead

Him And her Mm hmm Mm hmm

I'm real sorry your mom blew up Ricky Doctor said she'll be okay - Better Off Dead

I'm real sorry your mom blew up Ricky Doctor said...

I don't know Brothers One speaks no English - Better Off Dead

I don't know Brothers One speaks no English

She only speaks French Roy She doesn't speak imbecile - Better Off Dead

She only speaks French Roy She doesn't speak imbecile

I want my two dollars - Better Off Dead

I want my two dollars

I thought if Casanova and I had nothing to say to each other - Better Off Dead

I thought if Casanova and I had nothing to say to each other

Then you will not tell That you're a Dodgers fan - Better Off Dead

Then you will not tell That you're a Dodgers fan

Hello Hello - Better Off Dead

I have a great fear of tools I once made a birdhouse in wood shop - Better Off Dead

I have a great fear of tools I once made a birdhouse in wood...

I think all you need is a small taste of success - Better Off Dead

I think all you need is a small taste of success

Monique I just wanted to thank you for everything - Better Off Dead

Monique I just wanted to thank you for everything

You fiend Man you're the hottest thing since sunburn - Better Off Dead

You fiend Man you're the hottest thing since sunburn

Language lessons - Better Off Dead

Language lessons

Do something to him - Better Off Dead

Do something to him

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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. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Savage Steve Holland

Writer: Savage Steve Holland

Production: A&M Films,Warner Bros. Pictures,CBS Theatrical Films

Genre: comedy, romance

Year: 1985

MetaScore: 51/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: $10,297,601

Released: 11 Oct 1985

Awards: N/A

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