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Better off dead [videorecording] / by Armstrong, Curtis,actor.(CARDINAL)531987; Balsam, Alan,1950-1992,editor of moving image work.; Cusack, John,1966-actor.(CARDINAL)394635; Darby, Kim,1947-actor.; Franklin, Diane,1962-actor.; Friesen, Gil,1937-2012,film producer.; Hine, Rupert,composer (expression); Holland, Savage Steve,screenwriter,film director.(CARDINAL)848047; Jaffe, Michael(Producer),film producer.; Mankofsky, Isidore,1931-director of photography.(CARDINAL)849709; Meyer, Andrew,film producer.; Stiers, David Ogden,actor.(CARDINAL)287172; Wyss, Amanda,1960-actor.; Zimmerman, Herman,production designer.; A & M Films Productions,production company.; CBS Video (Firm),production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.(CARDINAL)141482;
Original score by Rupert Hine ; editor, Alan Balsam ; production designer, Herman Zimmerman ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; executive producers, Gil Friesen and Andrew Meyer.John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong.After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts only bring him 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.CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation (1.78:1); Dolby Digital English stereo.
Subjects: Comedy films; Feature films; Young adult films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Suicidal behavior; Suicide;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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