Better Off Dead...

6.6

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.

Discover

John Cusack

Lane 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

Aaron Dozier

Roy Stalin

Frank Burt Avalon

Roy's Ski Buddy #1

E. G. Daily

Elizabeth Daily

Joe W. Davis

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

Peter Ellenstein

Roy's Ski Buddy #3

Thomas Rollerson

Roller Skater

Toby Iland

Nerd #1

Jonathan Charles Fox

Nerd #2 (as Jonathon Charles Fox)

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

Art

Herman F. Zimmerman

Production Design

Gary Moreno

Set Decoration

Bud Peifer Jr.

Assistant Property Master

Art Lipschultz

Property Master

Drew Struzan

Art Designer

Camera

Isidore Mankofsky

Director of Photography

Tom Kessenich

Key Grip

Frank M. Holgate

Second Unit Director of Photography

Jim Dunford

Dolly Grip

Rick Neff

Camera Operator

Malcolm Brown

First Assistant Camera

Frederick Hamm

Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Brad R. Loman

Costume Design

Georgina Williams

Hairstylist

James R. Scribner

Makeup Artist

David Roester

Costumer

Directing

Maria Lease

Script Supervisor

Yudi Bennett

First Assistant Director

Fred Lerner

Second Unit Director

Jann Dutmer

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Alan Balsam

Editor

Nancy Forner

Associate Editor

Lighting

Production

Gil Friesen

Executive Producer

Caro Jones

Casting

William Strom

Associate Producer

Michael Jaffe

Producer

Andrew Meyer

Executive Producer

Huw Davies

Location Manager

Jack Clements

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Rupert Hine

Original Music Composer

Richard Tyler

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dick Vandenberg

Sound Effects Editor

John L. Mack

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Don MacDougall

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

William Hooper

Supervising Sound Editor

Ted Roberts

Music Editor

Gene Ashbrook

Boom Operator

Bud Alper

Sound Mixer

David Anderle

Music Supervisor

Writing