Better Off Dead (1985)
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Release Date	July 16th, 2002
Genre	Comedy
Format	DVD
MPAA Rating	PG Parental guidance suggested
Runtime	1 hour 37 minutes
Studio	Paramount
UPC	097368719149
Number of Discs	1
Disc Sides	1
Production Year	1985
Plot	Most animation aficionados of the 1990s know "Savage Steve Holland" as the cocreator (with Bill Kopp) of the all-stops-out TV cartoon series Eek! The Cat. But Holland had been exercising his own peculiar brand of deviltry on live characters long before Eek! came into being. In Holland's Better Off Dead, John Cusack plays a lovestruck teenager, hopelessly enamored with Amanda Wyss. When she dumps him in favor of a more popular high-schooler, the boy's entire day quickly goes to Hell. In the words of Hamlet, all occasions do inform against Cusack: he is bullied, tormented and torn apart by everyone from the paperboy (who seemingly turns up everywhere) to the disembodied voice of a radio deejay. Cusack attempts suicide, but his efforts are just as unsuccessful-and amusing-as Bud Cort's in Harold and Maude. Meanwhile, French exchange student Diane Franklin, held a virtual prisoner by her host family, develops a long-distance crush on Cusack. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Chapters

Side #1 --

1. Beating the Paperboy

2. Cereal and Boiled Bacon

3. Howard Cosell Impersonators

4. Ski Team Tryouts

5. Death Attempt by Hanging

6. Green Goo With Raisins

7. Nose Wiping Incident

8. "I Want My Two Dollars!"

9. Chalkboard Fantasy

10. Mr. Kerber Asks to Date Beth

11. Cartoon Fantasy

12. Death Attempt by Jumping

13. White Trash

14. Christmas Miracle

15. Mailman Asks to Date Beth

16. Father/Son Talk

17. High School Dance

18. Meeting Monique

19. Attack of the Paperboys

20. A Man Alone

21. Everybody Wants Some

22. Barney Rubble Asks to Date Beth

23. "Franch Fries, Franch Dressing, Franch Bread"

24. K12 Challenge

25. Persistent Paperboy

26. Big Faker

27. Lane Wins the Drag Race

28. Romantic Frozen Dinner

29. Sliding Down the Mountain

30. Paperboy on Skis

31. Lane Wins the Ski Race

32. Language Lessons

33. One Look

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