Better off dead [videorecording] / a Friesen/Meyer production of a Savage Steve Holland film ; ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland ; an A & M Films production.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0792178963
- ISBN: 0792178971
- ISBN: 9780792178965
- ISBN: 9780792178972
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (97 minutes) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: [Hollywood, California] : Paramount, 2002.
- Copyright: ©1985.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Original score by Rupert Hine ; editor, Alan Balsam ; production designer, Herman Zimmerman ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; executive producers, Gil Friesen and Andrew Meyer.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong.
- Target Audience Note:
- CHV rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.
- System Details Note:
- DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation (1.78:1); Dolby Digital English stereo.
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
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- 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | DVD GEN BET (Text) | 36015001166434 | Adult Video | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | DVD F Bet (Text) | 33632002762277 | Adult Video | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | DVD (Text) | 30665100371289 | Adult Video Fiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | DVD F Bet (Text) | 33436001346243 | Adult Video | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | DVD COMEDY RATING PG (Text) | 2112502234558 | Adult Video Fiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | DVD BETTER (Text) | 39493106289236 | Adult Video | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | DVD COMEDY RATING PG (Text) | 0112520659408 | Adult Video Fiction | Available | - |
| Wilkes County Public Library | DVD BETTER (Text) | 50501011284185 | Adult Video | Available | - |
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| 508 | . | ‡aOriginal score by Rupert Hine ; editor, Alan Balsam ; production designer, Herman Zimmerman ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky ; executive producers, Gil Friesen and Andrew Meyer. | |
| 511 | 1 | . | ‡aJohn Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong. |
| 520 | . | ‡aAfter 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. | |
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| 521 | 8 | . | ‡aMPAA rating: PG. |
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| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aCusack, John, ‡d1966- ‡eactor. ‡0(CARDINAL)394635 |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aDarby, Kim, ‡d1947- ‡eactor. |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aFranklin, Diane, ‡d1962- ‡eactor. |
| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aFriesen, Gil, ‡d1937-2012, ‡efilm producer. |
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| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aJaffe, Michael ‡c(Producer), ‡efilm producer. |
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| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aMeyer, Andrew, ‡efilm producer. |
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| 700 | 1 | . | ‡aWyss, Amanda, ‡d1960- ‡eactor. |
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