Better Off Dead
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Better Off Dead is a 1985 dark teen comedy film starring John Cusack as a heartbroken high school student whose increasingly absurd attempts to win back his ex-girlfriend lead to a series of surreal misadventures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Better Off Dead canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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teen comedy film ⓘ |
| cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Savage Steve Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Alan Balsam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Beth Truss
NERFINISHED
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Charles De Mar NERFINISHED ⓘ Monique Junot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
animated hamburger sequence
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surreal fantasy sequences ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy film
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comedy film ⓘ teen film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTagline | Sometimes you're better off dead. ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdist humor
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coming-of-age ⓘ romantic rejection ⓘ teenage heartbreak ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lane Myer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Van Dyke Parks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A teenager becomes suicidal after his girlfriend dumps him and experiences a series of surreal misadventures while trying to win her back. ⓘ |
| portrays | a heartbroken high school student ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | A&M Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-10-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 97 minutes ⓘ |
| setting |
high school
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suburban California ⓘ |
| starring |
Amanda Wyss
NERFINISHED
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Curtis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ David Ogden Stiers NERFINISHED ⓘ Diane Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cusack NERFINISHED ⓘ Kim Darby NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Schiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| writer | Savage Steve Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.