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Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred, with Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles.
He also starred in the comedy films Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Guest House Paradiso (1999). Mayall won a Primetime Emmy Award for his voiceover performance as Mr. Toad in TVC London's 1996 animated movie The Willows in Winter (a sequel to TVC's 1995 production of The Wind in the Willows, in which Mayall also played Toad
LONDON (AP) - Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Management said the comedian ...
Written in character, Rik claims that he invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, saved Rock and Roll with the song Living Doll, brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman, and rescued the British film industry with the 'vast revenues' generated by Drop Dead Fred. [4] It received mostly positive reviews. [5] [6] [7]
In Variety, Derek Elley wrote, "Both Mayall (Drop Dead Fred) and Horrocks (Life Is Sweet, Bubbles in AbFab) have yet to find bigscreen niches for their considerable comedic talents, and though both have their moments here, Craig Strachan’s script is a generally dull blade for their cutting humor."
Rik Mayall, Drop Dead Fred, Guest House Paradiso; Michael Palin (born 1943), Monty Python films; Monty Python; Dudley Moore (1935–2002), Arthur, 10; Bill Nighy (born 1949) Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz; Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984) Peter Sellers (1925–1980), Dr. Strangelove, Inspector Clouseau films
He remained in the United States after graduation and became a screenwriter and movie producer, including the 1991 Rik Mayall film, Drop Dead Fred. [1] In 2003 film director Russell Mulcahy made a biographical film about Tony, called Swimming Upstream, based on his autobiography. [2]
"Drop Dead", a 1956 science fiction short story by Clifford D. Simak; Drop Dead (dice game), a dice game; Drop Dead Diva, TV series; Drop Dead Festival, an annual Deathrock festival held in New York; Drop Dead Fred, a 1991 comedy fantasy film starring Rik Mayall