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Better Off Dead is a 1985 American teen black comedy film written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack , David Ogden Stiers , Diane Franklin and Kim Darby . The film was released in August 1985.
Franklin married Ray DeLaurentis, an animation writer for shows such as The Fairly OddParents, in 1989.They reside in Westlake Village, California. [11] Their son, Nicholas DeLaurentis is a musician, while their daughter, Olivia DeLaurentis is a comedian and actress best known as one half of the absurdist comedy double act Syd & Olivia.
It was based on a popular Western novel, published in 1968, by author Charles Portis (1933-2020), The story saga was later remade as a second film, over 40 years later in 2010, with a slightly varied plot and twist on the epic, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and introducing little Hailee Steinfeld as young Mattie Ross, (in her film debut).
Here are a few actors who got their start in 1980s teen comedies, sometimes in roles so marginal you may not even remember they were in them.
Amanda Wyss is an American actress. She began her career in the early 1980s in teen-oriented roles such as Lisa in the coming-of-age comedy film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Tina Gray in the slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Beth in the film Better Off Dead (1985).
Quiet on the set! From "Dirty Dancing" to "Ghostbusters," we visit 10 locations where your most beloved '80s movies were filmed.
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1980: 9 to 5: Colin Higgins: Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda: United States: Private Benjamin: Howard Zieff: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
Since the film was keyed off of those three actors, Bogdanovich decided not to move forward with it. McMurtry later bought the rights back and adapted their script into a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel which he called Lonesome Dove. [57] [58] [59] Superman Lives: 1996–1998 Tim Burton: Kevin Smith, Wesley Strick, Dan Gilroy: Jon Peters: Nicolas Cage