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- The final scene of the movie shows Lane and Monique making out on his Camaro while it's parked on the pitcher's mound at Dodger Stadium.
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Feb 22, 2023 · Better Off Dead is a classic '80s comedy that features one of the most memorable scenes in movie history: the "I want my $2" scene. In this hilarious moment,...
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Apr 16, 2008 · Heck, he even gets the better of the rabid paperboy and out-skis Roy Statlin on the K-12. In the end, his ex-girlfriend sees Lane in a new light and wants him back. How sweet is the final scene when he gets not only the hot French exchange student but is able to reject the ex that had so crushed him.
Oct 19, 2015 · Franklin did, however, say that she filmed a scene in One Crazy Summer, in which she walked by and waved at Cusack’s character in a kind of callback to Better Off Dead, but that the scene was cut. Beyond that, Franklin didn’t offer any major revelations, but it did make me wonder: Whatever happened to the kid who played the paperboy?
Jun 22, 2018 · Here is a video featuring each of Slade's scenes as "Johnny" the paperboy wanting his two dollars in Better Off Dead... Q: What can you tell us about John Cusack and your experience working with him both onscreen and off?
- …Starring A Young John Cusack
- OH, That Synth Soundtrack
- Howard Jones? Check!
- Diane Franklin and Curtis Armstrong
- Stereotypical Asian Gags
- Settling Scores with Sports
- Obnoxious Blond Villain
- Feathered Hair Follies
- Cocaine Comedy
- Workin’ at A Fast Food Joint
Few actors owned ’80s comedy like Cusack. “The Sure Thing.” “One Crazy Summer” (also by Holland). “Say Anything.” “Sixteen Candles.” “Hot Pursuit.” His performance as the suicidal Lane Meyers and his inept attempts at ending it all anchors the film’s wacky humor. Cusack still works regularly today, but in recent years his films mostly go straight t...
It’s inescapable. If you’re watching an ’80s comedy you’re stuck with generic synth rock in the background. “Better Off Dead” gives us some sonic breaks, squeezing inpop songsbetwixt the synthesizers (see below). The rest of the score is brutal.
Make a list of ’80s era acts and Jones floats right to the top alongside Culture Club, Tears for Fears and INXS. So deploying his hummable “Like to Get to Know You Well” for a critical scene in the movie made perfect sense. The film even works as a romantic comedy via Franklin’s foreign exchange student character, with a hand from Jones’ classic tr...
These two actors appeared in some of the decade’s biggest hits. Think “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (Franklin) and the “Revenge of the Nerds” franchise (Armstrong). Neither actor became Cusack-level famous. They still worked diligently in the ’80s on some very high-profile projects.
The 1980s weren’t exactly woke. You don’t have to be a Social Justice Warrior to wince at lame gags like naming an Asian character Long Duk Dong in “Sixteen Candles.” “Better Off Dead” isn’t that lazy. Still, the film’s Korean drag racers chow down Chinese food during one sequence, an unnecessary visual note that adds nothing to the story.
How did Rodney Dangerfield save the day in 1986’s “Back to School?” By nailing the Triple Lindy, an almost impossible high dive. John Candy’s underrated “Summer Rental (1985) used a boat race to highlight the film’s third act. In “Better Off Dead” Lane Myer must beat the boorish ski jock Roy Stalin (Aaron Dozier) on the dreaded K12, the slope that ...
Speaking of Stalin, a grand ’80s trope cast handsome blond men as the jerk du jour. Think “Back to School,” 1987’s “The Lost Boys,” 1984’s “The Karate Kid” and “Back to the Future” (1985). So naturally Stalin’s hair would follow suit.
You can’t have an ’80s teen comedy without adhering to the era’s hair trends. So that means the woman singing the film’s theme song, E.G. Daily, sported some seriously feathered hair during her close ups. A close second? The various background actors flashing Flock of Seagull locks.
The white powder played a sizable role in ’80s films, mostly the dramatic kind. Think “Less Than Zero,” “Bright Lights Big City,” “Scarface” and more. Here, it’s Armstrong’s Charles de Mar fantasizing what the snowy ski mountains would be worth if they were made of cocaine, not ice. RELATED: HiT Episode No. 35 – ‘Stuck in the ’80s’ Host Steve Spear...
Lane spends one hallucinatory day working for Pig Burgers, a fictional hamburger joint. It sets up the film’s most romantic scene – the candelit dinner – as well as the claymation segue complete with a Van Halen track. It also hearkens back to other ’80s comedies with characters slaving away at fast food joints. Remember “Fast Times at Ridgemont Hi...
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They have the two dollar line as a throwback in Hot Tub Time Machine, which is awesome because not only are both awesome 80's ski resort movies, but Cusack is actually quoted as saying he hated and regrets Better Off Dead, which in my opinion is still his best movie.
Better Off Dead is a 1985 American black comedy film written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack as high school student Lane Meyer, who becomes suicidal after his girlfriend breaks up with him shortly before Christmas.
