The Resource Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, (videorecording)
Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, (videorecording)
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The item Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bedford Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (97 min.)
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985
- Isbn
- 9780792178965
- Label
- Better off dead
- Title
- Better off dead
- Statement of responsibility
- CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DPL
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Original score by Rupert Hine ; editor, Alan Balsam ; director of photography, Isidore Mankofsky
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
-
- MPAA rating: PG
- CHV rating: PG
- Language note
- Can be viewed subtitled in English
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.C55
- LC item number
- B48 2002
- PerformerNote
- John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1966-
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Jaffe, Michael
- Cusack, John
- Holland, Savage Steve
- Stiers, David Ogden
- Franklin, Diane
- Darby, Kim
- CBS Entertainment (Firm)
- A & M Films Productions
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Runtime
- 97
- Series statement
- Paramount widescreen DVD collection
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Suicidal behavior
- Suicide
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (97 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780792178965
- Other control number
- 097368719149
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
-
- 871913
- 87191
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm50238602
- System details
- DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital English stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, (videorecording)
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (97 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780792178965
- Other control number
- 097368719149
- Other physical details
- sd., col.
- Publisher number
-
- 871913
- 87191
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocm50238602
- System details
- DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital English stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Comedy films -- Young adult
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Feature films -- Young adult
- Fiction films
- Suicidal behavior -- Drama
- Suicide -- Psychological aspects
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Young adult films
- Comedy films
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Comedy films
Genre
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Young adult films
- Fiction films
- Feature films
- Drama
- Comedy films
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