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The Resource Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland

Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland

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
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Production company
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • 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
Member of
Cataloging source
DPL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Original score by Rupert Hine
Intended audience
Rated PG
Language note
English dialogue; closed captioned
PerformerNote
John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1966-
  • 1947-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cusack, John
  • Stiers, David Ogden
  • Franklin, Diane
  • Darby, Kim
  • Jaffe, Michael
  • Holland, Savage Steve
  • CBS Entertainment (Firm)
  • A & M Films Productions
Runtime
97
Series statement
Widescreen DVD collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Suicidal behavior
Target audience
adolescent
Technique
live action
Label
Better off dead, CBS Productions ; A & M Films Productions ; produced by Michael Jaffe ; written and directed by Savage Steve Holland
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from disc surface
  • Wide screen
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9780792178965
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097368719149
  • 097368719149
  • 097368719149
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 10058225
  • 10058225
Publisher number
  • 87191
  • 871913
  • 10058225
  • 10058225
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm50238602
  • (Sirsi) o50238602
  • (TMQ) o50238602
  • 1443532
  • 276357
  • 787282
  • 1468242
  • 2981619
System details
DVD, Dolby digital English stereo., NTSC, reigon 1; widescreen version (16:9)
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
Publication
Note
  • Title from disc surface
  • Wide screen
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (97 min.)
Isbn
9780792178965
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 097368719149
  • 097368719149
  • 097368719149
Other physical details
sound, color
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 10058225
  • 10058225
Publisher number
  • 87191
  • 871913
  • 10058225
  • 10058225
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm50238602
  • (Sirsi) o50238602
  • (TMQ) o50238602
  • 1443532
  • 276357
  • 787282
  • 1468242
  • 2981619
System details
DVD, Dolby digital English stereo., NTSC, reigon 1; widescreen version (16:9)
Video recording format
DVD

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