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About
High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.
Theatrical
Oct 11, 1985
Box Office
$10.3M
Budget
$3.5M
Return
2.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1997
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
A&M Films, CBS Theatrical Films
Quotes
See all →Desire for Two Dollars
Taglines
I want my two dollars!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Teenage Life: A Darkly Humorous Perspective
Taglines
Teenage life has never been darker...or funnier...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Cusack
Lane Meyer
A
Amanda Wyss
Beth Truss
D
Diane Franklin
Monique Junot
C
Curtis Armstrong
Charles De Mar
D
David Ogden Stiers
Al Meyer
K
Kim Darby
Jenny Meyer
D
Demian Slade
Johnny Gasparini
L
Laura Waterbury
Mrs. Smith
D
Dan Schneider
Ricky Smith
Y
Yuji Okumoto
Yee Sook Ree
B
Brian Imada
Chen Ree
C
Chuck Mitchell
Rocko
V
Vincent Schiavelli
Mr. Kerber
T
Taylor Negron
Mailman
E
E. G. Daily
Elizabeth Daily
J
Joe W. Davis
Roy's Ski Buddy #2 (as J. Warren David)
P
Peter Ellenstein
Roy's Ski Buddy #3
E
Edward Mehler
Buster
T
Toby Iland
Nerd #1
D
Darren Harris
Nerd #3
