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Overview

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7.1/10   15,868 votes
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Writer:
Savage Steve Holland (writer)
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Release Date:
11 October 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
You've blown up your neighbor's mom. Your seven-year-old brother has better luck with women than you do. Your girlfriend has a new boyfriend. Relax, you're never... more
Plot:
A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier. full summary | add synopsis
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Everybody Wants Some.... more (152 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Cusack ... Lane Meyer

David Ogden Stiers ... Al Meyer

Kim Darby ... Jenny Meyer

Demian Slade ... Johnny Gasparini
Scooter Stevens ... Badger Meyer

Diane Franklin ... Monique Junot
Laura Waterbury ... Mrs. Smith
Dan Schneider ... Ricky Smith (as Daniel Schneider)
Yuji Okumoto ... Yee Sook Ree
Brian Imada ... Chen Ree
Chuck Mitchell ... Rocko
Amanda Wyss ... Beth Truss

Curtis Armstrong ... Charles De Mar
Aaron Dozier ... Roy Stalin
Frank Burt Avalon ... Roy's Ski Buddy #1
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Better Off Dead (USA) (alternative title)
One Way Love (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo | Dolby Digital
Company:
A&M Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lane's little brother, Badger, has no lines in the entire film. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: Camera and operator visible during the final ski race with the paper boy. more
Quotes:
Jenny Myer: [regarding the blob of food] It's got raisins in it... you like raisins. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Being John Malkovich (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Dancing In Isolation more

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Everybody Wants Some...., 10 March 1999
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Author: Kris Earle from Boston, MA

I recently held a movie survey for an upcoming 12-hour "silly film" party at my house. This movie, surprisingly, was the top title to be voted on out of about 40 movies. Then I thought about it a bit - I loved this flick, and over 14 years, videos have been rented and others saw it and love it as well. What other flick can have a homicidal paper boy, a japanese guy who speaks only as howard cosell, a car that has darkened our driveway for six months, the k-12, and charles demar? The love story inside of it is good as well. "Reminds me of the moonshine Ricky's dead pappy used to make - God Bless him!" 9 of 10.

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