Title | Drop Dead Fred |
Year | 1991 |
Time | 103 mins |
Genre | Comedy; Family; Fantasy |
Director | Ate De Jong |
Edition | |
Format | DVD |
Actor | Phoebe Cates as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Cronin; Rik Mayall as Drop Dead Fred; Marsha Mason as Polly Cronin; Tim Matheson as Charles; Carrie Fisher as Janie; Keith Charles as Murray; Ashley Peldon as Young Elizabeth; Daniel Gerroll as Nigel Cronin; Ron Eldard as Mickey Bunce; Eleanor Mondale as Attractive Customer; Bob Reid as Judge Dubben; Peter Thoemke as Arsonist; Sjoukje De Jong Douma as Grandma Bunce; Paul Holmes as Man in Speedboat; Steve Cochran as Waiter #1 |
Rating | PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) |
Cinematography | Peter Deming |
Language | English |
Plot | When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality. |
Producer | Tim Bevan; Anthony Fingleton |
Writer | Anthony Fingleton; Elizabeth Livingston |
Subtitles | English; Dutch; French; German; Swedish; Finnish; Norwegian; Danish; Polish; English (Closed Captioned); Czech; Hungarian |