Two! {Dollars}! Whereas probably the most regarded of John Cusack‘s films with audiences usually gravitates towards Say Anything, 1985’s Higher Off Lifeless has been steadily rising its cult standing and appears to be referenced and quoted extra usually. Regardless of each motion pictures having Cusack as a lovelorn teenager, Higher Off Lifeless‘s broader, Bare Gun-style of humor actually has it stand out amongst the various teen comedies of the period.
Blu-ray.com has now reported on the brand new fortieth anniversary version 4K Blu-ray of Higher Off Lifeless that’s set to launch in early August from Paramount House Media Distribution. Whereas there haven’t been bulletins concerning particular options, the specs might be seen beneath. The outline reads, “After his girlfriend (Amanda Wyss, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane (John Cusack, HIGH FIDELITY) decides that suicide is the answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts bring him only more agony, not to mention embarrassment. Filled with the wildest teen nightmares, a family you can’t help but identify with, and a host of extremely comic characters, BETTER OFF DEAD is an essential 80s classic, and a painfully funny teenage tale.”
The specs learn,
Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265
Decision: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10
Side ratio: 1.85:1
Unique side ratio: 1.85:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Grasp Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS 2.0
French: DTS 2.0
Spanish: DTS 2.0
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Discs
4K Extremely HD
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD-66, 1 BD-25, 1 BD-50)
Digital
Digital 4K
iTunes, Vudu
Packaging
Slipcover in unique urgent
Playback
4K Blu-ray: Area free
2K Blu-ray: Area A (B, C untested)
Higher Off Lifeless is considered one of two 1985 motion pictures that marked John Cusack’s debut as a number one man. After small roles in Sixteen Candles and Class, Cusack, at solely eighteen, nabbed the lead in Rob Reiner’s The Positive Factor, and Savage Steve Holland’s Higher Off Lifeless adopted instantly afterward. Whereas Cusack has usually praised The Positive Factor and Reiner’s course, his emotions on Higher Off Lifeless have at all times been controversial. Holland says that whereas Cusack attended the dailies, when he noticed the cut-together model, he felt humiliated and advised him that he would by no means belief him once more as a director. This was problematic as they had been in the course of taking pictures a follow-up, One Loopy Summer time, whose shoot could be extra fraught than the collegial Higher Off Lifeless.
So what made Cusack so indignant? Higher Off Lifeless is an absurdist comedy that, amongst different issues, features a Korean drag racer who sounds precisely like Howard Cosell, a claymation interlude, and a plot that treats suicide as “wacky.” It’s unusual, however it’s additionally a lot cherished by followers of eighties cinema, and certainly Cusack has mellowed on it lately, making an attempt to downplay his angle to Holland and appreciating its cult standing.
