Drop Dead Fred

Drop Dead Fred
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAte de Jong
Screenplay byCarlos Davis
Anthony Fingleton
Story byElizabeth Livingston
Produced byPaul Webster
Starring
CinematographyPeter Deming
Edited byMarshall Harvey
Music byRandy Edelman
Production
companies
Distributed byNew Line Cinema (North America)
Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Manifesto Film Sales (international)
Release dates
  • May 24, 1991 (1991-05-24) (United States)
  • October 11, 1991 (1991-10-11) (United Kingdom)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6.7 million (est.) or £3,650,000[2]
Box office$24 million[3]

Drop Dead Fred is a 1991 black comedy fantasy film directed by Ate de Jong, produced by PolyGram and Working Title Films and released and distributed by New Line Cinema, starring Phoebe Cates as a young woman named Elizabeth Cronin and Rik Mayall as her imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred, with Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda in supporting roles. It follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood. It received negative reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Drop Dead Fred (1991)". BBFC. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ "15 years of production". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 102.