--- title: 'Drop Dead Fred (1991)' type: 'film' director: 'Ate de Jong' released: '1991-01-01' runtime_minutes: 99 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/drop-dead-fred-1991' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101775/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Drop Dead Fred (1991) 1991 · 99 min · Comedy · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis 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 and Rik Mayall, along with Marsha Mason, Tim Matheson and Carrie Fisher, the film's plot revolves around a young woman, who, facing setbacks in her life, finds herself reunited with her childhood imaginary friend who offers to help her overcome the problems she is facing in their own distinctive way. The film was a commercial flop on its opening weekend and received generally negative reviews, but went on to become a cult film. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ate de Jong](https://cinepixo.com/people/ate-de-jong) - **Screenplay:** [Carlos Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-davis) - **Original Music Composer:** [Randy Edelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-edelman) - **Producer:** [Paul Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-webster) - **Director of Photography:** [Peter Deming](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-deming) ## Cast - [Daniel Gerroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-gerroll) - [Bridget Fonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/bridget-fonda) - [Ashley Peldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-peldon) - [Ron Eldard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-eldard) - [Carrie Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-fisher) - [Marsha Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/marsha-mason) - [Tim Matheson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-matheson) - [Rik Mayall](https://cinepixo.com/people/rik-mayall) - [Phoebe Cates](https://cinepixo.com/people/phoebe-cates) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/drop-dead-fred-1991 Film facts: Wikidata (Q53703); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.