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    Drop Dead Fred (1991)

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    Young Elizabeth Cronin (Ashley Peldon) has an imaginary friend called Drop Dead Fred.

    Imaginary friends are usually nice little boys and girls. But not Drop Dead Fred (the late comedy genius Rik Mayall), who is selfish, destructive, foul-mouthed, filthy-minded and has a passion for mischief. But he’s terrific fun.

    Together, he and Lizzie – who he calls “snotface” – get into all kinds of trouble, like redecorating the kitchen with chocolate cake.

    As Lizzie grows older (and turns into Phoebe Cates) she forgets all about Fred after her parents lock him up in a jack-in-the-box.

    But when her marriage breaks down and she loses her job, her car and her purse all in one day, she returns to her childhood home – and her overbearing mother (Marsha Mason) – and lets Fred loose to help sort out her life.

    Cue loads of jokes about poo, bogies and doing it like pigeons, and everything descends into hilarious chaos once more.

    The duo set out to win Lizzie’s cheating husband, Charles (Tim Matheson) back and Fred will stop at nothing to succeed – and have some fun along the way. But since nobody but Elizabeth can see Fred, she gets the blame for everything and soon her very sanity is called into question.

    The interior sets were built and filmed at Prince‘s Paisley Park Studios in Minnesota.

    Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cronin
    Phoebe Cates
    Drop Dead Fred
    Rik Mayall
    Polly
    Marsha Mason
    Charles
    Tim Matheson
    Janie
    Carrie Fisher
    Murray
    Keith Charles
    Young Elizabeth
    Ashley Peldon
    Nigel
    Daniel Gerroll
    Mickey Bunce
    Ron Eldard
    Judge Dubben
    Bob Reid
    Arsonist
    Peter Thoemke
    Grandma Bunce
    Sjoukje De Jong Douma
    Doctor Ryland
    Daniel Buchen
    Go to Hell Herman
    Peter Breitmayer
    Velcro Head
    Clark Niederjohn
    Graggy
    Tom Bethke
    Namby Pamby
    Elizabeth Gray
    Natalie
    Kelly Benson
    Ms Fuzzock
    Cathy Lind Hayes

    Director
    Ate de Jong

    Video

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