New 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
Countries
United Kingdom United States
Language
English
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.
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^"15 years of production". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 102.
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