Drop Dead Fred
Drop Dead Fred (1991) is a comedy film based on an idea by Elizabeth Livingston, written by Carlos Davis and Anthony Fingleton, and directed by Ate de Jong.
The film is about a young woman named Elizabeth, whose troublesome imaginary friend from childhood, the titular Drop Dead Fred, comes back into her life at a particularly trying time.
Cast
- Phoebe Cates as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Cronin
- Rik Mayall as Drop Dead Fred
- Marsha Mason as Polly Cronin
- Tim Matheson as Charles
- Carrie Fisher as Janie
- Keith Charles as Murray
- Ashley Peldon as Young Elizabeth
- Daniel Gerroll as Nigel Cronin
- Ron Eldard as Mickey Bunce
- Bridget Fonda as Annabella (uncredited)
Synopsis
Quotes
From the opening scene, wherein Elizabeth, aged 5, has just been read a bedtime story by her mother, Polly:
- Elizabeth: Did they live happily ever after?
- Polly: Of course, Elizabeth.
- Elizabeth: How do you know?
- Polly: Because, she was a good little girl. If she had been naughty the prince would have run away.
- Elizabeth: What a pile of shit.
Notes
Passes the DtWOf test, with several conversations between Elizabeth and her mother and Elizabeth and her best friend, Janie, as well as other minor characters. A lot of these are about Drop Dead Fred, who may or may not count as "something other than a man", and about Elizabeth's no-good husband Charles, but they also cover other subjects.
Drop Dead Fred was played by Rik Mayall, who was later cast in the first Harry Potter film (although his scenes were cut) as Peeves the Poltergeist, a character very similar to Fred, and it's possible that Drop Dead Fred may have inspired J.K. Rowling when she invented Peeves and/or the Weasley twins, one of whom is named Fred.
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