Peter Ellenstein

Better Off Dead... (1985)

FunnyRomanticClassicClever

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Savage Steve Holland
CAST:  John Cusack  •  David Ogden Stiers  •  Kim Darby  •  Demian Slade

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Savage Steve Holland
CAST:  John Cusack  •  David Ogden Stiers  •  Kim Darby  •  Demian Slade

Weekend Pass (1984)

Four Navy recruits fresh from boot camp graduation in San Diego spend a weekend pass together out on the town in Los Angeles before shipping out for further training.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Bassoff
CAST:  D.W. Brown  •  Peter Ellenstein  •  Patrick Houser  •  Hilary Shepard

Four Navy recruits fresh from boot camp graduation in San Diego spend a weekend pass together out on the town in Los Angeles before shipping out for further training.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Bassoff
CAST:  D.W. Brown  •  Peter Ellenstein  •  Patrick Houser  •  Hilary Shepard

Off the Minnesota Strip (1980)

A teenage runaway attempts to readjust to home and family life in Minnesota after returning home after years of working on the streets of New York City as a hooker and tries desperately to regain her parents' understanding and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Mare Winningham  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Michael Learned  •  Heather McAdam

A teenage runaway attempts to readjust to home and family life in Minnesota after returning home after years of working on the streets of New York City as a hooker and tries desperately to regain her parents' understanding and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Mare Winningham  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Michael Learned  •  Heather McAdam