Editing Drop Dead Fred (section)

{{short description|1991 film by Ate de Jong}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Drop Dead Fred
| image          = Drop dead fred ver1.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Ate de Jong]]
| producer       = [[Paul Webster (producer)|Paul Webster]]
| screenplay     = [[Carlos Davis (screenwriter)|Carlos Davis]]<br />[[Tony Fingleton|Anthony Fingleton]]
| story          = Elizabeth Livingston
| starring       = {{Plainlist| 
* [[Phoebe Cates]]
* [[Rik Mayall]]
* [[Marsha Mason]]
* [[Tim Matheson]]
* [[Carrie Fisher]]
}}
| music          = [[Randy Edelman]]
| cinematography = [[Peter Deming]]
| editing        = Marshall Harvey
| studio         = [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram]]<br />[[Working Title Films]]
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]] (North America)<br />[[The Rank Organisation|Rank Film Distributors]] (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|title=Drop Dead Fred (1991)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=21 March 2023|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/drop-dead-fred-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtm0odg|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321090153/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/drop-dead-fred-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtm0odg|url-status=live}}</ref><br />Manifesto Film Sales (International)
| released       = {{Film date|1991|5|24|United States|1991|10|11|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 101 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom<br />United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $6.7 million (est.) or £3,650,000<ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=22|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing|website=British Film Institute|year=2005|access-date=2020-11-29|archive-date=2015-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912042419/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $24 million<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=102|title=15 years of production}}</ref>
}}
'''''Drop Dead Fred''''' is a 1991 [[black comedy]] [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Ate de Jong]], produced by [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|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]], [[Tim Matheson]], [[Carrie Fisher]] and [[Ron Eldard]] in supporting roles. It follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood. It received negative reviews from critics, but has since become a [[cult film]].