FACT: The municipality islands of Vieques and Culebra, off the east coast of Puerto Rico, enjoy beautiful weather almost 365 days in a year, making them great places to enioy beautiful beaches and get away from it all.
Film: Better Off Dead. Better Off Dead is a 1985 comedy film directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring John Cusack. After being dumped by his utterly-unfaithful girlfriend, luckless teen Lane Meyer makes several futile attempts to kill himself, while wandering in and out of a series of encounters with the residents... inmates of his bizarre hometown.
Hughes wrote the script in six days, with one day to spare. The result was Ferris Buellerâs Day Off, another classic teen movie set in Hughesâ favorite fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, which was released on June 11, 1986. 1. ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL BELIEVES THAT JOHN HUGHES WANTED HIM TO PLAY FERRIS.