Movie connections for
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) More at IMDbPro »

References

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  One of the bands on the list Ford reads near the end of the movie is called "Brain Of The Scarecrow".
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
White Heat (1949)
 -  Ford screams "Top of the world, Ma!" when he's on top of the record tower.
"I Love Lucy" (1951)
 -  Another band on the list is named "Fred And Ethyl".
"Lassie" (1954)
"The Flintstones" (1960)
 -  a key plot point involves a pair of Fred Flintstone rings
"Gilligan's Island" (1964)
 -  Another band on the list is called "The Professor And Mary-Ann".
"Josie and the Pussycats" (1970)
 -  band named Pussycats with lead singer Josie
Chinatown (1974)
"The Love Boat" (1977)
Xanadu (1980)
 -  A band on the list is named "The Nine Sisters." That is the name of the group that Sonny Malone asked to paint a cover for in "Xanadu."
Streets of Fire (1984)
Die Hard (1988)
 -  One of the bands on the list Ford reads near the end of the movie is called "The Nakatomi Boys Choir". Nakatomi was the name of the coporation that Holly McClane worked for in "Die Hard".
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
 -  A band on the list is named "Alba Varden". That was the name of the ship that the South Africans used for smuggling in "Lethal Weapon 2".

Referenced in

Luonteita: Renny Harlin (1990) (TV)
 -  Renny Harlin mentions this film in the interview.
Whatever It Takes (1998/II)
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005) (TV)
"Howard Stern on Demand: Andrew Dice Clay" (2006)
 -  the movie is mentioned
Tropic Thunder (2008)
 -  The character Kevin Sandusky mentions how he thinks Renny Harlin is an underrated director, citing how The Adventures of Ford Fairlane was a great film, for an Andrew Dice Clay vehicle.
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Mosters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (#1.5)" (2009)
 -  Brett says the director of 12 Rounds directed this film and Ellen quotes this film.

Featured in

Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
 -  Excerpts appear in the film.

Spoofs

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
 -  One of the songs that Black Plague performed was called "Hon, I Screwed The Kids". That's a spoof of "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids".

Spoofed in

Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Pizzás (2001)

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