Airheads (1994)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writer (WGA):

Rich Wilkes (written by)

Release Date:

5 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Crime

Tagline:

The music. The legend. The hostage situation.

Plot:

Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head DJ refuses to play them.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Radio Station | Hostage | Lead Singer | Heavy Metal

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Chester 'Chazz' Darvey
Steve Buscemi	...	Rex
Adam Sandler	...	Pip
Chris Farley	...	Officer Wilson
Michael McKean	...	Milo Jackson
Judd Nelson	...	Jimmie Wing
Ernie Hudson	...	Sergeant O'Malley
Amy Locane	...	Kayla
Nina Siemaszko	...	Suzzi
Marshall Bell	...	Carl Mace
Reg E. Cathey	...	Marcus
David Arquette	...	Carter
Michael Richards	...	Doug Beech
Joe Mantegna	...	Ian
Michelle Hurst	...	Yvonne

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude dialogue and some sexuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (Certificate #32726) | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Whisky a Go Go - 8901 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

During the intro sequence, a picture of Lemmy can be seen hanging on a wall in the Palatine Records building. Lemmy appears later in the movie.

Goofs:

Plot holes: During the impromptu concert in the radio stations parking lot, the band had to at least give the impression that they were performing live, though the record company exec ordered them at the last minute to lip-sync for the sake of editing the video. Conceivably, the instruments could have been set up to run "direct" into the soundboard, which would explain why we see no microphones set up to amplify their sounds through the PA and why their absence was not questioned. The drums, however, are another matter. There is not a single drum mic setup anywhere near the kit so Pip, as an experience musician, should have been able to instantly tell that they were being set-up to put on a fake show.

Quotes:

Jimmie Wing: Bea Arthur?... Outstanding.

Movie Connections:

References Wayne's World 2 (1993)

Soundtrack:

I'm the One

A good cast and some great funny moments

The music made them do it.

Chazz(Brendan Fraser), Rex (Steve Buscemi), and Pip (Adam Sandler) are a band known as The Lone Rangers, and all they're looking for is some attention. But when they take over a radio station with fake guns in order to get their song played over the airwaves, they get a little more than they bargained for.

A great cast and some really funny moments make this a nice way to spend 90 some odd minutes. Chris Farley and David Arquette also star in this. It was released the same year as "Dumb and Dumber" and has some very similar comedy. Overall this is allot different though. There is a little bit of violence but nothing too bad. There is also a few good "Die Hard" spoofs.