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Airheads (1994) -- 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.
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Director:
Michael Lehmann
Writer (WGA):
Rich Wilkes (written by)
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Release Date:
5 August 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music | Crime more
Tagline:
The music. The legend. The hostage situation. more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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(3 articles)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude dialogue and some sexuality.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby SR

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Making a cameo appearance is "Stuttering" John Melendez, who at the time was from the Howard Stern Show. He is billed in the credits as the "masturbating" rocker. He was invited to participate in this production because, as a new artist for Atlantic Records, his first album had just been released and his song "Talk My Way Out Of It" can be heard as Chaz and the boys are driving in the van on their way to the radio station. After years as a Stern employee, primarily assigned to do unconventional man-in-the-street and celebrity interviews, John was lured away from New York and is now the announcer and voice of Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) more
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Continuity: In the scene where Chazz Darvey (Brendan Fraser) goes outside to speak with Sergeant O'Malley (Ernie Hudson) for the first time, he is greeted with an aggressive squad of officers; when the camera shifts to Officer Wilson and Sergeant O'Malley, Chazz is seen walking forward in the background when he should have been on his knees during the shot. more
Quotes:
Milo: You're gonna scream "Rock and Roll"? You're gonna go to jail for that?
Ian: There's a saying Milo: If it's too loud, you're too old.
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Movie Connections:
References "MacGyver" (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Bastardizing Jellikit more

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20 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Hilarious, 29 December 2002
Author: (billybrown41@hotmail.com) from Kimberling City, MO.

Let's face it, if you go into a movie called "Airheads" expecting an intellegent, well-written, highbrow piece of cinematic art, then you deserve exactly what you get, so to everyone out there who gets off on trashing this movie, go rent "O Brother Where Art Thou?" and stop bit#$ng.

Now, if you want a good mindless way to blow a Friday evening, then look no further. You've come to the right place. Yeah, this movie is stupid beyond belief. It's also friggin' hilarious. Any movie that has Steve Buscemi as a long-haired, foul-mouthed bass player, and Ernie Hudson in general, I'm going to love. For me, Buscemi was the highlight and I loved everyone of his pseudo tough-guy lines like "Hey pal, you wanna try gettin' physical with me?"-Hilarious. Speaking of Buscemi, this one has a GREAT cast with Brenden Fraser as the leading man (Chaz), Adam Sandler as the pool cleaning drummer (Pip) and also features Joe Mantgena, Michael McKean, Chris Farley, David Arquette, and a whole slew of others, even Michael Richards.

The soundtrack rocks and the laughs come so often (very dumb laughs) that it's impossible to keep count.

Enjoy.

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