Airheads (1994)

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) | Australia:M | 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:

Cameo: [Lemmy]Front man for the band Motörhead is the "Newspaper Editor" in the parking lot. He's credited as Lemmy Von Motorhead.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The sign outside of the station lists the broadcast frequency as 103.6. FM radio stations in America always use odd numbers for their broadcast frequencies. However, like the infamous '555' telephone exchange, this is deliberate use of fictitious numbering.

Quotes:

Chazz: We got to send one person out.
Pip: I'll go.
Rex: One of the hostages, doof.

Movie Connections:

References Wayne's World 2 (1993)

Soundtrack:

Born to Raise Hell

One of the funniest music movies ever made

Story of three aspiring metalheads holding up a radio station with water pistols starts slowly, with Chazz (Brendan Fraser), infiltrating a record studio. After that, it takes off, picking up speed as the three guys take over a rock station to play their tape. Plenty of humor and one-liners, mostly from Rex (Steve Buscemi) and Ian (Joe Mantegna). Non-metal fans would probably not understand the references to Vince Neil (Motley Crue) and Ozzy Osbourne, though those references mean very little to the movie. Cameo appearance by White Zombie is good, the telephone appearance of Beavis and Butthead is hilarious! Unfortunately, the romance subplot largely fails, though the part where Chris Farley has to find Chazz's girlfriend is good. Some mushy-type scenes that really do not belong in the movie bog the script down in places, but for the most part it is riotously funny.

Rating: 7/10