Wayne's World (1992)

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writers:

Mike Myers (based on characters created by), Mike Myers

Stars:

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mike Myers	...	Wayne Campbell
Dana Carvey	...	Garth Algar
Rob Lowe	...	Benjamin Oliver
Tia Carrere	...	Cassandra
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Noah Vanderhoff
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Stacy
Michael DeLuise	...	Alan
Dan Bell	...	Neil
Lee Tergesen	...	Terry
Kurt Fuller	...	Russell
Sean Sullivan	...	Phil (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
Colleen Camp	...	Mrs. Vanderhoff
Donna Dixon	...	Dreamwoman
Frederick Coffin	...	Officer Koharski
Mike Hagerty	...	Davy (as Michael G. Hagerty)

Storyline

Wayne is still living at home. He has a world class collection of name tags from jobs he's tried, but he does have his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick, Garth, to do their show professionally and Wayne & Garth find that it is no longer the same. Wayne falls for a bass guitarist and uses his and Garth's Video contacts to help her career along, knowing that Ben Oliver, the sleazy advertising guy who is ruining their show will probably take her away from him if they fail.

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Plot Keywords:

public access | headbanging | breaking the fourth wall | based on sketch comedy | reference to blazing saddles | 

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Taglines:

You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll hurl.

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sex related dialogue

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stan Mikita's Donuts doesn't actually exist. Mikita, a former Chicago Blackhawks hockey player, told Blackhawks Magazine in 2009 that when Lorne Michaels realized Aurora was right outside of Chicago, they thought it was the perfect opportunity to give their local fictional hangout a more relatable theme.

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Goofs

Garth claims that the security guard said that Frank Sharp will be coming through Chicago on Fridays. The security guard never actually mentions any day of the week.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[in bed, flipping through tv commercials]
Elyse: It's really good seeing you, Benjamin. You haven't been into Shakey's for so long.
Benjamin: Well, I've been real busy.

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Crazy Credits

Wayne: "Right, excellent movie. All right!" Garth: "Good one!" [Fade in to Wayne and Garth on their basement couch] Wayne: "All right. Well that's all the time we have for our movie. We hope you found it entertaining, whimsical and yet relevant, with an underlined revisionist conceit that belie the film's emotional attachments to the subject matter." Garth: "I just hope you didn't think it sucked!" Wayne: "Okay, so thank you for coming. Good night and party on!" Garth: "Party on, Wayne!" Wayne: "Party on, Garth!" [Fade to black]

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Alternate Versions

The ''Stairway to Heaven'' guitar riff was changed for the international, cable, and videotape releases to a generic riff because of disputes in obtaining rights to the first five notes of the song, which appear only in the US theatrical release.

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Connections

Referenced in Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten: Bigfoot - die Legende lebt (2017)

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Soundtracks

Blue Hawaii
By Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger

User Reviews

Cult Classic!

As a middle-aged lover of world and art-house cinema, the lovably goofy Waynes World might seem an odd one for me to like and enjoy.

I've never owned it myself but as it's just been on Channel 4, I thought I'd see it once again, to see how it still fares. Though it's far from being my favourite movie of all time, it still hits the targets its designed to and manages to smell sweet when compared to the more recent torrent of comparative sewage that is hailed as gross-out 'comedy'.

Oddly, perhaps, it's impossible to dislike or find the two (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) super-geeks annoying. The film is bright and breezy and rolls along like a continual Friday night out and the rock music references, including the famous Bohemian Rhapsody sung in their tiny car, always welcome.

The dream women in their lives are indeed good-looking girls and their portrayal are a fair balance between teenage male hormonal fantasy and real people with substance and character.

Considering Waynes World is supposed to be a Cult Movie, I'm surprised how few reviews there are here, on Amazon. Whether new audiences will ever warm to WW is a different matter altogether but for of us who's seen it come, go and now hang around, it still offers many pleasures.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

14 February 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wayne's World: The Movie

Filming Locations:

San Fernando, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,122,710, 17 February 1992

Gross USA:

$121,697,323

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$183,097,323

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1