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 | watching television | basement | television commercial | bed | 

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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

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)

Gross USA:

$121,697,350

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$183,100,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Rob Lowe is pitching the arcade sponsorship to Wayne and Garth in the restaurant, he says "literally" very drawn out, which would later become his catchphrase on Parks and Recreation (2009).

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Goofs

When Garth's dog comes into his bedroom to tell him Wayne is waiting outside, she walks towards the bed and stops with her foot on an item of black clothing. In the next shot, you are looking at her from the front and there is clear floor in front of her.

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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

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Funniest Movie Quotes of the 1990s (2016)

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Soundtracks

Blue Hawaii
By Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger

User Reviews

WAYNE'S WORLD,WAYNE'S WORLD!PARTY TIME!EXCELLENT!

Terribly sorry for the silly Summary, but I couldn't help it.

First of all, I have no idea why I enjoyed this movie at all. The jokes were weak, and there was too less funny stuff. But I think that the reason is one main thing: MIKE MYERS!!!! I mean, it is the exact same feeling with the AUSTIN POWERS-flicks. Nothing that's that extremely funny, but something that get's hilarius, even though it is very corny and silly.

I don't know what it is he does. Even though the extreme difference from the AP-movies, in storyline, the movies has a lot in common. First of all, there is a lot of silly jokes, hilarious spoofs, cool quotes that you never forget, a meathead as a leading character, a remarkably so what-lovestory, and, of course, Rob Lowe.

Do I have to say I dig this movie?