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'''''Airheads''''' is a 1994 American comedy film written by [[Rich Wilkes]] and directed by [[Michael Lehmann]]. It stars [[Brendan Fraser]], [[Steve Buscemi]] and [[Adam Sandler]] as a band of loser musicians called "The Lone Rangers" who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio. [[Joe Mantegna]] plays the radio station's [[disc jockey|DJ]] and [[Michael McKean]] plays the [[Radio station|Station Manager]].
'''''Airheads''''' is a 1994 American [[rock music|rock]] [[comedy film]] written by [[Rich Wilkes]] and also directed by [[Michael Lehmann]], and starring [[Brendan Fraser]], [[Steve Buscemi]] and [[Adam Sandler]] as a band of loser musicians called "The Lone Rangers" who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio. [[Joe Mantegna]] plays the radio station's [[disc jockey|DJ]] and [[Michael McKean]] plays the [[Radio station|Station Manager]].


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==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Brendan Fraser]] as Chazz Darby/Chester Ogilvie
* [[Brendan Fraser]] as Chazz Darby / Chester Ogilvie
* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Rex
* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Rex
* [[Adam Sandler]] as Pip
* [[Adam Sandler]] as Pip
* [[Joe Mantegna]] as Ian "The Shark"
* [[Joe Mantegna]] as Ian the Shark
* [[Michael McKean]] as Milo Jackson
* [[Michael McKean]] as Milo Jackson
* [[Chris Farley]] as Officer Wilson
* [[Chris Farley]] as Officer Wilson
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Airheads
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Lehmann
Written byRich Wilkes
Produced byMark Burg
Robert Simonds
StarringBrendan Fraser
Steve Buscemi
Adam Sandler
Joe Mantegna
Michael McKean
Ernie Hudson
Amy Locane
Nina Siemaszko
Chris Farley
Judd Nelson
Reg E. Cathey
David Arquette
Michael Richards
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited byStephen Semel
Music byCarter Burwell
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 5, 1994 (1994-08-05)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$5,751,882 (domestic)[1]

Airheads is a 1994 American rock comedy film written by Rich Wilkes and also directed by Michael Lehmann, and starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler as a band of loser musicians called "The Lone Rangers" who take a radio station hostage, just so that their song would get played on the radio. Joe Mantegna plays the radio station's DJ and Michael McKean plays the Station Manager.

Plot

Based on an original screenplay by Ryan T Young of Lampoon fame, Chazz, Rex and Pip are a Los Angeles would-be rock band called The Lone Rangers. The guys are continuously turned down as they try to get their demo tape heard by producers. They finally decide to try to get the local rock station, KPPX 103.6 ("Rebel Radio"), to play it on the air, after they saw how Rebel Radio helped another band The Sons of Thunder get a record deal. Their first break-in attempt is using Pip's ATM card and its PIN. The card's confiscated. Then, Rex tries to short circuit the electronic lock with Pip's Big Gulp. They finally get in when a station employee Suzzi comes out and they keep the door from shutting behind her.

Once inside, DJ Ian "The Shark" puts them on the air without them knowing. Station Manager Milo overhears them and intervenes. After Milo calls Rex "Hollywood Boulevard trash", Chazz and Rex shove water pistols that look like Uzis loaded with hot pepper sauce in Milo's face and demand airplay. After setting up a reel-to-reel for the demo, the tape starts and is destroyed when the reel runs out and catches fire in an ashtray. The guys try to run, but Doug Beech, the station's accountant, calls the police and the building is surrounded.

They soon realize that they are armed hostage takers and begin negotiations with the police. During the crisis, it is learned that Milo had signed a deal to flip KPPX's format to Soft Adult Contemporary (soft rock), which includes having to fire Ian and most of the other employees. Ian and the rest of the employees side with the band and turn against Milo. Eventually, Jimmie Wing, the record executive who rejects Chazz in the beginning of the film comes to the radio station. The band signs a record contract and goes out on stage to play, only to realize that they are supposed to lip sync the song and fake playing the instruments. They refuse to lip sync while the music is playing and get a round of applause from the audience, who rush the stage.

Afterwards, Ian becomes The Lone Rangers' Manager and the band is sent to prison, but serve only a 3-6 month sentence. They record an album while in prison called "Live in Prison", which goes triple platinum.

Cast

Cameos

  • The band Galactic Cowboys perform in the film under the name "The Sons of Thunder". Their sole musical contribution to the film, "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful", was omitted from the soundtrack and is not available anywhere. Even the band does not have a copy.[citation needed]
  • Mike Judge plays the voices of Beavis and Butt-head, who call in to the radio station.
  • White Zombie appear in the bar scene with Chris Farley searching for Amy Locane, playing the track they recorded for the film "Feed the Gods".

Soundtrack

Untitled
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Performed byLength
1."Born to Raise Hell"Ian KilmisterMotörhead with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane4:57
2."I'm The One"Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth4 Non Blondes3:58
3."Feed the Gods"Lyrics: Rob Zombie; Music: White ZombieWhite Zombie4:05
4."No Way Out"Jesse Malin, Richard Bacchus, Howard KustenDGeneration4:26
5."Bastardizing Jellikit"Lyrics: Les Claypool; Music: PrimusPrimus4:11
6."London"Morrissey, Johnny MarrAnthrax2:54
7."Can't Give In"Lyrics: Kevin Martin; Music: Peter Klett and CandleboxCandlebox3:15
8."Curious George Blues"Scott HackwithDig4:03
9."Inheritance"ProngProng2:11
10."Degenerated"Paul Bakija, Dave RubensteinLone Rangers3:53
11."I'll Talk My Way Out Of It"John Melendez, J. CantorStuttering John3:40
12."Fuel"StickStick4:57
13."We Want the Airwaves"Jeffry Hyman, John Cummings, Douglas ColvinRamones3:21

The soundtrack as released by Arista recordings is meant to be a concept soundtrack, rather than an accurate total of the songs actually featured in the film. While all the songs on the Arista release are on the film, a number of songs that were featured were omitted from the album. For the full list of songs used in the film, refer to the IMDB Airheads Soundtrack page.

Box office and reception

The movie debuted in 10th place, grossing $10.8 million US in its opening weekend.[3] Airheads earned mixed positive reviews and currently has a score of 22% "Rotten" on Rotten Tomatoes based on 132 reviews.[4] The film has gained a cult following.

References

  1. ^ "Airheads (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Airheads at AllMusic
  3. ^ Fox, David J. (1994-08-08). "A 'Clear' Triumph at Box Office : Movies: The Harrison Ford thriller seizes the No. 1 spot with estimated ticket receipts of more than $20 million". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. ^ "Airheads". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
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