Airheads
Airheads is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Rich Wilkes. It stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler as the members of a struggling rock band who hijack a Los Angeles radio station in order to get their demo aired. The rest of the principal cast includes Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, Michael Richards, and Joe Mantegna, with Ernie Hudson, Amy Locane, Nina Siemaszko, Marshall Bell, Reg E. Cathey, and David Arquette in supporting roles.
Plot
In Los Angeles, Chester "Chazz Darby" Ogilvie and his friends, sibling musicians Rex and Pip, are in the Los Angeles hard rock band "The Lone Rangers" who are continuously rejected while trying to get their demo tape heard by record producers like Jimmie Wing. After scolding him for being lazy, Chazz's girlfriend Kayla kicks him out of her apartment.
More details
| author | Rich Wilkes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Michael Lehmann |
| editor | Stephen Semel |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | adult contemporary broadcast build cheer demo tape force hard rock hide kidnap lone ranger mtv pa system public address system record producer reel-to-reel reject rock band scold sibling stage dive surround swat swat team the lone ranger tour triple platinum |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell |
| producer | Mark Burg Robert Simonds |
| productionCompany | Island World |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | buddy comedy crime comedy satirical |