Airheads
Airheads is a 1994 American comedy film written by Rich Wilkes, directed by Michael Lehmann, and starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Ernie Hudson, Michael McKean, Judd Nelson, Michael Richards, Amy Locane and Joe Mantegna. It tells the story of a band of loser musicians who stage a hijacking of a radio station in order to get airplay for their demo recording.
Plot
Chazz, Rex, and Pip are in the LA hard rock band "The Lone Rangers" who are continuously turned down as they try 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 hang hard rock hide hot sauce kidnap la lone ranger mtv pa system public address system radio station record producer reel-to-reel rock band scold serve 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 |