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Airheads
Sign in to saveAirheads 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.
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6.2The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Chester 'Chazz' Darvey
- Steve Buscemi as Rex
- Adam Sandler as Pip
- Joe Mantegna as Ian
- Chris Farley as Officer Wilson
- Judd Nelson as Jimmie Wing
Themes
- radio station
- heavy metal
- rock band
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
58,916 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
30%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Airheads
- Film.image
- airheads film poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Michael Lehmann
- Film.producer
- Mark Burg Robert Simonds
- Film.writer
- Rich Wilkes
- Film.music
- Carter Burwell
- Film.cinematography
- John Schwartzman
- Film.editing
- Stephen Semel
- Film.studio
- Island WorldRobert Simonds Productions
- Film.distributor
- 20th Century Fox
- Film.runtime
- 92 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $15 million
- Film.gross
- $5 million
- Album.name
- Airheads (Original Soundtrack)
- Album.type
- Soundtrack
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 671414
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- publication date
- 1994-01-01
- title
- Airheads
- review score
- 6.2/10
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Casting
- Location
- Music
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- Year-end lists
- Soundtrack
- References
- External links
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.
Airheads was a critical and commercial failure, but has since come to be viewed as a cult film.