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Airheads [1994]


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Amazon.co.uk Review

Spinal Tap it ain't, but Michael Lehmann's good-natured comedy of errors, about a garage band whose unannounced visit to a local radio station escalates into a hostage situation, is pleasant diversion with a fair share of laughs. Brendan Fraser plays the singer-songwriter of the unknown heavy metal band the Lone Rangers, a trio of socially challenged musicians rounded out by dimwitted but sweet bass player Adam Sandler and aging drummer/toy-store employee Steve Buscemi--who just happens to be packing a lifelike toy machine gun from work. Needless to say, the friendly visit is misinterpreted as a hostile takeover, but all the Lone Rangers want is to play their music on the air--and they sabotage themselves again by destroying their own demo tape! Joe Mantegna plays a burned-out deejay who tries to help the muddled metalheads as the media surrounds the building and asks the question on everyone's lips: "How can you be the Lone Rangers if you're always together?" --Sean Axmaker

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DVD Description

Unsigned and unknown, an unequivocal rock n roll band take matters into their own hands - it was the music that made them do it.
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Special Features

1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1

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Synopsis

Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Pip (Adam Sandler), and Rex (Steve Buscemi) are the Lone Rangers, a heavy metal rock group that's going nowhere fast. Tired of playing lame gigs and trying to win over record executives, the band heads to its local radio station in a desperate attempt to have its demo played. Unfortunately, things go awry when toy guns are pulled out and mistaken for real ones in the heat of the moment, forcing the band to hold the station's employees hostage. Surrounded by the police and thousands of rock & roll fans who have flocked to the station, the boys become unlikely heroes, a voice for those who choose not to conform to corporate America. A little lighter than Michael Lehmann's dark comedy directorial debut HEATHERS, this film offers plenty of physical comedy from Michael Richards and Chris Farley as well as humorous performances from the boys in the band, Michael McKean as the station manager, and Joe Mantegna as DJ Ian the Shark. Live performances by White Zombie and the Galactic Cowboys set the tone for the film, which also boasts an impressive soundtrack.

Classic
Review date: 2008-05-21 Rating: 10 out of 10

I am sorry but if you dont enjoy this film you must have had a sense of humour bypass operation when you were younger. The cast is great, the story superb and the music excellent. A film you will keep coming back to when you need to put a smile on your face!!

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Reviews


2 1/3
Review date: 2007-12-14 Rating: 4 out of 10

Unfortunately there are not intermittent points in between the star ratings as i don't feel this film is as bad as a two star film, yet it it really isn't worthy of three stars. As a result, two it will have to be.

The problem with the film is that it really just doesn't have a lot going on. Whereas some comedies are bad because they are so poorly constructed ('Atttack of the Killer Tomatoes' for instance) some are just not that great because, well they aren't funny enough. This film falls into the second category unfortunately, you don't feel offended after you've watched it, but you don't feel especially affected by it at all either.

You'd be better off watching any of the actors in their various other comedic roles (well except Brendan Fraser, his films are always pretty poor).

Hilariously Funny
Review date: 2005-12-27 Rating: 8 out of 10

In the best grunge and destroy tradition of the early 1990s, this film accumulates provocations and insolence. It is the story of three boys who want to become rock stars in a time when everything is manipulated and negociated behind the back of everyone and even everyone else. Who owns who and vice versa ? Have things really changed ? In those old days they just wanted to push around a little bit and fool around a lot to be seen and admired. The last battle of boys who felt kind of frustrated in this world in which girls were finally speaking up and loud, boys who wanted to reconquer the certainty they were losing that they were strong, powerful and dominant. Dominant over what ? That is THE question that they could not answer. The film is absolutely funny and nothing else, and I mean funny AH AH !

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Université Paris Dauphine, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne

Sorry but this really isn't funny
Review date: 2004-05-05 Rating: 4 out of 10

I read the other reviews before I bought this, each and everyone said it was a classic and gave it 5 stars. I tried desperately to find this film funny, but apart from the odd moment it really isn't. Adam Sandler is no way near his best, and the dialogue is by and large utter crap. Think long and hard before you part with your cash on this one.

Don't buy it
Review date: 2004-04-07 Rating: 2 out of 10

Dire, absolutely dire. Don't let the cast list fool you into thinking this must be a funny film, because it honestly rates as one of worst films I have ever seen. Couldn't wait for it to finish.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Michael McKean
Chris Farley
Brendan Fraser
Steve Buscemi
Adam Sandler

Creators:
Brendan Fraser (Primary Contributor)
Steve Buscemi (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036010238
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2003-10-06
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 88 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1994-08-05
Language: English (Original Language)

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