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Airheads (1994)
description written by member Zara:
The Lone Rangers (Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi) have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape. Sandler's "Saturday Night Live" cohorts Chris Farley and Michael McKean round out the cast, along with Judd Nelson, Amy Locane and David Arquette.
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running Time: | 91 minutes |
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Airheads Movie Review by Zara  (3/10/2007) |
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I don't know if it's because I was a girl who was into the hair metal bands of the late eighties and early nineties, but I absolutely LOVE this movie. A parody on what they went through trying to get noticed and signed in a time when music was beginning to shut them out of the system, it's a comedy that I will always pause...
(complete Airheads review by Zara)
| Airheads Movie Review by Simon (9/5/2007) |
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Never taking itself too seriously, Airheads is an easy-going comedy about a trio of musicians who inadvertently find themselves taking a radio station hostage in a poorly-thought-out bid to have their demo played. Its feet set firmly in Gen X culture and with some sly digs at corporate music culture, this is a perfect...
(complete Airheads review by Simon)
This is an all-right movie about heavy-metal losers who take hostages to get their music out there on the airwaves.
However, the larger message seems to be how sad it is that it takes a large stupid publicity stunt to get one's music heard, rather than the talent of the band itself. This is especially important in our...
(complete Airheads review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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