Airheads
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Airheads |
| Original title | Airheads |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Lehmann |
| script | Rich Wilkes |
| production |
Todd R. Baker , Mark Burg , Robert Simonds |
| music | Carter Burwell |
| camera | John Schwartzman |
| cut | Stephen Semel |
| occupation | |
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Airheads is an American comedy film of Michael Lehmann from the year 1994 .
action
The musicians Chester "Chazz" Darvey, Rex and Pip make up the upcoming rock band The Lone Rangers . But all attempts to convince the record companies of their demo tape fail. After Chazz was shown outside the door by his girlfriend Kayla, he moved in with his bandmates Rex and Pip. At a concert they learned that the band that played there got a record deal because their demo was played by the rock station Rebel Radio. Without further ado, they decide to proceed in the same way. They break into the radio station and try to convince the presenter Ian to play their demo as well. However, they are noticed by program director Milo, who wants to kick the musicians out. Armed with water pistols filled with chilli sauce , the Rangers unceremoniously take the employees hostage in order to enforce their demand, namely to play this demo. The employee Beech is not noticed and informs the police.
As the police surround the building, the relationship between the band and the hostages becomes increasingly friendly. After Ian has found out that Milo wants to change the network structure and fire him, he finally takes the side of the kidnappers. In the meantime, the kidnapping has created a media boom around the Rangers , which Milo tries to exploit for himself. More and more partying people gather in front of the station and combine this spectacle with a huge party.
Meanwhile the police tried to negotiate with Chazz. The band gives a list of insane demands to Sergeant O'Malley, who is leading the negotiations, to be considered insane. These demands also include finding a record boss who should work out a record deal with the Rangers . After the first turned out to be a camouflaged police officer, Jimmy Wing from Paladine Records appears, from whom Chazz was initially rejected. After initial skepticism on the part of Chazz, however, a record deal is negotiated with the help of Milo. In the meantime, Chazz's ex-girlfriend Kayla has also come to the station to reconcile with Chazz. Meanwhile, Jimmy Wing tries to market the whole story in a media-effective way by organizing a film team and a stage. After the Special Operations Command employee Beech got a real weapon smuggled into the transmitter, the whole situation got out of hand. After a brief argument during which Beech is discovered and it turns out that the band's guns are not real, Ian takes the gun and finally proves his loyalty to the Rangers by handing the gun over to Chazz after a brief hesitation. After Jimmy Wing has let his connections play, everything is now ready for the first concert of the Lone Rangers . But these refuse to playback to play, and devastate instead the stage. Ian takes the opportunity to call the celebrating crowd to anarchy. At the end you see the Rangers at a concert in the prison, in which they have to serve a six-month sentence.
Reviews
“Observing how fertile the field of heavy metal music is for satire, it's disappointing to watch Airheads bumble around, desperately trying to find something funny to say. Even sadder is the continuing nosedive of director Michael Lehmann's once-promising career. It's hard to believe that this is the same man who brought us the delicious black comedy Heathers (then again, he was also responsible for HudsonHawk ). "
"Considering how productive the heavy metal scene is for satire, it is disappointing to see how Airheads herumwurschtelt and desperately trying to say something witty. The sustained nosedive of the formerly promising career of director Michael Lehmann is even sadder. Hard to believe that this is the same man who brought us the excellent black comedy Heathers (and was also responsible for Hudson Hawk ) ”
"Shrill comedy with a lot of music, which strings together its gags without any real swing and thoughtlessly plunders topics of youth culture without dealing with it and its marketing."
background
The film was shot in Los Angeles , including at the Whiskey a Go Go pub .
It grossed approximately $ 5.37 million in US cinemas .
Trivia
Lemmy Kilmister , singer and bassist for the rock band Motörhead , has a cameo in which he claims to have been the editor of the school newspaper .
Web links
- Airheads in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Airheads at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ James Berardinelli : Review for Airheads (1994). In: ReelViews. 1994, accessed June 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Airheads. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Airheads (1994) - Filming & Production. In: IMDb . Retrieved July 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Box office / business for airheads. (No longer available online.) In: IMDb . Formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 6, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )