Product Details

• Actors: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Michael McKean
• Directors: Michael Lehmann
• Writers: Rich Wilkes
• Producers: Ira Shuman, Mark Burg, Robert Simonds, Todd R. Baker
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: August 26, 1997
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303313337
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,971 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, January 21, 2006

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jgcrackerass (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Airheads (DVD)

Okay, this movie has a special feature that is the best documentary of a movie i've ever seen. It is filmed in the form of a news report of the Lone Rangers taking over the radio station, and has appearances of all of the cast memeber from the movie. It is fantastic. This movie is wonderful, and the special feature of the news cast is ingenious and very entertaining. I love this movie, and everything about it is wonderful. Buy it, and definitely watch the special features.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, December 27, 2004

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Some Gravity (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Airheads (DVD)

Right now, I am working on getting my own band together. I also happen to be a fan of Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser, and Steve Buscemi. Sandler, Fraser, and Buscemi are all hilarious, and I have seen a lot of their films. So any musician or any fan of theirs should check out "Airheads", a riotous comedy which makes you wonder how far any musician/band will go to get their music out on the market.

Chester "Chazz" Darvey (Fraser), Rex (Buscemi), and Pip (Sandler) are three friends in a band who live and work in Los Angeles. Rex and Pip are brothers. At the beginning of the movie, we see how far Chazz, Rex, and Pip are going in life. Chazz lives with his girlfriend Kayla in a small apartment and gets kicked out at the beginning of the movie. Rex works at a toy store. Pip has his own pool service. Their band is The Lone Rangers. Recently, they just recorded their first demo, which they have on both a tape and on a cassette, and they are trying to get their demo played on the radio. So one day, Chazz, Rex, and Pip go to a radio station in downtown L.A., and after breaking into the station, they meet a radio disc jockey named Ian. After an argument with both the DJ and the program director, Chazz, Rex, and Pip take the radio station hostage. And once Chazz, Rex, and Pip have the station held hostage, funny, surprising, shocking, and hilarious events occur.

"Airheads" is definitely one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Every single second of this movie is funny, and all of the actors give great performances. My favorite character would have to be Pip, becuase he is the stupid one out of the gang, and while he is nice to the hostages (at one part of this movie, Rex has to take him in private and train him a little bit so he will appear as tough) out of all the dumb decisions made by characters during this movie, he makes the dumbest decision (wait till you see what that is). So check out "Airheads". You'll die of laughter.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious..., April 25, 2005

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Matt Martin (Houston, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Airheads (DVD)

If you've ever been in a band and you've recorded a demo then tried to send it off to major record labels and every attempt failed, then this movie will set your spirits high.

In this epic, 3 bandmates have no career motivation whatsoever except to make it big in the record industry. Their half baked plans to get the record people to listen to their demo tape backfire. What's a band to do now? Why, take a popular station hostage, of course!

Armed with toy guns loaded with pepper sauce, the 3 guys bust into (well sorta) the station and demand that the guy plays the tape. Only one problem. The quarter inch tape player(think old time projectors) just destroyed their copy! The lead singer's ex girlfriend has the other copy, and they have to get her to bring it to the station.

Starring Brendan Frasier and Adam Sandler, this movie will not dissapoint. For anyone who likes movies about garage bands, and people that are in bands, then this movie is for you! This also stars the guy who does Fat Tony's voice on the Simpsons as the radio DJ.