Tapeheads Movie Review 1989

Silly, sophomoric, sexy comedy starring Cusack and Robbins as young wanna-be rock-video producers who get mixed up with perverted politicos, conniving music-industry types, and asinine bands looking for MTV stardom before they eventually strike it big helping their childhood idols, The Swanky Modes. Many big-name music industry cameos and a great soundtrack help keep things lively when the plot goes out of control. Sam Moore and Junior Walker are the Sam & Dave-esque Modes.

Distribution

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1699 Stutz Dr., Troy, MI 48084, Phone: (248)816-0909, Toll-free: 800-786-8777, Fax: (248)816-3335, URL: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Rent-a-Cop, Screen Teams: Cusack & Robbins, Satire & Parody, Showbiz Comedies, Rock Flicks

Screenplay

Bill Fishman, Peter McCarthy

Cast

Courtney Love, Ebbe Roe Smith, Lee Arenberg, Rocky Giordani, John Marshall Jones, John Durbin, Milton Selzer, Zander Schloss, Jo Harvey Allen, Sy Richardson, Coati Mundi, John Fleck, John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Connie Stevens, Susan Tyrrell, Lyle Alzado, Don Cornelius, Katy Boyer, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Jessica Walter, Stiv Bators, Sam Moore, Junior Walker, Martha Quinn, Ted Nugent, Weird Al Yankovic, Bob(cat) Goldthwait, Michael Nesmith, Xander Berkeley, Bojan Bazelli

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli

Director

Bill Fishman

Producer

Avenue Pictures, Michael Nesmith