Tapeheads
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Director Bill Fishman Initial DVD release March 13, 2001 Duration | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Music Budget 343,786 USD Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 21, 1988 Writer Bill Fishman (story), Peter McCarthy (story), Jim Herzfeld (story), Ryan Rowe (story), Bill Fishman (screenplay), Peter McCarthy (screenplay) Cast (Ivan Alexeev), (Josh Tager), (Samantha Gregory), (Norman Mart), (Belinda Mart), (Kay Mart) Similar movies Pitch Perfect 2 , Blackhat , The Boy Next Door , Straight Outta Compton , Just Go With It , Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unemployed pals Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) decide to start Video Aces, a company that produces music videos. Their initial clients include Billy and Lester Diamond, members of the music group The Swanky Modes, whose careers have slowed since their heyday during the 70s. As the Video Aces crew attempts to revive The Swanky Modes careers by staging and broadcasting a concert, they also have to deal with the unwanted attention of a conservative politician (Clu Gulager).
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Tapeheads is a 1988 comedy film directed by Bill Fishman. The film stars John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore and Junior Walker. The movie was produced by Michael Nesmith, who is seen briefly in the film as a bottled water delivery man.
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Plot
After losing their jobs as security guards, best friends Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) start a music video production company called "Video Aces". When they meet their childhood heroes, 1970s soul duo The Swanky Modes (Sam Moore and Junior Walker), Ivan and Josh concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo concert, getting them to perform in Menudos place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up.
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The movie also features a fake ad spot for a real Los Angeles restaurant, Roscoes House of Chicken n Waffles. People who make appearances in the film include: Mary Crosby, of the nighttime soap opera Dallas; character actors Clu Gulager and Doug McClure; footballer Lyle Alzado; 1960s icon Connie Stevens; Soul Train host Don Cornelius; singer Courtney Love; original "Human Beat-Box" Doug E. Fresh; ska-punk band Fishbone (who also performs the incidental score) as "Ranchbone"; The Lords of the New Church singer Stiv Bators; Ted Nugent; "Weird Al" Yankovic; and Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, in a cameo as an FBI agent.
Cast
Similar Movies
Tim Robbins appears in Tapeheads and The Player. John Cusack appears in Tapeheads and Hot Pursuit. John Cusack appears in Tapeheads and Floundering. Fast Food (1989). Sex Tape (2014).
Soundtrack
The music supervisor for the film was Nigel Harrison. The soundtrack album was released on Island Records.
The films soundtrack (but not the soundtrack album) includes the song "Repave America" written and performed by Tim Robbins, credited as Bob Roberts four years before that movie was released. "Repave America" also appeared in the Bob Roberts soundtrack with the lyrics slightly altered to become "Retake America".
References
Tapeheads WikipediaTapeheads IMDb Tapeheads themoviedb.org