tapeheads

Director: bill fishman

Actor: john cusack,tim robbins,mary crosby,clu gulager

Data Published: Fri Oct 21 1988

Genres: Comedy,Music

Key Words: self indulgence,sardonic,1980s,roses are red poem,music spoof

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096223/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeheads

Description: Tapeheads is a movie starring John Cusack, Tim Robbins, and Mary Crosby. A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.

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 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 Menudo's place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up. The movie also features a fake ad spot for a real Los Angeles restaurant, Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles. Notable 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; Navasota singer King Cotton; original "Human Beat-Box" Doug E. Fresh; ska-punk band Fishbone (who also perform the incidental score) as "Ranchbone"; The Dead Boys and 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.