Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
Sean Sullivan
- Phil
- (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
Mike Hagerty
- Davy
- (as Michael G. Hagerty)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody" nearly didn't make it into the film. Mike Myers desperately wanted it, but Paramount and film's producer, Lorne Michaels, opposed. Paramount didn't want the song because the rights were too expensive. While Lorne Michaels didn't want the song because he wanted something more current and that song was almost twenty years old at that point. He instead wanted Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle". Myers threatened to quit the production if he didn't get what he wanted, and eventually they all agreed.
- Quotes
Wayne Campbell: So, do you come to Milwaukee often?
Alice Cooper: Well, I'm a regular visitor here, but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors. The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.
Pete: In fact, isn't "Milwaukee" an Indian name?
Alice Cooper: Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."
Wayne Campbell: I was not aware of that.
- Crazy creditsA brownie recipe is given in the credits.
- Alternate versionsWhen the movie premiered on Kiwi television in 1995, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is briefly heard in the scene which Benjamin and Russell discuss with Noah Vanderhoff about sponsoring Wayne's World which Vanderhoff accepts when Benjamin convinces him by suggesting that he has a regular guest spot on the show.
- SoundtracksWayne's World Theme
Written by Mike Myers & G.E. Smith
Featured review
Fun Movie with an Interesting Delivery of a Message
Now I'll admit something to start, I loved this movie growing up. My sister and I would watch this regularly as it always was on the movie channels. It is one that I learned more about as I got older and looked more into filmmaking. What I did know is that this is quotable from the jump, I thought Mike Myers and Dana Carvey were hilarious. Rob Lowe and Tia Carrere were great as well. I did get Jaime to watch this so she could understand some of the odd lines I'll drop.
The gist of this is that we have Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his best friend Garth Algar (Carvey) with a public access show. Their dream is to do it full time, but until then, they have day jobs. It is an oddball show that people around their age love. Benjamin Oliver (Lowe) sees an opportunity to buy it and exploit it. There's not much more to it.
If you don't know, this is a Saturday Night Live skit that grew into something more. This was that era where Hollywood was taking the properties and expanding it as they were bankable. What I will admit is that this isn't as good as I remember it. I'll admit, it was high up there so that is part of it. This is still socially relevant though. We see the problems of capitalism on an interesting scale. It makes jokes about corporate America taking things and ruining it. We are seeing the dangers of advertising and selling out. It is all done in a tongue and cheek way.
I still find Myers and Carvey funny here. Lowe is great as this slimy corporate guy. Carrere is gorgeous. I like seeing Brian Doyle-Murray, Kurt Fuller, Colleen Camp, Chris Farley, Meat Loaf, Robert Patrick, Alice Cooper and Ed O'Neill in cameos. It doesn't hold up as well as I wish, but I still have fun with this one.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.
The gist of this is that we have Wayne Campbell (Myers) and his best friend Garth Algar (Carvey) with a public access show. Their dream is to do it full time, but until then, they have day jobs. It is an oddball show that people around their age love. Benjamin Oliver (Lowe) sees an opportunity to buy it and exploit it. There's not much more to it.
If you don't know, this is a Saturday Night Live skit that grew into something more. This was that era where Hollywood was taking the properties and expanding it as they were bankable. What I will admit is that this isn't as good as I remember it. I'll admit, it was high up there so that is part of it. This is still socially relevant though. We see the problems of capitalism on an interesting scale. It makes jokes about corporate America taking things and ruining it. We are seeing the dangers of advertising and selling out. It is all done in a tongue and cheek way.
I still find Myers and Carvey funny here. Lowe is great as this slimy corporate guy. Carrere is gorgeous. I like seeing Brian Doyle-Murray, Kurt Fuller, Colleen Camp, Chris Farley, Meat Loaf, Robert Patrick, Alice Cooper and Ed O'Neill in cameos. It doesn't hold up as well as I wish, but I still have fun with this one.
My Rating: 7 out of 10.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $121,697,323
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,122,710
- Feb 17, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $183,097,323
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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