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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 10/02/2001 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 50 Genres: Comedy, Crime Comedy, Teen Movie, Showbiz Comedy

Airheads is a variation on Dog Day Afternoon, as well as a comic look at the trials and tribulations of both the music business and Generation X. A hapless rock trio consisting of Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Rex (Steve Buscemi), and Pip (Adam Sandler) hits a brick wall with their attempts to get their demo tape played by record label executives. Chazz, on the edge since being thrown out by his girlfriend (Amy Locane), decides it's time to take more serious action, and he leads his bandmates on a mission to invade the local "alternative" rock station, KPPX, and hold it hostage to get the band's tape played on the air. The station staffers don't realize that they're being held with a water gun, and when they finally agree to play the tape, it gets eaten up by a faulty machine. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Brendan Fraser - Chazz Darby
Steve Buscemi - Rex
Adam Sandler - Pip
Joe Mantegna - Ian the Shark
Chris Farley - Wilson
Daniel Zacapa

Steve Buscemi, Brendan Fraser, and Adam Sandler are true Airheads, rockers destined to get airplay of their new single -- even if it means taking a hostage or two at a local radio station. Fox has done nice work on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, making sure that all aspects of the picture are even and clear. The colors, black levels, and flesh tones all look natural and well-preserved with only the slightest amount of edge enhancement present. Audio is presented in Dolby Digital 4.0 in both English and French. While this track is certainly not as expansive as a Dolby 5.1 mix might be, overall it has a nice range of directional sound with no distortion present in any of the dialogue, music, or effects. Also included on this disc are Spanish and English subtitles. =Airheads features a few well-done special features, including a 15-minute featurette that is sort of a "news report" on the radio station takeover, as well as two music videos: Motörhead's "Born to Raise Hell" and White Zombie's "Feed the Gods." Finally, there are two TV spots, a trailer for Airheads, and a few other Fox theatrical trailers. Fans of this film or heavy metal should get a kick out of this above-average edition of Airheads. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide