Tapeheads (1988)

Directed by

Bill Fishman

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends start a music video production company in the 1980s. They get into a series of misadventures while trying to make it big in the industry.

quirkyenergeticchaoticoffbeatfast-pacedsatiricaldatedslapstick

What happens

Tapeheads is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bill Fishman and starring John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Clu Gulager, Doug McClure, Jessica Walter, Mary Crosby, Sam Moore and Junior Walker. The film was produced by Michael Nesmith, who briefly appears as a bottled water delivery man. The film premiered at the U.S. Film Festival on January 22, 1988, with De Laurentiis Entertainment Group attached as distributor and a tentative release date of March 1988. However, due to financial concerns, distribution rights reverted to NBC Productions, which sold them to Avenue Pictures. The film was ultimately released on October 21, 1988 and was pulled from theaters only two weeks into its theatrical run. A poll of theater patrons by Avenue concluded that the film's underperformance could be attributed to the company's marketing campaign, which was described as "too hip and selective" and aimed to promote the film as more of a slapstick comedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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