Summaries

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.

Wayne is still living at home. He has a world class collection of name tags from jobs he's tried, but he does have his own public access TV show. A local station decides to hire him and his sidekick, Garth, to do their show professionally and Wayne & Garth find that it is no longer the same. Wayne falls for a bass guitarist and uses his and Garth's Video contacts to help her career along, knowing that Ben Oliver, the sleazy advertising guy who is ruining their show will probably take her away from him if they fail.—John Vogel <[email protected]>

Wayne Campbell is a heavy metal fanatic living in a suburban Chicago neighborhood. On a Friday Night, Wayne and his eccentric best friend, Garth Algar hosts "Wayne's World", a public cable network TV show in Wayne's basement and is very popular. "Wayne's World" catches the attention of handsome TV network executive Ben Oliver who wants "Wayne's World" on his television network in downtown Chicago and sponsored by billionaire Noah Vandahoff, one of the largest owners in the arcade business. With "Wayne's World" now on a Prime Time TV network, Wayne and Garth find themselves moving up big time and Wayne finds himself falling in love with Cassandra Wong, a Chinese-American lead singer of a heavy metal band. But Ben has a hidden agenda and plans on ruining their show and he bids to steal Cassandra from Wayne if Wayne and Garth do not make a success in making "Wayne's World" #1 in the TV ratings. Wayne and Garth finds the show isn't the same and Wayne plans to help Cassandra make it big time with her career.—Daniel Williamson

Details

Keywords
  • breaking the fourth wall
  • product placement
  • heavy metal
  • basement
  • public access
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Music
Release date Feb 13, 1992
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States
Language English Cantonese
Filming locations West Covina, California, USA
Production companies Paramount Pictures

Box office

Budget $20000000
Gross US & Canada $121697323
Opening weekend US & Canada $18122710
Gross worldwide $183097323

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 34m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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