Wayne's World

Director: Penelope Spheeris

Overview

Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne's World is a wacky, irreverent pop-culture comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey). From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive (Rob Lowe) who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"--and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra (Tia Carrere). Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Director Penelope Spheeris, Myers and Carvey hang a lot of silly, but funny, jokes on this thin plot, and the energy of the cast--as well as the wild pop-culture references--make Wayne's World a cut above the average Saturday Night Live spin-off movie.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/01/2013
UPC:	0883929304561
Original Release:	0000
Source:	Paramount Catalog
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	9,156

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mike Myers	Wayne Campbell
Dana Carvey	Garth Algar
Rob Lowe	Benjamin Oliver
Tia Carrere	Cassandra
Brian Doyle-Murray	Noah Vanderhoff
Lara Flynn Boyle	Stacy
Michael DeLuise	Alan
Dan Bell	Neil
Lee Tergesen	Terry
Kurt Fuller	Russell
Sean Gregory Sullivan	Phil
Colleen Camp	Mrs. Vanderhoff
Donna Dixon	Dreamwoman
Meat Loaf	Tiny
Ione Skye	Elyse
Frederick Coffin	Officer Koharski
Chris Farley	Security Guard
Charles Noland	Ron Paxton
Robert Patrick	Bad Cop
Frank DiLeo	Frankie Sharp--Mr. Big
Eric Crabb	Guitar Store Clerk
Mark St. James	Fellow Drummer
Harris Shore	Detective
Peder Melhuse	Detective
Don Amendolia	Announcer
Carmen Filpi	Old Man Withers
Anna Schoeller	Girl Driver
Robin Ruzan	Waitress
Alice Cooper	Alice Cooper
Stan Mikita	Stan Mikita
Ed O'Neill	Mikita's Manager
George Foster	Crucial Taunt Band Member
Anthony Focx	Crucial Taunt Band Member
Marc Ferrari	Crucial Taunt Band Member
Stef Burns	Alice Cooper's Band Member
Pete Freezin'	Alice Cooper's Band Member
Derek Sherinian	Alice Cooper's Band Member
Jimmy DeGrassio	Alice Cooper's Band Member
Steven Swadling	Actor
Damon Stout	Actor
Joe Martinez	Actor
Joseph DeLuca	Actor
Mike Hagerty	Davy
Michael Carter	Actor
Glenn Daniels	Actor
Marco Ferrari	Guitarist - Crucial Taunt Band Member
Greg Smith	Bassist - Alice Cooper's Band Member
J. Peter Robinson	Composer

Technical Credits

Mike Myers

Bonnie Turner

Mike Myers	Screenwriter
Lorne Michaels	Producer
Bonnie Turner	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Bob Baron	Sound Effects
Simon Coke	Sound Effects
Hawk Koch	Executive Producer,Producer
Leonard Michaels	Producer
Glenn Daniels	Casting

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. Main Titles/Wayne's World [:18]
2. Bohemian Rhapsody [:18]
3. The Gasworks [4:19]
4. Selling The Show [:24]
5. Buying The Show [6:43]
6. Speaking In Tongues [1:08]
7. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 [4:19]
8. We Fear Change [4:01]
9. Stairway Denied [7:25]
10. Selling Out [2:04]
11. Foxy Lady [4:38]
12. Gratuitous Sex Scene [1:57]
13. "This Guy's Good" [3:10]
14. Extraneous Information [4:01]
15. Back Stage Passes [2:24]
16. A Word From The Sponsor [:29]
17. Losing It All [1:28]
18. Getting It Back [2:55]
19. An Audience Of One [1:55]
20. The End- Not [1:26]
21. The Scooby Doo Ending [2:31]
22. The Mega Happy Ending [2:08]
23. End Credits/Fade To Black [3:06]

Menu

Side #1 --
Wayne's World (1992) PG-13
Solid Gold Workout
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer
Commentary By Director Penelope Spheeris
Extreme Close-Up
Set Up
Sunburn (1979) PG
The Brady Bunch

Editorial Reviews

Wayne's World marked the big-screen emergence of one of the silliest comic sensibilities of the 1990s, Saturday Night Live's Mike Myers. Myers co-wrote the film, and while Wayne's World shares the absurd, nonsensical punning of a comedy such as Airplane! (1980), it has an irreverence and good nature all its own. Director Penelope Spheeris gives sequences time to develop -- unlike the standard rapid-fire approach in most comedies -- and as a result, the bits gain a loose, bizarre, and almost self-referential quality that intensifies the laughs. This kind of mocking, joke-within-a-joke style would become Myers' trademark. In the lead role, the comedian is vulnerable enough to make his character's foibles endearing, and his squirmy, gleeful charm is both believable and funny.