Tapeheads

Tapeheads is a 1988 comedy film directed by Bill Fishman and starring John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Sam Moore and Junior Walker. The film was produced by Michael Nesmith, who briefly appears as a bottled water delivery man.

Tapeheads
Original movie poster
Directed byBill Fishman
Produced byPeter McCarthy
Michael Nesmith
Written byBill Fishman
Peter McCarthy
Starring
Music byFishbone
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Production
company
Distributed byAvenue Pictures
Release date
  • October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million[1]
Box office$343,786

Plot

After losing their jobs as security guards, best friends Ivan (John Cusack) and Josh (Tim Robbins) start a music video production company called "Video Aces". When they meet their childhood heroes, 1970s soul duo Swanky Modes (Sam Moore and Junior Walker), Ivan and Josh concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo concert, getting them to perform in Menudo's place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up.

The movie also features a fake ad spot for a real Los Angeles restaurant, Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles. Notable appearances in the film include: Mary Crosby, of the soap opera Dallas; character actors Clu Gulager and Doug McClure; footballer Lyle Alzado; 1960s actress Connie Stevens; Soul Train host Don Cornelius; singer Courtney Love; Navasota singer King Cotton; original "Human Beat-Box" Doug E. Fresh; ska-punk band Fishbone (who also perform the incidental score) as "Ranchbone"; The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church singer Stiv Bators; Ted Nugent; "Weird Al" Yankovic; and Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, in a cameo as an FBI agent.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music supervisor for the film was Nigel Harrison. The soundtrack album was released on Island Records.

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Ordinary Man"Swanky Modes (Sam Moore and Junior Walker)2:53
2."Roscoe's Rap"King Cotton4:26
3."Surfer's Love Chant"Bo Diddley4:56
4."You Hooked Me Baby"Swanky Modes3:32
5."Betcher Bottom Dollar"Swanky Modes2:20
6."Baby Doll (Sung in Swedish)"Devo3:36
7."Slow Bus A-Movin' (Howard's Beach Party)"Fishbone ("Ranchbone")2:39
8."Audience for My Pain"Swanky Modes4:22
9."Language of Love"Swanky Modes3:00
10."Ordinary Man (Can't Keep a Good Man Down Mix)"Swanky Modes4:19

The film's soundtrack (but not the soundtrack album) includes the song "Repave America" written and performed by Tim Robbins, credited as Bob Roberts four years before that movie was released. "Repave America" also appeared in the Bob Roberts soundtrack with the lyrics slightly altered to become "Retake America".

References

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