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Actors: Tim Robbins, John Cusak
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Tapeheads |
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Ivan and Josh (Cusack and Robbins) are working as security guards, but they have bigger aspirations. In a world where MTV is still shiny and new, they hope to become music video directors and producers. After fooling with the company's video security system, they are fired from their jobs. Now they're forced to try and make a go in their chosen profession as best they can but from the bottom up. They form Video Aces and get a few nibbles for a commercial and a music video on spec. They encounter some sleazy business sorts as they pay their dues. But will they make it to MTV?
The film is filled with cameos from music business personalities including Don Cornelius, Jello Biafra, Junior Walker and Sam Moore. The soundtrack features tracks by Fishbone, Devo, Bo Diddley, King Cotton, the Dead Kennedys, and others
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Tapeheads |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Getting ahead in:
- entertainment world
Kind of comedy
- comedy about making a movie
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Training/apprentice story
Yes
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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