Tapeheads
Tapeheads
Release: 1988-10-21
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 5.3
Comedy
Drama
Music
The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Peter McCarthy / Front Films
Pacific Arts Video
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Xander Berkeley
as Ricky Fell
Lee Arenberg
as Norton
Slavitza Jovan
as Tish
King Cotton
as Roscoe
Mary Crosby
as Samantha Gregory
Keith Joe Dick
as Mr. B.
Bobcat Goldthwait
as Get Rich Quick Guy
Martha Quinn
as RVTV-VJ
Milton Selzer
as Merlin Hinkle
Doug E. Fresh
as Record Executive
Jennifer Balgobin
as Calypso Dancer
John Marshall Jones
as Hitman #2
Ted Nugent
as Rock Star
Steve Higgins
as Visual Aplomb
James Strong
as Young Swanky Modes
Michael Nesmith
as Water Man
Courtney Love
as Norman's Spanker (uncredited)
Stiv Bators
as Dick Slammer
Jo Harvey Allen
as Madame Olga
Connie Stevens
as June Tager
Danny Epper
as Pimply Guard
Susan Tyrrell
as Nikki Morton
Rocky Giordani
as Hitman #1
John Durbin
as Hitman #3
Don Cornelius
as Mo Fuzz
John Fleck
as Critic #1
Mark Fite
as Violinist (uncredited)
'Weird Al' Yankovic
as Himself
Jello Biafra
as FBI Man, FBI Man #1
Scott St. James
as News Reporter
Jeannine Bisignano
as Foxy Extra
David Anthony Higgins
as Visual Aplomb
John Cusack
as Ivan Alexeev
Katy Boyer
as Belinda Mart
Sam Moore
as Billy Diamond
Doug McClure
as Sid Tager
Lyle Alzado
as You'll Never Make It In Show Biz guy
Sy Richardson
as Bartender
Jim Ward
as Dutch Reagan (voice)
Clu Gulager
as Norman Mart
Jessica Walter
as Kay Mart
Ebbe Roe Smith
as Mr. G.
Zander Schloss
as Heavy Metal Fan
Coati Mundi
as Bald Executive
Tim Robbins
as Josh Tager
Crew
Catherine Hardwicke
Production Design
Michael Nesmith
Executive Producer
Nigel Harrison
Music Supervisor
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Bojan Bazelli
Director of Photography
Josh King
First Assistant Director
Bill Fishman
Director, Screenplay, Story
Don Diers
Art Direction
Brad Einhorn
Property Master
Tom Morga
Stunts