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Calorie Rating: 131
Released: 1988-10-21
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Budget: 3000000
Revenue 344000
Studios: Peter McCarthy / Front Films, Pacific Arts Video,


The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted 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 in's and out's 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.

Director / Directors

Jan Evans
Script Supervisor
Josh King
First Assistant Director



Cast

John Cusack
Character: Ivan Alexeev
Tim Robbins
Character: Josh Tager
Mary Crosby
Character: Samantha Gregory

Clu Gulager
Character: Norman Mart
Katy Boyer
Character: Belinda Mart
Jessica Walter
Character: Kay Mart

Sam Moore
Character: Billy Diamond
Junior Walker
Character: Lester Diamond
Susan Tyrrell
Character: Nikki Morton

Doug McClure
Character: Sid Tager
Connie Stevens
Character: June Tager
King Cotton
Character: Roscoe

Don Cornelius
Character: Mo Fuzz
Bobcat Goldthwait
Character: Get Rich Quick Guy
Lyle Alzado
Character: You'll Never Make It In Show Biz guy

Brian James
Character: The Blender Children
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Character: Himself
Jello Biafra
Character: FBI Man

Courtney Love
Character: Norman's Spanker (uncredited)
Stiv Bators
Character: Dick Slammer
Xander Berkeley
Character: Ricky Fell

Danny Epper
Character: Pimply Guard
Ebbe Roe Smith
Character: Mr. G.
Keith Joe Dick
Character: Mr. B.

Lee Arenberg
Character: Norton
Rocky Giordani
Character: Hitman #1
John Marshall Jones
Character: Hitman #2

John Durbin
Character: Hitman #3
Milton Selzer
Character: Merlin Hinkle
Zander Schloss
Character: Heavy Metal Fan

Jo Harvey Allen
Character: Madame Olga
Sy Richardson
Character: Bartender
Coati Mundi
Character: Bald Executive

Patrick O'Neill
Character: Student Journalist
Martha Quinn
Character: RVTV-VJ
John Fleck
Character: Critic #1

Jello Biafra
Character: FBI Man #1
Bob McLean
Character: FBI Man #2
Tiiu Leek
Character: News Anchor

Scott St. James
Character: News Reporter
Ted Nugent
Character: Rock Star
Doug E. Fresh
Character: Record Executive

Michael Nesmith
Character: Water Man
Ed Pansullo
Character: Video Protector
Steve McCambridge
Character: Window Washer

Jennifer Balgobin
Character: Calypso Dancer
Michael Franco
Character: T-Shirt Vendor
Slavitza Jovan
Character: Tish

John Lykes
Character: Body Buddy
Jeannine Bisignano
Character: Foxy Extra
David Anthony Higgins
Character: Visual Aplomb

Steve Higgins
Character: Visual Aplomb
Jim Ward
Character: Dutch Reagan (voice)
Peter McCarthy
Character: Menudo Fan

Joe Cosentino
Character: Stu Beaumont
James Strong
Character: Young Swanky Modes
Dan Blom
Character: Cube Squared

Billy Ferrick
Character: Cube Squared
Thomas Persson
Character: Cube Squared
Angelo Moore
Character: Ranchbone


Production and Crew

Bill Fishman
Screenplay
Peter McCarthy
Screenplay

Michael Nesmith
Executive Producer
Jeanette Browning
Sound Recordist

Andrew Z. Davis
Associate Producer
Nigel Harrison
Music Supervisor
Bojan Bazelli
Director of Photography

Don Diers
Art Direction
Leslie A. Leitner
Assistant Art Director

Robert S. Lecky
Co-Producer
Eric Barrett
Associate Producer
Matthew Iadarola
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Elizabeth McBride
Costume Design

Andrew Z. Davis
Production Manager
Catherine Hardwicke
Production Design

Bryan Duggan
Camera Operator
Chris Ubick
Set Dresser

Wayne Heitman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Elizabeth Flaherty
Art Department Coordinator

Brad Einhorn
Property Master
Fishbone
Original Music Composer