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UHF
Why this pick
Like Tapeheads, this is an exuberant, scrappy underdog comedy about turning low-budget video chaos into a gleefully anarchic show-business rebellion.
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MOVIE1988 1h 33m USA
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
A resourceful performer fights Hollywood's absurd machinery in a fast, inventive indie comedy with the same homemade creative energy as Tapeheads.
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Get Crazy
Why this pick
This manic music-business farce shares Tapeheads' big-hearted affection for performers, cartoonish comic escalation, and punky anything-can-happen spirit.
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The Wrong Guy
Why this pick
For Tapeheads' taste for broad, sincere absurdity, this deadpan cult comedy delivers escalating incompetence, eccentric characters, and an enjoyably unpolished comic charge.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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 music duo ''Swanky Modes'' (Sam Moore and Junior Walker), Ivan and Josh concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo (band) concert, getting them to perform in Menudo's place, and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook-up.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Clu Gulager
Norman Mart
Jessica Walter
Kay Mart
Sam Moore
Billy Diamond
Susan Tyrrell
Nikki Morton
Connie Stevens
June Tager
Don Cornelius
Mo Fuzz
Bobcat Goldthwait
Get Rich Quick Guy
Lyle Alzado
You'll Never Make It In Show Biz guy