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An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headli... Read allAn alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
Soon-Tek Oh
- Milt Morris
- (as Soon Teck Oh)
Melissa Sullivan
- Sandy Hooten
- (as Melissa Lechner)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe filmmakers described this movie as a "serio-comedy about terrorism, beer, and talk shows."
- GoofsIn the opening before the gun fight cliff, Wendy and Joe are dirty and disheveled, however during the gun fight flashback they are well groomed and clean.
- Quotes
Cliff Spab: I'd like to live forever... but only for a little while.
- Crazy creditsThe GWAR video seen in the movie follows the credits in its entirety.
- SoundtracksJesus Christ Pose
Performed by Soundgarden
Written by Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron (as Matthew D. Cameron), Kim Thayil (as Kim A. Thayil), Ben Shepherd
Courtesy of A&M Records, Inc.
Featured review
5 people are taken hostage in a convenience store for 36 days until a fight allows them to escape. During these 36 days the terrorists' only demand is that their video feed from inside the store is broadcast live on the networks. Spab and Wendy emerge as the only survivors to find themselves heroes of the media generation.
Don't let the plot summary fool you into thinking this is some type of thriller with a media slant. The hostage thing is over in the first 3 minutes and any flashbacks are dull and meaningless (except one powerful one). Instead we have a mixed up satire on media and the fade of fame. The plot never makes sense and really loses the point after only a few minutes. The fact that the whole hostage thing is never explained and barely touched on just shows it is nothing but a poor plot device to get to where the makers wanted to be to make their point.
It manages to come across as just an angry youth movie with it's anger not directed anywhere in particular. This causes it to be very loud and with far too much swearing, causing you to start to switch off. The only point that the film manages to make clearly is that no matter who is the 15 minute celeb or news story that night, TV is all the same. Wow! What cutting edge comment!
Dorff is OK but just plain annoying in his videos (that apparently the world love). Witherspoon is vapid, Busey is just loud and annoying and Adams is totally misused. The cast put more effort into saying the F word than anything else. It is very off putting because it is unnecessary I guess they thought the `kids' would dig it.
Overall this is just like the media that it tries to criticise. It is loud, meaningless, lacking substance and totally forgettable physician heal thyself............
Don't let the plot summary fool you into thinking this is some type of thriller with a media slant. The hostage thing is over in the first 3 minutes and any flashbacks are dull and meaningless (except one powerful one). Instead we have a mixed up satire on media and the fade of fame. The plot never makes sense and really loses the point after only a few minutes. The fact that the whole hostage thing is never explained and barely touched on just shows it is nothing but a poor plot device to get to where the makers wanted to be to make their point.
It manages to come across as just an angry youth movie with it's anger not directed anywhere in particular. This causes it to be very loud and with far too much swearing, causing you to start to switch off. The only point that the film manages to make clearly is that no matter who is the 15 minute celeb or news story that night, TV is all the same. Wow! What cutting edge comment!
Dorff is OK but just plain annoying in his videos (that apparently the world love). Witherspoon is vapid, Busey is just loud and annoying and Adams is totally misused. The cast put more effort into saying the F word than anything else. It is very off putting because it is unnecessary I guess they thought the `kids' would dig it.
Overall this is just like the media that it tries to criticise. It is loud, meaningless, lacking substance and totally forgettable physician heal thyself............
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,513
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $44,227
- Jan 22, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $63,513
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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