Wayne's World is a 1992 American comedy film
directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell
and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar. The film was adapted from a sketch of
the same name on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
The film grossed US$121.6 million in its theatrical run, placing it as
the tenth highest-grossing film of 1992 and the highest-grossing of the
11 films based on Saturday Night Live skits. It was filmed in 34 days.
Wayne's World was Myers' feature film debut. It also features Rob Lowe,
Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robert Patrick
(spoofing his role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Chris Farley, Ed
O'Neill, Ione Skye, Meat Loaf, and Alice Cooper. Wayne's World was
released on February 14, 1992, and was a critical and commercial
success. A sequel, Wayne's World 2, was released on December 10, 1993.
In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Wayne's World the
41st-greatest comedy film of all time.
Plot
In Aurora, Illinois, rock
and roll fans Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar host a public-access
television show, Wayne's World, from Wayne's parents' basement. Learning
that the show is popular in the Aurora area, television producer
Benjamin Kane offers to buy the rights for $10,000. Garth has doubts
about the deal, but is too shy to say anything to Wayne; the pair
therefore accept the offer.
Wayne and Garth attend a local night club, where they avoid Wayne's
troubled ex-girlfriend Stacy. Wayne falls for Cassandra Wong, vocalist
and bassist of the band Crucial Taunt, who are playing on stage. He
impresses her with his Cantonese and purchases an expensive guitar he
has long yearned for.
Benjamin attempts to steal Cassandra from Wayne using his wealth and
good looks. He distracts Wayne and Garth with tickets to an Alice Cooper
concert and offers Cassandra a role in a music video. At the concert,
Wayne and Garth make the acquaintance of the bodyguard of Frankie
Sharpe, producer of Sharpe Records.
During the filming of Wayne's World, Wayne and Garth find it difficult
to adjust to the professional studio environment. Their contract obliges
them to give a promotional interview to their sponsor Noah Vanderhoff,
who owns a franchise of amusement arcades. After Wayne ridicules
Vanderhoff with insulting notes written on the back of his question
cards, he is fired from the show, causing a rift in his friendship with
Garth. Jealous of Benjamin, Wayne attempts to prevent Cassandra from
participating in the music video shoot; furious at his lack of trust,
Cassandra breaks up with him.
Wayne makes up with Garth and forms a plan to win Cassandra back by
having Sharpe hear Crucial Taunt play. While Garth and their friends
infiltrate a satellite station with the aid of Benjamin's assistant
Russell, Wayne goes to Cassandra's video shoot, where he embarrasses
himself by failing to uncover Benjamin's ulterior motives. As he leaves,
Cassandra changes her mind about Benjamin, Wayne apologizes to her, and
they return to Aurora. They delay Benjamin's pursuit by having Garth's
police officer friend perform a rectal search on him.
Broadcasting from Wayne's basement, Wayne's World successfully hacks
into Sharpe's satellite television. As her performance ends, Sharpe and
Benjamin converge on Wayne's basement. Sharpe decides not to offer
Crucial Taunt a record contract, Cassandra breaks up with Wayne and
departs with Benjamin for a tropical resort, Stacy confesses that she is
carrying Wayne's child, and a fire burns down Wayne's house.
Unsatisfied with this ending, Wayne and Garth reenact the scene,
unmasking Benjamin as "Old Man Withers" in a "Scooby-Doo ending". They
reenact it again in a "mega happy ending" in which Cassandra signs a
record contract and reunites with Wayne, Russell learns that "platonic
love can exist between two grown men", Garth begins a relationship with a
waitress at the local diner, and Benjamin learns that money and looks
do not bring happiness.
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