Wayne's World 2 (1993)

Regisseur:

Stephen Surjik

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Mike Myers (characters)
Mike Myers (written by) ...

Premierendatum:

10. Dezember 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Musik

Werbezeile:

You'll laugh again! You'll cry again!! You'll hurl again!!!

Plot:

The inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Elvis Presley | Elvis | Based On TV Series | Rock Music

Filmpreise:

2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

a good, mostly uproarious sequel, if missing a small 'something'

US TV Schedule:

Mon. May 26	8:00 AM	COMEDY
Mon. May 26	3:00 PM	COMEDY

Besetzung

Mike Myers	...	Wayne Campbell
Dana Carvey	...	Garth Algar
Christopher Walken	...	Bobby Cahn
Tia Carrere	...	Cassandra Wong
Chris Farley	...	Milton
Ralph Brown	...	Del Preston
James Hong	...	Jeff Wong
Rip Taylor	...	Himself
Steven Tyler	...	Himself - Aerosmith Singer
Joe Perry	...	Himself - Aerosmith Guitarist (as Joseph Perry)
Brad Whitford	...	Himself - Aerosmith Guitarist
Tom Hamilton	...	Himself - Aerosmith Bassist (as Thomas Hamilton)
Joey Kramer	...	Himself - Aerosmith Drummer (as Joseph Kramer)
Lee Tergesen	...	Terry
Dan Bell	...	Neil

Länge:

95 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Kantonesisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:10 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)

Drehorte:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

A teaser trailer for the film makes fun of Lucasfilm's THX sound system.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Garth is floating in the air while kissing Honey, the cable that is suspending him is clearly visible.

Dialogzitate:

Garth: Wayne, we don't wanna end the movie this way, do we?
Wayne: Good call. Let's do the "Thelma and Louise" ending!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

RADAR LOVE

a good, mostly uproarious sequel, if missing a small 'something'

The small 'something' I refer to in the one-line summary has to do with the director, Penelope Spheeris, who made his biggest hit with the first Wayne's World. She brought to that film a sense of good comedy timing with the story (err, what wasn't already there between Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey and the others), but also a fresh sense of the reality in the guys-into-metal atmosphere that was abundant in the late 80's and into the early 90's. Her influence on the film is noticeable here, where director Stephen Surjik is more of a stand-in director for the proceedings; this time all the energy is in the script and the eccentric new actors along with our favorites. Watching it today I get a slightly different take on it from when I was a kid, back then when I couldn't care less about who directed it. But now I can tell, and it seems to miss the mark on achieving the greatness the first film did (though this goes without saying the first one did break ground not just for Saturday Night Live, but also in culture with many phrases becoming part of the 'youth' vernacular).

But if there would be any reason at all to watch the film, aside from the rock and roll sub-texts (and here we do get 'Wayne-stock', ho-ho), it's for Meyers and Carvey, who are one of the best, if perhaps just the plain funniest, of the comic duos of the 90's. And together they have some hilarious scenes with Christopher Walken (a given) as Bobby, the producer with his eye for Cassandra (Tia Carrere, gorgeous as always); Harry Shearer as the DJ Handsome Dan; Ralph Brown as the demented ex-roadie Del Preston (featuring one of the funniest bits in both Wayne's World films, the 'M&M' speech); and the cameos from the likes of Ed O'Neill, Rip Taylor (yes, Rip Taylor), and Aerosmith. There is still that chemistry, if one could call that with comedy, between the two stars, that funny sense of how different and alike the characters are to one another, and the 'drama' that ensues. This all leads up to the concert, which was indeed started by Wayne's feverish dreams of Jim Morrison of the Doors (the Doors movie), and his Graduate-like trek to stop the wedding.

So there is no drought of inspiration for the laughs, as they rip on movies at the time either very recent or classic, just as in the first film, and for a sequel it is still a pleasant, cool surprise ten years or so later. If only Spheeris had been on board.