Tapeheads (1988)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Ivan Alexeev	John Cusack
Josh Tager	Tim Robbins
Samantha Gregory	Mary Crosby	-
Senator Norman Mart	Clu Gulager
Sid Tager	Doug McClure	-
Belinda Mart	Katy Boyer
Kay Mart	Jessica Walter	-
Ricky Fell	Xander Berkeley	-
Himself	"Weird Al" Yankovic	-

Review

This oddball comedy delivers an arguably valid comment on the booming music video culture of the 1980s, with John Cusack and Tim Robbins playing two underachievers dreaming of making it big as video producers. The direction is so unskilled and the writing so erratic that the film almost becomes a gaudy curiosity deserving of a cult following. But just almost. If watched with low expectations, it has its moments. Look for 1980s music parody phenomenon "Weird Al" Yankovic in a small role as himself. The director Bill Fishman subsequently continued his career as a music video director, but also directed a few other feature films during the 1990s.