Wayne's World 2
Wayne's World 2 | |
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Directed by | Stephen Surjik |
Produced by | Lorne Michaels |
Screenplay by |
Mike Myers Bonnie Turner Terry Turner |
Based on |
Wayne's World by Mike Myers |
Starring |
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Music by | Carter Burwell |
Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $48.2 million[1] |
Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 American comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a public-access television cable TV show in Aurora, Illinois. The film is the sequel to Wayne's World (1992), which was adapted from a sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
Plot
Rock-and-roll fans Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar now host their public-access television television show, Wayne's World, from an abandoned factory in Aurora, Illinois. After an Aerosmith concert, Wayne has a dream in which he meets Jim Morrison and a "weird naked Indian" in a desert. Morrison convinces Wayne that his destiny is to organize a major music festival. Wayne and Garth dub the concert "Waynestock" and hire Morrison's former roadie, Del Preston. Their early attempts to sign bands and sell tickets fail, and Wayne wonders if the endeavor is futile.
Wayne's girlfriend Cassandra, singer of the band Crucial Taunt, has a new producer, Bobby Cahn, who tries to pull her away from Wayne and Illinois. After Wayne admits spying on her due to his suspicion of Bobby's ulterior motives, Cassandra breaks up with him and becomes engaged to Bobby. Garth meets a beautiful woman, Honey Hornée, who attempts to manipulate Garth into killing her ex-husband, but Garth ends the relationship.
Tickets are sold for Waynestock but no bands arrive. Leaving Garth to keep the rowdy crowd in check, Wayne disrupts Cassandra's wedding before escaping the ceremony with her. Meanwhile, Garth has stage fright during the concert. Wayne returns to find the bands have still not arrived.
In the dream desert, Wayne and Garth consult Morrison, who says that the bands will not come and that all that matters is they tried. They become lost in the desert. Finding this unacceptable, Wayne and Garth reenact the ending of Thelma & Louise, driving their car off a cliff while trying to find the bands. Finally, Wayne and Garth stage an ending in which the bands arrive and Waynestock is a success.
After the concert, the park is covered with trash and the "weird naked Indian" cries. Wayne and Garth begin to remove the litter, promising to clean the entire park.
Cast
- Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell
- Dana Carvey as Garth Algar
- Tia Carrere as Cassandra Wong
- Christopher Walken as Robert G. "Bobby" Cahn
- Kevin Pollak as Jerry Segel
- Ralph Brown as Del Preston
- James Hong as Jeff Wong, Cassandra's father and martial arts expert
- Kim Basinger as Honey Hornée
- Jim Downey as the dubbed voice of Jeff Wong
- Chris Farley as Milton, an aimless friend of Wayne and Garth's
- Ed O'Neill as Glen
- Michael A. Nickles as Jim Morrison
- Larry Sellers as The Naked Indian
- Frank DiLeo as Frankie 'Mr. Big' Sharp
- Lee Tergesen as Terry, Wayne and Garth's bud
- Scott Coffey as a Metalhead
- Drew Barrymore as Bjergen Kjergen
- Olivia d'Abo as Betty Jo
- Charlton Heston as the "good actor" gas station attendant who replaces the "bad actor" Al Hansen
- Jay Leno as Himself
- Heather Locklear as Herself
- Ted McGinley as "Mr. Scream"
- Tim Meadows as Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Robert Smigel and Bob Odenkirk as nerds backstage at the concert
- Bobby Slayton as the Watermelon Guy
- Harry Shearer as "Handsome" Dan
- Rip Taylor as Himself
- Steven Tyler as Himself (lead vocalist of Aerosmith)
- Joe Perry as Himself (lead guitarist of Aerosmith)
- Brad Whitford as Himself (rhythm guitarist of Aerosmith)
- Tom Hamilton as Himself (bassist of Aerosmith)
- Joey Kramer as Himself (drummer of Aerosmith)
- Rich Fulcher as Garth's body double when they "travel to London"
Production
Penelope Spheeris, who directed the first film believes that Myers encouraged the studio not to have her back for the sequel due to personality conflicts with Myers during the making of the first film.[2] She went on to direct another TV to big screen adaptation, The Beverly Hillbillies instead and was replaced by Stephen Surjik for the sequel.
Myers' original script for Wayne's World 2 had Wayne and Garth forming their own country and seceding from the US after finding an ancient scroll, in a story taken from the 1949 British comedy Passport to Pimlico. This version was well into pre-production before it came to light that the studio had no idea the script was based on a previous film and thus had not obtained the rights to Passport to Pimlico. Production was immediately halted--director Surjik said: “I could hear the chainsaws literally chopping the sets down.”[3]
Studio executive Sherry Lansing was reportedly furious with Myers and threatened to ruin his life and career if he didn't immediately produce a new script.[4]
Reception
Wayne's World 2 received mixed reviews.[5] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 60% "Fresh" rating, based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10, with the site's critical consensus reading, "The characters are still endearing, but the jokes in Wayne's World 2 are more hit-and-miss the second time around".[6]
Film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, and wrote that Wayne and Garth are "impossible to dislike".[7]
Box office
Although it was intended to be a Christmas season blockbuster, Wayne's World 2 was only moderately successful and did not receive the box office intake or positive fan reaction that the first film did. Its final North American gross was $48 million, slightly more than its $40 million production budget, but much less than the original film's gross of over $100 million. Wayne's World 2 also suffered from competition from other holiday season blockbusters such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Schindler's List, and The Pelican Brief.[8]
Soundtrack
See also
References
- ↑ "Wayne's World 2 (1993) – Daily Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ↑ Rottenberg, Josh (June 16, 2008). "Mike Myers: Man of Mystery". ew.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
“I hated that bastard for years,” says Spheeris, who believes Myers dissuaded Paramount from hiring her for Wayne’s World 2. “But when I saw Austin Powers, I went, ‘I forgive you, Mike.'” She pauses, voice choked with emotion. “‘You can be moody, you can be a jerk, you can be things that others of us can’t be—because you are profoundly talented. And I forgive you.'”
- ↑ Melnychuk, Mark (March 3, 2017). "Making Wayne's World 2 was 'traumatic' for director Stephen Surjik". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ↑ THR Staff (April 21, 2017). "Why Sherry Lansing Threatened Mike Myers: 'I’ll Take Your F—ing House'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ↑ Tempest, Rone (September 11, 1992). "Wayne's World 2': It's Not as Good, but Still Worthy". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Wayne's World 2 (1993)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (December 10, 1993). "Wayne's World 2". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
- ↑ Fox, David J. (December 13, 1993). "Wayne, Garth Party On at the Box Office Movies: `Wayne's World' sequel pulls in an estimated $14.2 million to push "Mrs. Doubtfire" into second place. "Sister Act 2" opens in third.". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
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