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Wayne's World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois. The movie was adapted from a popular skit on NBC's Saturday Night Live. It was directed by Penelope Spheeris and also featured Tia Carrere.Wayne and Garth's hobbies included playing Hockey in the street, hanging out at Stan Mikita's doughnut shop, and catching hot local bands at "Gas Works," a hard rock club in Aurora. A possible explanation of the naming of the coffee shop Stan Mikita's is found under the section for Tim Hortons.
The movie was filled with pop culture references and started a few of their own. Catch phrases like "Not!" "Excellent!" aided the slacker lingo of Generation X as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure did in 1989. Its multiple endings and the use of the camera as a character have been noted in film studies. The opening sequence to QueenFreddie Mercury Queen is a British rock band which was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. The group is well known for its sports anthems and classic rock radio staples, particularly the hits " We Are the Champions" and " Bohemian Rhapsody;" the band promoted's " Bohemian RhapsodyBohemian Rhapsody is a song written by Freddie Mercury, originally performed by Queen. The original version of the song can be found on the albums A Night at the Opera ( 1975), Greatest Hits ( 1981) and Classic Queen ( 1992). The song's title is so famili" propelled the song to #2 in Billboard singles charts nearly 20 years after it's first release.
Wayne's World received mostly positive reviews upon release and was commercially successful (an oddity for a Saturday Night Live film). It was followed by Wayne's World 2Wayne's World 2 is a 1993 comedy film starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as hosts of a cable access television show from Aurora, Illinois. The movie was adapted from a popular skit on NBC's Saturday Night Live and is the sequel of Wayne's World. See also.
Wayne's World was written by Mike Myers. His only other screenwriting credits are for his Austin PowersAustin Powers played by Mike Myers, is the title character of a series of films. The films are a loose parody of many spy films of the 1960s, including Casino Royale the Harry Palmer films of Michael Caine, James Coburn's Derek Flint films, Dean Martin's films.
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1992 films
Comedy films
Saturday Night Live
