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Get Crazy

1983, Movie, R, 92 mins

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Living up to its title, GET CRAZY is an uproarious, anarchic celebration of rock 'n' roll surrounding a New Year's Eve concert at a Fillmore East-type venue in New York City. Ed Begley, Jr., Bobby Sherman, and Fabian Forte are the bad guys--three of the prettiest, most clean-cut villains ever seen--with plans for destroying the concert hall and ruining the show. Neil (Daniel Stern) and Max (Allen Goorwitz) do their best to keep the music coming and to stop the villainous Colin (Begley). Malcolm McDowell is wonderfully bizarre as a Jagger clone whose body goes through a strange metamorphosis by the finale. Real-life rockers Lee Ving (from the LA punk band Fear) and John Densmore (ex-drummer of the Doors) also make cameos. The one who steals the show, however, is Lou Reed, sitting in the back of a taxi playing his guitar and trying to get to the show before midnight. leave a comment
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