Get Crazy (1983)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Allan Arkush

Writers:

Danny Opatoshu (writer)
Henry Rosenbaum (writer)

Release Date:

5 August 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

...And say goodbye to your brain!

Plot:

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Concert | Spoof | Crowd | Talking Penis

Cast

Malcolm McDowell	...	Reggie Wanker
Allen Garfield	...	Max Wolfe (as Allen Goorwitz)
Daniel Stern	...	Neil Allen
Gail Edwards	...	Willy Loman
Miles Chapin	...	Sammy Fox
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Colin Beverly
Stacey Nelkin	...	Susie Allen
Bill Henderson	...	King Blues
Lou Reed	...	Auden
Howard Kaylan	...	Captain Cloud
Lori Eastside	...	Nada
Lee Ving	...	Piggy
John Densmore	...	Toad
Anna Bjorn	...	Chantamina
Robert Picardo	...	O'Connell

Also Known As:

Flip Out

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1984) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1989) | Australia:M | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

The Wiltern - 3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

D & P Productions

Trivia:

Barry Diamond was very busy in this movie. In addition to playing a stage hand, he also played the blind person at the funeral that fell into the grave yelling "Wait, I'm not dead!", the stoner in Captain Cloud's band who shouted "I've got the bong!", and the guy with his face painted black and white who was screaming "Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada, Nada..." and introduced Neil's little sister Susie to his "children" in the balcony.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the reprise of "Hot Shot", when Reggie is lying at the front of the stage singing, a person with a distinctive checked cloth cap can be seen in shots from the audience side, but isn't there in shots from the stage side.

Quotes:

King Blues: Hey Cool, don't drink that wine, it struck me blind!
Cool: You ain't blind, you just in the damn closet.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

It's Only a Movie

Still funny after all these years

Over the years I have probably viewed this picture about 20 times, and I really don't get tired of it. It is so full of silly things, injokes about the Rock n Roll 'thing' and absolutely outrageous performances that it is always fun to watch and to show to friends. Malcolm McDowell's scene-chewing Jagger-Bowie character of Reggie Wanker is an absolute highlight and look for some amazing personalities in roles in this movie. This is one that never loses its charm.