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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1969...er, '83.]] |
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4 | ''Get Crazy'' is a 1983 rock and roll comedy from director Allan Arkush that pays tribute to (among other things) his time working the Fillmore Theater as an usher. It stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Creator/DanielStern and lots of real-life rock stars (Music/LouReed, Lee Ving of Music/{{Fear}}, Howard Kaylan of Flo and Eddie, et al). |
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6 | New Year's Eve, 1982: Max Wolfe (Creator/AllenGarfield), manager of the Saturn Theater, is prepping for his big New Year's concert while dealing with rival promoters, young and horny stagehands, sabotage, and [[GenreMashup a gaggle of musical crazies]]. |
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8 | Following the failure of ''Film/{{Heartbeeps}}'', Arkush tried to recapture the musical zaniness of his earlier film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool'' by turning the comedy – plus the SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll – up to eleven. ExecutiveMeddling (coupled with financiers who allegedly viewed ''Film/TheProducers'' as a [[ComicallyMissingThePoint training film!]]) pretty much killed ''Get Crazy'' at the box office. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Crazy The Other Wiki]] goes into more detail on Arkush's struggles.) Despite its current absence from home video and infrequent appearances on cable, it's developed something of a cult following. |
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11 | !! This film provides examples of: |
12 | * BlindBlackGuy: The funeral for Cool's dad ([[BlindMusician "Blind Howlin' Luther Washington"]]) is nothing but. |
13 | * CoolSpaceship: Max rides a prop spaceship to the stage as part of the New Year's Eve countdown. |
14 | * CoverVersion: Each band performs their own unique take on the blues standard "Hoochie Coochie Man." |
15 | * EverybodyMustGetStoned |
16 | * FanDisservice: At one point, Neil fantasizes about Willy in lingerie... while he himself is [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTczOTRhODItYzg2NC00OGUxLTliZTYtYTQxZTA3OGYyZWFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg dressed like Tarzan, chimp on his arm]]. |
17 | * FlungClothing: Susie – intent on sneak off to the Saturn – dresses like a prim schoolgirl to get past her parents. As soon as she's out of eyesight, she sheds her duds to reveal the rock 'n' roll slutwear she had on underneath. |
18 | * GenreMashup: Traditional blues? Check. Folk music? Check. Hard rock? Check? Punk? Um, which part of "the director of Film/RockAndRollHighSchool" did you miss? |
19 | * HollywoodHeartAttack: Max suffers one after Colin Beverly's PrecisionFStrike. [[spoiler: It was only indigestion.]] |
20 | * ICallHimMisterHappy: At one point, Reggie - zonked on LSD - has a conversation with his third leg. |
21 | * IMeantToDoThat: Invoked directly by King Blues when he walks into a backstage closet. |
22 | -->'''King Blues:''' COOL! Don't drink that wine, [[TemporaryBlindness it struck me blind!]]\ |
23 | '''Cool:''' You ain't blind, you just in the damn closet.\ |
24 | '''King Blues:''' ''[carefully exits closet]'' I knew that. |
25 | * KindRestraints: Piggy is so [[AxeCrazy uncontrollable]] that he is kept locked up in Nada's car trunk - and must be chained to a pillar backstage until the moment he's ready to hit the stage. |
26 | * KingOnHisDeathbed: Max - until Dr. Carver reveals the truth about his HollywoodHeartAttack. |
27 | ** And then used by Max and the Saturn crew to call in every celebrity rocker - including the famously hermetic Auden - to turn the New Year's gala into a tribute concert for the "dying" founder of the famed music hall. |
28 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Sammy. He'd just been giving Val unwarranted crap about her lighting console malfunctioning - which she, in turn, had fixed with PercussiveMaintenance. |
29 | * LastRequest: How Max gets the reclusive Auden to play the Saturn. |
30 | -->'''Auden:''' Death...has brought you close to true art as we know it. [{{Beat}}] There's a concept album in this. I'll be right over. |
31 | * MsFanservice: At one point, Neil fantasizes about Willy in [[OfCorsetsSexy Fredericks of Hollywood lingerie]]... |
32 | * NewYearHasCome |
33 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dear Lord, where do we begin? |
34 | ** Max Wolfe/the Saturn Theater = Bill Graham/the Fillmore |
35 | ** Reggie Wanker = [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Mick Jagger]] |
36 | ** Nada = Toni Basil circa "Mickey" |
37 | ** Piggy = [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] |
38 | ** Auden = Music/BobDylan |
39 | ** Captain Cloud = [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]] |
40 | * NonFatalExplosions: Sammy is caught standing too close to a flash pot. Not surprisingly, includes an example of AshFace. |
41 | * PrecisionFStrike: When Max refuses to sell out to Beverly, the latter angrily vows to replace the Saturn with an arena/office complex ''anyway,'' snapping "Fuck you, and fuck rock and roll!" |
42 | * ThePreciousPreciousCar: King Blues' Rolls-Royce - which Cool destroys in the process of getting to the Saturn on time. |
43 | * TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Invoked directly by Neil, complete with heel clicks. |
44 | * TimeBomb: |
45 | ** Beverly's henchman Marv and Mark give one to Sammy, the better to blow up the Saturn. |
46 | -->'''Sammy:''' It's...ticking.\ |
47 | '''Marv:''' Of course!\ |
48 | '''Mark:''' It's traditional! |
49 | ** It later becomes a GrenadeHotPotato. |
50 | * TimeyWimeyBall: Captain Cloud tells Max he's proud to ring in the New Year - 1969. When Max informs him it's actually ''1983'' they'll be celebrating, Cloud looks away uncomfortably and mumbles, "Yeah, well...time's a trip, man." |
51 | * TrashLanding: Nineteen-year-old virgin Joey is so amazed that Chantamina actually flirted with him that he falls off a scaffold - into a pile of inflated balloons. |
52 | -->'''Joey:''' ''[dreamily]'' I'm in lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvve!\ |
53 | '''Neil:''' If this is love, sex is gonna kill him... |
54 | * VaderBreath: Electric Larry. |
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