cult film freak: TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2021 / No comments / allan arkush , allen garfield , anna bjorn , bill henderson , comedy , daniel stern , denise galik , ed begley jr. , eighties , gail edwards , lee ving , lou reed , malcolm mcdowell , miles chapin , music , slapstick , stacey nelkin

TOASTING NEW YEARS WITH NEW YEARS PARTY FLICK 'GET CRAZY'

1/01/2021 | No comment

Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: ***

The Stoned Out trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY where drugs allow the characters to miraculously change their ways: Not like there's any doubt things wouldn't have turned out perfectly for Bill Graham-inspired Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield), preparing for his club's New Year's 15-year anniversary concert with acts from blues-man Bill Henderson to campy anthem-rocker Malcolm McDowell's Reggie Wanker, who, living up to his last name and high on groovy juice provided by a magical drug dealer, talks to his own... wanker...

Meanwhile, club managers Daniel Stern and Gail Edwards almost amount to a romance but there's so much ongoing music and old style physical comedy exploding in every direction, no real plots can bother with GET CRAZY: Mixing an eclectic ensemble also including McDowell's hot Swedish girlfriend Anna Bjorn, crooked mogul Ed Begley Jr. trying to purchase the club using the owner's selfish nephew while Lou Reed walks the streets thinking up a comeback song, Lee Ving stage dives and Stern's gorgeous little sister Stacey Nelkin's dying to meet a rock star, any rock star that, again... comes to nothing but noise: And perhaps that's deliberate in a fantasy-infused rock-comedy attempting 1960's legendary-free-form raunchiness in the glossy-slapstick 1980's by way of 1970's cult movie cameo-loaded frenzy... which is kind of a shame since the central characters have potential to stretch beyond the surrounding shenanigans.

Stacey Nelkin fits the Alan Arkush Ramones mold for GET CRAZY

Doors drummer John Densmore as Malcolm's drummer toasting his dick in Get Crazy

Malcolm McDowell as Reggie Wanker getting his wanker toasted in Get Crazy

Gail Edwards, Daniel Stern, Denise Galik and Allen Garfield in GET CRAZY

Next Year's V: The Final Battle hottie Denise Galik as a nurse in GET CRAZY

Anna Bjorn as Malcolm's girlfriend in GET CRAZY

Malcolm McDowell as Reggie Wanker in GET CRAZY

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