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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'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/s1406/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1406" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCbks5HNHsh7VuJbK-jIxPj9WX46HR4XnzuHUaGEhx85J9PeU0e4mG9BlrJQIuod1Xd75A2bYU64TxMaFutbRTZWp0ck3R0rP3xLg1SUyNPBu78HqY_Ylc93Vh1pRMFm3BCDk130pvzqh8YnJSxgzogaCUAEu7ow8TUaIuVcRHq6SPgyJldjzxFC6kFw7/w400-h295/Screen%20Shot%202025-08-30%20at%207.45.58%20PM.png" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <i>Stoned Out</i> 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... <br></p><p>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. <br></p>

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'

Title: GET CRAZY Year: 1983 Rating: *** The Stoned Out trope from EASY RIDER to BREAKFAST CLUB overdoses in Alan Arkush's GET CRAZY whe...

QUICK REVIEW & YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTION OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

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And after writing Martin Scorsese's TAXI DRIVER, it's Paul Schrader's directorial debut: An underrated gem caught between the end of blaxploitation and the beginning of the end for the drug culture during the gloriously gritty 1970's: also the "Renaissance Period" of directors having complete control — and yet <i>the lack of</i> control is what really works...<br>

caper, cliff deyoung, dark comedy, drama, drugs, ed begley jr., harry bellaver, harry northup, harvey keitel, heist, interview, paul schrader, richard pryor, seventies, union, yaphet kotto

QUICK REVIEW & YAPHET KOTTO REFLECTION OF 'BLUE COLLAR'

Yaphet Kotto with Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel in Paul Schrader's BLUE COLLAR Year: 1978 Rating: **** "The whole thing," s...

COOLLY CRUISING THROUGH DISNEY'S OFFBEAT 'SUPERDAD'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kurt Russell kicking back in SUPERDAD Year: 1973</u></td></tr>
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A
 bizarre Disney film called SUPERDAD starring HOGAN’S HEROES star Bob 
Crane who, at this point, after his show was finished, appeared in more clandestine sex videos than 
mainstream movies. and so, Disney gave him a chance to upstart a fledgling career... <br>
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Maybe knowing Crane's backstory, the opening sequence is downright creepy and 
awkward. Bob Crane’s Charlie McCready doesn’t think his daughter 
deserves anyone else but Daddy...<br>

barbara rush, bob crane, bruno kirby, comedy, disney, ed begley jr., family, joby baker, kathleen cody, kurt russell, seventies

COOLLY CRUISING THROUGH DISNEY'S OFFBEAT 'SUPERDAD'

Kurt Russell kicking back in SUPERDAD Year: 1973 A bizarre Disney film called SUPERDAD starring HOGAN’S HEROES star Bob Crane who, at ...

SNEAKING PEAKING INTO CALL DEAD CARDS

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Odenkirk's Saul who's really Jimmy kicking back pool sideback before being dragged back in</td></tr>
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Just a couple quick thoughts about BETTER CALL SAUL and THE WALKING DEAD and HOUSE OF CARDS, although we're not sure who's watching what, and/or who even cares or how far everyone's in so far, binging, or waiting a week for the next fix...<br>

bob odenkirk, cable, ed begley jr.

SNEAKING PEAKING INTO CALL DEAD CARDS

Bob Odenkirk's Saul who's really Jimmy kicking back pool sideback before being dragged back in Just a couple quick thoughts abou...

RAMBLING PERSPECTIVE OF 'CAT PEOPLE' ORIGINAL & REMAKE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u style="font-size: 12.8px;">year: 1942 cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith • year: 1982 cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell</u></td></tr>
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The main difference between the original Film Noir CAT PEOPLE produced by b-movie king Val Lewton, and directed with artistic, mesmerizing prowess by Lewton's stock director Jacques Tourneur, and the 1982 remake directed by TAXI DRIVER scribe and HARDCORE director Paul Schrader, is that at one point, a distinguished gentleman, in the original, looks at a woman about to cause a subtle scene in front of our always out-of-place ingenue Simone Simon as Irena Dubrovna Reed... especially nervous around her fiance's fancy restaurant-dwelling cronies... as the man points out, casually: "She looks like a cat."<br>

annette o'toole, david bowie, ed begley jr., film noir, franchise, jacques tourneur, kent smith, malcolm mcdowell, nastassja kinski, neo noir, paul schrader, sequel, simone simon, val lewton

RAMBLING PERSPECTIVE OF 'CAT PEOPLE' ORIGINAL & REMAKE

year: 1942 cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith • year: 1982 cast: Nastassja Kinski, John Heard, Malcolm McDowell The main difference between ...

TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000

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<b>year:</b> 1985</div>
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<b>cast:</b> Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley Jr., Geena Davis, Jeffery Jones</div>
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<b>rating:</b> *1/2</div>
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Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. are funny guys sharing similiar traits: both are tall, gawky, glib, and likable. Problem is, as a team-up, the duo needs a third party. In this case, the gap entails a bevy of character-actors trying to out-funny each other<span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><i></i>our reluctant heroes: two reporters investigating a monster-sighting in Transylvania... Goldblum doesn't believe it, Begley wants it to be true. And all the goofy locals, including Michael Richards, Carol Kane, Jeffery Jones, and sexy vampire Geena Davis, come and go like characters in a high school play, deleting any camaraderie the two leads might have had otherwise. Critic Leonard Maltin gave a short review of this: "It stunk." An understatement.</div>

comedy, ed begley jr., eighties, geena davis, horror satire, jeff goldblum, michael richards