Du-beat-e-o (1984)

A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.

Director:

Alan Sacks

Writers:

El Duce (narration written by), Alan Sacks (idea),

Stars:

Ray Sharkey, Joan Jett, Derf Scratch

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ray Sharkey	...	duBEAT-e-o
Joan Jett	...	Herself (Runaways member)
Derf Scratch	...	Benny
Nora Gaye	...	Sharon
Len Lesser	...	Hendricks
Johanna Went	...	Benny's Nightmare
Texacala Jones	...	Herself
Zachary	...	Singing Telegram
El Duce	...	Himself
Joe Herrera	...	Wolfgang
Chuck E. Weiss	...	Hendricks' Sidekick

Storyline

A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.

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Plot Keywords:

rock music | gun | homosexuality | film in film | punk | 

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Taglines:

An unprecedented look at the raw underside of the L.A. punk scene.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

We're All Crazy Now

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Portions of this movie featuring Joan Jett were taken from an unfinished musical-comedy, "We're All Crazy Now" (directed by Bernard Girard).

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Connections

Referenced in Makin' Thrashin' (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Hour Of Darkness"
Written by Dennis Danell & Michael Ness
Performed by Social Distortion

User Reviews

Ouch (but sort of worth seeing)

Well El Duce's "role" was sort of interesting. I was totally annoyed by the barely audible running commentary by him and a couple of his groupies (?) during the film. At one point there's a minute long super-fast mismash-collage of all the scenes in the movie, which was interesting, plus Tex and the Horseheads and Joahanna Whendt were fascinating. Overall, if they had cut out all the footage which was supposed to tie the whole film together and released the old footage of the bands and Joan Jett's performances, this would have been a good half hour well spent. RIP - El Duce