Get Crazy (1983)

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save ... See full summary »

Director:

Allan Arkush

Writers:

Danny Opatoshu (screenplay by), Henry Rosenbaum (screenplay by)

Stars:

Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.

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Plot Keywords:

concert | drugs | cult film | 1980s | one night | 

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Taglines:

...And say goodbye to your brain!

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flip Out

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Gross USA:

$1,645,711

Company Credits

Production Co:

D & P Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The concert scenes were shot at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. It had fallen into disrepair and was due for a renovation after filming was completed. This essentially meant that the production team could trash the theater, knowing that it was going to be refurbished after they had gone.

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Goofs

When King Blues and son are meeting the Jews Band for the first time a boom mic is painfully visible above Max and King swinging back and forth as conversation changes hand.

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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.

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Connections

References Blue Thunder (1983)

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Soundtracks

The Sky Is Crying
Written by Elmore James (as E. James), Clarence Lewis (as C. Lewis) and N. Levy
Performed by Bill Henderson

User Reviews

Ushering in '83, with every cliché of the era magnified, satirized and blown to smithereens

Allen Garfield (billed as Allen Goorwitz) plays the owner of a concert hall in Los Angeles, preparing for a New Year's Eve rock and blues blowout, who is threatened with a takeover attempt by slimy concert promoter Ed Begley Jr. Director Allan Arkush knows how to make a cult film, and this one comes complete with hip casting, some great music, wild gags and in-jokes, but what is accomplished with cheerful rebellion is soon mitigated by shapeless scenes and static slapstick, one out-of-control, overeager sequence after another. Despite the work of three credited screenwriters, the dialogue is pothead-smug and has no snap, and Arkush frequently resorts to tastelessness to get a cheap laugh (such as a naked babe sharing space in a bathtub with a guy in scuba gear). The overall tone is jovial and chummy, as if we were co-conspirators in the picture's euphoric craziness, but Garfield is too intense an actor for his role--he pretends to have a good time, much like the rest of the cast, and it doesn't wash. There isn't, in fact, one character in this group as lovable as Riff Randell from Arkush's 1979 midnight-movie entry, "Rock 'n' Roll High School". ** from ****