"Get Crazy" (1983). Allan Arkush gives us a loving if not zany tribute to the Filmore East New Year’s Eve shows of the 70’s. Allan Garfield plays a Bill Graham type of concert promoter, who plans to put on the biggest New Year’s Eve show ever. Ed Begley Jr. ruthless millionaire out to sabotage the show in order to tear down the theatre in order to build a business hi-rise. Malcolm McDowell plays a Mick Jagger type (don’t miss the scene where he talks to a certain part of his anatomy), Bill Henderson as a Muddy Waters blues singer (who is accidentaly saddled with a Jews band instead of a Blues band), and Lou Reed as a Bob Dylan recluse, who after never leaving his apartment in 15 years, struggles to make it to the show. One of the funniest, most underrated spoofs of Rock & Roll ever made. Not available yet on DVD, this one cries out to be released. 92 mins.
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