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[[caption-width-right:300:Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1969...er, '83.]]

''Get Crazy'' is a 1983 rock and roll comedy from director Allan Arkush that pays tribute to (among other things) his time working the Fillmore Theater as an usher. It stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Creator/DanielStern and lots of real-life rock stars (Music/LouReed, Lee Ving of Music/{{Fear}}, Howard Kaylan of Flo and Eddie, et al).

New Year's Eve, 1982: Max Wolfe (Creator/AllenGarfield), manager of the Saturn Theater, is prepping for his big New Year's concert while dealing with rival promoters, young and horny stagehands, sabotage, and [[GenreMashup a gaggle of musical crazies]].

Following the failure of ''Film/{{Heartbeeps}}'', Arkush tried to recapture the musical zaniness of his earlier film ''Film/RockAndRollHighSchool'' by turning the comedy – plus the SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll – up to eleven. ExecutiveMeddling (coupled with financiers who allegedly viewed ''Film/TheProducers'' as a [[ComicallyMissingThePoint training film!]]) pretty much killed ''Get Crazy'' at the box office. ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Crazy The Other Wiki]] goes into more detail on Arkush's struggles.) Despite its current absence from home video and infrequent appearances on cable, it's developed something of a cult following.

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!! This film provides examples of:
* BlindBlackGuy: The funeral for Cool's dad ([[BlindMusician "Blind Howlin' Luther Washington"]]) is nothing but.
* CoolSpaceship: Max rides a prop spaceship to the stage as part of the New Year's Eve countdown.
* CoverVersion: Each band performs their own unique take on the blues standard "Hoochie Coochie Man."
* EverybodyMustGetStoned
* FanDisservice: At one point, Neil fantasizes about Willy in lingerie... while he himself is [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYTczOTRhODItYzg2NC00OGUxLTliZTYtYTQxZTA3OGYyZWFjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg dressed like Tarzan, chimp on his arm]].
* FlungClothing: Susie – intent on sneak off to the Saturn – dresses like a prim schoolgirl to get past her parents. As soon as she's out of eyesight, she sheds her duds to reveal the rock 'n' roll slutwear she had on underneath.
* GenreMashup: Traditional blues? Check. Folk music? Check. Hard rock? Check? Punk? Um, which part of "the director of Film/RockAndRollHighSchool" did you miss?
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Max suffers one after Colin Beverly's PrecisionFStrike. [[spoiler: It was only indigestion.]]
* ICallHimMisterHappy: At one point, Reggie - zonked on LSD - has a conversation with his third leg.
* IMeantToDoThat: Invoked directly by King Blues when he walks into a backstage closet.
-->'''King Blues:''' COOL! Don't drink that wine, [[TemporaryBlindness it struck me blind!]]\\
'''Cool:''' You ain't blind, you just in the damn closet.\\
'''King Blues:''' ''[carefully exits closet]'' I knew that.
* KindRestraints: Piggy is so [[AxeCrazy uncontrollable]] that he is kept locked up in Nada's car trunk - and must be chained to a pillar backstage until the moment he's ready to hit the stage.
* KingOnHisDeathbed: Max - until Dr. Carver reveals the truth about his HollywoodHeartAttack.
** And then used by Max and the Saturn crew to call in every celebrity rocker - including the famously hermetic Auden - to turn the New Year's gala into a tribute concert for the "dying" founder of the famed music hall.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Sammy. He'd just been giving Val unwarranted crap about her lighting console malfunctioning - which she, in turn, had fixed with PercussiveMaintenance.
* LastRequest: How Max gets the reclusive Auden to play the Saturn.
-->'''Auden:''' Death...has brought you close to true art as we know it. [{{Beat}}] There's a concept album in this. I'll be right over.
* MsFanservice: At one point, Neil fantasizes about Willy in [[OfCorsetsSexy Fredericks of Hollywood lingerie]]...
* NewYearHasCome
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dear Lord, where do we begin?
** Max Wolfe/the Saturn Theater = Bill Graham/the Fillmore
** Reggie Wanker = [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Mick Jagger]]
** Nada = Toni Basil circa "Mickey"
** Piggy = [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]]
** Auden = Music/BobDylan
** Captain Cloud = [[Music/TheGratefulDead Jerry Garcia]]
* NonFatalExplosions: Sammy is caught standing too close to a flash pot. Not surprisingly, includes an example of AshFace.
* PrecisionFStrike: When Max refuses to sell out to Beverly, the latter angrily vows to replace the Saturn with an arena/office complex ''anyway,'' snapping "Fuck you, and fuck rock and roll!"
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: King Blues' Rolls-Royce - which Cool destroys in the process of getting to the Saturn on time.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Invoked directly by Neil, complete with heel clicks.
* TimeBomb:
** Beverly's henchman Marv and Mark give one to Sammy, the better to blow up the Saturn.
-->'''Sammy:''' It's...ticking.\\
'''Marv:''' Of course!\\
'''Mark:''' It's traditional!
** It later becomes a GrenadeHotPotato.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Captain Cloud tells Max he's proud to ring in the New Year - 1969. When Max informs him it's actually ''1983'' they'll be celebrating, Cloud looks away uncomfortably and mumbles, "Yeah, well...time's a trip, man."
* TrashLanding: Nineteen-year-old virgin Joey is so amazed that Chantamina actually flirted with him that he falls off a scaffold - into a pile of inflated balloons.
-->'''Joey:''' ''[dreamily]'' I'm in lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvve!\\
'''Neil:''' If this is love, sex is gonna kill him...
* VaderBreath: Electric Larry.
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