STILL CRAZY
Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Brian Gibson
Rated R; 97 minutes; 1999
A musical comedy about a comeback tour for the fictional 1970s rock band, Strange Fruit. Stephen Rea plays a keyboardist who tries to reunite the band twenty years after their highly publicized breakup at a 1978 open-air festival. STILL CRAZY charts their increasingly desperate efforts to recapture the magic, the music, and the lost opportunities. Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Billy Nighy, and Bruce Robinson round out the over-the-hill band members.
REVIEWS
"One of the best music comedies ever."
- EMPIRE MAGAZINE/UK
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**** hip, hip, hurray!"- Simon Rose, THE MIRROR/UK
"Funny and appealing whimsical."
- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Irresistibly uproarious and heart-tugging with socko performances."
- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Enormously enjoyable."
- Peter Hogan, UNCUT/UK
ONE SHEET LINER
No wonder they’re worried about their performance.
A coming-of-middle-age comedy.