Still Crazy (1998)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Stephen Rea | as | Tony Costello | | Billy Connolly | as | Hughie | | Jimmy Nail | as | Les Wickes | | Timothy Spall | as | David 'Beano' Baggot | | Bill Nighy | as | Ray Simms | | Juliet Aubrey | as | Karen Knowles | | Helena Bergström | as | Astrid Simms | | Bruce Robinson | as | Brian Lovell | | Hans Matheson | as | Luke Shand | | Rachael Stirling | as | Clare Knowles | | Phil Daniels | as | Neil Gaydon | | Philip Davis | as | Limo Driver (as Phil Davis) | | Frances Barber | as | Lady in Black | | Zoë Ball | as | Zoë | | Virginia Clay | as | Young Karen |
| | Crew list: | | Brian Gibson (Director) | | Dick Clement (Writer) | | Ian La Frenais (Writer) |
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Review
"Strange Fruit" had everything that makes a legendary rockband: Money, Fame, Success, Groupies, a Singer who died of drugs and even a divine ending, when lightning struck the stage during an open-air. Twenty years later, all band members are minding their own businesses, the idea of a band reunion is brought up by, well, public request. Tony, the former keyboard player, sets out only to find his former friends working as a roofer, a gardener and a hotel clerk. They all became rather everyday people, married or still single, they definitely are not wild and crazy anymore. But with the help of former manager Karen, who is still dreaming of Brian, the deceased lead singer, they all, old, fat and wrinkled as they are, try to catch that spirit again. |
Other resources: Wikipedia, IMDB |
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