Still Crazy (1998) on Netflix
Two decades after Strange Fruit fell apart, keyboard player Tony Costello wants the band onstage together again. Their singer died of an overdose, and they have not played since.
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- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
Strange Fruit play the 1977 Wisbech Rock Festival, where their set breaks down amid clashing egos. Two decades later, the festival founder's son recognizes Tony Costello, the band's former keyboard player, and convinces him to reunite them for an anniversary show. Tony finds Karen Knowles, once the band's gofer, and she becomes manager. Bassist Les Wickes works as a roofer, drummer David "Beano" Baggot tends a nursery, and singer Ray Simms, sober, says he is making a solo album. Young guitarist Luke Shand joins them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Still Crazy (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Still Crazy was the last film Brian Gibson directed: the 1998 British comedy was his final work before his death in 2004.
- Still Crazy was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who had previously collaborated on music-related projects including The Commitments, and the pair developed the story around the idea of ageing rock musicians confronting past relationships and the fading of fame.
- The song "The Flame Still Burns" by Chris Difford, Marti Frederiksen and Mick Jones brought a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song, alongside one for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, but the film lost both, to Shakespeare in Love and "The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot.
