Taglines: A coming-of-middle-age comedy.
Still Crazy movie storyline. “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 apparently deceased lead guitarist, they all, old, fat and wrinkled as they are, try to catch that spirit again.
Still Crazy is a 1998 British comedy film about a fictional 1970s rock band named “Strange Fruit”, who, after being split up for two decades, are persuaded to get back together to perform at a reunion of the same concert venue where they played their last gig. The film focuses on the personal lives of the band members and those closest to them, and their individual experiences with approaching middle-age and the success that eluded them. It was nominated for two Golden Globes in 1999.
Still Crazy (1998)
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Starring: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey, Helena Bergström, Bruce Robinson, Hans Matheson, Rachael Stirling
Screenplay by: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Production Design by: Max Gottlieb
Cinematography by: Ashley Rowe
Film Editing by: Peter Boyle
Costume Design by: Caroline Harris
Set Decoration by: Rebecca Alleway
Art Direction by: Sarah Jane Cornish
Music by: Clive Langer
MPAA Rating: R for language, sexuality and drug content.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: October 30, 1998
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