Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.
Acting
Malcolm McDowell's coked-to-the-gills rock star Reggie Wanker.
Direction
Allan Arkush operating at peak 'Rock 'n' Roll High School' energy.
Production
Genuine 1982 concert atmosphere with real bands and fake chaos.
Director
Allan Arkush
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The concert scenes were filmed at the real 1982 US Festival with actual crowds, though the movie pretends it's New Year's Eve.
This bombed so hard it killed the 'concert comedy' genre for a decade—Allan Arkush himself called it 'the movie that ended my studio career.'
US
