Still Crazy 1998  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Gibson
Cast: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy, Juliet Aubrey, Helena Bergstrom, Bruce Robinson, Hans Matheson, Phil Daniels
This British comedy relates the memories, rehearsals, rivalries, arguments, etc. of a fictional band, Strange Fruit. The rock band reunites at the urging of band member Tony Costello (Stephen Rea) in order to perform at the Wisbech Rock Festival–an outdoor concert where, 20-years earlier, a bolt of lightning short-circuited the band's future.
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Under Solen (Under the Sun) 1998  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Colin Nutley
Cast: Rolf Lassgard, Helena Bergstrom, Johan Widerberg, Gunilla Roor, Jonas Falk, Linda Ulvaeus, Bergljot Arnadottir, Per Sandberg, Rikard Wolff
Forty-year-old illiterate Olof (Rolf Lassgard) leads the simple life alone on the family farm in Sweden. Brash and worldly Erik (Johan Widerberg) is his only friend–until Olof advertises for a housekeeper, and Ellen (Helena Bergstrom) answers the advertisement. Friendship, then love, develops between Olof and Ellen as Erik also vies for her attention. Nominated for an Academy award for Best Foreign Film.
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