Dance Craze (1981)

Directed by

Joe Massot

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

U

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary capturing live performances from the late 1970s and early 1980s British 2 Tone ska scene. Bands like The Specials and Madness play their songs on tour across the United Kingdom.

energeticcelebratoryrawnostalgicfast-pacedrhythmiclivegritty

What happens

Dance Craze is a 1981 documentary film about the British 2 Tone music genre. The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness, whom he met during their first US tour. Massot later changed his plans to include the whole 2 Tone movement. The film, shot in 1980, comprised performance footage of Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers, the Beat and Bad Manners on tour throughout the United Kingdom. A soundtrack album of the same name was released the same year, featuring fifteen of the songs that were featured in the film. Later versions of the soundtrack album do not contain the Madness tracks, adding tracks credited to the Special AKA, a later incarnation of the Specials. In 2023, Dance Craze returned to cinemas, and was released on Blu-ray and DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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