Groove (film)
Encyclopedia
Groove is a movie released in the year 2000; it portrays one night in the San Francisco underground rave
scene. Through a single email
, the word spreads that a huge rave is going to take place in an abandoned warehouse. John Digweed
has a cameo as himself and also contributed to the soundtrack with Nick Muir
, under their production alias Bedrock
.
, WishFM, Polywog, and Digweed. It follows David Turner (Hamish Linklater
), who becomes a reluctant raver when his brother Colin (Denny Kirkwood) drags him to the rave.
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
scene. Through a single email
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, the word spreads that a huge rave is going to take place in an abandoned warehouse. John Digweed
John Digweed
John Digweed is an English DJ, record producer and acclaimed actor.-Biography:John Digweed began DJing around age 4...
has a cameo as himself and also contributed to the soundtrack with Nick Muir
Nick Muir
Nick Muir is a musician, composer and electronic music producer. He is best known as one half of the production team Bedrock, which consists of himself and DJ John Digweed, although he has enjoyed considerable success as an artist in his own right....
, under their production alias Bedrock
Bedrock (producers)
Bedrock is a British trance and house production duo, featuring John Digweed and Nick Muir. They produced the singles "For What You Dream Of" , "Set In Stone" / "Forbidden Zone" , "Heaven Scent" and "Voices" , all of which reached the UK Singles Chart...
.
Plot
Groove tells the story of an all night rave. The film is broken up into segments by which DJ is spinning and features the real life DJs DJ Forest GreenDJ Forest Green
DJ Forest Green was born Melissa Sue Green in Vallejo, California, has been DJing professionally since 1996 and is prominently featured in the indie film Groove...
, WishFM, Polywog, and Digweed. It follows David Turner (Hamish Linklater
Hamish Linklater
Hamish Linklater is an American actor. He is best known as Matthew in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine...
), who becomes a reluctant raver when his brother Colin (Denny Kirkwood) drags him to the rave.
Cast
- Mackenzie FirgensMackenzie Firgens-Early life:Firgens was born in Burbank, California, close to Hollywood, and was raised by her musician/actor father and singer/artist mother. She has said that she knew she wanted to be an actor from a young age, and would put on plays for her parents and friends, often playing several roles. She...
as Harmony Stitts - Lola GlaudiniLola GlaudiniLola Glaudini is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Elle Greenaway on the hit CBS series Criminal Minds, and for her role as Agent Deborah Ciccerone on the award winning HBO series The Sopranos....
as Leyla Heydel - Denny Kirkwood as Colin Turner
- Hamish LinklaterHamish LinklaterHamish Linklater is an American actor. He is best known as Matthew in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine...
as David Turner - Steve Van WormerSteve Van WormerSteve Van Wormer is an American actor and comedian. He was born in Flint, Michigan, attended Grand Blanc Community High School and Michigan State University, and moved to Los Angeles, California upon graduation. He has acted in movies including Groove, Meet the Deedles, and Jingle All The Way...
as Ernie Townsend - Rachel TrueRachel TrueRachel India True is an American film and television actress.-Career:In 1991, True had some appearances , beginning a string of TV jobs, including turns on Beverly Hills, 90210, The Drew Carey Show, Once and Again, and HBO's Dream On. By 1993, she had moved to Los Angeles and appeared opposite...
as Beth Anderson - Dmitri Ponce as Guy Pritchkin
- Ari GoldAri Gold (filmmaker)Ari Gold is an American filmmaker, actor and musician. His short film Helicopter, about the aftermath of his mother's death, won him a Student Oscar. His feature debut Adventures of Power premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its European debut at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International...
as Cliff Rafferty - Aaron Langridge as Joe Torres
- Wendy Turner-Low as Lisa Monroe
- Bradley K. Ross as Aaron Lubiarz
- Polywog as DJ Polywog
- Forest GreenDJ Forest GreenDJ Forest Green was born Melissa Sue Green in Vallejo, California, has been DJing professionally since 1996 and is prominently featured in the indie film Groove...
as DJ Forest Green - Wade Hampton as DJ WishFM
- Monty Luke as Dancefloor DJ #5 (Cinco)
- John DigweedJohn DigweedJohn Digweed is an English DJ, record producer and acclaimed actor.-Biography:John Digweed began DJing around age 4...
as DJ Digweed - Bing Ching as Dj Snaz
- Elizabeth SunElizabeth SunElizabeth Sun is a musician and actress of Hong Kong Chinese descent. She was raised in Glasgow, Scotland.In 2000, she played Maggie McMullen in the movie Groove. In 2004 she joined the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello as a dancer, percussionist and backing vocalist.-External links:...
as Maggie McMullen
Funding
After being turned down by studios for funding, the production costs were procured by selling shares of the film to investors similar to angel investment of a startup company.See also
- GoGo (1999 film)Go is a 1999 comedy thriller film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal. The film stars William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf and features Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Timothy Olyphant,...
, another film about rave culture made a year earlier - Human TrafficHuman TrafficHuman Traffic is a British independent film written and directed by Welsh filmmaker Justin Kerrigan. The film explores themes of coming of age, drug and club cultures, as well as relationships. It includes scenes provoking social commentary and the use of archive footage to provide political...
, a UK film about the rave culture made the same year