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Wikipedia article




'Groove' is a 2000 American film directed by Greg Harrison. 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.

Plot



'Groove' tells the story of an all-night rave. The film is broken up into segments by which DJ is spinning and features real-life DJs Forest Green, 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.

Cast



*Chris Ferreira as Bill

*Mackenzie Firgens as Harmony Stitts

*Lola Glaudini as Leyla Heydel

*Denny Kirkwood as Colin Turner

*Hamish Linklater as David Turner

*Steve Van Wormer as Ernie Townsend

*Rachel True as Beth Anderson

*Vincent Riverside as Anthony

*Dmitri Ponce as Guy Pritchkin

*Ari Gold 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 Green as DJ Forest Green

*Wade Randolph Hampton as DJ WishFM

*Monty Luke as Dancefloor DJ #5 (Cinco)

*Brian Behlendorf as Chill-out room DJ

*John Digweed as DJ Digweed

*Bing Ching as DJ Snaz

*Elizabeth Sun as Maggie McMullen

*Nick Offerman as Sergeant Channahon

Production



After being turned down by studios for funding, production costs were met by selling shares of the film to investors similar to angel investment of a startup company.

Reception



On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 51 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though high on energy and great techno tunes, 'Groove's characters and plotlines are too clichd to be engaging." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

See also



*'Go', another film about rave culture made a year earlier

*'Human Traffic', a UK film about the rave culture made the same year

References




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