Director/Writer: Adam Yauch
Starring: Elijah Wood, Danny
McBride, Seth Rogen, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett,
Adam Scott, Mike Mills, Rainn Wilson, Arabella Field, Ted Danson, Roman
Coppola, Shannyn Sossamon, Steve Buscemi, Amy Poehler, Mary Steenburgen, Alicia
Silverstone, Laura Dern, Arthur Scipio Africano, Alfredo Ortiz, Milo
Ventimiglia, Jody Hill, Silvia Suvadova, Jason Schwartzman, Losel Yauch, Chloë
Sevigny, Kirsten Dunst, Maya Rudolph, Clint Caluory, David Cross, Orlando
Bloom, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Adam Horovitz, Mike Diamond,
Adam Yauch, Martin Starr
It’s always sad when someone
passes too young. Adam Yauch’s death isn’t special because he was a celebrity;
but as a celebrity, his death gives us a chance to look back at what he did to
contribute to our lives. Yauch was a third of the musical/rap group The Beastie
Boys. His BB persona was MCA, and over a thirty year career in the music
business the Beastie Boys contributed some of the rap anthems of our age. They
were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just last month. Yauch
succumbed to cancer May 4, 2012 at the age of 47 after battling the disease
since 2009.
It was their hit single “(You
Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party)” from the Licensed to Ill album that broke the band into mainstream
consciousness. The music video for the song was a phenomenon upon its release
in 1986. It featured Yauch and his band mates Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock”
Horovitz crashing a party being held by a couple of kids who were warned by
their parents not to throw a party.
Last year, Yauch wrote and
directed the thirty-minute short film “Fight For Your Right Revisited” to
commemorate the video’s 25th anniversary. The movie imagines what
happened after the events depicted in the iconic music video. Employing an
entire cast of A-list film and television stars, the new movie recalls all the
spirit and attitude of the original video. It’s funny. It features great jams
by the band. And, it’s great homage to what appealed to audiences about the
Beastie Boys so many years ago. At the end of the movie there’s a message that
says “See you again in 25 years.” Sadly, it won’t be the same without MCA.
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