Alan Rickman plays Hilly Kristal, a horrible businessman about to embark on his next great idea. He buys a bar in Brooklyn and names it the CBGB for Country, Bluegrass and Blues. There isn't a good venue for these genre artists to expand their repertoire and he will give it to them. Unfortunately, there are no CBGB bands or artists around interested in playing in his club. But he does get some other local bands to fill the stage, and his only rule is original music only. Turns out that the CBGB becomes an incubator for the punk music scene, with many bands getting their start there and then going on to mainstream popularity. Hilly becomes the patron of an entire genre and generation of musicians. And throughout the entire run, his business sense was horrible. Fascinating.
5 stars (out of 5)
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