Groove portrays one night in San Francisco's underground dance scene as promoters seize an abandoned warehouse for a drug-fueled rave. Production faced multiple disasters, including firing its lead on Day 1 and a literal earthquake, reflecting the inexperience of a first-time filmmaking team. Greg Harrison drew from his personal rave background, finding housing via the SF Raves email list and living in an in-law unit in Noe Valley. The film depicts promoters creating secret second locations, evading police raids, and follows Hamish Linklater's character David as a novice guided through his first ecstasy experience. A young Nick Offerman appears as a cop.
The seminal San Francisco rave film "Groove" starts with a party promoter laying out the ethos behind throwing an underground event: "Remember, no obstacles, only challenges." The same could be true for the film's production, a DIY affair that overcame disasters ranging from firing its star on Day 1 to a literal earthquake, and featured the type of naivete that could come only from a group of first-time filmmakers.
The film features all the hallmarks of a classic San Francisco rave. The promoters break into an empty warehouse, create a second location that people travel to in order to learn the actual address of the party, and ward off a raid by the cops (the officer is played by a young Nick Offerman). David, played by Hamish Linklater, is the newbie to the scene riding a roller coaster of his first trip on ecstasy, being guided by a cast of more experienced ravers.
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