The film, "We're All Crazy Now," was shot in the late summer and early fall of 1979, not 1978. It was financed by a man who owned a chain of car washes in Los Angeles.
Portions of this movie featuring Joan Jett were taken from an unfinished musical-comedy, "We're All Crazy Now" (directed by Bernard Girard).
"We're All Crazy Now" director Girard "cut" the film in the camera. The first cut, normally the longest version of a film, came in at 70 minutes.
The original "We're All Crazy Now" was filmed during the summer and fall of 1978.