A graduate filmmaker chronicles a jam band's journey to a famous music festival.A graduate filmmaker chronicles a jam band's journey to a famous music festival.A graduate filmmaker chronicles a jam band's journey to a famous music festival.
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THIS FILM WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEDY EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF VIEWING.
The film definitely has slower points, but when it's fun ITS FUN. The perfect amount of satire is presented here, and I legitimately think Les Claypool struck gold when making this project.
The film definitely has slower points, but when it's fun ITS FUN. The perfect amount of satire is presented here, and I legitimately think Les Claypool struck gold when making this project.
Here's one of my patented One Sentence Movie Reviews that some will take as discouragement and others as endorsement - Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo offers exactly what one would expect from a film helmed by Les Claypool of Primus: Terrible music that gets stuck in your head, jokes that are rarely funny, men who are even uglier beneath all that hair, and a devotional audience seemingly unaware of any of this.....
I saw Les Claypool last night at the House Of Blues in Dallas, and I bought this for THIRTY smackeroos! But it's alright because it's a "limited collector's item" AND because it was absolutely glorious! The comedy is sharp and with the signature cleverness that inhabits all of the Colonel's writing. The culture of the modern jam band world is explored with a mighty thoroughness. A lot of inside jokes for Lesheads. Flouncin Fred, Gabby La La, and Gordo and Aiwass played by Mr. Kehoe Nation and Bob C. Cock respectively. I give it 10 out of 10 and can say I was wholly satisfied as a big Les Claypool fan and as an admirer of good flicks.
"Bound to be a cult hit!"
"Bound to be a cult hit!"
When I bought my ticket, I wasn't prepared for the laughter I'd soon experience. Musicians are well known for their senses of humor, but Les Claypool really outdid himself. This guy's got it down; to make great music and great movies is a very admirable skill.
Even those who are not musically inclined will love this movie. Each character reflects their real-life counterparts, whom we all know and love.
If you laughed at Spinal Tap, you'll cackle and howl at Electric Apricot. This is, by far, the best film National Lampoon has had its name on--at least in the last ten years.
From an avid musician, this is a no-brainer to recommend all around.
Even those who are not musically inclined will love this movie. Each character reflects their real-life counterparts, whom we all know and love.
If you laughed at Spinal Tap, you'll cackle and howl at Electric Apricot. This is, by far, the best film National Lampoon has had its name on--at least in the last ten years.
From an avid musician, this is a no-brainer to recommend all around.
10sana-20
This movie is amazing. Simply put it is the greatest thing I've watched in last 21 years. Given, I am only 21 years old. That's just how amazing it is. I find it hard to believe that wasn't released in theaters. I'd imagine it would have made so much money. Everything about the film is fantastic. The only thing I could think of that would have made it better would have been more cameos by musicians/interviews with scene kids outside the Warfield, etc. This is really a great thing Les has done here. I pray he continues his efforts. He's a really, really funny guy.
I find it sad that you're reading this instead of watching the movie.
It's F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C.
I find it sad that you're reading this instead of watching the movie.
It's F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C.
Did you know
- TriviaThe first poster for Festeroo actually features five bands Les Claypool has played with. Oysterhead, Les Claypool's Frog Brigade, Sausage, The Holy Mackeral, and C2B3 (Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie's Brains).
- GoofsAiwas remarks that he "felt like Hitler at Waterloo". It was Napoleon Bonaparte who was defeated on that battlefield in Belgium, not Adolf Hitler, who wasn't even born yet. This is intended by the filmmakers as a joke.
- Crazy creditsWavy Gravy appears in a final scene after the end credits.
- ConnectionsReferences Godzilla (1954)
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- National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo
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- 1h 32m(92 min)
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