2007 American film
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo
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Directed by
| Les Claypool
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Written by
| Les Claypool
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Produced by
| Matthew J. Powers, Jason McHugh
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Starring
| Les Claypool
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Cinematography
| Matthew J. Powers
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Edited by
| Agent Ogden
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Music by
| Les Claypool
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Production
company
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Distributed by
| Troma Entertainment
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Release date
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Country
| U.S.
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Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo
(also known as
National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo
) is a 2007
mockumentary
film by
Primus
lead-man
Les Claypool
, featuring himself as well as others using
pseudonyms
. The movie has been screened at film festivals internationally, including the
Bonnaroo Music Festival
and the
Raindance Film Festival
in London.
The movie tells the story of a UCLA filmmaker making a music documentary. Claypool himself plays the role of drummer-singer Lapland "Lapdog" Miclovik of rising jam-band Electric Apricot, heading to the holy grail of festivals, Festeroo.
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[2]
The band Electric Apricot played occasional shows in 2004 and 2005, unannounced, in the California area for footage. The Electric Apricot also made an appearance at the
South by Southwest
music festival in Austin, Texas, in 2007.
Besides the leads, notable names in the cast include
Bob Weir
,
Mike Gordon
,
Warren Haynes
,
Seth Green
,
Matt Stone
,
Wavy Gravy
,
Dian Bachar
,
Arj Barker
,
Gabby La La
,
Sirena Irwin
and
Sam Maccarone
.
The
soundtrack
album was released on March 18, 2008, while the DVD was released May 13, 2008.
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Poster art and packaging designed by
Zoltron
and Dave Hunter.
Crew
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- Director - Les Claypool
- Executive Producer - Matthew J. Powers
- Producer - Jason McHugh
- Associate Producer - Anthony Mindel
- Director of Photography - Matthew J. Powers
- Editor - Agent Ogden
Cast
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- Adam Gates
as Steve Hampton Trouzdale, a.k.a. Aiwass (
bass guitar
/vocals)
- Bryan Kehoe as Steven Allan Gordon a.k.a. Gordo (lead
guitar
/vocals)
- Les Claypool
as Lapland Miclovich a.k.a. Lapdog (
drums
/vocals)
- Jonathan Korty as Herschel Tambor Brillstien (keyboards/vocals)
- Jason McHugh as "Smilin'" Don Kleinfeld
- Kyle McCulloch as Drew Shackleford
- Dian Bachar
as Skip Holmes
- Brian Kite as Dr. Brian "Bucky" Lefkowitz
- Oz Fritz as Oswald George
- Arj Barker as the Cube
- Derek Walls as Duck the band technician
- Jason Thompson as Jake the band technician
- Seth Green
and
Matt Stone
as the
Taper
Guys
- Sirena Irwin
as a photographer
- Gabby La La
as Mai Pang
- Sam Maccarone
as a bartender
- Matthew J. Powers as Davis Mindelhof
- Fred Heim as a police officer
- Chaney, Cage, and Lena Claypool as the coffee shop family
- Slawek Michalak as the Hydroponics salesman
- Betty Biodiesel as Festeroo MC
- Lawrence Brooke as the narrator
- Bob Weir
as himself
- Mike Gordon
as himself
- Warren Haynes
as himself
- Wavy Gravy
- Dian Bachar
- Arj Barker
Reception
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Variety
's reviewer wrote of the film, "Les Claypool's laid-back mockumentary about a fictional jam band generates enough mild humor to keep the spoof rolling, but lacks the commitment and scope, not to mention the originality, of a
This Is Spinal Tap
."
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An
Associated Press
reviewer wrote that, "the film is even less funny than it is original, even though Claypool has recruited the likes of the
Grateful Dead
's Bob Weir and
Phish
's Mike Gordon to instill a bit of street cred."
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References
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Citations
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- ^
Jam Band Turning It Up To Eleven
news.jamradio.org
, March 3, 2008, Retrieved March 24, 2008
- ^
Meline, Gabe (2008-01-02).
"Les Claypool's 'Electric Apricot'
"
.
www.metroactive.com
. Retrieved
2020-01-02
.
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Soundtrack Album to Les Claypool's Jam Band Mockumentary 'National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo' Features the Fictional Band Plus Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Gov't Mule, and More
PRNewswire,
biz.yahoo.com
, January 31, 2008, Retrieved January 31, 2008
- ^
Scheib, Ronnie (Nov 13, 2007).
"National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo"
.
Variety
.
- ^
"National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. Nov 8, 2007 – via Associated Press.
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