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Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo
Poster
Directed by Les Claypool Written by Les Claypool Produced by Matthew J. Powers, Jason McHugh Starring Les Claypool Cinematography Matthew J. Powers Edited by Agent Ogden Music by Les Claypool
Production
National Lampoon, Inc.
Distributed by Troma Entertainment
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Country U.S.
Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo 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.[1] [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.[3]
Poster art and packaging designed by Zoltron and Dave Hunter.
Director - Les Claypool
Executive Producer - Matthew J. Powers
Producer - Jason McHugh
Associate Producer - Anthony Mindel
Director of Photography - Matthew J. Powers
Editor - Agent Ogden
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 [ edit ]
Variety This Is Spinal Tap [4] 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."[5]
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Citations [ edit ]
^ 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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