The Fearless Freaks (2005) (TV)

Director:

Bradley Beesley

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music

Plot:

A documentary on the evolution of the Oklahoma band The Flaming Lips. |

Plot Keywords:

Robbery | Bicycle | Oklahoma City | Lawn Mower | Rock 'n' Roll

Cast

Beck	...	Himself
Bradley Beesley	...	Narrator
Steve Burns	...	Himself
Dolly Coyne	...	Herself
Kenny Coyne	...	Himself
Marty Coyne	...	Himself
Tommy Coyne	...	Himself
Wayne Coyne	...	Himself
Jonathan Donahue	...	Himself
James Drozd	...	Himself
Steven Drozd	...	Himself
Vernon Drozd	...	Himself
Adam Goldberg	...	Himself
Nic Harcourt	...	Himself
Gibby Haynes	...	Himself
Michael Ivins	...	Himself
Juliette Lewis	...	Herself
Liz Phair	...	Herself
Cat Power	...	Herself
Christina Ricci	...	Herself
Kliph Scurlock	...	Himself
Paul Kent Sylvester	...	Himself - fan in giraffe costume
Allan Vest	...	Himself
Jack White	...	Himself
Meg White	...	Herself
Kelly Peterson	...	Fan with camera at Coachella (uncredited)

Directed by
Bradley Beesley

Produced by
Scott Booker	....	associate producer
Damon Cook	....	associate producer
Ryan Dolan	....	executive producer
Rick Fuller	....	producer
Dan Jacunich	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
JoLynn Garnes
Andrew Mayer

Sound Department
Benjamin Lowry	....	day player sound mixer
Corey Roberts	....	sound: additional recording

Camera and Electrical Department
Madison Belanger	....	additional camera operator
Nate Foll	....	lighting technician
Peter Hermes	....	additional camera operator
Andrew Mayer	....	additional camera
Alan Novey	....	camera operator
Mark Schaper	....	additional photography
Ben Steinbauer	....	additional camera

Editorial Department
Ben Steinbauer	....	additional editor

Other crew
Jeannette Heindel	....	festival coordinator (as Jeannette Chalker)
George Salisbury	....	menu designer
George Salisbury	....	packaging designer

Distributors

• Shout! Factory (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shout Films (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:100 min | USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:R21

Quotes:

Wayne Coyne:This is really how you die; it's just one minute, you're just cooking up someone's order of french fries, and the next minute you're laying on the floor and they blow your brains out, and there's no music, there's no significance, it's just random - it could've been anybody.

Soundtrack:

A Spoonful Weighs a Ton

Fearless Freaks is a road map to rock n roll stardom!

Fearless Freaks is the story of "the punks finally taking acid" featuring the alternative band, The Flaming Lips. It is a masterful explosion of bizarre rock & roll footage collaged into a documentary form. Each 'Lip' goes into detail how they became part of the group and their personal struggles throughout their years. In a way, the film is a blueprint of how to become a rock star; make music with your friends, film every show, make loud experimental music, use smoke and fire when you lack talent, find a filmmaker to follow you around, crank call record companies, tour , tour , tour and you'll finally make it big. Every Flaming Lip fan and starving rocker will appreciate this fiery saga. Freaks is filmed by their longtime director Brad Beesley(Okie Noodling). It looks deep into their origins in Oklahoma City and is culled from over 400 hours of video footage the 'Lips' had in their archives of early shows, growing up, pictures and show posters. Beesley signed on to follow the band in the early 1990's and made many of their early music videos. Produced by Minnesotans, Rick Fuller and edited by Jolynn Garnes.