Electric Apricot (2006)

A graduate filmmaker chronicles a jam band's journey to a famous music festival.

Director:

Les Claypool

Writer:

Les Claypool

Stars:

Jonathan Korty, Adam Gates, Bryan Kehoe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jonathan Korty	...	Herschel Tambor Brillstein
Adam Gates	...	Steve 'Aiwass' Trouzdale
Bryan Kehoe	...	Steve 'Gordo' Gordon
Les Claypool	...	Lapland 'Lapdog' Miclovich
Jason McHugh	...	'Smilin' Don Kleinfeld
Kyle McCulloch	...	Drew Shackleford
Dian Bachar	...	Skip Holmes
Brian Kite	...	Dr. Brian 'Bucky' Lefkowitz
Oz Fritz	...	Oswald George
Arj Barker	...	The Cube
Derek Walls	...	Duck - Band Tech
Jason Thompson	...	Jake - Band Tech
Seth Green	...	Taper Guy
Matt Stone	...	Taper Guy
Sirena Irwin	...	Photographer

Storyline

Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap". The members of the band go by the assumed names, Steve Hampton Trouzdale on bass and vocals, Steve "Gordo" Gordon on guitar and vocals, Herschal Tambor Brillstien on keyboards and vocals, and Lapland "Lapdog" Miclovik on drums and vocals.

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Plot Keywords:

band | national lampoon series | singing | recording studio | mockumentary | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content including references

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 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).

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Goofs

Aiwas 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.

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Crazy Credits

Wavy Gravy appears in a final scene after the end credits.

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Connections

Spoofs Patterson-Gimlin Film (1967)

User Reviews

I Wish Les Claypool Were My Father...

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo

Company Credits

Production Co:

BAIT (Bay Area Independant Theatrics), National Lampoon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color