Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo

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National Lampoon Presents Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo

Poster for Electric Apricot
Directed by Les Claypool
Produced by Matthew J. Powers, Jason McHugh
Written by Les Claypool
Starring Les Claypool
Music by Les Claypool
Cinematography Matthew J. Powers
Editing by Agent Ogden
Distributed by National Lampoon Productions
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Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo is mockumentary film by Primus lead-man Les Claypool, featuring himself as well as others using pseudonyms. 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 SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2007. The movie has been screened at film festivals in the USA, including the Bonnaroo Music Festival.

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]

Besides the leads, notable names in the cast include Seth Green, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, Arj Barker, Gabby La La, Sirena Irwin and Sam Maccarone.

The soundtrack album was released on March 18, while the DVD was released on May 13.[2]

Contents

[edit] Line up

  • Steve Hampton Trouzdale, aka-Aiwass - Bass guitar (Adam Gates)
  • Steven Allan Gordon aka-Gordo - Lead Guitar/Lead Vocals (Bryan Kehoe)
  • Lapland Miclovich aka-Lapdog - Drums/Vocals (Les Claypool)
  • Herschel Tambor Brillstien - Keyboards/Vocals/Others (Jonathan Korty)

The band all go by pseudonyms and at live shows they do not answer to their real names.

[edit] Crew

  • Director - Les Claypool
  • Executive Producer - Matthew J. Powers
  • Producer - Jason McHugh
  • Associate Producer - Anthony Mindel
  • Director of Photography - Matthew J. Powers
  • Editor - Agent Ogden


The rest of the cast is

  • “Smilin” Don Kleinfeld - Jason McHugh
  • Drew Shackleford - Kyle McCulloch
  • Skip Holmes - Dian Bachar
  • Dr. Brian “Bucky” Lefkowitz - Brian Kite
  • Oswald George - Oz Fritz
  • The Cube - Arj Barker
  • Duck - Band Tech - Derek Walls
  • Jake - Band Tech - Jason Thompson
  • Taper Guys - Seth Green, Matt Stone
  • Photographer - Sirena Irwin
  • Mai Pang - Gabby LaLa
  • Bartender - Sam Maccarone
  • Davis Mindelhof - Matthew J. Powers
  • Police Officer - Fred Heim
  • Coffee Shop Family - Chaney, Cage, Lena
  • Hydroponics Salesman - Slawek Michalak
  • Festeroo MC - Betty Biodiesel
  • Narrator - Lawrence Brooke

[edit] References

[edit] External links

www.nationallampoon.com