Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo (2006)

Original title

Electric Apricot

Directed by

Les Claypool

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A UCLA filmmaker makes a documentary about a rising jam band called Electric Apricot as they head to a big festival. Les Claypool plays the band's drummer and singer in this fictional movie.

mockumentarycomedymusicalquirkysatiricalupbeatoffbeatlighthearted

What happens

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. 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. The film's poster art and packaging was designed by Zoltron and Dave Hunter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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