Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Release Date: 1980-10-12

Overview: A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Rating: 7.523 / 10

Cast

Alice Waters

Alice Waters

as Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

as Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Harrod Blank

Harrod Blank

as Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

Michael Goodwin

Michael Goodwin

as Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Christopher Pray

Christopher Pray

as Narrator (voice)

Crew

  • Les Blank - Director

  • Mark Berger - Sound Mixer

  • Maureen Gosling - Editor

  • Wim Wenders - Additional Camera

  • Salvador DalĂ­ - Thanks

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