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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)

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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)

Name: Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1980-10-12
Rating: 6

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51m

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Plot.

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.

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This Movie Is About.

garlic ·

preserved film

Cast & Crew.

Alice Waters

Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Werner Herzog

Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Michael Goodwin

Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Harrod Blank

Self - Youth Saved from Dysentary

Christopher Pray

Narrator (voice)

Wim Wenders

Additional Camera

Mark Berger

Sound Mixer

Salvador Dalí

Thanks

Les Blank

Director

Maureen Gosling

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 12, 1980

Status
Released

Running Time
51m

Content Rating
PG

Genres
Documentary History

Wiki.

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. Its official premiere was at the 1980 Berlin Film Festival.